Weapons Cache

Friday February 5th

“prepare yourself for a wet and wild ride”

live deadly performances by

JUNK CULTURE [on Illegal Art (label of Girltalk)]

Cygon Systems Inc. presents: ATMOSFEAR

JOHNNY JITTERS

WIZZARD MOUNTAIN

interstitial tunes selected and played by JACOB CIOCCI [Paper
Rad/Extreme Animals]

$5 or $7 donation for performers

8pm – 11pm (approx.)

all-ages

at Helter Shelter
50th St. at Harrison St.
Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh

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JUNK CULTURE

http://illegal-art.net/shop

www.myspace.com/nojunkculture

Junk Culture is a new project by Deepak Mantena, who was recently
signed to Illegal Art. The first Junk Culture EP, ³West Coast,² was
released on October 27, 2009. On ³West Coast,² Deepak’s samples are
all run through a handheld recorder that gives his constructions a
gritty lo-fi loop-based sound, mixing fractured vocals, pop hooks, and
an overall euphoric warmth. Described by press as “sound tapestries”
somewhere between “ambient, dance mash-up, and glitchy electronica”
(Todd Olmstead), ³West Coast² is a manifesto of energetic raw sound
that transcends rigid genres.

Emulating more of a live band than an electronic act, the visceral
Junk Culture live show also involves Deepak’s younger brother, Nitin,
on drums. The performance includes the Mantena siblings jamming to a
tight string of sequences that involve sampled patterns, live
percussion, synced visuals of films from the 50′s/60′s, and Deepak’s
singing. Live, the ³West Coast² tracks have him singing on top of
sampled voices, while material already being developed for the
subsequent EP involves a more traditional vocal approach, further
bridging the gap between sample-based production and songwriting.

JC will have a new 7″ released by Illegal Art (home of Girl Talk) in
April and a new EP coming out on the same label in May. Both of these
releases and related singles/videos will be have a strong promo push
from Illegal Art and the same with all live dates around them. Junk
Culture has toured with Girl Talk in the past and definitely held
their own on the bill.

JUNK CULTURE select press:

URB
“A blast to the headphones that brings to mind the off-kilger breaks
of Flying Lotus and the unkempt energy of Prefuse 73′s early
achievements. Mantena’s chop-cut arrangements meld spliced voices,
out of place keys and plenty of close-cropped drums to form
polyrhythmic bursts of sound and action.” -Noah Levine

http://www.urb.com/2009/10/27/25452

XLR8R
“A lovely, trippy blend of stuttering vocals, live drums and classic
cut-up hip-hop break. It leaves you hanging in wonderment for a good
while, then drops you into bliss. Perfect for sunset watching. ” -Kid
Kameleon

http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2009/08/illegal-art-introduces-junk-cult

New York Times
“Fragmented samples going off in your face. Almost dance-y, once in a
while. . . Tone all phasey, woozy, wicky wacky. Short tracks, brutal
edits, then looping. Sort of want to think of them as composition.”
-Ben Ratliff

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/arts/music/11play.html?_r=2

Pitchfork
“The record’s title track is an appealingly textured amalgam of looped
beats, grainy synth stabs, and cut up vocals, and would seem to be
pretty heavily indebted to the Filed., Of course, in this line of
work, having such clear influences isn’t a bad thing.” -Forkcast

http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13381-west-coast/

Blurt
“Mines the detritus of decades of pop culture, stitching together a
laundry list of song samples and random bits of noise. . . a
head-spinning batch of tracks that make for a brilliant sountrack to
the quick clicking, constantly updating always plugged in species that
we are devolving into.” -Robert Ham

http://www.blurt-online.com/reviews/view/1596/

The Stranger
“The nine tracks here are spasmodically rhythmic ad awash in digitally
altered tones, vaguely alluding to Jason Forrest’s hectic, prog-disco
bombast, Caribou’s sublime psychedelic funk, and Prefuse 73′s clipped
glitch hop.” -Dave Segal

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/data-breaker/Content?oid=2243601

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more info on the supporting acts:

http://www.myspace.com/johnnyjitters

http://www.myspace.com/strangewizzardmagic

http://www.tomandrexy.com/

http://www.paperrad.org/

http://www.myspace.com/extremeanimals