dea Lesson No.1: November 2004

Sunday, November 28

WALL OF SOUND

Some great things online right now: dj /rupture's post-election special, courtesy of Musical Bear; the video to 'Jack The Ripper Lover' by sodomy-obsessed Swedish sociopaths Brainbombs, courtesy of Load Records; the wall of sound done the Sunn0)) way, over at Stephen O'Malley's Ideologic (click on 'Words'); and Mark Pilkington's obit of Coil's Jhon Balance over at Plan B.

Week of gigs pending, too: Dillinger Escape Plan and Ephel Duath on Monday, Selfish Cunt and the Martini Henry Rifles on Tuesday, Lightning Bolt and Mountain Men Anonymous in Bristol on Wednesday... and the Nightmare Before Christmas down at Camber Sands at the weekend. Very probably some photos of at least some of that lot to go up in the weeks to come.

Tuesday, November 23

WHEN THE SHIT GOES DOWN



LESSON NO. 1 IN ASSOCIATION WITH PLAN B MAGAZINE PRESENTS: SHITMAT/PARASITE/ JOHN BARNES/UNDERPASS/ACCESS TONAL COMMUNICATIONS
Cardiff Toucan Club
Tuesday December 14th
8PM-12AM
Admission: £5


Shitmat
Avant-garde rave headcase Henry Collins makes brutal, yet funny-as-fuck raging jungle/gabba/noise type action. You’ll laugh and dance. New album ‘Full English Breakfest’ on Planet Mu. Enter a world of hurricane pain here.

Parasite
Fucked up old skool ragga jungle with a kinda electronica twist from one of the main members of the Death$ucker crew in Bristol. Hear him here.

John Barnes
Lush but heavy laptop electronics from Sam out of Mountain Men Anonymous. Choirs mix with bent breakbeats to great effect. Hear him on Boobytrap's recent Step In The Left Direction LP.

Underpass
Creepy, bass-heavy live electro breaks in a Rotters Golf Club/Fuel Records style, kinda. Hear his current EP right now on Steve Lamacq or Mary Anne Hobbes or something. Or wander over here.

Access Tonal Communications
Dubby electro recluses crank it live in the style of Kraftwerk, Drexciya and Akufen. Hunt down MP3s behind this link.

Monday, November 22

HOT OFF THE PRESSES

A flyer for our Christmas blow-out, courtesy of Anil over at Kon-tent. Comes in four scintillating and special colours (gotta collect 'em all).

Sunday, November 21

THEY TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

You missed Rome, Italy's Zu, by the way. A couple of saxophones, a Sun Ra cover, and a drummer who dropped his cords at the start of the set to reveal a fearfully scanty pair of underpants. Flyer by Jimbob of Swansea's Taint, photo by Brian (the wrong end of a bottle of wine, if that helps)



Post No.1

Hi. We're Lesson No.1, a new promoter's collective organising shows in venues around South Wales. We'll have more details up on this site in the days to come, so check back. Coming soon: Shitmat, Kid Commando, and The Coachwhips...