Sunday July 3rd
Spectral Sound Vol 1. Tour featuring
Ryan Elliott (Ghostly//Spectral, Detroit)
Broker / Dealer (Ghostly, SF)
& Soundlab residents Benjamin Lebrave & Kamahele
9-2AM | $8 w/ RSVP, $10 at the door | 21+
located: The Room @ 1323 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica
Press Releases for the Thomas Fehlmann show:
| LA Times, Thursday February 3, 2005: Thomas Fehlmann |
Along with Alex Paterson, Andy Hughes and Steve Hillage, Thomas Fehlmann is responsible for raver kids screaming out the soothing but trippy question, "What were the skies like when you were young?" The loaded line comes from the Orb's early-'90s ambient hit, "Little Fluffy Clouds." Though still a member of the Orb, Fehlmann has made a name for himself as a solo artist. He recently released "Lowflow," a CD that features cover artwork by Raymond Pettibon (the artist behind the old Black Flag and Sonic Youth album covers).
On Sunday, Fehlmann performs a live laptop set at Barcopa in Santa Monica accompanied by DJ Gudrun Gut, who spins a mix of electronica, indie pop and techno. Hard-core industrial fans may recall Gudrun from an early incarnation of German group Einstürzende Neubauten. She is also the founder and owner of Moabit Records and Monika Enterprises. The latter is known for supporting young artists in the electronic/independent sphere. Gudrun and Fehlmann host and produce "Ocean Club Radio," a weekly electronic music show in Berlin.
Other guests on Sunday include Jimmy Tamborelo, as well as Benjamin Lebrave & Kamahele on turntables (who will spin downtempo, hip-hop and electronica).
| LAWeekly, Wednesday February 2, 2005: Thomas Fehlmann |
Thomas Fehlmann,
Gudrun Gut, Jimmy Tamborello at BarCopa.
You’d never
guess that rhythm re-configurator Thomas Fehlmann is a "third member"
of the Orb — this German jock remains impervious to the British duo’s sweeping,
borderline-melodramatic tendencies. His new solo release, Lowflow (Plug
Research), is touted as "down-beat," but that doesn’t capture the
miraculous degree of detail in these precarious interlockings of chunky low-end
and defibrillating clickity-clacks, and you’ll probably be a goner by the time
"Gold Haar"’s nano-dub flickers, spliced-in bass drops and late-breaking
choral majesty segue into "Prefab"’s glacial pulse, within whose whorls
wiggle Grandmaster Flash–worthy bass lines: rhythms as intricately piled onto
one another as that Russian doll-inside-a-doll thing. To get appropriately loose,
let Gudrun Gut’s eclectic-funk/indie-pop bubbles tickle ears and spirit (quite
a leap from her Einstürzende Neubauten days). Not only will the SoundLab
rats be doing their thing, but DNTEL/Postal Service man Jimmy Tamborello will
be on hand to give a whole new meaning to Surround Sound. 2810 Main St., Santa
Monica. (310) 452-2445. (Andrew Lentz)
| Flavorpill, Tuesday February 1, 2005 |
Zurich-born, Berlin-based Thomas Fehlmann is a legendary figure in electronic music, but his reputation has never quite caught up to his accomplishments. Fehlmann documented early German rave music for Brian Eno's label, synergized the Berlin-Detroit techno connection when he recorded with Blake Baxter and Juan Atkins, and co-produced some of the Orb's best material. His lengthy discography includes work for Kompakt, Mute, Tresor, and many others. Tonight's show is a more downbeat affair, as Fehlmann presents a live version of his new album Lowflow — a subterranean swirl of digital sound design, dubby delay, and aquatic ambiance, as well as one or two glam rock-inspired schaffel stompers. Gudrun Gut plays selections from her label Monika Enterprise, which has released work from Quarks, Dntel, and Superpitcher. (KT/SK)
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