Don't Falter New Year's Eve action

 Don't Falter takes you into 2021 with your collective arses danced off - JOIN US! 

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Dret Skivor sampler gets reviewed!

 The kind folks at Aural Aggravation have listened to the Dret Skivor sampler and written some words about it. 

Here are those words - https://auralaggravation.com/2020/12/24/various-artists-dret-sampler/?fbclid=IwAR0FQTGRJ_3ZiKw234I1BYn5jNhtuvJGBRMjFebS7rA8anZ12Oyj4o1G_H0 - cheers Chris!

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First release from Dret Skivor!

Dret Skivor releases its first collection of music. Features noise/drone/ambient/weirdo buggers based in Scandinavia - click below for listening pleasure and follow Dret Skivor

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New Värmland record label starts today!

 Yes, Dret Skivor is up and running! The label will release limited edition tapes and digital downloads from artists who live in Demark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.  Noise, drone, ambient, weirdo and oddball musics are all welcome, please get in touch and collaborate with us. 

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Swine and Gobbing this halloween!

 Nobody knows why and fewer really care, but Legion of Swine and Territorial Gobbing mainman Theo Gowans have taken each other's audio, reset the phasers to stun and put said results to tape with Tom Tyler battling it out on t'other side of the tape for mayhem supremacy. If you buy the tape, this is the kind of thing you'll get - 

That's right - a video cassette case with a tape and other detritus - tasty - get it here - TAPE

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Action!! Collabs, releases, all sorts!!

Summer has turned to autumn in Sweden and in perfect synchronisation, Legion of Swine head porker Dave Procter has woken from his lazy summer vibes and is creating new stuff and collaborating across many countries. 

With fellow Hogwasher Theo Gowans, a split release will emerge of noise, gibber and all sorts of mangled sound. More details on this to come, but release before the new year.....

Dave Procter has also being working on mixes for his long-standing recording and occasional live duo PP with Copenhagen music polyglot Claus Poulsen. The two met in late January to record ideas for their latest release, but something called Covid-19 disrupted progress. The enforced break has been overcome and a digital release will appear just in time for Xmas 2020. What better way to brighten up such a frustrating year than relaxing with around one hour of ambient/drone/noise entering your ears and soothing your mind. Details to follow, naturally......

Dave has also been in discussion over the past 12 months about a two piece noise/Suicide-esque act called Portable Dog Raves (thanks to Mark Salisbury for the name) with Leeds resident Steve Walsh. The original plan was to produce music in situ in a studio with live manipulation of Steve's drums with added keyboards, bass and vocals from Dave. The Covid thing once more hampered any meet up and progress, but the magic of the internet will see music being created. Song titles and lyrics are partly done, drum rhythms and bars have been sent and work will start soon on building whatever it is they'll be building. Something hideous but interesting, no doubt.....

That's all for now, here's a picture of some swans on the lake outside our flat - 

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New Legion of Swine LP!

 Legion of Swine continues to document his disgust at the shambolic shithole that is UK politics from his sty on Hammarö, which is quite appropriate. 

Listen and maybe, if times really are that bad, even buy his frequency spread here - https://legionofswine.bandcamp.com/album/pig-for-victory

Here's the front image for fun! 

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Don't Falter is back - sort of.........

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, pretty much all gig activity and DJing activity involving Legion of Swine main porkhead Dave Procter has been cancelled. Dave is now living in Sweden again and permanently, so any Don't Falter DJing seemed unlikely unless the pandemic is over and he is in Leeds. 

There were plans for a return of Don't Falter in a limited, socially distanced way, but the increase of cases in Leeds look likely to cause a local lockdown, so reluctantly after discussions with the venue and all concerned parties, a decision was made to postpone. 

BUT

There will be an online version of Don't Falter as the DJs dj from their own places and bring it all together via MIXLR - the event is here, come and listen and dance in yr own house!

https://mixlr.com/dontfalterleeds/events/don-t-falter?fbclid=IwAR1KUXVEvHkPR9WJjXGoNZA0NA0dRpvBAXntAmHa31a4b8MJ6psbe82KrzI

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Polynomial Kirkstall Festival audio finally emerges.....

Polynomial is a three-piece drone/ambient collective featuring Ash Sagar and John Tuffen of Wonkystuff/Orlando Ferguson/many others and Dave Procter. They performed at the Kirkstall Festival in Leeds in 2018 and 2019. 

The good news is that finally some audio has been released! Click on the link here to access the audio. 

The 2019 audio will be available in August 2020. 

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Culture As A Dare Festival 2020 - Fibonacci Drone Organ

Our friends at Culture As A Dare in Southend-on-Sea held a virtual festival yesterday with a number of acts from all over the UK and Europe and possibly further afield. Fibonacci Drone Organ contributed a "lockdown in Leeds" drone piece and you can see the video below vvv -

The other acts' videos are all there too - watch them!

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Difficult Music for Difficult People - Swine happenings!

The mighty fine radio show that is Difficult Music for Difficult People requested Legion of Swine head porker Dave Procter give a personal reflection of Covid-19 lockdown times in Leeds. He did that very thing, and you can now listen to the report and Legion of Swine's live set from the sous les paves event held in Malmö in January 2020, in the days when we were allowed to meet up.

Mixcloud for the show is here - https://www.mixcloud.com/difficultmusic/difficult-music-8-may-2020/

Should you wish to download the live set, head to this link - https://legionofswine.bandcamp.com/album/sous-les-paves-malm-jan-2020

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Fibonacci Drone Organ - MEX gig from Dortmund - video finally uploaded!

Being in lockdown gives you the opportunity to revisit recordings and videos. One of these was Fibonacci Drone Organ's set from the Artists' House in Dortmund from March 2019 - the video is now on vimeo and can be enjoyed here. Make sure to fully enjoy the audio with decent headphones, decent speakers and should you so desire, movement around the listening space.

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Legion of Swine - Malmö audio from January.........

Forgotten, or maybe mislaid, audio revealed itself recently for Legion of Swine. He played at the "sous les paves" event at NGBG 26 in the city and the audio is now available - click here for the audio.

Tack.

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New Fibonacci Drone Organ action.....

Fibonacci Drone Organ emerges with new drones from his lockdown studio in Leeds. The new release is a reworking of the unreleased "Copenhagen // København" idea from a couple of years ago. The same-titled release is available from the Ojud Records' bandcamp site - click here for access!

PS There will be a very limited C22 tape release once the lockdown is over......

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Dale Prudent Reads.......

You'll no doubt be delighted that spoken-word mitherer Dale Prudent has started to provide relief for us all in these trying times of lockdown in the UK because of the Corona Virus. He is uploading small video snippets as often as he can be arsed to - here's the first one, several others will follow on the link here -

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Hogwash 28 - review

The lovely people at Aural Aggravation wrote some words about Hogwash 28 - read those words here - https://auralaggravation.com/2020/03/09/hogwash-28-un-sacapuntas-black-alert-something-ruined-the-truth-about-frank-wharf-chambers-leeds-26th-february-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2EAddlzwJq7h1S9dX_mrIKB9fjdQeYnyVSbIbROQgFvl7pB6kAI12QCn8

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Hogwash 28 - audio and video now available.......

Audio is here -

Video here - 

The Truth About Frank 

(...something) Ruined

Black Alert

Un Sacapuntas

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Hogwash 28 - pictures from Wednesday night......

Thanks to all the good folks who performed at and supported Hogwash 28 on Wednesday night last at Wharf Chambers in Leeds. The usual noise crowd of around 20 turned up and enjoyed The Truth About Frank, ...(something) Ruined, Black Alert and Un Sacapuntas. Video and audio clips will become available soon, but for now, here are some images -

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Hogwash 28 - new venue

Hogwash 28 has moved venue to Wharf Chambers - come there instead this coming Wednesday - updated lo-fi poster below -

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Drifting......

The Drifting event held at ChapelFM was an interesting evening covering all aspects of ambient, drone, bits of noise and other experimental endeavours in music. Curated by the always enthusiastic John Toolan, 6 artists were given 30 minutes each to explore what ambient and drone means to them. Jimmie Andrex, Namke Communications, Fibonacci Drone Organ, GRST, Toby Wiltshire and Orlando Ferguson gave their sonic interpretations to a hypnotised audience. Thanks to all who attended and listened (you can re-listen on the ChapelFM website at the link in the first line of this post) and as always great sound from Elliott and lovely tea and cakes from the ladies in reception :-). Some photos lie below.......


Jimmie Andrex




Namke Communications




Fibonacci Drone Organ




GRST




Toby Wiltshire



Orlando Ferguson




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Sunday Afternoon Acoustics - coming soon on Sunday 9th Feb!

Here is a nice image, it's the image for Sunday Afternoon Acoustics - an event that collectivises spoken word and acoustic troubadour activity in the Leeds area. It takes place at the very fine space called Northern Guitars and there is a cracking line-up of artists. It costs nowt to get in, and coins and/or notes in the hat/mug/receptacle being passed round are always appreciated. If you do Facebook, there is an event here where you can find out more stuff. Starts 1500 sharp. Don't miss the first act!

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Hogwash 28 looms......

Hogwash returns in the very near future - here is a lo-fi poster to advertise such an endeavour -

If you do Facebook, there is a link here with more details - come and have fun.

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Happy New Drone

Fibonacci Drone Organ emerges from the winter slumbers to release a new download called alfabetet - out now on Ojud Records for cheap - https://ojudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/alfabetet?fbclid=IwAR0JA5FqkBU7xnsu9adtXHGTSmE6QtsPkLao5zm6lM_iI0BdjLCPe5AzJ_E

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