Outpost Research Finds Cost Of Clubbing Has Fallen

As seen on Mixmag.net.

A report released today has shown the price of clubbing has fallen by 9% in twenty years.

The average price if a night out in 1990 was £32.64. With inflation since 1990 being 82% this means a night out should now cost £59.40 - but the actual average night out in 2010 is £53.89 - a drop of 9%.

Outpost, a London based PR company who put together the report say "Possible reasons for this could include increased competition from nightclubs giving rise to lower door fees, cheaper drinks and more happy hour promotions."

The research also found that alcohol consumption amongst clubbers has risen by 15% in the last 20 years and the price of a pint of beer could hit £5.00 by 2012.

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Antoni Maiovvi - The Thorns Of Love

Following the release of the highly acclaimed eponymously titled album from emptyset, Caravan Recordings steps into the ravine of heartache to shine a light on Bristol’s underground disco hero Antoni Maiovvi.

‘The Thorns Of Love’ is a Liebes-Arie to a broken heart. An embrace of Italian drama and euphoric fear. His music exists somewhere between Patrick Cowley's Hi-NRG epics, Arthur Russell's melancholic beauty and John Carpenter's traumatising soundtracks. With ‘The Thorns of Love’ he has produced a deeply personal symphony to a lover lost and the sanctifying power of the dancefloor.

This, Antoni’s third, album takes a unique muscular and cerebral approach to electronic dance music bringing together the Italo love explosion, spine-tingling Euro-horror and the melancholic proto-techno musings of early Model 500 and Shari Vari. Maiovvi takes the helm of this noir-tinged Trojan horse carving out a dancefloor machine with commanding synth-work, operatic drums and mind-bending atmospherics. As the album climaxes and the smoke pours across a crowded room he steps out from the shadows and delivers his final eulogy to 20th Century hedonism, preaching with the unhinged vocals of a coked up Brian Ferry. Love may be the drug but for Maiovvi death can be the only future.

Antoni Maiovvi is a nefarious creature of the night, a figure of twilight opulence and the love child of Evelyn Thomas and Lucio Fulci conceived in the lurid backrooms of the Boccaccio Club. The sweatbox is in his DNA, throbbing analogue circuitry courses through his flesh like rivers of blood and where his heart once lived there is now only yearning for the alchemical marriage of sex, death and technology. From Naples to Frankfurt he has stalked the dancefloors of Europe planning this moment and at last in this compendium of unbridled fist-clenchers his time has come. Now he will stop at nothing to bring his arpeggiated talisman down onto the souls of men, squeezing out that last breath of humanity in a pulsing Dantean dance-macabre.

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Asaf Avidan And The Mojos - The Reckoning

‘The Reckoning’ is the debut international release by Asaf Avidan & The Mojos, a group that have turned into a national phenomenon in their home country of Israel – all without a record label, without the media and without a booking agent. It was only when the large venues of the country began to sell out that the industry realized their omission and unrolled the red carpet. The group received The Israelis Best New Artist award, gushing praise from music critics and a prestigious support slot handpicked by Morrissey.

Now it's finally time for the international release of ‘The Reckoning’ – the album that triggered the euphoria at home. On it, you'll find a unique blend of 60s-songwriter-folk, blues and indie rock evoking the spirit of John Lee Hooker, early Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin with a fresh energy. The latter reference has to do with Asaf's unusually high voice that screams and rages, pleads and whispers and reaches incredible heights.

Despite its reverences to a glorious past, ‘The Reckoning’ is an entirely modern record that brings together whatever you wish indie rock should be about – intensity, self-will, steadfastness, creative force. "In Israel, it's still a no-no to sing in English," says Asaf, "of course, people listen to Britney Spears and Bruce Springsteen around here, but the local folks are supposed to sing in Hebrew. That was another reason why at first the media didn´t want to know about us. But the people understood so much faster what we were about”.

The fact that Asaf and the Mojos come from Israel has never been an issue for them. "I´m neither proud nor ashamed of that," says Asaf. "I happen to be an Israeli just like my eyes happen to be blue. We drink from the cultural well of our history, but our music is universal – equally meaningful to someone in Dubai or New York or Tel Aviv. I write about relationships, about love, death and beyond, how strange our short stay here on this world is. You don't need any particular passport to understand that."

That cosmopolitan self-conception has to do with Asaf's personal history. Both parents were diplomats and spent the 70s in New York City. Asaf was born in Jerusalem in 1980 and grew up partly in Jamaica until 1991. The parents were used to Western life and owned a record collection that laid the ground for their son's music. "In the early 90s, I loved Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam – and found the origins of that music in my parents' closet. You listen to Zeppelin, Hendrix, Joplin, and then you go further back and find Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Billie Holiday. It's all connected."

Asaf Avidan & The Mojos are a close-knit community, that world comes alive on ‘The Reckoning’. There are five musicians in a room who fight and believe to create something that is beautiful and true. "A good record grows from life, maybe there's just one man who's clapping his hands – but if it comes from the heart and he believes it himself, it's enough."

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Now's The Time @ Black Rat Projects

East London’s Black Rat Projects will be hosting an exhibition featuring works by artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Swoon, Banksy, Barry McGee, Faile and Os Gemeos. 'Now’s the Time' - named after a Basquiat painting of the same title - will run from 22nd April – 20th May and brings together the most important and influential street artists of the past four decades.

The last five years or so has seen an explosion of artists working outdoors, often in an urban environment utilising stencils, woodcuts, sculptures, stickers, freehand paintings, pasted posters, ceramic tiles and photographs. Media interest has been fuelled by the public’s increasing appetite for street art.

Street art is not a new phenomenon - for at least four decades artists have chosen the streets as a primary place to exhibit works. Most of these artists were initially shunned by the establishment but a select few gradually gained acceptance from a slow moving and conservative art world. Artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were amongst the early practitioners of what has become known as ‘street art’ and it is the descendants of their work and ethos who are among the best known artists working on the streets today.

Amongst the wide group of people who have chosen to express themselves in the street are some of the most creative and interesting artists working today. What unites these artists is a refusal to play by the rules, to conform to the establishment, to follow the traditional paths set out by the art world.

This refusal to be constrained or dictated to has led to some of the most exciting artworks and projects to be seen in any area of the arts. The freedom to communicate directly with the viewer outside of a traditional gallery environment has not only allowed art to be seen much more as an integrated part of everyday life, but has also introduced the dialogue between artist and audience to a far greater extent than ever before.

Individual biographies are available on request.

Press launch details to follow soon.

About Black Rat Projects

Black Rat is housed in a beautiful 2,000sq foot brick railway arch in London’s thriving East End. The gallery focuses on representing both established and emerging artists and also deals in secondary market works by a small number of international artists.

In addition to this Black Rat publishes original prints by artists they represent. Their editions can be found in important collections in the UK such as Victoria and Albert Museum, Tate and also worldwide.

In the last two years Black Rat Projects have put on over 20 projects which have gained widespread media attention including features in The Guardian, CNN news, CBS news, BBC London, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph amongst others.

Editors Notes:

Web: blackratgallery.com
Address: Thru Cargo Garden, Arch 461, Kingsland Viaduct, 83 Rivington Street, London. EC2A 3AY.
Nearest tube – Liverpool St / Old St
Dates – 22nd April – 20th May 2010
Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 6pm. Saturday 11am – 4pm
Entry: Free
Information: 020 7613 7200

Glade Announces Second Wave Of Artists

Jeff Mills | Magnetic Man | Green Velvet | Autechre | Krafty Kuts vs. A Skillz | Holy Ghost! | Boy Better Know | Skream b2b Benga | DJ Zinc | Seth Troxler | Craig Richards | Clark | Plastician | Fuck Buttons | The Field | Wolf + Lamb | X-Press 2 | Avalon | DJ Friction | London Elektricity 65daysofstatic + more!

Check gladefestival.com for complete line-up

When Glade Festival announced Orbital, Tricky and Simian Mobile Disco as their first wave of headliners Creative Director Nick Ladd said they’ll be a lot more to come out of the bag - he wasn’t wrong. Joining the three previously announced acts at Matterley Bowl from Thursday 15th – Sunday 18th July will be techno legend Jeff Mills, DFA’s Holy Ghost!, Seth Troxler, Fuck Buttons, Green Velvet, Plastician, Magnetic Man, Autechre, Boy Better Know and loads more!

The legendary Detroit techno DJ Jeff Mills played a major part in laying the foundations for respected music collective Underground Resistance. Under the pseudonym "The Wizard", Mills was famed for his beat juggling and scratching over new wave, Detroit techno, Miami bass and Chicago house on Detroit radio station WJLB in the 1980s. Mills often produces bespoke tracks for his DJ sets and is known for his technical prowess with three decks, playing up to 70 tracks in one hour through series of rapid edits. His last album ‘Sleeper Wakes’ was released last year. Check out his ‘Purpose Maker’ label mixes here.

Joining Jeff Mills will be unconventional house hero Green Velvet who makes his Glade debut. The casual clubber will know him as the neon-haired techno-punk who warned us of the dangers of out of control teenage parties (‘Flash’), taking too many pills (‘La La Land’) and choosing a bad day to check your voicemail (‘Answer Machine’), but his contribution to dance music goes much deeper than a few comically off-kilter rants. As Cajmere, he re-wrote the house music rulebook with ‘Brighter Days’ and ‘U Got Me Up’, whilst his labels Cajual and Relief were arguably the most prominent and prolific outposts for new wave Chicago beats throughout the 1990s.

Magnetic Man is a joint collaboration between dubstep DJ and producers Benga, Skream and Artwork. Their sets consist of a mix of original tracks produced together and live remixes of Benga and Skream's tracks, accompanied by synchronized projected visuals by Novak Collective. On that vibe, Skream and Benga will also be doing a special back to back DJ set so expect tons of wicked dubstep tunes.

The dubstep boys will be sharing the bill with grime collective Boy Better Know - arguably one of the most well known crews on the scene. They are closely associated with Wiley's Roll Deep Crew, with some members featuring in both. Another grime DJ is Plastician who’ll be added to the mix – as well as being resident at London’s club night FWD he’s also a key producer and DJ on the scene. Joining them will be DJ Zinc - responsible for the awesome track with Ms Dynamite ‘Wile Out’.

Moving onto the music of a more wonky nature, we have groundbreaking electronic duo Autechre who have just released their new album 'Oversteps' on Warp Records. For almost 20 years their releases have consistently raised the bar of experimental electronic music and always receive critical praise from press and public alike. From his 2001 debut on Warp, Clark’s mismatch of glitchy drum patterns, warm pads and a unique harmonic sense have earned him favourable comparisons to Aphex Twin and Autechre. In the 9 years since he was invited into the stable he has delivered a handful of albums as his style developed and grown in all the right directions.

US disco and electro-funk duo Holy Ghost! have remixed Moby, Phoenix, MGMT and Cut Copy and will be unleashing their own brand of superb synthed-up dance. Their style reflects a love of cool, clean dance music alongside the warmer, more organic variety beloved of late-70s New York. Think Studio 54-style nirvana, handclaps, strings, a sprinkling of cosmic keyboards that's pure Italo disco and a processed bassline that sounds as though it's on loan from early New Order. According to The Guardian they are: "the freshest, best-kept secret of DFA and the Big Apple. Mating house, disco and tight indie jeans for a mesmerising dance outfit ..."

You can’t open a magazine of late without seeing coverage on Seth Troxler who recently compiled the latest in the ‘Boogybytes 5’ series for BPitch. Voted 2009’s 8th best DJ in the world by Resident Advisor, Troxler’s influences include “...the chirping of crickets, the whirring of spaceships, and the sweet sound of whistling voodoo magic”. Sounds like a perfect addition to the Glade line-up to us.

ATP Recordings’ Fuck Buttons will be performing live at this year’s Glade. Their album ‘Tarot Sport’ was included in NME’s Best Album list of last year and earned praise from Pitchfork. The pioneering duo take the next step in their continuing mission to expand the sonic landscape with the release of a new single, ‘Olympians’, on 12th April 2010.

Always reinventing the party and sliding between genres and sounds, Wolf & Lamb are a brightly equipped two-man army taking over Brooklyn and beyond. The more you read about the duo, the more you find yourself picturing what it's like to get down with the DIY party-starters/label managers/hotel owners/DJs/immensely talented musical souls.

Representing drum & bass so far Glade are bringing in Shogun Audio boss DJ Friction and Hospital Records boss London Elektricity. Both labels are putting out the cream of the crop in drum & bass today as well as holding sell out events all over the country.

Kompakt’s wonderboys The Field are gracing the fields of Glade and Sheffield’s instrumental post-rockers 65daysofstatic are also bringing their intense live show to the mix. 65days have supported Metallica, Lostprophets, Linkin Park and Deftones.

Glade Festival 2009 was a resounding success, cementing its reputation as the UK’s premium electronic music festival. The atmosphere was fantastic with Glade again showing it has the friendliest, most peaceful dance crowd in the UK which enjoyed one of the most spectacular shows seen on these shores. The feedback indicated that this was a ‘next level’ music festival, and the best Glade yet. “We were really chuffed with the new venue. The late night sound levels were excellent and Matterley Bowl really lends itself well to all the site art installations we are now bringing over from Burning Man. We were dancing outdoors till sunrise... it was epic!” said Nick Ladd.

Glade now enters its seventh year – described as ‘Like Glastonbury for electronic music lovers’ it continues to evolve as a unique hybrid between a rave and a fully fledged English festival. Glade recently launched their new redesigned website where tickets are on sale for £135 and a handful of discounted student tickets for £110. Glade is also running a £50 deposit scheme. More details from gladefestival.com.

Editor’s notes
Date: Thursday 15th – Sunday 18th July 2010
Tickets: £110 limited student ticket offer / £135 normal price
Camper Vans, Boutique Camping and Lazy Camping all available
Children / Teenagers: Under 12’s free if accompanied with an adult. 13 – 15year olds are allowed but must be accompanied by an adult.
Location: Matterley Bowl, Winchester, Hampshire
Capacity: 15,000
Entrance: gates open 4pm Thursday 15th July
Hours: Thursday midday – late | Friday midday – 4am | Saturday midday – 6am | Sunday midday – midnight [subject to licensing]

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Together Kicks Off At The Coronet

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Pretty Lights Hits Hype Machine Top 10

From The Independent...

Pretty Lights is the digital sampling project of Colorado musician Derek Vincent Smith, who has so far released four albums, all available from his website free of charge. The most recent, Making Up a Changing Mind, consists of six tracks Smith produced in January and February 2010. Downbeatscape (downbeatscape.blogspot.com) shares "I Can See It In Your Face" from that album, calling it an "electro hip hop jam" that "mashes a few genres together - hip hop, downtempo electronic, funk and even blues... ."

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Tinie Tempah Added For Together Launch Party

With just five days until the eagerly anticipated launch of Together Season One, we are delighted to announce Tinie Tempah has joined the stellar cast of talent at The Coronet on Friday 12th March.

Having hit #1 in the UK charts with his outstanding debut single 'Pass Out', Tinie is the hottest new talent to burst onto the music scene this year. Tipped to become a mega star by the likes of Mista Jam, Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Nick Grimshaw and Tim Westwood, Tinie will be joining Together at The Coronet for his first London show since riding high at the top of the charts.

London's club scene will be turned on its head as The Coronet Theatre welcomes Together for its long anticipated return. Each event will feature the biggest and best DJs and bands in the alternative/electronic music scene including (deep breath...) Tinie Tempah, The Bloody Beetroots, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Hervé, Kissy Sell Out, Mowgli, Man Like Me, Reverend and the Makers, Daisy Dares You, Nick Grimshaw, The Maccabees, Gaggle, Mumford & Sons, Golden Silvers, The Invisible, Ms Dynamite, Macka B, Hatcha, Plastician, Joker, Rob Da Bank, Kano, South Rakkas Crew, Mala, Loefah, 2562, Boy 8 Bit, Toddla T & MC Serocee, L-Vis 1990, Primary 1, In Flagranti, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Fenech Soler, Holy Ghost, Cassius, Uffie, Greg Wilson and Felix Da Housecat all appearing during Season One, which runs every Friday for sixteen weeks from 12th March - 25th June.

Friday 12th March

Room 1
Mylo | Sub Focus | Zombie Nation (live) | Crystal Fighters (live)
Doorly | Rory Phillips (Durr) | Men In Masks

Room 2: Fact Magazine
Kode 9 | Mosca | R1 Ryders | Deep Teknologi | Fact DJs

Room 3
O. Children (live) | My Tiger, My Timing (live) | Lunar Youth (live)
Union DJs | Ben Gomori

Together @ The Coronet Theatre
28 New Kent Road, London, SE1 6TJ
10pm-5am
£10 + booking fee in advance.
Tube / Train: Elephant & Castle / First Capital Connect / South Eastern service
Buses: 1, 12, 40, 45, 53, 68, 133, 171, 176, 1
Information: 020 7701 1500

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