Electronica / Experimental Night
Tuesday, March 16 will be a window in the the world of electronic and experimental music from the four corners of the world at Dart Music International House at Mi Casa, hosted by Austin's own The Noise Revival.
DETAILS:
When:
Tuesday, March 16 - 8:00PM
Where:
Dart Music International House at Mi Casa
(503 E. 6th Street
Map)
Bands:
8:00PM - White (China)
9:00PM - Miho Wada (New Zealand)
10:00PM - Tone (Denmark)
11:00PM - The Noise Revival (Austin)
12:00AM - Telephunken (Spain)
1:00AM - Xiao He (China)
Cost: FREE!
The DMI House will be THE destination for top shelf indie bands from Austin and around the world, spanning the entire duration of the SXSW Conferences and Festivals - and all shows are FREE.
White
"Shenggy is the London-based ex-drummer of the riotous Beijing all girl band, Hang on the Box. Together with Shou Wang from the scratchy garage
rockers Carsick Cars, they have collaborated since 2005 as experimental, electronic duo White. Self-described as 'cosmic industrial, looped vocals in the
ether, the sound of Beijing, the roar of the traffic, sparks from the night construction sites blinding the stars'."
- Terence Teh, "Chinese New Year Dazed Style", Dazed Digital
From: Beijing, China
Genre: Electronica, Experimental, Minimalism
Touchstones: Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten
Home page: http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/white/
Listen: "47 Rockets (For Wan Hu)"
Miho Wada
"The tiny-yet-energetic Miho Wada, who sneers words confidently above the fray of music about "getting lost in pleasure" or "drinking vino and
playing Nintendo", creates bizarre, ska-influenced jazz punk with her international mash-up of a band."
- Lazarus, "Lucky 12: Our Favorite Tracks by Up and Coming Bands", SPINearth
From: Christchurch, New Zealand
Genre: Japanese Punk Jazz
Touchstones: Ska Cubano, Jo Hisaishi, Petty Booka
Home page: http://www.mihowada.com/
Listen: "Piss Off (Such A Loser)"
Watch: "Call Girl"
Kristian and Sofie
Tone
"Musically, ... Sofie Nielsen creates a remarkable audiovisual realm in which her light and spell-binding voice adds to a bedrock of crunchy break
beats, abstract compositional structures and melodic sounds and samples... Tone's live performance is a spectacular experience. Accompanied by
VJ Kristian Ravn Ellestad, the two blend together in an audiovisual symbiosis accentuating the moods of Tone's emotionally charged music."
- Urlyd Website
From: Aalborg, Denmark
Genre: Electronica, Glitch, Experimental
Touchstones: Portishead, Autechre, Aphex Twin
Home page: http://urlyd.com/audio-roster/tone/
Listen: "Wake Me Up"
Watch: "My Mind Exploded"
The Noise Revival
The Noise Revival
The Noise Revival Orchestra experience is currently on MTVU ahead of the curve alongside other electrifying artists Santogold, Saul Williams,
Lightspeed Champion, and others. They are the latest loose-knit line that connects the unique styles of chamber music with orchestral compositions
like John Corgliano's Circus Maximus and John Mackey's Red Line Tango.
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Experimental, Electronica, Chamber Music
Touchstones: Santogold, Saul Williams, Lightspeed Champion
Home page: http://www.myspace.com/thenoiserevival
Telephunken
Animated elements of funk, fusion, Latin, jazz, raggamuffin, with a breakbeat background, Telephunken are a band with a long career. Performing a
live show with a complete band, and currently presenting their fourth studio album "Que viva el ritmo!!! "
From: Madrid, Spain
Genre: Breakbeat, Funk, Electronica
Touchstones: Mexican Institute of Sound, The Pinker Tones
Home page: http://www.myspace.com/telephunkenband
Listen: "Juguete Roto"
Watch: "Yeah Yeah"
Xiao He
"Most of Beijing's underground bands still look to the West for inspiration; Mr. Zhang, for example, draws from minimalist composers Steve Reich
and Philip Glass and the legendary 1960s band Velvet Underground. Yet like everything else in China, this is changing. Carsick Cars, Xiao He and
others have planted the seeds for an organic music scene in Beijing, and younger bands are beginning to look locally for inspiration."
- Janis Foo, "Rocking Beijing", The Wall Street Journal
From: Beijing, China
Genre: Experimental, Free Folk, Avant Garde
Touchstones: Mongolian music, minimalism, Yoko Ono
Home page: http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/xiao-he/
Listen: "MTV Play"
