Tamizdat Dispatch #4 / March 2001 [01.03.2001] post-rock/avant garde/electronic/indie-pop/ethnic/jazz/punk Dispatch is a newsletter about independent music from Eastern and Central Europe. For more info, please write us: info@tamizdat.org I. Music news: News, Tour Dates and Festivals II. Field report: From Sabot to Sunshine: the blistering sounds of Tabor III. New cds! on our rapidly growing Tamizdat RPM Catalogue IV. Tamizdat distributors: a growing team of great distributors we work with I. MUSIC NEWS: Concert Previews: TAMIZDAT SHOWCASE AT SXSW March 16th Ritz Lounge, Austin TX Featuring Ecstasy of St Theresa, Ewa Braun, Project Karpaty Magiczne, and Skulpey. Come for the music, come for the BBQ... see us, come meet us, we hope to see you there! Much more info on our website, THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE: Feature documentary premieres in Prague! Film director Jana Chytilova has brought to screen the band's full story, an incredible journey not only into the life history of a great band but also a retrospective on former times in Czechoslovakia. Versions in Czech and in English. Interested distributors? Drop a line right away GREAT CONCERTS IN NYC! ECSTASY OF ST THERESA in NYC! electroambienttriphop from Prague... [www.eost.cz] Weds 3/14 at 8 PM Knitting Factory Tuesday 3/13 at 8 PM Other Music In-Store EWABRAUN in NYC ....smoldering artrock from N.Poland! Tuesday 3/20 at 10:30 PM CBGB's in NYC PROJECT KARPATY MAGICZNE on TOUR! magical ethnoambient from the heart of Poland! 3/11 Knitting Factory 3/12 Philly PA @ Khyber Pass 3/14 Columbus OH @ Little Brothers 3/16 Austin TX @ Ritz Lounge in SXSW 3/18 Albuquerque @ BowWow Records 3/22 Los Angeles CA @ SilverLakeLounge 3/24 SF CA @ KFJC on air! 3/25 San Fran CA @ Aquarius Records 3/26 SanFran CA Bottom of the Hill 3/29 NYC @ Other Music OLE LUKKOYE EUROPEAN TOUR! progressive ethnotrance and psychedelic visuals from St Petersburg Russia Ole Lukkoye are making quite a splash across Europe this winter, with their enthralling ethnotrance which combines deep trance with Eastern vocs, even digeridoos blend seamlessly into their sonic soundscapes. Labels: Lollipop Shop & Klangbad, DE Tour dates right here: 3/8 Lubeck @Werkhof 3/9 Peine Ujz @Peine/Trance im Haus 3/10 Flensburg@Kulhhaus 3/11 Rostock MS @ Stubnitz 3/13 Schwerin @ Speicher 3/14 Jena @ Rosenkeller 3/15 Halle @ Objekt 5 3/16 Zeulenroda @ Schlieszhaus 3/17 Hamburg @ Shlachthof 3/18 Kassel@ Kufa Salzmann 3/22 Berlin @ Kulturbrauerei 3/23 Wernigerode @ Kuba 3/24 Nurnberg @ Kunstverein 3/25 Herrenweis @ Turning Point 3/26 Freibuerg @ Jazzhaus 3/27 Frankfurt @ Internat'l Theater 3/28 Tubingen @ Sudhaus 3/30 Reichenbach @ Die Halle 3/31 Pfullendorf @ Deutsches Haus 4/3 Aachen @ Musikbunker 4/4 Liege (B) @ La Zone 4/5 Ulm @ Club Action 4/6 Innsbruck (A) @ Utopia 4/7 Oberwart @ Xchat FIELD REPORT: From Sabot to Sunshine: the blistering sounds of Tabor Prague's alternative Zluta Ponorka (Yellow Submarine) Festival this week featured a performance of legendary Czech bard VLADIMIR MERTA with three young bands from Czech town Tabor: SABOT, WAAWE, and DEVEROVA CHYBA delivered riveting performances, impressing the heck out of everyone. Tabor, not two hours from Prague, is a 15th century castle town with an industrious independent musical community. Perhaps the most known Tabor group is SUNSHINE, whose addictive blend of punk and neo-new wave has earned them not only a track in the Blair Witch Project II film, but also has brought them to Big Wheel Records and big tours across the USA and in Europe. Discerning local DIY label "Free Dimensions Tabor" releases the music of excellent local noisemakers such as WAAWE and DEVEROVA CHYBA, who combine elements of post rock, punk, prog-rock, noise, and melody. A binding force in the Tabor community is CESTA (in Czech, "path") an acronym for Cultural Exchange Center Tabor, a forum for local and international exchange of ideas and information. CESTA founders are Hilary Binder and Chris Rankin, who are the band SABOT, an intense bass and drums duo who have toured extensively throughout the world over. Discussing the thriving local scene of this tiny town, Hilary explains that she really admires the Tabor community, and is inspired by how locals "deeply understand what it means to 'do it yourself' and to get out and learn, seeking that which is beyond and new. They come from an unsupportive environment, and they aren't frightened. They are really the example of taking advantage of what was forbidden before, like contacts to the 'outside.' Now that things are 'open,' rather than suck up what's commercial on the radio they seek something much more and they go out there and find what it is that they really like." Maybe that's exactly what is expressed in Tabor's biting tones. Hear them for yourself...www.tamizdat.org/rpm III. NEW CDS IN TAMIZDAT's ONLINE SHOP BAND OF ENDLESS NOISE (members of Atman)...brand new cool post-Atman project, very indie-rock PSI VOJACI "Box Set" ...3-CD reissue of early recordings from Topol's legendary band HERE, "Double Happiness" & "Entre Deux Soleils" wistful and deliciously swirly pop with sublime vocs PUSTKI, "Studio Pustki" retrorockpunk meet electronoise, debuts this week to ecstatic reviews DEVEROVA CHYBA "Modra Ryma" rollicking punk-inspired neo-prog sounds IV. TAMIZDAT DISTRIBUTORS AND SALES PARTNERS: Argentina: Mr Floyd Benelux: Lowlands France: Orkhestra Taiwan: Avant Garden Switzerland: RecRec UK: Shellshock USA: Revolver, Southern, Other Music Online: InSound, Clamazon
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