When people associate composer David First with his musical resume, anyone goes straight to his late 70′s avant punk band, The Notekillers and their influential 1980 single "The Zipper". Prior to his time in the basements of Philadelphia, he had already played in Cecil Taylor’s ensemble and after the Notekillers broke up he moved to New York City in the early 80′s, taking root in the downtown NYC avant garde scene. It was there that First honed his craft for experimental composition and ambient drone which still continues to the present day.
Though this narrative made sense, there was a piece missing in the puzzle of First’s musical background. In 1976, two years after playing with Taylor and the year before starting the Notekillers, he enrolled in a class in electronic music at Princeton in the department headed at the time by legendary electronic composer Milton Babbitt.
During his time at Princeton, First was introduced to the classical electronic music studio there, a lonely outpost of the famed Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center which housed one of the very first Buchla 100 series systems acquired by Vladimir Ussachevsky & Otto Luening.
Unfortunately, due to the introduction of digital technology within the music world, this system was left to languish in the studio unattended and nearly forgotten. First fell in love with this equipment and seized the opportunity to compose using the Buchla 100 synthesizer, at first experimenting only with electronic synthesis but later adding in his signature guitar stylings to make these compositions unique to the academic output typical of university music.
Thankfully, these compositions were recorded by First at Princeton on various reel to reel tapes and stored away for over 35 years. It wasn’t until the summer of 2012, when David First and Ryan Martin (of Dais Records) decided to revisit and transfer these reels to compile an album presented here as a selection of genuine, uninhibited exploration into modular electronic synthesis. Limited to an edition of 500 copies with liner notes by David First.
Peek-A-Boo proudly presents the newest trailer from Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Paramount Pictures provides us with the latest trailer of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones which will see its premiere in the theatre venues at 1st January 2014. Depending on this trailer it looks like it'll be a scary way to start the new year!
And here's our next one, boys and girls!
Who are they?
Geistform is an electronic music project Rafael M. Espinosa (Barcelona, ES) influenced by the minimal techno and industrial sounds.
Geistform has released five albums so far and has performed live throughout the whole of Europe:
“Uno” - Daft records (Belgium, 2001)
“Sequentia 2.0″ - Daft records (Belgium, 2005)
“Pro analogic” - Hands productions (Germany, 2008)
“Transistor music” - Hands production (Germany, 2010)
“Data transmission” - Hands production (Germany, 2012)
He is also know for his collaborated with Dirk Ivens (The Klinik, Dive, Absolute Body Control, Sonar) with whom he co-produced the Dive album 'Behind The Sun' (2004)
Geistform's live shows are know to be harsh, hypnotic and extreme danceable!
Read here what journalist Chris says about them.
How do they sound like?
Errrrrm, very noisy! So bring your earplugs with!
s are know to be harsh, hypnotic and extreme danceable!
Finally the wait is over, XMH have signed to the belgian label Alfa Matrix, prior to the new album In Your Face there is a release of the Digi EP The Business, with remixes of our friends of Claus Larsen Leaether Strip System:FX and Heimataerde
Peek-A-Boo presents the newest clip by XMH, the Dutch band who knows what electro is all about....and no it's not business as usual, it's a perfect teaser for their upcoming album!
No, we can't be stopped now....we keep on exploring the BIM-files.
Next one is Brain Sektor.
Who are they?
Started in August 2012, Brain Sektor is a new electro-industrial side project of Richard G (Combat Voice) and JΔ3 sEUQCAJ (à;GRUMH…).
This duo is melting Electronic and Industrial music, exploring the universe and complexity of the human brain, the future and cyborg machines!
How do they sound like?
Huuummm, good....check out the video below!
