Black Galaxy - 'Freenoise' in Sheffield

Black Galaxy will be performing at a 'Freenoise' evening in Sheffield on Thursday 19 July 2007.

The group will be performing a 45 minute improvisation (in collaboration with violinist Graham Clark ) utilising a range of instrumentation including laptop, generative performance software, tabletop guitar with preparations, dictaphone, electronic devices, hand percussion and amplified objects.

Graham Clark is a jazz violinist with a strong improvisational background. He has collaborated with many artists (including Jah Wobble, Gong, Elbow and Toolshed) alongside touring as a solo artist with performers such as the No-Neck Blues band. The evening also features a solo performance by Graham Clark and a performance by Sheffield-based free improvisors The Tajalli Vortex (featuring ex- Clock DVA and Discus Records artists).

Black Galaxy will be taking a selection of Monium releases to the performance.

Monium - 'Limited Edition' Releases

Monium has released 2 new 'limited edition' releases: Spectrum Noh - 'Allantide' 3" CDr and Various Artists - 'NOWON' CDr. The releases are only available at live concerts.

The Spectrum Noh - 'Allantide' 3" CDr is a live recording of an All Souls Night performance (at an evening organised by Birmingham-based extreme electronics label Birmingham Nihilism) released in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies with card cover. Spectrum Noh open the burial mound in a night ritual featuring electronic improvisations, drone interplay and collaged sound layers.

The Various Artists - 'NOWON' CDr is a full-length release of live recordings by Monium artists released in an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies with a card cover and hand-made felt slipcase. In a meeting of fellow sufferers, live recordings by Monium artists (including Black Galaxy, Kreepa vs Black Galaxy, Photon Hex, Rainbow Grave, Simon Mabbott and Nicholas Bullen) are collaged into an hour long vortex of electronic modulations, shadow dynamism and metallic klang storms.

Nicholas Bullen - 'Metal' Symposium

Nicholas Bullen will be speaking as part of the ‘Metal’ Symposium (curated by Capsule) at the New Art Gallery Walsall on Friday 13 July 2007.

The symposium is focused on the ongoing contribution to music from the West Midlands area of England (with a particular focus on the Heavy Metal genre). Nicholas Bullen will be speaking on the development of the 'Grindcore' genre, and the inter-relation of the foundation of this genre with 'experimental' musical practice.

Other speakers include Jim Simpson (manager of Black Sabbath for their first 3 albums), Mark Titchner (artist and Turner Prize nominee) and Edwin Pouncey / Savage Pencil (artist, journalist and musician). Tony Sylvester (Southern Records) will chair the symposium.

Migrant - 'Supersonic' festival

Migrant will be performing live at the Supersonic festival (Birmingham, England) on Saturday July 14 2007.

The trio - Helena Gough (entr’acte – sound artist and composer), Simon Mabbott (Monium - Black Galaxy) and Nicholas Bullen (Monium) - use a combination of laptops, live performance software, prepared guitar and amplified objects to generate a sonic landscape of shifting soundfields which encompass sparse electronic soundbeds, languid tone drifts and abrasive digital broadcast storms. Sounds are generated, sampled and re-configured in a process of improvisation and real-time signal processing that is focused on interaction between the source material and the artists.

This is the first live performance by Migrant: the performance will be accompanied by a hand-painted Super 8 film created for the performance by Nicholas Bullen.