It’s cold outside, so let us turn up the heat a little.
Last week we had the privalage to open the expo ‘SEE-A-SOUND‘ at bkkc, in Tilburg (NL). The 10 subliminal works by the designers and 10 musical pieces were exposed (and will be until April 20). DJ Jameszoo turned knobs, twisted his sounds and sent a bunch of wicked tunes into the expo-space. Rodney Kasandikromo and dance-crew did a colorful performance and the phenomenal trumpeter Eric Vloeimans collaborated with our own DJ Optimus on a super-funky space-jam. And of course we were happy to welcome a whole crowd of enthusiastic visitors who enjoyed the works, beer and performances.
At the same time, we celebrated the release of the ‘SEE-A-SOUND’ 2 x LP/digital release. You can order the album and/or silckscreenprints at bkkc. Stream and download DJ Mace’s ‘Transit Line Ecstacy‘ for free. All the tracks are available at Boomkat, iTunes, Juno and other online stores. The LP can also be ordered at Juno, Rush Hour, Antenne Tilburg and Sounds.
Also, to celebrate the opening of the expo DJ Mace did a mix for Laid Back. Laid Back, subsequently and in collaboration with Thefindmag who did a great job on putting together the magazine for SEE-A-SOUND, booked an add in the magazine and asked their designer (Oli B) to do a mix of tunes he was inspired by! Ecoute!
We could go on for days, but really, there’s work to do, so we have to sign off, but not without reminding you about our first upcoming digital release by Big Mister Doom! Enjoy!
In the meantime, the opening of SEE-A-SOUND is nearing (this Friday) and you pre-listen some of the tracks. Kelpe uploaded his ‘Inklitter‘, he created in collaboration with Graphic Surgery. Stream it here! And Fremdkunst’s DJ Mace collaborated with Boris ‘Delta‘ Tellegen. You can stream and download the track ‘Transit Line Ecstacy‘ for free.
Another SEE-A-SOUND participant (and soon to be releasing his SoFar EP on Fremdtunes, an EP on Up My Alley and a collabo with Memotone on Project Mooncircle), Glasgow producer Soosh, just joined Mixed Bizness for bookings worldwide. Read more about it!
We’re running the last miles, before SEE-A-SOUNDkicks off on January 27th. In the meantime: make sure you stream the whole song by Fremdkunst‘s DJ Mace (inspired by Boris ‘Delta‘ Tellegen).
2012. And like Jimmy Castor said: it’s just begun. We’re in the middle of a movement of the office to a new and improved place, working new plans and preparing a whole bunch of fresh stuff.
We told you before about the SEE-A-SOUND expo at bkkc, Tilburg (NL). We’ll officially kick off on January 27th with performances by Jameszoo, b-boy Rodney Kasandikromo, DJ Optimus and trumpet player Eric Vloeimans. You can read all about the opening of the exhibition at http://seeasound.com/agenda/ (in Dutch). If you’d like to pre-listen and pre-order the record that comes with the expo; visit the Rush Hour store! The visual on the side is by Graphic Surgery, who worked with Kelpe for SEE-A-SOUND.
Plans are made. Scheduled releases are re-scheduled and re-re-scheduled and now 2011 is coming to an end and, logically, 2012 is coming closer, we think it’s time to update you on our upcoming releasedates.
The new year starts with a blast, when we release on 01/19/2012 Pierce Warnecke’s ‘The Machine Regrets’. A spectacular glitched up, melodic, beatheavy mini-album by Berlin-based Warnecke with remixes by Baron Retif & Concepcion Perez, Big Mister Doom & Kelpe (12″/digital) and artwork by Mister Adam & Superelectric. Also in January we start our SEE-A-SOUND expo at bkkc, Tilburg, and we will release the associated album on 01/27/2012. Big Mister Doom will soon follow on 02/06/2012 with their debut EP on Fremdtunes (digital). This one includes two outstanding tracks by Leeds-based producers Ian & Joe and remixes by Pierce Warnecke & OptiMace ft iET (digital). Further more: Japanese youngster Emufucka exposes his ‘Planar Rift’ EP to the world on 03/22/2012. Expect experimental, up- and downtempo beats and remixes by DZA & St. Andrew on this digital release.
Than there’s some classic material by Kid Sundance in the making, Coco Bryce is working on groundbreaking beats and ofcourse Soosh (with remixes by Jameszoo and Kelpe) will release his SoFar EP in the near future. And there’s much, much more coming up… But that’s another story…
A lot of water falling from the sky, so it’s time for another Weather Fremdcast.
We’d like to kick off with some more news on SEE-A-SOUND. The first results (soundbites and sketches) of the collaborations are to be viewed/listend to on www.seeasound.com. Mister Adam and Coco Bryce ping-ponged chopped up audio-files and graphic forms. Boris Tellegen screen-printed, during the Dutch Design
Week, his reaction to DJ Mace’s dusty, offbeat sound-design. And it seems that Attak and Grazzhoppa formed a new superhero-team. Find out about the collaborations right here: http://seeasound.com/samenwerkingen/en/ and Thefindmag introduces you to the project right here.
Some major news: we finally have the website of project/exhibition SEE-A-SOUND online! The exhibition SEE-A-SOUND shows you how music is seen by a designer and heard by a musician. How the one inspires the other. The exhibition runs at bkkc Tilburg (The Netherlands) from January 27 until April 20, 2012 and is initiated by Fremdtunes and Mashville and co-produced by bkkc.
Participating artists are COCO BRYCE, KID SUNDANCE, LOULOU & TUMMIE, MICHIEL SCHUURMAN, MISTER ADAM, SOLO MODERNA, SOOSH, STAYNICE, STUDIO BOOT, JULIAN EDWARDES, JEROEN EROSIE, KELPE, BORIS TELLEGEN, DJ OPTIMUS, DJ MACE, JAMESZOO, ATTAK, DJ GRAZZHOPPA, GRAPHIC SURGERY & SUPERNOVA.
And there’s a new DJ Mace mix online with tracks by Rob Swift, Free The Robots, Vc, Robot Koch/John Robinson, OptiMace, Ben Butler & Mousepad, Alkoholiks (subliminal remix by DJ Iron!) and many others – to satisfy your everlasting hunger for fresh tunes: http://www.mixcloud.com/Fremdtunes/dj-mace-october-2011-mix/.
To promote the new music release by OptiMace “This Music Is Not Music” (FREE), on Kitchen Dip, Kitchen Dip and Fremdtunes are holding a contest! This contest is based around the song “Invasion of the Lettermen”, a track (ft Erwin Vann & Shycop) which is the result of a collaboration between DJ’s/producers OptiMace and graphic artists Mashville. DJ Mace & DJ Optimus took turns with Dr. Jay & Mister Adam (Mashville) to create the musical & visual combination. The CD & Silkscreen Poster are very rare, only a handful were pressed.
Some extra info on Mashville: on October 7nd these guy’s will open their expo ‘Big Dushi Taes’ in Berlin (Pierce Warnecke will be performing amongst others!): take a look at: http://www.neurotitan.de/EN/archive/2011/111007_bigdushitales_en.html. Also: Mashville and Fremdtunes are working on a project called See-a-sound with 20 graphic designers and DJ’s/producers…more info soon!
First of all: we, under the alias of OptiMace, just released a brand new EP called ‘This music is not music’ on the great netlabel Kitchen Dip Recordings. A peculiar mix of jazz, hiphop, pop, soundscapes and electronics. It’s fresh, funky & free! Go download the EP at http://kitchendip.org/optimace-thismusicisnotmusic/.
More OptiMace news: we invited some of the finest artistst around to remix tracks of the ‘Used Future’ EPand one by one the remixes are coming in. We’ve decided to put ‘m out on 7-inch first (in a series of 3) and afterwards as digital release. So, vinyl-lovers first! The remixers are: Big Mister Doom, Deformer, DJ Devastate, DJ Mace, Eni-less. iET & Optimus, Ill Symphony, KRSUR and Moods. We’ll keep you posted on release-dates!
In the meantime, alotof good music hit ‘the streets’: classic Dutch hiphop crew The Proov just put out their new LP Off the cuf, Vindictiv dida nice remix, distorted and striking as ever, Frietboer just released Fiks and beatking Coco Bryce released a smashing 7-inch on Saturate. For more monthly musical hints – check our juno chart.
So, that’s the Weather Fremdcast for today. Stay tuned!
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