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this is a new monthly night that keeb$ is hosting
with various guest djs each month. should be good
and different.

from keeb$:

new monthly night, 2nd thursdays at z-lounge.

Dubstep, idm, downtempo, techno, electro, drum n bass,
maybe even some breakcore and ambient will be the
soundtrack aimed more for the headbobbing lounge type
atmosphere than the mosh pit.

This month’s guests (April 9th)
Flozilla Mirefox (aka 8Cylinder) - I’ve asked Dave to come
play a set for the first brainstorm because his music
knowledge is only surpassed by his D&D knowledge. I
don’t even have a clue what he’s going to play, but you
can guarantee it’ll include some things you never even
knew existed. Plus his new “Flozilla Mirefox” handle is
amazing.

Relative Q - Keeping a fairly low profile but working on
music for years now in Pittsburgh, Paul’s background in
techno and electronic dance music along with his interest
in new and undiscovered styles in general makes him a
great guest for the first Brainstorm. He said he’s looking
forward to being able to play some of the more “unusual
stuff” he’s gotten recently, and I’m looking forward to
hearing it.

No cover, great drinks, friendly bartenders, at a soothing
environment are all things that make Thursdays at
Z-Lounge a nice night out. Come hang out at a Southside
bar that’s not generic, dirty or full of frat boys.

Z-Lounge is 2108 East Carson Street.

The 6th installment of the Galactic Ass Dragon Classic laptop battle looms. This competition is free to enter and anyone can join. Once again, the winner of this epic battle gets a 7″ record release on No Room For Talent Records. This will again be hosted by Mike N’Ike Jones.

To sign-up, email 8cylinder at rhinoplex.org. For rules, information, and the current list of artists participating in this battle, go to http://rhinoplex.org/assdragon6

Saturday June 13, 2009
9PM, 21 and over, $3 admission (everyone who enters the battle gets in for free)
Belvedere’s (4016 Butler Street)
Pittsburgh, PA USA

Artwork from the forthcoming “System Travel EP” on Planet-Mu

You should know Jamie Vex’d as 1/2 of the amazing Vex’d project, mostly known for their seriously heavy, dark and noisey take on dubstep as expressed in their 2005 album Degenerate on Planet-Mu records.   He’s now putting out some solo material, and thus far it’s been pretty stellar.  This mix includes a few of those tracks plus a variety of excellent, new psychedelic dubstep sounds.  Enjoy!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/luckymedia/25sundaywalkmanmix.mp3

tracklisting

jamie vexd - saturn’s reply
rich reason & fantastic mr fox - bleep show
scuba - twitch - jamie vexd remix
starkey - creature
jamie vexd - in system travel
erykah badu - twinkle
darkstar - aidy’s girl’s a computer
cannibal ox - f word (instrumental)
zomby - fantastique remix
falty dl - to london
shawty lo ft dg yola vs timeblind - lets decay it (dev 79’s blend)
stagga - lopside - doshy remix
modeselektor - black box - rustie remix
joker - psychedlic runway
starkey - mutter music vip
naptha - soundclash - grevious angel vip
tim hecker - sundown6093
falty dl - paradise Lost

feat:

Xanopticon (Hymen/Zhark/No Room For Talent)
Skymall (Addict/Distort)
9MM (Deathstep Records/Painfree Foundsound Institute/Party With A Capital P)
Cutups (Wrecked Distro/Rhinoplex.org)
Dj John Bender (thescythianproject.net/destroyer.net)

Sound support from Callaborations Productions, providing serious heavy artillery.

No Cover! 8PM til 2AM

The Pittsburgh crew will be heading out to rock at this. Should be fun times. - cutups

Playing live at BLACK FINANCIAL MASS, November 28th in Pittsburgh

J-Stat is a Detroit based producer who has been consistantly stepping up his game since I first heard him a few years back. His sound is a mutant hybrid of many styles - dubstep, techno, breakcore, industrial. The most impressive aspect of his sound is how fluidly he incorporates all of these sounds into something fresh, moving between different tempos and styles of syncopation. He normally can be heard playing at From The Gut related events in the Detroit area. Look out for an upcoming 7″ on No Room For Talent and some future releases on Void.

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Saturday December 13
Dynamo Sound Collective Presents
WINTER VOID FEST

featuring
Burning Star Core
Sword Heaven
Aaron Dilloway
Tusco Terror
Mike Tamburo
Tusk Lord

plus Ed Um playing records

ModernFormations 4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh
5pm $10

Last Step is a project that sees Aaron Funk(Venetian Snares) temporarily trading in Renoise and a boatload of VSTs for old Roland analogue gear, aging 80’s drum machines, and modular synthesizers.  Of course this could all be a massive trick but any way around this is a very solid release and a refreshing direction for Snares.  Gone are the brain-twisting hyperedits Aaron is so well known for but this doesn’t mean ‘1961′ isn’t full of super-wonky left turns.  Sound still bombs the listener from every angle but at a more ‘relaxed’ pace this time around while still providing a very full sonic mindwrapper.  New sounds constantly leave and enter the mix in fluid order.

Comparisons could be made to Aphex Twin’s “Analord” and “Tuss” projects where he also abandoned his computers for a while to let the analogue circuits have a buzz around town or to Neil Landstrumm’s own hardware techdub workouts on Planet Mu.  However, this sounds wholly different than the electrical musings of either producer and is something to behold on it’s own.

Although he has been making noise and electronic music for over a decade, A Vision’s Voice is Dimentia’s first full length release, and was put out by Detroit’s Void imprint.
Currently based in Oakland California, Dimentia has been involved with various West Coast soundsystem projects, such as SPAZ, Katabatik and the Autonomous Mutant Fest.  My first and only live exposure to his sounds was at the Massive Support release show in Detroit back in May 2008, and his slow, massively intense broken sound instantly made me a fan.  Obtuse, alien synth workcreates a backdrop for shredded head-banger noise and bass.   For fans of Somatic Responses, Winterkalte or Resurrector.

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Valav playing live

ValaV is a project of Gent, Belgium’s Val Le.   A long time promoter and fan of electronic music, Val is a member of the infamous Breakcore Gives Me Wood crew, as well as the fun splatter-rave band the Gigglin Dildas.   This solo project has a darker, more industrial sound than the Dildas, fusing elements of atmospheric technoid broken beat, bleak hardcore techno and raw, synthetic breakcore.   This live set was recorded in November 2008.

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