An Evening Instrumental Rock music, Noisy Electronics and Fried Visuals

Mountain Men Anonymous (From Wales)
Epic 45 (From England)
HL/Fickle (From Stoke)

Etc/ visual experimentation.

Thursday 26th February 2004 8.30pm onwards The Talbot Hotel, Stoke On Trent, UK

Mountain Men Anonymous
www.mountainmenanonymous.com
May 5, 1993
In Grants Pass, Oregon, in early May, Michael Kennedy tried to shoot a beer can off Anthony Roberts's head with a bow and arrow in what Roberts later described as an initiation rite for "Mountain Men Anonymous." Kennedy missed, and the arrow went through Roberts's right eye, penetrated eight inches of brain, and came within a millimeter of severing major blood vessels that would have caused instant death. Roberts never lost consciousness, was later fitted with a glass eye, and suffered no diminution of brain function from that which he had before the accident occurred.
Source: The Oregonian

No Really Mountain Men Anonymous will penetrate your soul with a sound that compares to acts like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai, and Explosions in the Sky. Not heard of them well come to Stoke On Trent and witness a reinvention of rock music.

Epic 45
www.epic45.com
>From Stafford, The influences here range from the mellow ambience of bands such as Bark Psychosis & Labradford to the sonic experimentation of GYBE, Slint, & Hood, but blended together nicely into a sound all their own. Lots of Radio One airplay from Steve Lamacq & John Peel. Very very pretty & dreamy.

HL/Fickle
www.noground.co.uk/hl.html
Promoters take to the stage or artists start promoting hard to say with these 2. HL is currently experimenting with using live noise through mics and creating a soundtrack using the actual sound of the venue. Fickle is well taking cd glitches, delay, radio noise and ambience into a warmer field away from the more harsher reality’s of Merzbow and Yasunao Tone.

A Visual element will be provided by etc/ with other visuals by tbc artists.

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No Ground Processes http://www.noground.co.uk

...with various other bands including Tsuji Giri who're about to record with one Steve Albini...nice...

Tue.23.Mar Brixton Windmill London w/ The Edmund Fitzgerald and Candy Sniper

Wed.24.Mar Cavern Exeter w/ Tribute To Nothing, The Emergency and Broken Leaf

Wed.31.Mar The Vine Leeds w/ Lyca Sleep and iLiKETRAiNS

Thu.01.Apr Ferryboat Norwich w/ The Scaramanga Six and Les Flames!

Fri.02.Apr Talbot Stoke QUIET SET! w/ Econoline

Sat.03.Apr The Wolfhound Cork Ireland

Mon.05.Apr The Drum Galway Ireland

Tue.06.Apr The Hub Dublin w/ NPB

Wed.07.Apr Dr Drakes Aberdeen w/ Broken Leaf

Thu.08.Apr Drouthie Neebors Dundee w/ The A Forest and Findo Gask

Fri.09.Apr Subway Edinburgh w/ Slowloris and Broken Leaf

Sat.10.Apr Wheatsheaf Oxford w/ Broken Leaf

also
Sat.15.May Birmingham, Custard Factory - punk all-dayer! w/ lots of other bands including The Take and The Killerest Expression

also also

Mon.22.Mar doing a session thingy and playing tunes on Juice 107.2/Totallyradio.com Brighton

Sun.11.Apr recording an Adam Walton session!

also also also

An exclusive UK performance by Japanese king of noise MERZBOW, a pioneer of the extreme scene. Joined by another Japanese electro prankster COM.A (tigerbeat) plus CEEPHAX aka Andy Jenkinson (Squarepushe''s younger brother), the indescribable undesirable DJ SHITMAT (planet mu) and DJ X 'B''hams self styled "DarkLord" of DrumNBass. Including Broken Channel AV work using survelliance + CCTV cameras with live performance by Kaffe Matthews + Riz Masten.
All this for a mere £7 can't say fairer than that.

Gorr, this is a rubbish plug. Sorry. Anyway, eeing as most of you are in Wales I can't see the missioning to MANCHESTER thing happening. Well, SURPRISE ME.

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'He was working hard at increasing his lifespan. He did this by cultivating boredom.'

>Have you got any more lined up?
Only vagueness;... I was supposed to be doing something for another exhib in the same place but they've had to postpone...

More cementimental gigs I hope in the not too distant future, but gotta get animation work out of the way 1st, then will have more time + money for noisiness!

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noise - www.cementimental.com
film - www.spiteyourface.com
stuff - www.cultivatetwiddle.com
rant - www.atlantismantis.com

The international karate plus

the favours

thevictorian english gentlemens club

Red Pony

come ponder this and other less philisophical conundra at the Talbot Hotel,
this friday night, may 14th....
the musicrooom is bloomin' proud to re-present:
FROG POCKET
awkward child of moon, stars, electronica, fiddle, guitar feedback and 'the
man with no eyes. say MU.
CHEVRON
a cut up rub a dub dub. say MU again.
MOTORMARK
see mssofee's post on the www.themusicroomstoke.tk forum.
say aaaaaaarrrggghhhh.

then there's
tune in
friday 21st may
again, at the Talbot Hotel, Stoke..
CHARLEMAGNE
DENISON WHITMER
BEN REYNOLDS

friday 28th may
rock out
THE LAST DROP
RISE TO THUNDER
WEREWOLVES ON MOTORCYCLES

may 31st bank holiday monday.
please read on if you are still interested....
PLANS/PROPOSALS for may 31st end of may bank holiday monday half-day musical
musicrooom jamboree...
it all seems to be falling nicely into place, as if by accident.
I plan to change shape slightly during the summer months...
having a bit of a break…
thereby creating a small but significant vacuum in the musikwerld OF
sTOKE-UPON-tRENT.
to herald this event I propose to hoist a very special musical day on bank
hol monday 31st may at the Talbot Hotel....
during that day I hope that we can create a beautiful happening on both
floors of the Talbot Hotel....
As a fairly idiosyncratic farewell/au revoir {my summer love}
here is the plan
from 1pm in the warm but rainy bank holiday Monday afternoon we will enter
the talbot hotel, stoke and encounter chilled Djing and acoustic artists playing
in different locations throughout the building {seemingly random, though not
overlapping, and kinda scheduled} this will continue throughout the afternoon
featuring such acoustic lovelies as Andy Robbins, Steve Clarke, Ben
Reynolds/Andy Jarvis/Girls, Buried Coins, and possibly VASE… throughout the day there
will be sound installations and things by Dan Hopkins, and most probably Fickle,
and visual/art installations by Dan Robbins, and whoever else has a good
idea, and wishes to be involved.... hopefully there'll be projections from the
scrapbook... photography/video/film from the last two years of great live events
etc.... {I have the Zukanican vid from last oct etc}
At 5pm-ish we will adjourn for high tea, { pizza from over the road ?}
this time/interlude can be used for brief escape.... or just a chance to have
a break from me bending your ear about how the daily tide of spam and junk
mail is crushing my spirit....... blah blah blah
this time could also be used for distro's etc…
reconvening at
6.30ish for more musical goodness... some / all live bands playing upstairs
{not on stage, on floor a la LigBolt etc... hey, I'm not claiming originality,
just enthusiasm}
there are those of you that already know of these plans... and I have
confirmed with a few bands that I would like them to play on this date.... if these
plans come together there may be issues re the amount of door money the bands
can reasonably expect, but as ever I can only do my best to ensure
satisfaction, but will guarantee fairness....
so, anyone up for doing stuff...
particularly visual artistes,publicity,flyering,mythmaking etc
or if any labels fancy having a small info/distro thing going on at the venue
please drop a line quick sticks...
go on... add your name to those already destined to make a difference on the
day:

THE CHAP too much going on to encapsulate in a snappy slogan. All good mind.
THE WOW intricate hellfire in the round...
SCULPTRESS a beautiful unvanquishable sound storm
VASE English lo fi folk minstrelling like Drake had really experienced
loneliness
STARBASE109 Krafted future-retro-electro-pop pioneers
ANDY ROBBINS our acoustic explorer possibly exploring with the aid of a
recorder
STEVE CLARKE mercurial popinjay utilises musical bathos.
BEN REYNOLDS/ANDREW JARVIS balancing deftly on a JanschFahey instrumental
guitar tightrope
BURIED COINS just exquisite
DAN HOPKINS otherwise known as HL 'motorways not motorhead'
DAN ROBBINS 'let's see what's through the square window. Using spaces for art
in the most disorientating manner'
have already said 'yes'....
nice one.
john o
www.themusicroomstoke.tk
'are you mad ? we only have a month'
'there is no present like time.'

as you will know there are a few perfectly formed LIVE nights before then...
and don't worry.... during the summer you will be treated to
CELLAR CULTURE! courtesy of the musicroom, proper underground gigs ?

yeaaah... it's all happening in Stoke....

24/05/04

8ish

barfly cardiff

The night is being arranged by John O and his Musicrooom. http://www.themusicroomstoke.tk/

info on Lucky dragons can be found at www.hawksandsparrows.org/press
y.a.c.h.t. is from portland oregon and info can be found at www.teamyacht.com/music
bobby birdman is from LA california and info can be found at www.statesrightsrecords.com/bobbybirdman

Check out there sites for many great mp3's Here's what the bands themselves say about their shows

'Live we dance and roll around and make a tremendous joyful noise. basically we play different sets each
night so depending on the feeling of the space and the people we meet it can be many different things...
generally some participatory singalongs and some touching and some hooting and hollering and trip-outs
and some messy drumming... yeah! i think there are videos on some of the sites...

The cut and paste digital derivative of musique concrete, melodic memory, splintery soft glitches, anxious dada, dirty indie, beautytronics. Lucky dragons is..
YACHT is music made by Jona Bechtolt. YACHT is a varied and multi-hued exploration of sound and rhythm that trips you deeply and puts you in "the zone."
From Filter magazine..
There is something going on here, and it isn't quite electronic and it isn't quite folk. Bobby Birdman (aka Rob Kieswetter, aka 'the indie rock Perry Como') has a voice as genuine as they come. His precious croon never stretches out of range, but isn't dull or montone. While his previous work relied on acoustic guitars and barroom piano to create a somber lo-fi landscape, this EP shows a leap forward in the studio. Imagine the voice David Bowie, only American and softer, backed by odd beats and click.

HL also has a slightly upgraded website with a slightly updated address www.noground.co.uk/landcrash There is some more music on there and soon will be examples of my film work.
New Pictures of my gigs are here
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_HL_Stk_260204.htm
Pics of my video work here
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_DragonRapide_Stk_310504.htm
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_Pascal_Stk_310504.htm#
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_Sculptress_Stk060404.htm
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_Hrvatski_Stk_211003.htm
http://www.peripheralanomaly.co.uk/Page_Photos_Galchen_Stk_090503.htm

HL is also looking for gigs/concerts/art exhibitions if your promoting a night or show etc and need some low key ambience/non linear dub with the sound of stuttering birds and bees, Then HL is your man. Also available for live video experiments, and installations.

Please email back if interested!

Thanks for reading this far and see you all soon.

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Dan Hopkins
Filmmaker, Musician, Artist. In no particular order
Working in Experimental Film, Music, Live Visual Manipulation and installation.
email: dan@noground.co.uk
web: http://www.noground.co.uk/Landcrash

Fri 13 Aug

The Vanities
+ Kilo C + Cementimental
Doors - 7.30pm
Tickets - £4 adv

The usual mail out of exciting news of no ground related work....

I have 2 exhibitions coming up in the next month. You wait for one and
then 2 come along!

1st off is 'Ignition 2004' a showcase of Live art and moving image work
down in Penzance in Cornwall. They are showing a selection of my
short films and installation work as part of there showcase. It is on
September the 11th a Saturday at the Acorn Theatre in Penzance.
11am till 11pm. More info on the exhibition can be viewed here
www.ignition2004.org.uk

2nd is my MA in Fine Art Exhibition which I finish this year at
Staffordshire University. Within this show I will be exhibiting several
video and sound pieces and playing a live set on the closing night.
The Show opens on a Saturday the 18th of September and closes on
the 22nd September a Wednesday but is not open on the Sunday in
the middle of that. With this show there is a closing reception instead of
a opening. So on this night I will be playing a live set made up of
recordings made in the gallery space that night.
No website for this show.

Before all this I will be down the Talbot Hotel in Stoke On Trent on the
5th of September for a MusicRoom lazy sunday afternoon of music,
From Andy Jarvis's posting on the music room forum

THE TALBOT HOTEL, 5TH OF SEPTEMBER, TIS A SUNDAY, A LAZY
DAY TO BE SURE. GET YR EARS ROUND THIS.

FROM AFTERNOON INTO THE TWINKLING TWILIGHT THE
MUSICROOM PRESENTS A GLORIOUS ARRANGEMENT OF
PASTORAL ODES IN THE FORM OF ACOUSTIC/ELEKTRONIC
HYMNS TO THE ETHER PERFORMED BY

BEN REYNOLDS
BURIED COINS
SIMON (HE OF "DEXTER WARD" FAME)
MIKARLA JARVIS/ANDREW JARVIS
HL
ANDREW ROBBINS
SCULPTRESS
+
FICKLE DANSETTE DJ'S
+
NO GROUND VISUALS

HL or Hurra-Caine LandCrash is currently finishing a new cd for
release in the next few months, But for now is a number of demo
versions of songs are available from my website
http://www.noground.co.uk/Landcrash
Also on the website is a selection of my latest films, These films are
made in collaboration with several different musical acts including
Mountain Men Anonymous, Soulo, and Arcade. Links to their websites
are available on the site as well.

http://www.noground.co.uk/Landcrash

noground-r will be shuffling back into action soon.

I am planning to play some video and music sets in the near future, So
if anyone is looking for a visual experimenter for the night or the HL
Sound please email.

Thanks for reading this, but if its a problem please email back and I
won't bother you with it again.

Best

Dan

Saturday 30th October
Newport Le Pub, South Wales (1 Caxton Street, 5 mins walk from the station)
Time: 7.30pm-11pm
Entry: Free

MARTINI HENRY RIFLES
Gentleman thugs reanimating the twitching corpses of Big Black and Brainiac with arts of black alchemy and rusty jump leads

DAS DOUBLE MUSLIM MACHINE
Two-man Leeds shock squad hammer out the sound of a fractured skull, Lightning Bolt style

GIVEAMANAKICK
Straight-talking Dublin bruisers wrestle for the wheel of a speeding rock juggernaut.

SPIDER KITTEN
Did the cat mount the tarantula? Or did the tarantula mount the cat? Horrific stoner crossbreed, birthed to the diabolic drone of Sunn0)))

Plus Plan B DJs playing Black Metal, power electronics & full-on spazz terror
And nightmare visuals courtesy of No Ground Processes

Very short notice this but the The Electronic Image is screening a selection of work from the last 2 years tomorrow night (Wednesday 27th) at our usual venue of the Stoke Film Theatre.
The work we are showing is the programme of work we screened at the Stafford Film Festival recently.

This programme was selected was selected to fill the brief of showing work which lent it's self genre of experimental film,

We are now looking for work to show at our next event which is on December the 8th.

The Electronic Image is a space for showing Short films,
Animations Pop Videos, Art Pieces, Flash Animations etc

Based at the Stoke Film Theatre in Stoke On Trent, The Electronic Image
will be a regular screening of moving image based work

THE ELECTRONIC IMAGE
STOKE FILM THEATRE
WEDNESDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2004
7.45 PM
FREE ENTRY

Hope to see you there

Just submitted a still and MP3 to an interesting project called Window Stand Point. I find the project really interesting and relaxing.
http://windowstandpoint.free.fr/

Also submitting work on it is artists like Scanner, Greg Davis, Safety scissors. But its not select anyone can submit.

Also out there.
I have posted an another MP3 onto my page at download.com
http://music.download.com/hurracainelandcrash

A Recent showing of one of my films happened in Nottingham, at an event called trampoline nottingham - berlin live link event
http://www.trampoline.org.uk/
I couldn't make it but it sounded interesting.

A friends record label has been doing well of late called 'First Person' It has many great releases so far from Fickle, Neil Campbell, Sculptress, Ashtray Navigations, Ben Reynolds, Andy Jarvis, Actually I will post seperately about this.
http://www.frstprsn.co.uk

New releases will be available soon on www.lowenergynetwork.com
For me as HL/Hurra caine landcrash

Currently available again is the 3' cdr 'A449 (Work In Progress)' After going through the first run of 50. There is due to a stock malfunction alot more copies of this are available.

A Newbie release for me is a release called 'Moving' under the name Hurra caine Landcrash. This is a hour long album type record from me. Collecting about 2 years of work. This release is called ngr-06 and is available from me now. Just email dan@noground.co.uk

Also on the noground-r label is another 3' this time from PFM, or Poor Father Material. This is currently in the last stages of production, again email me for copies at the moment.

Of course I am willing to trade or if anyone wants to review anything they can. I will send copies.

A whole load more is in the pipe line.

Best

in the words of Dr. Nick Riviera - "Hi everybody!" hope you're all well and happy and productive.

dan - congrats on the airplay. there are lots of groovy shows on resonance. my 'Book of Dreams' album was listed as one of '10 things to dig before you die!' on one of their shows recently which was cool.

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"In the land of the happy camper, the 5-berth tent is king!"

Here the details :

MAKE MINE MUSIC presents:

PIANO MAGIC
plus July Skies + Portal + Epic45(DJs)
Monday 4th April 2005
The Flapper and Firkin, Kingston Row, Birmingham
0121 236 2421
Doors 8.30pm
£4 advance/£5 door
Advance Tickets : Swordfish Records,Birmingham
0121 633 4859
www.makeminemusic.co.uk for online payments
epic45@yahoo.com for details
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www.makeminemusic.co.uk
www.piano-magic.co.uk
www.julyskies.com
www.portalmusic.com

ive also attached a flyer design for the show.if you
run a website, it would be great if you could mention
the night and tell as many people as you can.

tickets will be on sale as of next week, so drop into
Swordfish or get in touch with us directly at Make
Mine Music to buy tickets.

hope to see you there

thanks alot for your support and take care