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C S T O N Y w/ Pierre de Gaillande | Tuesday February 28th 10PM | Tonic - NYC

Hello everyone!
come, see and hear...
the C S T O N Y with special guest Pierre de Gaillande

when: Tue Feb. 28, at 10 pm
where: Tonic
door: $10

looking forward to seeing you
greetings
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C S T O N Y stands for:
Contemporary Sound Track Orchestra New York,
and is the most straightforward name for a one-man orchestra.
It will play and perform live improvised electronic music for the silent movie classic:
'MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA' (1929) by Dziga Vertov.
with special guest: Pierre de Gaillande

Directions:
Location
Tonic is located at 107 Norfolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
By Train
You can take the F train to Delancey Street or the J/M/Z trains to Essex Street. Once you exit the station walk east (towards the Williamsburg bridge) on Delancey Street and take your first left onto Norfolk. You will see Tonic about half up the block on your left.
Parking
Parking is sometimes available on Norfolk Street. There is also a municipal parking garage right around the corner on Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington.

http://www.tonicnyc.com

MonoRail - A Theatrical Monologue Jam w/ Latasha Diggs, Zook, Sauda + more | Feb. 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th | Fort Greene Brooklyn - NYC - (See below for directions)

ActNow Foundation, Inc. presents its Second Series of the critically acclaimed "MonoRail", a theatrical Monologue Jam,
written by new and established writers of color.   This season, "Monorail" will showcase and celebrate  the trials and triumphs, loves and hates, despairs and victories of the African Diaspora!

Featuring

LaTasha Diggs, Zook, Sauda, Radha Blank, Aamar Collins,
Carmen Mitzi Sinnott,
Quentin Fears, Khemali Murray,
Leonardo Benzant, Ashley Wilkerson, Wayne Lamont Sims

Directed by Aixa Kendrick

This exciting event will be held
February 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th
at BRIC Studio, 57 Rockwell Pl. (between Dekalb & Fulton Street)
in Fort Greene section Of Brooklyn.

All performances begin at 8pm, except Sunday when performances begin at 6pm. Admission $15.
For more or advance sales ticket information, please call 212-414-5144 or email us at info@actnowproduction.org
http://www.actnowproduction.org/

For on line tickets go to www.smarttix.com or
212-868-4444

Produced By Marty Majeske, Bill Johnson,
& Aaron Ingram

QPE: Releases and Announcements | See below for details

RELEASES:
qpe: GENTRIFRIED
http://www.theagriculture.com/store.html#gentrifried>
Download mp3's
stare.mp3 http://www.theagriculture.com/mp3/Qpe_Stare.mp3>
mcgarrett.mp3 http://www.theagriculture.com/mp3/Qpe_McGarrett.mp3>

Kacy Wiggins, who records his solo excursions in quirky dubwise ambience as Quiet Personal Electronics (or qpe), is a rare breed of musician. Where most electronica artists hide behind funky bombast or cool, digital distance, Wiggins seduces with gentleness, warmth and goodheartedness. Not quite downtempo, not quite dub, definitely not drum'n'bass and definitely not lounge, his music is effortlessly enjoyable but difficult to parse. His label calls the music "hip hop nouveau," but while that term captures the funky matrix in which everything on this album floats, it doesn't do justice, for example, to either the textural pointillism of "Mirrored" or the loping swing of "Lapland". This music is the aural equivalent of the really smart, kind of geeky kid you knew in high school, the one who seemed to know everything but whom no one resented because he was kind and self-deprecating and funny. Makes you wonder if that's what Kacy Wiggins is like. If not, he sure knows how to fake it.
(Rick Anderson), Allmusic.com
http://www.allmusic.com/>

Buyrum Loft Party w/ Probus & Noki + Ursula 1000 | Saturday March 4th | 24 9th Ave. (see directions below)

Saturday, March 4th
BUYRUM LOFT PARTY

Resident DJs PROBUS & NOKI
w/ Conga Fist on percussion

guest dj
URSULA 1000 (Eighteen Street Lounge)

The man behind URSULA 1000 is none other than the mild mannered, multi-instrumentalist Alex Gimeno. Alex cannot be boxed in, categorized or labeled, his music is a multi-leveled eclectic blend of styles and genres. Finding a label to house this eclecticism could be tricky. Lo and behold came the smart and highly respected Eighteenth Street Lounge Music label, operated by Washington DCís Thievery Corporation.

special live performance by
FORRO IN THE DARK (Nublu)

Of all amazing bands that play at Nublu, Forro in the Dark is the one that has been packing this Lower East Side club full of sweat-covered revelers every single Wednesday for the past two and a half years. Rain, snow, shine—there’s always a line outside on a Wednesday night. Why? Because the band captures a vibe that can only be created in this part of town, in this part of the world, by the kind of musicians that come out of Nublu. On March 4th, we're bringing their vibes to our loft party. Not to be missed!

visuals by theSpecialK!

Located @ 24 9th Avenue (btw. 13th & 14th st)
10pm-4am / $10 all night

www.buyrum.net
www.fivegrandstereo.org
www.projectprobus.com

QPE Live Set | Friday February 17th | Issue Project Room (See below for directions and links)

you are invited to celebrate the release of qpe's new album "Gentrifried" on February 17th, 2006 at the Issue Project Room. The long awaited follow up to his debut "Boolean Logic" has already received critical praise....

"....Where most electronica artists hide behind funky bombast or cool, digital distance, Wiggins seduces with gentleness, warmth and goodheartedness. Not quite downtempo, not quite dub, definitely not drum’n'bass and definitely not lounge, his music is effortlessly enjoyable but difficult to parse.... "(Rick Anderson, All Music Guide)

"Though Kacy Wiggins doesn’t seem intent on inciting revolutions with his qpe (’quiet personal electronics’) project, he just might surreptitiously do so, given Gentrifried ’s insidious potency. .." (textura.org)

when: Friday, February 17th, 2006
who:   qpe  featured live set

akida and jolynn (little d, amsterdam) a special new york perfomance in support  of qpe
mike berk special guest appearance

visuals and installations: mpld, dan vatsky, multipolyomni and phOnOmena
where:  issue project room
htttp://www.issueprojectroom.org

on the Gowanus Canal:
Directions: F or G Train to 'Carroll St' (fourth stop in Brooklyn from
Manhattan) Exit at front of train. Walk 2.5 blocks down Carroll.  stop at
the Gowanus Canal. enter right. 400 carrall st btwn Bond & Nevins

how much: $10

Early bird show beginning at 8pm featuring DJs Olive and Toshio, so come early.  The release party will begin around 10pm.

for more information contact: qpe@qpe.info
www.qpe.info
http://www.myspace.com/qpe
www.theagriculture.com

Night Time with Justine D & Optimo | Friday February 17th | Don Hills - NYC

Justine D & Dave P present:

NIGHT TIME

The 3rd Friday of every month

Friday, February 17th, 2005

@Don Hill's
511 Greenwich St. @ Spring
NYC

10pm-4am

SPECIAL GUEST DJ'S:

OPTIMO (http://www.optimo.co.uk/)

OPTIMO are Twitch and Jonnie Wilkes from one of the best parties on the planet, OPTIMO, in Glasgow, Scotland. Their mix cd "How to Kill the DJ", released last year on Tigersushi, is one of the best mix cds made in the last 5 years. Don't miss them bring the magic of OPTIMO to NYC and illuminate Don Hill's with one of the best DJ sets you'll hear this year!!!Let's do this NYC!!!

Plus Resident DJ's:
Tim Sweeney (DFA, www.beatsinspace.net)
Dave P (MAKING TIME, FIXED)

Drink Specials all night!!!
2 FOR ONE DRINKS FROM 11-12!!!
FREE SPARKS FROM 11-12!!!

$10

Advance tickets available @
OTHER MUSIC (www.othermusic.com)
15 E. 4th St. NYC

MORE INFO SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: http://www.igetrvng.com

Kompakt on TOUR : Justus Kohncke (live band) + Tobias Thomas | International Listing - See below for details

KOMPAKT ON TOUR!!

JUSTUS KÖHNCKE (live band) - TOBIAS THOMAS (dj)

Fri-Mar 17, 06  - Montreal, Canada (Neon Loves Kompakt)
@ S.A.T. 1195 St. Laurent Blvd. 
$10 adv / $15 door
(with Thomas Meinecke lecture @ 7PM followed by show)

Sun-Mar 19, 06 - Toronto, Canada
@ The Rivoli 332 Queen Street West
$12 adv / door
(with Thomas Meinecke lecture @ 8PM followed by show)
Tue-Mar 21, 06 - Chicago, IL
@ Empty Bottle 1035 N Western 
$10 adv / $12 door

Thu-Mar 23, 06 - New York, NY
@ The Canal Room 285 W. Broadway
(with Thomas Meinecke lecture @ location tbc)

JUSTUS KÖHNCKE

Hailing from Cologne, Germany the multi-talented Justus Köhncke is a sponge and seems to have soaked the whole history of pop music with all it's inherent, structural beauty and styles perfectly combining Kompakt's techno message with disco jewels of the last three decades. This man is full of knowledge and somewhat prone to regular, scientific analyses of his all-time, most favorite songs.

Meltin' Pot : Fabrizio + Edowa + Lucien | Friday February 17th | Nublu - NYC

THE SOUL IMMIGRANTS PRESENT :

Friday February 17

MELTIN' POT                                          
a highly nutritious night of eclectic dance music

@ NUBLU
62 Avenue C  (between 4th & 5th Streets)
check the blue light

WITH YOUR HOST DJ'S :
FABRIZIO  (OBLIQSOUND)
EDOWA (THE LOFT)
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS DJS:
LUCIEN (WORKproduct)

PLUS GUEST MUSICIANS:
Chauncey Yearwood (percussion)
Steven Levi (Trumpet)
Yah Supreme (MC)

PLUS SUPER SURPRISE SPECIAL GUESTS MUSICIANS

starting at 10:30pm until 4:00 am

$5 COVER

Darmstadt : Richard Garet + Andy Graydon | Wednesday February 15th | Galapagos Arts Space - NYC

Hello everyone...So, still glowing from our mention in the new york times, I'm happy to announce this month's darmstadt, (classics of the avant garde) will be a little early this year...next wednesday, february 15th.  Yes, the day after Valentine's Day. 

This month will feature composer/sound artist Richard Garet and video artist Andy Graydon.

Nick Hallett and I will play all your favorite Meredith Monk, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Morton Feldman Records...Richard and Andy will astound you beyond your wildest dreams.  See below for more detail...hope you can make it...

Richard Garet is a sound artist, video artist, and a painter whose  sources of inspiration are nature’s processes and the relationships between nature and human beings.  

Darmstadt: Classics of the Avant Garde
Galapagos Arts Space
Wednesday, Feb 15th, 8pm, Free
70 North 6th Street
between Kent and Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
718 782-5188

www.zachlaytonindustries.com

Giant Step News & Announcements | See below for details

Before we jump into this things this month I’d like to say a few words about the passing of Jay Dee (aka J Dilla).  While I didn’t know him personally, his music and the music he produced for other artists (A Tribe Called Quest, Slum Village, Common, De La Soul, Steve Spacek and The Pharcyde to name a few) have played a crucial role in the soundtrack of my life.  Some have said he represented the new sound of Detroit, while others have been going on about how he’s that underground cat who’s impact will be far too often overlooked by the mainstream.  I agree with both, but more importantly I always admired the fact that even with chronic health problems Dilla was unapologetically committed to his craft.  He was rumored to have completed tracks for his Dilla’s Donuts album, released last week, from his hospital bed.  He lived it, he breathed it, Dilla was hip hop and he will personally be missed by this product of the true hip hop generation.  At 32 years of age he was robbed from us way too soon.  We had the pleasure to work with Stones Throw Records on the promotion side of things for his collaborative Jaylib album Champion Sound a few years back and with a heavy heart I’ll be anxiously looking forward to the release of his BBE Records album The Shining (hoping that this will still see the light of day) in June.  J Dilla R.I.P.  Many have been sharing their well wishes and memories of Dilla’s music in our Forums.  I encourage you to visit and chime in if you wish: http://www.giantstep.net/forums/655/read/2692

On the Giant Step side of things this update comes just in time for Valentine’s Day, so let’s call it the Lover’s Edition of the Giant Step DJ Update.  Because we love you all we’ve totally redesigned the Giant Step web page and included all kinds of new features including up-to-date News, expanded Essential Features and new radio shows in our Jukebox from Gilles Peterson, Los Amigos Invisibles and Alex from Jazzanova (coming very soon).