UMBERTO / ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE : SPAIN

Hello!! Two outstanding artists are coming to Spain next month!
Umberto and Ensemble Economique are playing Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia!
Check dates below. More info for the Barcelona gigs soon!

Umberto (Not Not Fun/Sonic Meditations/US) - http://umberto.bandcamp.com/
10.04 - La Residencia, Valencia (+ Ensemble Economique)
11.04 - Nasti, Madrid (+ Reserva Espiritual de Occidente)
13.04 - Miscelanea, Barcelona

Ensemble Economique (Not Not Fun/Dekorder/US) - http://ensembleeconomique.tumblr.com/
10.04 - La Residencia, Valencia (+ Umberto)
11.04 - Miscelanea, Barcelona (+ Bradien)
12.04 - Nasti, Madrid

POSTER : GALA DROP + SUNNY GRAVES + VACTOR @ APOLO 2, BARCELONA

We already have the poster!
Thanks so much Vasco - http://imaginasociety.com/

Also, tickets are finally available for pre-sale.
You can buy it in Discos Paradiso (c/ Ferlandia, 39) or via web in Codetickets!

Gala Drop (Golfchannel) + Sunny Graves live (Narwhal/Jahbitat) + Vactor live (Arnau Sala/IVDB) + DJ Gonzo (DNA Club) in La 2 de Apolo, 28th of March

We proudly present a night in La 2 de Apolo, Barcelona, with some amazing acts from the Iberian peninsula: Gala Drop, Sunny Graves and Vactor. On top of that DJ Gonzo (D.N.A. club) will make the time between the gigs more than enjoyable. It will be a combination of an act that has proven itself the last years in Barcelona, Gala Drop, and the first live shows of two new projects by people that have proven themselves very much in the local scene, Sunny Graves and Vactor. It will be a very danceable night that we are very much looking forward to!

Tickets will be 7 euros in pre-sale or 9 euros at the door.
You can buy them in Discos Paradiso (Calle Ferlandina, 9) or online in Codetickets

Facebook event

Gala Drop was one of the revelations of the last edition of Primavera Club, and delivered a very danceable show in MOOG the last time we brought them to Barcelona. Since their performance in Primavera Club they recorded a record together with Ben Chasny of Six Organs Admittance, making the material they present even better. See the link below for a taste of the record that will be released at the end of the Month.
http://soundcloud.com/gala-drop/broda
http://www.myspace.com/galadrop




Sunny Graves is the new solo project of Simon Williams. Simon has been very active in the local music scene first as Jahbitat and later also as one half of the band NARWHAL together with Cristian Subirà (Summer Recreation Camp). This show will be the first live show of Sunny Graves in Barcelona, which given the quality of his earlier projects is a must see. Check out some recordings below:

http://soundcloud.com/sunnygraves

http://www.facebook.com/sunnysunnygraves

http://narwhal.bandcamp.com/

Vactor is a project of Ivy and Arnau Sala (Les Aus/Béstia Ferida) who met each other in 2011, sparking a collaboration between the two. The proyect merges influences of both, synths shocking with surreal beats, where the hiss of tape and saturation embrace repetitive melodies. Their first demo has been recorded in time spent jointly, but mostly isolated from the rest of the world in Maryland.
http://soundcloud.com/ivdb/sets/vactor

http://www.arnausala.info/

http://ivdb.bandcamp.com/

PICTURES : MINI-MERCADO

Great gigs, nice people, lots of fun.. here are some pictures of Mini-Mercado, last weekend in Aveiro, Portugal.

All credits: Miguel Estima

MINI MERCADO : AVEIRO, PORTUGAL

Hey! We are putting up this small festival in my hometown, Aveiro, Portugal!
Lots of good bands!!

Tren Go! Sound System
Sensible Soccers
Lace Bows
Blac Koyote
Asimov
Cangarra

+ info

POSTER: SUNFLARE + ISARDS

Poster by Vasco Valentim - http://imaginasociety.com/

SUNFLARE + ISARDS : BARCELONA

Hey!!
We're really glad to annunce that SUNFLARE will come to Barcelona again! They will play on the next 13 of February in Cafe da Madeira (Via Laeitana, 6). The gig will be part of a small European Tour to promote their new record 'Ghetto Blast'.
The local band Isards is also playing. They're part of Colectivo Detakon, some of the most active people around! Check them out here.

For the ones that don't know SUNFLARE, you can listen to some killer tunes in their myspace.

Sunflare describe themselves as: "Sonic attack trio. Music that rises from spontaneous collective energy and heavy-fuzz blown out rock and roll". Check out some lines they got in press last year:

- Altered Zones: "This adrenaline-inducing rager, "Gravity Free," will have your neck aching after some serious headbanging"

- Foxy Digitalis: "the loudest record this year, a testament to all scorching, squalling and squeling noise ever recorded"

- Julian Cope presents Head Heritage: "this 12" EP seeps into your wall and engages the entire enviroment to such an extent that even the silent at song's end seems 'too loud'"

- Dusted Magazine: "Red-hot, blown out high speed scene blooz choogle, comparable to High Rise, out of this Portuguese ensemble."

I must say they sound fucking great live. Check this small video:

VIDEO : MANUEL CARVALHO

A video of our last show! Manuel Carvalho with visuals of Marta Veludo.
Check it out!

Visuals to Manuel Carvalho Show from Marta Veludo on Vimeo.

POSTER : HOLY STRAYS + CANKUN + MANUEL CARVALHO

Another grat work from Vasco - http://imaginasociety.com/

PROMO : HOLY STRAYS + CANKUN + MANUEL CARVALHO

Our friend Manuel Carvalho just made this aswesome video for our first show of 2012!



Check out his others works here: http://manuelcarvalho.com.pt/

HOLY STRAYS (NOT NOT FUN/FR) + CANKUN (NOT NOT FUN/FR) + MANUEL CARVALHO (BCN): 11 de Enero, BARCELONA

Hi all!

Our first show of 2011 will present two more acts of one our favorite labels right now, Not Not Fun.
Holy Strays and Cankun, alongside with Manuel Carvalho, will be presenting their latest material in Miscelanea on the 11th of January. It will be a night full of electronica, beats, and psychedelia, don't miss it!
Three high quality acts for 6 euro, members of Miscelanea pay 5 euro, check out the videos to see if you like it!

HOLY STRAYS (NOT NOT FUN/ FR)
Holy Strays is the recently adopted nom de plume of a young Paris-based producer, who delivers equally massive and intimate beats. His sub bass grooves and frenetic rhythms usually melt with atmospheric patterns, with a sound sometimes aluding to nu-jazz, R&B or even jungle. In a year or so HS remixed Forest Swords and shared the stage with Sun Araw, Prince Rama, Terror Bird, Ela Orleans, High Wolf, Cankun and Cough.



Listen to his Not Not Fun recordings on Spotify:
Holy Strays – Hyperion 
Holy Strays – Enlightenment
.
Soundcloud

CANKUN (NOT NOT FUN/ FR)
French haze aesthete Vincent Caylet has been active on the marginal music frontlines in various capacities for several years at this point but Cankun is a even brighter-lit hideaway of mirages to pass out in. Chiming guitars balance-beam above looping heatwaved keyboards. Escapist, joyous, and psychedelically sunburned in equal measure.



Listen to his Not Not Fun recordings on Spotify:
Cankun – Jaguar Dance
.
Soundcloud

MANUEL CARVALHO (BCN)
Manuel Carvalho makes synthetic psychedelia with noise and drone parts. His music consists of electronic elements that incorporate figures and oriental considerations, a maximalist micro-cosmos crowded by samples of persian rock, space ships, water aliens and synth solos of breeze-waving hair and with face forward to the sky. He will present his recently released EP "Manta" together with new and unedited material.

http://mantaaa.tumblr.com/

More info about his work: http://manuelcarvalho.com.pt/

SEX WORKER : DISCOS PARADISO

Tomorrow, Sex worker at Discos Paradiso!

MAX TUNDRA : TICKETS

Tickets are finally on sale!!
Pre sale 9 euros. You can buy it in codetickets HERE.

MAX TUNDRA + BOREALS : BARCELONA

Next month we are going to celebrate our first anniversary with Max Tundra and Boreals.
The show will take place in Moog on the 5th of November. Tickets will be on sale soon!

One more time, poster by Vasco - http://imaginasociety.com/

Max Tundra + Boreals

Moog, Barcelona

5 Noviembre

21:30

9 euros anticipada / 11 euros taquilla

HTRK BARCEONA : CANCELLED

Unfortunately, the Spanish gigs of HTRK were all canceled.
We were really up for it. I hope they can come some other time!