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

Rather than hear what I have to say about the one & only

KING CANNIBAL (Ninja Tune, UK),

I will let people far more important than me do the talking:

Too dark, love this tune”- Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 1) on King Cannibal’s “Aragami Style”

“..a great tune…put together like a dj’s wet dream.”- Amon Tobin writing about Aragami Style for Urb

“seriously heavy tunes”- The Bug

“If last year’s dystopian dubstep document was The Bug’s London Zoo, then this is the big-budget Hollywood sequel.”- The Quietus / Music Week on Let The Night Roar

“If music could do you violence, this is what it would sound like. Brutal and brilliant”- The Sunday Times on Aragami Style

“…stunning”- CMU

“…the modern master of satanic sub frequencies”- DJ Magazine

“…amazing!”- Jagz Kooner

“This sonically incredible Ninja Tune signing has inspired me to start a new section of The Remix show, called The Darkside”- Eddy TM for DJ Magazine

“this is soundclash in hell, devilish dancehall electronic bass murder. Call it what you want, but ignore it at your peril”- Clash on Aragami Style

“…mind blowing…” Dubstep Single Of The Month DJ Magazine on So… Embrace The Minimim / Dirt

“Creepy, dark, moody and absolutely intoxicating”- Music Like Dirt on Flower Of Flesh & Blood

It completely blew me away’ – Erol Alkan on ‘One Foot in the Fire, One Fist in the Air’

A phenomenal mix by UK up-and-comers Buddy Peace & ZILLA… Besting even some of the most accomplished feats of creative cutting-and-pasting, the Watch And Repeat Play mix is a rarity that you have to get your paws on – Scissorkick.com on ‘Watch And Repeat Play’

“quite simply….fucking amazing”- ireallylovemusic.co.uk

“Fucking ace. Music to piss your parents of with! Love it”- Rocky (X-press2)

“Zilla remix is absolutely brilliant – I will playlist on the radio and play the hell out of it on the dancefloor!”- Laurent Garnier on Test-Icicles – ‘Biggest Mistake (Zilla remix)’

“Heavy as fuck!”- Parasite (Deathsucker Records)

“Heavy as fuck tech step dancehall!!”- Bong Ra

“Fucking great….I love it!”- Knifehandchop on Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville

Other reactions for Grinted Teeth… Album of the Week- Boomkat, Warpmart and Banquet Records “..the mix album of the year”- Fact Magazine “stunning …”- Sounds Of The Universe

With all these accolades of the great King Cannibal, we wanted to surround the icon with an eclectic array of producers/DJs. In addition to King Cannibal, the show will also feature performances by:

XANOPTICON (Hymen records/Rhinoplex/Pittsburgh)
BEAUTIFUL BELLS (Articulated Works/New Orleans)
8CYLINDER (Rhinoplex/Pittsburgh)
LOCAL [live set] (Hijack/Pittsburgh)
MINDTIGER (Pittsburgh)
JOHNNY JITTERS (Pittsburgh)
.rar KELLY & NATTY BOH PEEP (Subdivision/Pittsburgh)

featuring Visuals by METAKIDS

AVA
126 S. Highland Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
9PM – 2AM
$6 / 21+

Xrin Arms(realicide youth/ Snake Pillage) myspace.com/xrinarmsmotherfucker

Syphilis Sauna (Backwards Records -trashtronica) myspace.com/syphilissauna8

Black 13 (Backwards Records-death electro ) myspace.com/black13krew

Johnny Jitters (section 27-JDM) myspace.com/johnnyjitters

December 18th at the Nerve . 7pm 5$ (cash) no guns ok ? more info to follow . repost at will