dudes, i'll definitely be at day one and two of this fest (playing with beesty and catheter stretch, as well as some "surprise" shit), and probably day three as well. just ask around for a jeffrey mitchell. we'll get fucked up on opium together, maaan!
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RAT-WARD FESTIVAL - “Noisestock” 2004
An “outsider” music fest. sound for sound seekers!
THR AUG 5th thru SUN AUG 8TH @ The Rat-Ward (757noise house)
HAMPTON VA. All four days! 7PM to 3AM.
FREE LIVE MUSIC! experimental, harsh noise, noisy art rock,
new wave, noise grind, avant-garde composition, power noise
noise pop, noise this, noise that. even some not so noisy stuff!
Not originally intended be an actual noise fest, but why not?
so many great bands wanna play that weekend
it just kinda became a festival on its own!
Here’s the plan: back to back live sets all over the building, DJs,
art, film, music swap, improv sessions, spoken word and etc.
Admission is free. We will be collecting donations to help out of town bands.
Suggested donation is $3 (or more!) highly encouraged! (buy their merch too!)
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RAT-WARD [757Noise House] 22 S. Mallory St. Hampton VA. 23663
(Floor 2 - above Bender's)
http://ratward.net rahkasha@yahoo.com
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Here is the line-up:
(Subject to change. more acts TBA. expect some surprise performances too!)
See below for more information about the performers.
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Thr AUG 5th 7PM
[rat-ward fest day 1]
JAPANESE KARAOKE AFTERLIFE EXPERIMENT
UNICORN HARD-ON
BYRON HOUSE
MYLES OF DESTRUCTION
CASH SLAVE CLIQUE
MOUTH PET
DOOR
BEESTY
SOCIAL JUNK
MIX TAPE FOR ADRIAN
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Fri AUG 6th 7PM
[rat-ward fest day 2]
THIS SONG IS A MESS BUT SO AM I
MIKE BELL and...
TIERMANN / TALIBAM
CATHETER STRETCH
CRAYOLA FILTH
FERALCATSCAN
MDUB
TERROR AT THE OPERA
SLIDE OF HAND
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Sat AUG 7th 7PM
[rat-ward fest day 3]
BUNNYBRAINS
ZOM ZOMS
YIP-YIP
DAN DEACON
ART LORD and the SELF PORTRAITS
CAIRO WINGS
PERVATRONS
JOIYA
NO-FI
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Sun AUG 8th
[rat-ward fest day 4]
KHATE
AMANDA ROGERS
THE PHILLIP MICHAEL THOMAS SEARCH PARTY
2673
FLASHRAM
SLINGSHOT DAKOTA
MULTIPLE CATS
KID CAMARO
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JAPANESE KARAOKE AFTERLIFE EXPERIMENT - Providence, RI (Breathmint)
way out space noise from the electric kingdom.
spastic drums and syntheffectnoise battle con!
http://www.japanesekaraoke.yoitsren.com
UNICORN HARD-ON - Philly PA (Breathmint)
bleep-bop...good noises you can dance to!
"Defiant music for yr Retarded dance party.
Be Her Lover! Or at least love her hot jams."
http://www.breathmint.net
CASH SLAVE CLIQUE - Baltimore/D.C. (Sounds from the Pocket)
Baltimore's new improv noise rock super group!
members from: 36, Spaceship Panic Orbit, Sheer Terror...
http://www.cashslaveclique.com/
SOCIAL JUNK - West Virginia
West Virginia's noisiest indie band! Social Junk is a six-armed electronic, buzzing, flashing, geewhizbang of a band from Cross Lanes, WV. Diane - bs/vx Noa - gtr/vx, Neko - dms/vx. Social Junk isn’t like any other band you’ve heard before. Listening to Social Junk is always exciting, thanks to Social Junk’s amazing electronic brain! Watch tension mount as Social Junk ticks down the seconds with their flashing lights and push-button action! Social Junk is so advanced that observing a Social Junk entertainment extravaganza requires lightning fast reflexes and quick thinking! Social Junk is so irresistible and fascinating that soon you’ll be going to all the shows, so you can witness the six-armed addictive action apparatus! Social Junk is laser-fast fun for the whole family!
http://www.socialjunk.net/
MIX TAPE FOR ADRIAN - VA Beach/Norfolk
avant-dance-tronics
http://myspace.com/mixtapeforadrian
DOOR - New Jersey
the return of door. experimental / noise.
BEESTY - Atwood, TN (Alamagator)
experimental / noise.
members of: Catheter Stretch and friends. once described on the american tapes board as "shapeshifting noise humanoids". i can't say it any better.
http://www.alamagator.com/
MOUTH PET - TN (Alamagator)
static beats! stoned nightmares! digital chaos!
http://www.alamagator.com/
BYRON HOUSE – Florida (Cephia’s Treat)
all out noisy two man fucked up roise rock duo. members of Hepatitis Youth and Russian Tsarcasm
MYLES OF DESTRUCTION - Philly PA (Worldeater)
“Dark, feedback-induced noise with eerie—yet tasteful--violin stylings...no-wave with a twisted, confrontational style like Neurosis” – Punk Planet
http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/mylesofdestruction/
THIS SONG IS A MESS BUT SO AM I - L.A. (Mattress/Oedipus)
mixes elements of noise with electro, IDM, synthpop and dance
music deconstruction with vocals.
Using crashing synthesizers, drum machines in a state of disarray, blasts of white noise, and morose lyrics, the one man project of This Song Is A Mess But So Am I paints a vulgar picture of life. Twenty year old Freddy Ruppert has been playing out as This Song Is A Mess But So Am I since May of 2003, and this January saw the release of a split 7" with Xiu Xiu. Mixing the electronic music styles of noise, electro, and IDM with the urgency of punk, he creates a very bizarre brand of anxiety filled synthpop. His songs are very personal, honest and bring a heavy emotional weight to electronic music. His live shows are known for being filled with the bursting energy of a nervous breakdown. “So now I present to you a list of the best of now, a list of Los Angeles music that creates hope in the hearts of all the locals waiting for the community to grow into it's own... This Song Is A Mess But So Am I: Electro-noise deconstruction has never sounded more emotional and disturbed then this one-man missionary. It's like Marc Almond woke up from bed, stepped onto some broken glass and knocked water over onto his synthesizer." – Light up the sky.
http://www.thissongisamess.com
TIERMANN and TALIBAM - New England
“(we) want to come up and destroy.
we are new englanders. we are ferocious and will make ears bleed.
makes hearts warm. make tears fall."
MIKE BELL and... - Baltimore MD (AEN)
loud noisy improv rock! member of Temple Of Bon Matin,
The Dirt, Billy Syndrome, Jennifer Blowdryer, etc.
http://www.geocities.com/sonickitchenoflove/index2.html
FERALCATSCAN - Newport News, VA
atmospheric sound collage artist. mysterious noise scapes,
drones and swells.
http://feralcatscan.com
MDUB - Brooklyn, NY
"most of the time,when a band comes along sounding a mess like these barbarians do, we turn up our noses. But not just anyone can do fucked-up with the right combination of spirit and determination, and we think this Duo-at times coming off like a cross between Beat Happening and Vertical Slit-may know something it isn't telling us" - Time Out New York
http://mdub.com
CATHETER STRETCH - Atwood, TN (Alamagator)
harsh, extreme noise given bunny ears and a dirty sanchez. a disgrace to "serious" experimental music.
http://www.alamagator.com/
CRAYOLA FILTH - Atwood, TN (Alamagator)
lo-fi homemade noise loops from the most unlikely of sources.
http://www.alamagator.com/
BUNNYBRAINS – Danbury CT (Matador/Bilge Dasto/BlackJack)
acid punk noise veterans...back to their original line-up BUNNYBRAINS 88!
Connecticut's 2nd most famous band (according to Gerard Cosloy at Matador)
and still trying to figure out who the first one is (!).... include(s) former members of Sonic Youth, Plant & Page, Great White, Vatican Commandos, etc.... BB's have won an international reputation for annoying & entertaining many dozens of people, sometimes all at once. In fact, Adam Yauch of the the Beastie Boys was recently quoted in a trade advertisement as saying that the Bunny Brains were one of his earliest influences. The Bunny Brains are perhaps best known for their stint last autumn blowing Sebadoh off the stage night after night. They weren't opening for Sebadoh, they were just blowing them off the stage...
http://bunnybrains.com
http://thebunnybrains.com
ZOM ZOMS – Austin TX (Instincto)
freaky rockin new wave synth punk! (Bright, space-aged 80's style music.)
Zom Philmapster and Zoms Frenchman have been living and making music together for the past 7 years. Zom, a retired encyclopedia salesman, met Zoms when he took a job as a pizza delivery driver. Obsessed with the similarity of their first names, the two became fast friends and soon discovered their common love for the musical arts. Moving in together was a logical choice and it allowed Zom and Zoms to dedicate themselves almost exclusively to music (and delivering pizza, which they now do freelance).
http://www.tubezomzoms.com/
YIP-YIP – Florida
experimental electronic duo.
"They must be seen to be believed" is the sort of caveat that's typically applied to shitty music, but Yip-Yip makes a great racket that stands up well on it's own. However, in the full-context of their Jawa-as-hostpital attendant outfits, relentlessly swaying stage presence and keyboards-as-beating-victims aggression accompanying their fractured futurama funk, Yip-Yip really are a sight to behold."
http://www.yip-yip.com/
ART LORD & THE SELF PORTRAITS - Greenville NC
new wave art miscreants! synth pop meets lo-fi.
http://ideasforhousecrafts.com
NO-FI - Hampton VA (AEN/Breathmint)
no-fi is a music production company...
this is thier live improv group. very noisy deconstructed
hardcore punk rock!
DAN DEACON - Baltimore MD (Standard Oil)
"Absurdist Composer and Electronic Musician, Dan Deacon, is based in Westchester New York. Splitting his output into two major sections, live performance and composition, Dan has been both completing his MFA in Composition and performing his song-based electronic music through New York area with is messy table of fancy electronic whosit and howsthat...His performance and compositional techniques shows strong influences from the Fluxus Movement, Italian Futurism, Performance Art, Spiderman, Absurdism, and the current movement in underground rock. While maintaining a constant performance and tour schedule Dan has spent most of his time working on pieces for brass ensemble, string quartet, solo cello, solo study and his study in mid and high frequency sine waves."
http://www.dandeacon.com/
CAIRO WINGS - New York
insane audio deconstructions!
members of Nuclear Power Pants.
JOIYA – Eastpointe MI
Joiya is a performance ensemble consisting of cello, violin, guitar, and drums.
http://www.purevolume.com/joiya
KHATE - Newport News
Khate makes electronic music which she has given up trying to name, genre-wise. Current major influences include: bells, Godzilla, vinyl static, the weather, ultradistorted kick drums, graphic files opened as raw PCM, loss, cicadas, dub, microsounds, thunderstorms, 50's monster movie scores, and mixed peppercorns. She uses: ~IDC Devastator PC ~Korg Poly 800 Mk II keyboard
~Boss DR-550 drum machine ~Pearl SY-1 Syncussion ~IDC Oracle [circuit bent Speak & Spell] ~IDC ??? [un-named circuit bent Speak & Math] ~IDC Goethite [circuit bent keyboard] ~a variety of thrift store keyboards~IDC Dominatrix [circuit bent phase pedal]
~ART Mach rack effects and Boss pedals ~Sony Playstation ~no MIDI whatsoever ~37 miles of cable... to make the noises in her head come out."
http://khate.org
THE PHILLIP MICHAEL THOMAS SEARCH PARTY - Hampton VA
noise / grind absurdists from Hampton, VA and beyond.
http://tpmtsp.theminusmen.com/
MULTIPLE CATS - D.C./Richmond VA
crazy!
2673 – New Jersey (Kittyplay)
experimental noise.
FLASHRAM - New Jersey
experimental noise.
http://flashram.cjb.net/
AMANDA ROGERS - New York (Immigrant Sun)
Amanda plays beautiful music with her piano, her sincere lyrics, and her burning voice.
http://amandaspiano.com
SLINGSHOT DAKOTA - Long Island NY (Immigrant Sun)
indie rock/pop
http://slingshotdakota.com
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