This Is Not Art/Electrofringe/Sound Summit

[risk]

Aight. Anyone have any idea who is going to be coming through for it? All I've seen is a Kevin Blechdom poster on someone's myspace and a rumor of some kind of breakcore showcase.

Anyone know anything?

[mxmai]

dunno. kevin blechdom's playing in canberra on thursday nite though.

[nic_zero]

She played in Sydney on Friday.

Last year they tried to get Snares apparently. Bring that shit!

[mxmai]

that would be retardedly good.

[risk]

yeah forrealz.

snares would kill it.

[orphic]

What weekend is this on again? Hoping I can make it this year...

[nic_zero]

If anyone does go up try and check out Castings. Good shit.

http://www.myspace.com/castings

[risk]

saw castings at wolf eyes/daturas a bit back.

rad.

[thew]

What weekend is this on again? Hoping I can make it this year...

Usually the last weekend in September...

http://www.thisisnotart.org/

[nic_zero]

saw castings at wolf eyes/daturas a bit back.

rad.

At @newtown? They were awesome.

[orphic]

Usually the last weekend in September...

http://www.thisisnotart.org/

Ah right, I'll prolly be in melbs that weekend

[risk]

At @newtown? They were awesome.
nah, at the cambridge in newcastle with like 20 people. castings sat on the dancefloor

[nic_zero]

Haha.. When I saw them they said it was the first time anyone had stood up for one of their sets!

[Citizen]

Is worth going to Newcastle? I always consider going to the This Is Not Art festival, every year. But without fail, I never go.

[Dub DeLay]

going this year to participate in some workshops

[Citizen]

tickets are cheapish atm - is it worth $250ish in flights and accom to go down for two days - or should I just wait til next year?

[mxmai]

dooo eeeet.

[risk]

fo sho bro.

come. it's always rad.

found out that My Disco are playing for sound summit. yyyyyyyyeah.

[nic_zero]

Ah they're awesome live. Seeing them in a few weeks.

[risk]

here tis

Gig 1 - Friday night

* Cambridge Hotel
Newcastle

* Friday 29th September 2006. 8:00pm


The first official gig of the This Is Not Art Festival, held at the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle on Friday 29th September 2006 will feature:

Skist (Japan) – An electronic music duo of Samm Bennett and Haruna Ito, whose music is a reaction against established norms of music making and music listening.

Ariel Pink – A Los Angeles noisemaker whose lo-fi mush will come to life with a five piece band when he plays Sound Summit.

Richard Chartier (UK) – A digital minimalist work explores the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, and the act of listening.

Gig 2 - Saturday night

* Cambridge Hotel
Newcastle
* Saturday 30th September 2006. 8:00pm


The second official gig of the This Is Not Art Festival, will be held at the Cambridge Hotel in Newcastle on Saturday 30th September 2006. Headlining the night are:

DJ Gorky (Brazil)
Scotch Egg (Japan)
Defektro (Japan)
DJ Chris Nelson (US)
Nick Catchdubs (US)
Filastine (Spain)

This event starts on Saturday night with the event beginning at 8pm and finishing at 4am.

More information:

www.thisisnotart.org


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SCOTCH EGG

OH YES HAHA! KFCORE

[mxmai]

richard chartier!!!!

fucking AWESOME.

[Andrez666]

man, wish I could be there - I went and played there back in 2000, and it was excellent - Scanner was headliner that year...

:ninja:

[calico]

i couldn't go last year as i was outta the country, but i'm looking forward to this one.

[AsleepAtTheSnare]

As well as the two official night time gigs... there is also this free arvo gig on the Saturday:


Spanish Magic & This Is Not Art presents ...

"The Socially Inept Unite!"
An afternoon meeting of music makers who usually find their homes at the outer fringes of the underground.

Go Genre Everything (melb)
Castings (syd/newc)
Popolice (melb)
Y35.3 (melb)
Crab Smasher (newc)


http://www.spanishmagic.org
http://www.thisisnotart.org

Date: Saturday 30 September

Time: 2:00pm - 8.30pm

FREE

Venue: The Lass O'Gowrie Hotel, Railway St Wickham

Directions: Head outta town along Hunter St, to the set of lights just past The Cambridge Hotel. Turn right, cross the tracks and enter the raw local known affectionately as The Lass. [Say Hi to Ian who owns the place, stoically supporting all might of local & touring acts for the last 13 years]

[AsleepAtTheSnare]

Here's a flyer for said show:

http://www.geocities.com/castings_music/ThisIsNotArt.jpg

[mxmai]

really gutted about this. i had a film shoot rescheduled for sunday, which means i won't be able to get up to newcastle and get back in time for it.

[AsleepAtTheSnare]

only 2 and a half hours on the train each way. you can do it mxmai! burn that candle!

[mxmai]

from sydney perhaps, but i'm canberra-based. :(

[AsleepAtTheSnare]

ahhh.... well that's a whole different variety of candle.