[Moshe]

Message from Carlos:


No Fun Fest Single day tickets are now up for sale, at www.nofunfest.com
these are 18$ each for a single day pass.

We are also running very very low on the 4 day full fest pass, (this
has been the fastest selling year yet) so if you are planning on
coming all 4 days and want to save some money is recommended you buy a
pass in the next day or two.

No Fun Productions

[Georgekrz]

just got my 4 day pass, thanks for the heads up.

[Moshe]

New Limited LP releases availible immeadiately at
www.nofunproductions.com :

Pita 'A Bas la Culture Marchande' LP
Pulsating inhuman sounds, minimal drone work, silence? harsh layered
electronics and total death. Explorations into the infra-worlds with a
few tool boxes and a fucking gigantic drill of destruction manned by a
single man, Mr. Peter Rehberg-A sick man and 20th/21st century Pioneer
of evil electronic music with all the secret formulas to create
artificial breakdowns of space and time. Hail primal electronic
darkness. First vinyl from Pita in several years. Limited to 300.

Aaron Dilloway `Concealed' LP
In the brutality of the ecuatorian line jungles there are no second
chances. Technology, human strength, vitality are all meaningless when
you have a horde of wild animals chasing you, and yet, you need to
kill one in order to have something to eat. Patience, Intelligence,
and ability to conceal yourself with the right attire and until the
precise moment to leap out in full animal ferocity is how we survive
in here. 2 side long epics in raw looped tape and disfigured
electronics sound from Michigan's finest mangler. Limited to 300.

Also killer show this saturday April 7 in brooklyn:

Sightings
Ryfylke (from Norway)
Mouthus
Prurient / Carlos Giffoni

9 pm at:
Glasslands Gallery 289 Kent
Williamsburg, NY US

and April 23 we will be releasing two new items:
Consumer Electronics 'No Body is Ugly'LP (limited to 500)
Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke 'Electric Dress' CD

There is less than 100 tickets left for each day at no fun fest, if
you are planning on buying tickets and havent yet we recommend you do
it soon.

many happy returns
be seeing you.

Carlos/No Fun Productions

[!@#$%!]

fuckit, this is so awesome, i missed my chance last year due to disease.

i hope whoever goes gets us some bootlegs!!!

[SynthethicalY]

I could not save money, so I won't go. Lame.

[Georgekrz]

Sightings is a great live band.

[golden child]

turns out ill be at eugene noise fest the same weekend... bummer, KILLER lineup there too though...

[drrrtyboots]

Merzbow and Haino on the same night. THE SAME NIGHT. Holy shit yes.

[val-holla-ing]

ugh! i would STAB to go to this! i'll be in new york 2 months later...maybe it'll get postponed.

[Moshe]

April Blood Showers:

friday april 27
Macronympha
Leslie Keffer
Carlos Giffoni
+ 1 more tba

at the hook in brooklyn. advance tickets here:
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId =147820
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Advance Tickets for the Saturday at no fun are sold out, except for
whatever stock the hospital productions store has left. Thanks to
everyone!

tickets for the rest of the days are moving quick....

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April 23: Consumer Electronics "Nobody is Ugly" LP and Merzbow/Carlos
Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke "Electric Dress" CD will go on sale at
www.nofunproductions.com
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we are out on vacation this upcoming week, so email reply and orders
will go out slower than usual.

C. / No Fun Productions

[Moshe]

Two amazing new releases availible now at www.nofunproductions.com

Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke 'Electric Dress' CD

Consumer Electronics 'Nobody's Ugly' LP

Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke 'Electric Dress' CD
Electric Dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility,
from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal
synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics.
A total face melting collaboration recorded live in Tokyo using an
array of analog synths and a variety of custom analog
equipment,including Merzbow's classic home made spring/junk metal
instrument. Warm, varied, and obsessive this is what industrial music
should have been, the sound of infinite machines demolishing a planet
and creating a new structure where live organisms have been
eradicated. Edited and mastered by Jim for maximum sonic annihilation.
comes in our deluxe mini-gatefold package.

Consumer Electronics 'Nobody's Ugly' LP
Consumer Electronics is the work of Mr. Philip Best (Whitehouse,Male
Rape Group, Ramleh just to name a few!) Pioneer of power electronics
and noise who's been at it since the early 80's in his early teenage
years while we were all still sucking on our mother's breast and
crying like retards. First full length Vinyl release for C.E. since
1993. Produced by Mr. William Bennett. Two side long tracks of
beautiful evil noise and heavy layers of drone with the sonic power
of recent Whitehouse releases and the classic Consumer Electronics
tense and obsessive vibe.
Comes in heavy delux screened covers.Limited to 500 copies.

Mailing of orders will be a little slow in the next few weeks as we
are getting ready for the fest, so please bear with us if your order
takes longer than our usual quick mailing speed.

[Moshe]

No Fun Fest 2007 is almost here! just one week to go, there will be
one last email before the fest with detailed set times and any last
minute details.

in the meantime:

Check here for a look athe beautiful poster Maya Miller Designed for
the fest:
http://www.nofunfest.com/NOFUN07final.jpg

these will be availible at the fest on pro printed full size 18"x24"
for 5$, and later at the no fun productions site if any are left.

Advance tickets for any of the days are no longer availible at the
site, there is some left at the hospital productions store, and will
have very few availible each day at door time.

minor adjustment in the lineup:
-Ludo Mich will do a solo performance instead of hacky pac sac, so
will Oscillating Innards in place of crumbling.

No Fun Productions:

mail order is slow right now due to the preparations for the fest,
and overwhelming number of orders for the consumer electronics lp and
the electric dress release. if you ordered something last week or
order somethign this week, we will try to get it out to you as soon as
possible but some orders will be delayed until right after the fest
ends. but no worries, it will be on the way to you very soon, and in
the order the orders were received.

A few releases are on the way to the pressign plant and should be
availible towards the end of the month and early next including the
Deathroes LP and the Smegma/Jazkamer CD, and shortly after in the wake
of summer the CCCC 'Early Works' box set, the Mouthus 2xLP and
Emeralds LP! . we'll keep you updated....

C./ no fun productions

[toxic johnny]

I am of course sick to the stomach that I (once again) can't go....

[golden child]

INCAPACITANTs!!!

[Everyneurotic]

Originally Posted by Moshe

...
A few releases are on the way to the pressign plant and should be
availible towards the end of the month and early next including the
Deathroes LP and the Smegma/Jazkamer CD, and shortly after in the wake
of summer the CCCC 'Early Works' box set, the Mouthus 2xLP and
Emeralds LP! . we'll keep you updated....

woah!!! i'm genuinely speechless, i can't wait for these releases!!

[Georgekrz]

anyone have any info on how that shuttle bus from the subway to the venue is gonna operate?

[top 40 squeeze]

I don't know for sure, but the past few years the shuttle hasn't been very dependable. The wait is usually long. Neither does it fit too many people, nor has it continued to go back and forth after the show has been going on for more than an hour or two. Meaning if you're really late, or impatient, you should probably know how to walk. It's not so bad.

The walk from the nearest train station, the Carrol Street F or G, isn't too long, about 10 minutes... and is safe enough (at least every time i've done it)... even though The Club is located in a dead factory zone located next to some housing projects... If you walk this way ( LOOK A DIAGRAM I made!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/16676440@N00/493328196/ )... you'll get there the quickest, and spend the least amount of time in the scary zone... Which only happens once you cross the BQE... Which you do by walking across a ramp hereby represented on the map by a pink line floating across the BQE.

Basically, the written directions are Take the F or G train to Carrol Street. Exit at the 2nd Place, 2nd Street Exit. Take a right on to 2nd place. Walk three blocks to Henry Street and take a left. You should pass 3rd Place a public school and then 4th Place. Right after 4th place is a small dead-end called Coles Street, that isn't really a dead-end because it leads to a ramp going over the highway. Once you cross the highway and get off the ramp my memory is kind of fuzzy on exactly how you get to next street... I can't remember which way you turn off the ramp to get to Luquer Street, but its like really close. Anyway you Take Luquer street which you follow for a little while until it turns into Commerce street. You'll see The Hook in no time after that.

If anyone wants more elaboration, or knows a better way, post away.

[Georgekrz]

wow! thanks for the hard work making that map, that area by the highway looks like a funky cross-over. i figured walking as well.

[Moshe]

http://www.courierlife.net/site/printerFriendly.cfm?brd=2384&dept_id=576386&newsid =18325955

05/10/2007Bringing the noise: 4th Annual No Fun Fest comes to Red Hook By Jake Tuck

 

 

(Clockwise from top left) Carlos Giffoni, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore and Merzbow will perform at the fourth annual No Fun Fest at The Hook

 

Some musicians play music that makes people get down and dance. Others compose orchestral pieces that strive for subtle elegance. But for the artists playing at the fourth annual No Fun Fest at The Hook in Red Hook, May 17-20, the approach is more strident, uncompromising, and for lack of a better word, noisy. So if you venture to No Fun, don’t expect to participate in a dance party or take afternoon tea.

In the last few years, Brooklyn has been identified as a hotbed for “noise,” a genre that refers to outré sonic experiments that often disregard even the most basic musical conventions.

Bands such as Brooklyn-based Black Dice, Rhode Island’s Lightning Bolt, and Michigan’s Wolf Eyes have had some success experimenting with chaotic guitar noise from the indie-rock side of the tracks, and have become poster-boys for the scene.

But according to Carlos Giffoni, No Fun Fest’s curator and one of its performers, the approach to experimental music that will be on display at the festival is more diverse.

“One of the things that’s really great about this group of bands is that they are very individual and personal in their approach,” Giffoni told 24/7 via email.

 

var bnum=new Number(Math.floor(99999999 * Math.random())+1); document.write(''); http://bannerads.zwire.com/bannerads...471&barnd=7506 Some of the acts at No Fun are influenced by such obscure subgenres as “Japanese extreme noise” and “power electronics,” while “some of the bands are the actual originators of this style, Giffoni said.” He also says “other bands are inspired by rock, free jazz, the psychedelic movement, the list goes on and on.”

So don’t expect a homogenous group of floppy-haired New York art students with guitars slung over their shoulders. For one thing, many of the artists don’t play guitars. Also, they’re from all over the world.

Still, the Brooklyn noise community is represented well. Giffoni, who originally hails from Venezuela, is currently Brooklyn-based, as are other acts playing the festival, such as Mouthus, Religious Knives, Slogun, and Zaimph. “Slogun is a true power electronics legend,” Giffoni said. “Very extreme.” Religious Knives, on the other hand, “creates really beautiful psychedelic music.” Giffoni describes Mouthus as “true psych/noise/strange rock” and “one of the most unique and interesting bands of our day.”

Giffoni himself, although known in the past to utilize computers and digital equipment in his pursuit of noise, recorded his last full-length record, Arrogance, which was the first album released on his own label, No Fun Productions, solely with analog instruments. In a very positive review of the album on the influential music website Pitchforkmedia.com, Zach Baron wrote, “even Giffoni's darkest efforts, Arrogance surely among them, rebound over and over again with patterns, rhythms, humanistic sensibility.

Baron also called Arrogance “the most physically immediate thing he’s ever done" and suggested No Fun 2007 as the perfect venue to debut Giffoni’s new sound. According to what Giffoni tells 24/7, Baron will get his wish.

“I will be performing with analog synth equipment…in the vein of Arrogance,” Giffoni says. “I am really interested in this more minimal approach to music, creating moods and movements in sound without having to resource to crunching a bunch of math.”

Besides Giffoni himself and the Brooklyn noise scene that No Fun reflects, two other performers loom over the line-up: Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, the husband and wife team that make up part of the legendary New York indie rock band Sonic Youth. Although their recent albums have relished melody and hooks more than in the past, Sonic Youth were true pioneers of noise in the 1980s and their records are still decorated with smatterings of feedback, distortion, and freak-outs.

At No Fun Gordon and Moore will perform separately, allowing each to indulge impulses that may not fit into the Sonic Youth scheme. Gordon performs with Yoshimi of the Japanese noise legends Boredoms on Thursday and Moore plays on Sunday.

Besides performing at the festival, Sonic Youth is also partially responsible for No Fun’s existence in the first place. Giffoni attended the Sonic Youth-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Las Angeles in 2002, and was inspired. The festival featured a diverse line-up of acts ranging from the Jazz pianist Cecil Taylor to Lydia Lunch, an icon of the downtown No Wave scene in the early 1980s.

Along with other similar gatherings of sonic experimenters that he attended, Giffoni says that the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival “really opened my eyes to the possibility and immediate need to have a gathering of this kind in New York.”

Besides Sonic Youth, another father figure of the noise scene is Merzbow, who headlines Saturday’s show. Otherwise known as the Japanese musician Masami Akita, Merzbow is regarded by musicians and critics alike as one of the more important figures in the history of electronic and acoustic noise.

According to Giffoni, Moore, Gordon, and Merzbow will not disappoint. “Expect them to present really incredible and heavy performances,” Giffoni says.

Although some of the artists performing at No Fun have been around since the noise movement’s nascence, such as Merzbow, Sonic Youth, and Yoshimi, and others represent a younger generation just now joining in, Giffoni says that there is a sense of community and respect on stage in Red Hook.

“There is no discrimination or status,” he says. “Everyone is here to just destroy live.”

No Fun Fest is being held at The Hook, May 17-20. From May 17-19, show time is at 7 p.m. On May 20, show time is at 6 p.m. Tickets are $18 for each day. The Hook is located at 18 Commerce St. For more information call 718-797-3007.

[krastian]

^Nice article, Moshe!!