Dizzy Storm Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 ...DiZZY SToRM is very excited to be taking Boston's NEPTUNE back to aberdeen for what is shaping up to be a very eclectic night of art and music....this night will be a collaboration with a new (as yet un-named!) arts collective in aberdeen.....details of what else to expect in that respect to follow soon, also details of the excellent wall based exhibition that Peacocks will be hosting at that time NEPTUNE played last year to a very mixed and unsuspecting saturday night crowd at the Tunnels, blew everyone away, and ended up selling the most amount of vinyl of the whole uk tour!! Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a student art project by sculptor/musician Jason Sanford, who, in order to create a new music medium while simultaneously destroying the posture of five young men, forged heavy, menacing-looking guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings and miscellaneous scrap metal found in the trash. Neptune was assembled to showcase these contraptions in the winter of the same year and has evolved into a full time band that has traversed the US and Europe several times. The early guitars were haphazard and untunable, resulting in the atonal garage clamor of the early recordings. With several different members and collaborators over the years, the music has evolved with the instruments blending the traditional sounds of Rock & Roll with what sounds like mistake day at the ball bearing factory. The current three-piece lineup relies as heavily on home-made electronics as it does its signature scrap metal instruments. With less guys and more gear, Neptune rocks like The Fall, clangs like Neubauten and drones like Faust with improvised and not-so-improvised songs that you can almost dance to.Jason Sanford - baritone guitar, oscillator organ, electric thumb piano, foot synth, tupperphone, small electric spring, vocalsMark Pearson - baritone guitar, 4 string slide, bass, oscillators, homemade synths, large electric spring, percussion, vocalsDaniel Boucher - drums, electric floor tom, drum trigger, telegraph noise box, bass dulcimer, electric gas pipe, vocalswww.neptuneband.comwww.myspace.com/neptuneandjupiteralso performing....JESSICA RYLANwww.irfp.netfor more info/video/mp3'sJessica Rylan is a sound artist and electronic musician who lives and works in the Boston area. She builds unique synthesizers for installations and live performance. Her designs are influenced by plants, and the historically outmoded. Her music incorporates the intuition of folk music with the techniques of the avant-garde.Rylan spent much of 2005 on tour, performing over 100 concerts. She performed across the United States, Eastern Canada, and Western Europe. Highlights included Lisbon, Antwerpen, London, Chicago, L.A., and New York City. Performances with Thurston Moore, Wolf Eyes, Lightning Bolt, Emil Beaulieau, Prurient, Hrvatski, Magik Markers, Mouthus, Tim Barnes, Charalambides, Amps for Christ, Chris Corsano.Recordings on RRRecords, Ultra Eczema, Heresee, Kittyplay, Curor."...manages to pull off being emotionally vulnerable and startlingly confrontational at the same time." anonymous blog review"As warm and direct as an autumn campfire."-Tom Carter, Volcanic Tongue"One of the strangest things I've seen in awhile."-Thurston MooreSUN 29TH OCTPEACOCK VISUAL ARTSCASTLEGATE8PMtbc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 some fuckign brilliant gigs on the horizon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullmouse Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Neptune were phenomenal last time in the Tunnels, really cannot wait for this gig! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted October 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 thanks to Joe Hearty for this poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 That's a fab poster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 It is a very nice poster. Where the heck is the Peacock Visual Arts thing, i thought it was down in hookerville not the castlegate, maybe i'm just confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 It is a very nice poster. Where the heck is the Peacock Visual Arts thing, i thought it was down in hookerville not the castlegate, maybe i'm just confused Peacock is off down a lane on the Castlegate. Face the Citadel turn left toward the Castle Bar and go down a lane beside a charity shop. There is a sign! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Peacock is off down a lane on the Castlegate. Face the Citadel turn left toward the Castle Bar and go down a lane beside a charity shop. There is a sign!Cool, i'm deinately going to the Audrey gig there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Cool, i'm deinately going to the Audrey gig there Having been to the Wixel gig, and others, I will say that Peacock is wonderfull small venue to see and hear something a little different. Because it isn't a bar there is something special about the events, it's not a boozed based evening out. Everyone should bring a cushion or bean bag for the Audrey gig. Its going to be special! First things first though NEPTUNE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Everyone should bring a cushion or bean bag for the Audrey gig.Audrey?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Audrey??www.myspace.com/audreyswe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 JESSICA RYLANwww.irfp.netfor more info/video/mp3's"One of the strangest things I've seen in awhile."-Thurston Moore"one of the strangest things ive heard in awhile"Andy MulhernWTF???????????????????????????????????????? ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( ?( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Donald Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 If you follow this link you'll find Noma's myspace page with samples.http://www.myspace.com/noma1He's also playing at the Install festival next weekend if anyone is going to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 www.myspace.com/audreysweCheers. Now that sound REALLY cool! I Like.When are they playing?....4th November. I used my depleted initative and found out. Ill be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Stax Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Cheers. Now that sound REALLY cool! I Like.When are they playing?....4th November. I used my depleted initative and found out. Ill be there.Few too many Andy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 8, 2006 Report Share Posted October 8, 2006 Few too many Andy? In a word... Yes!But yesterday was a "You'll always remember where you were when Caldwell scored against France" moment ..... I was a the urinal in the Forum! Missed it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 will be some dj action from Giles Walker on the night too......im just trying to make everyone forget its a sunday night!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 great Neptune review (i think so anyway..) from boston's weekly....DIG...love the ''sounds like robots gone off their meds..'' bit!!!NEPTUNE | PATTERNSGENRE | NOISY HOMEMADE ROCK VERDICT | JUNKS NOT JUNK LABEL | SELF-RELEASE RELEASE | 4.12.06WWW.NEPTUNEBAND.COMYou might think that once youve heard the trash-bashing freakazoids of Neptune do their signature thang, youre all set. But come now. Think about ityoure not all set. It would be pretty bonkers logic to assume that a crew of dudes who quite literally built their band from scratch would plateau at the first sign of satisfaction. You dont want people thinking youre crazy or dim, so have a go with Neptunes latest release (their 14th), Patterns. Their arsenal of child-frightening scrap-metal guitar-thingies is here augmented by a barrage of homespun electronics and mutationstupperphones, telegraph oscillator boxes, amplified springs and metal floor toms. And sure, the results are abrasivebut in a good way, like getting your back scratched for the first time in years, only by a bear. The Lighthouse sounds like robots gone off their meds; little gnarly electronic sputters and thick metallic guitars chase a spooked bleep around until they all end up falling off a cliff. Fourteen Pleasures is a dizzy tantrum that brings Brainiac to mindif Brainiac were mugged by a hover-van full of space gypsies. Bookend instrumentals #13 and On Purpose, By Accident not only hint at the role of luck (bad or otherwise) in their music, but they also demonstrate the bands knack for press-record-and-go improv. So good youll need a tetanus shot. [MICHAEL BRODEUR] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 will be some dj action from Giles Walker on the night too......How you gonna fit it all in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 wow, those are some good photo's! i wonder who took em i shall be there with camera in hand again for this. also get there early to see noma. cracking drones and tones using the strangest things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Storm Posted October 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 yeah new photos would be cool dave also the P & J shall be there reviewing the night ...shock, horror!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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