Avantgardefestival Schiphorst

Psykisk Tortur will do a gig in Germany for the first time, at the Avantgardefestival Schiphorst. A very special place. A place where interactions and collaborations are not only welcome, but encouraged and made very much possible. A place where artists don't have backstage, vip treatment or special catering. All have to line up in the same lines as the audience to get breakfast, or have a drink or whatever. All have to socialise in the same areas as the audience. It makes for a wonderful place to meet people with the same attitude as yourselves (being in this group), and do something spontaneous, or networking for future contact.

It takes place in Schiphorst, in the north of Germany, at Jean-Hervé Perons farm, and only two weeks from now.  Planned sets, and ad-hoc collaborations. Anyone in relatively closeness to the area should consider going. You'll never regret it, and you will remember it. Forever. More at the festival site

Line Up:

Aerosol Light	Germany
Ampersand	UK
Avantgarde FM	Finland
Brandstifter	Germany
Catherine Barche	Germany
Cathy Heyden	France
Charlemagne Palestine	USA
Cinema Soloriens DYAD - Part 1	USA
Cinema Soloriens DYAD - Part 2	France/ UK/ Germany
Coppernicus Gym	Germany
Doubleganger	Italy
Emerge & Don Vomp	Germany
Erland Malmberg	France
Fahrenheit 2006°	France
faUSt	DMZ
Geoff Leigh	UK
Harald & Ale	Germany
Hax	Finland
Prof. Dr. Lutz Hieber	Germany
Ian Land	UK
incite/ Kera & André	Germany
Julien Perrin	France
Kakawaka	Germany
Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer	Germany
Maria and the Mirrors	UK
Mitch Esparza	USA
Nathalie Forget	France
Neopostdadasurrealpunkshow	Germany
Nicolas Boone	France
Nurse With Wound	Ireland
Organic Milk Baby	Germany
::OT::	Germany
PAS	UK/ USA
Psykisk Tortur	Norway
Rockin Yaset	France
Roland Graeter	Germany
Sascha Demand	Germany
Snare Drum Solo	Japan
Spelbo II	Germany
Stadtfischflex  feat. Taikotribe and Toys´r´Noise	Germany
Tellavision	Germany
The Ape	Germany
The Noise Flowers	Hungary
Thee VHS CvLT	Germany
Thomas Zunk	Germany
Tonia Reeh	Germany
Tumorchester	Germany
Umuligt Instrument	Denmark
UnicaZürn	UK
Vultures Quartet	UK
Wat Sun	France
Wckr Spgt	USA
Wetterläuten	Germany
Xabec	Germany
Zan Bodycocktail starring Lars Skjit	USA/ N

Nødutgangfestival 2010 news!

From the festival website:

Artists are booked!

Faust


As part of the celebration of the fact that this is the 5th Nødutgang Festival, and by popular demand, we have invited Faust back. They have changed some of the crew, and appears today as even more experimental, improv as well as tight and samspilt while rocker merged by the majority.This year, Faust consists of Jean-Hervé Peron, Zappi Diermaier, James Johnston and Geraldine Swayne.

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DEL

DEL is a Norwegian drone-space-freak-psychedelic-noise-out-rock band formed in 1996. Kjell Runar "Killer" Jenssen, Per Gisle Galåen, Lasse Marhaug and Fredrik Ness Sevendal.

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Bendik

Bendik is actually Silje Halstensen. She plays on everything from organs to guitars, and uses many types of machines, to create a delicious harmony.

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Going to Schiporst again!

Long time since any updates, but I have been in holiday mode for a while. Just stepping in to inform that I will be performing 28th of august in Schiporst, Germany again this year. Probably the best festival I have ever been to, managed by Fausts Jean-Hervé Peron and Carina Varain on their farm.

The Grand Erector LP

German label Pure Pop For Now People has just released an interesting project by The Grand Erector. Intended as a tribute to the group FAUST, source recordings for the project were contributed by invited members of the Faust mailing list and a few other cronies. The contributions were all then dismantled, RE-processed and RE-smeazed, before being RE-assembled to make the final album. Each track was created by combining material from several sources. Being only 100 copies on black vinyl, including an 8 page 10" booklet with photos by Ian Land, it will probably sell out fast!

Quote:

THE GRAND ERECTOR would like to thank Alan Holmes, Zoë Skoulding, Maeyc Hewitt and Ann Matthews (ECTOGRAM), Alex O’Shea, Steve Pittis (BAND OF PAIN), Ben Tinker (THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH), J.S. Adams, Dane Johnson, Gustavo Jobim, Jean-Hervé Peron (FAUST), Jim Bowers, Ian Morrison, Jim Donnelly, Ken Hyder (KSPACE), Mike Rowlands, Olivier Manchion (ULAN BATOR / PFE), Phil Wilson (THE JUNE BRIDES), Richard Fontenoy (STELLA MARIS DRONE ORCHESTRA), Ronny Waernes, Joachim Gaertner and Martin Brauner (S/T), Steve Fligelstone, Luis Forner and Paco Gomez (TRAUMMASCHINE), and Zoltan Pfefer.

Listen to a soundclip here