GNOD INFINITY MACHINES …Infinity Machines is littered with several unexpected new elements, from the rambling spoken word samples taken from residents and artists based in the group's Islington Mill, to the Rhodes piano and aforementioned saxaphone that takes centre stage at several key junctures in the album. The seventeen minute opener, 'Control Systems' begins with laughter from one Islington Miller, with another commenting, "I quite like people being around, I also like to know I can have a bit of space and shut the door". Later in the track, another resident goes on, "notions of public and private are very mixed up...daydreaming is a kind of private space." Thematically, this summarises much of the activity on Infinity Machines, which is ultimately a clash of the internal and external; the sound of many participating artists manifesting their clashing internal worlds in the Islington Mill, daydreaming together. The album comprises many layered and reassembled sessions at the mill, and the many seamlessly sewn together parts that make up ‘Control Systems' microcosmically comes to symbolise the album as a whole. Several minutes or abstract sound effects, and battling synth noises litter the foreground while wave after wave of bassy throbbing noise rhythmically pulsates underneath. Suddenly glass smashes and we jump cut to odd shapes getting plodded out on a contemplative and very pretty Silent Way Rhodes piano... Read the rest of the review here: Infinity Machines ---
Shit and Shine has put together a great little mix for FACT Mag. The track list is: 01. The Cramps – People Ain’t No Good 02. Powell – Grand Street 03. Randomer – Huh 04. Prostitutes – Lovers Run Camp Africa 05. Bullets for Pussy – Bullets for Pussy 06. Chasing Voices – Acid Bathory 07. Mark Fell & Peter Rehberg – Kubu 08. West Memphis CB Radio Broadcasts 09. Shit & Shine – Please Don’t Share Listen to it here: FACT Mag And don't forget you can buy the new Shit & Shine album '54-Synth-Brass 38 Metal Guitar 65 Cathedral' in all good record shops now!! ---
As you know, Rocket are huge advocates for Supernormal Festival. We helped curate the first one and have had our bands/DJs involved ever since. And this year is no exception, among the line this year we have Anonymous Bash (The Charles Heyward/Gnod collaboration) plus Marlene from Gnod's project, Negra Branca.Teeth of the Sea's offshoot Hirvikolari are playing also. Other standouts include Blood Sport (who appeared on our 15th Anniversary comp), Guapo and Necro Dethmort, plus loads more still to be announced!! The festival happens on the weekend of 7 August, and tickets can be bought here: Supernormal ---
Gnod – Infinity Machines (Such a mammoth album that it is still revealing itself with every listen...stunning stuff) Hirvikolari – H01 (Great first track revealed by this new Teeth of the Sea offshoot) Hirvikolari Stereolab - Back catalogue (Been dusting off the old stereolab 7s/10s/lps...and once you start it is hard to stop) Stereolab The Fall - More back catalogue (More Fall comps carefully compiled by Kev from Slow River Slow...and like Stereolab, once you start a Fall session it is very hard to stop) The Fall Urdog - Garden of bones / Eyelid of the moon (Great 'shortlived' noughties band, lovely freaked out psych pop...the fuzz on this track is up there with the best) Urdog Flowers Must Die – Möt Väggen (Great track of fuzz wah from this great Swedish band) Flowers Must Die Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – The Feed–Back (This great vinyl reissue is still getting a lot of spins) Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza
(Sorry, a very short list this month...too much Gnod, Stereolab and The Fall have been consumed to listen to much else!!) ---
Shit and Shine - 54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral (Rocket Recordings) Shit and Shine don’t make pop music. On their latest album ‘54 Synth-Brass, 38 Metal Guitar, 65 Cathedral’ they’ve have crafted 50 minutes of drone-like repetitive beats with wonky vocals, that not only pushes the listener’s boundaries but asks the question ‘what is music? While this is quite a grandiose statement, and like all grandiose statements, there is an element of truth to it. Since their inception in the mid-2000’s Shit and Shine ($&$) founder Craig Clouse has mixed garage rock with elements of drone, Krautrock and the Avant-Garde; at their heart they are a psychedelic band, though... Read the rest of this great 4/5 review here: Gods in the TV ---
The Quietus's John Doran has written a book called 'Jolly Lad' and the hardback copies include a free CD that features exclusive new music by Gnod and Teeth of the Sea. The book is ltd to 500 copies and you can get more information and buy a copy from the publisher: Strange Attractor ---
Chris Rocket is going to be playing some records at tomorrows Bad Vibrations all dayer in Hackney Wick The line up and (rough times) for the festival is: ULRICH SCHNAUSS - 1115pm - Close USELESS EATERS - 1020pm - 11pm FAUST (Ft Thurston Moore) 830pm-10pm MARTIN REV - 640-740pm DEAD MEADOW - 525pm - 625pm TRAAMS 415 - 455pm THE VACANT LOTS - 315pm - 355pm GRUMBLING FUR - 215pm-255pm HARALD GROSSKOPF - 115pm -2pm DOORS - 1230pm There are a handful of tickets left apparently: Wegottickets ---
Here is the great new video for Breaking the Hex, a track taken from the forthcoming Gnod album Infinity Machines that we revealed here The triple album, double CD hits the shops on August 18th. You can buy the album digitally here and get this track instantly: iTunes Or you can just buy it from us direct: Rocket Bandcamp
The great people from Cacophonous Sarcophagus are putting on a very special Rocket party: Gnod + Shit & Shine + Anthroprophh + Zam Zam DJ's + Johnny O visuals 29th April The Old Malthouse / Old Market All info and tickets for this must see show can be found here: Cacophonous Sarcophagus ---
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