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Pictureplane joins Anticon – 3rd album forthcoming + Autumn tour
After the past few years touring with Crystal Castles and Major Lazer, headlining independent fests in Europe, remixing Lil B, being remixed by Grimes, making beats for Antwon and Sole, and churning out a stream of self-releases (I.E.Thee Negative Slave Mixtape), perennial outsider pop auteur Pictureplane is back for a long awaited third album dropping via his new family Anticon. Expect full details on the album later this month – it will absolutely live up to its promise of extraterrestrial good vibes to get the party going off!
Now booking late October / early-November tour: brandon [@] lb-agency.net
Lakker ‘Tundra’ remix EP August 14 – A/V show debut at Berlin Atonal + London launch
Lakker’s ‘Tundra’ is getting the remix treatment from Mark Fell, Bjork affiliate Spaces, kyoka, Walls’ Sam Willis (as Primitive World), Acid Mondays, Lahun, and Eomac and Arad re-interpretations. Out August 14 on R&S Records. Resident Advisor have announced the tracklist and more info here. Stream the Mark Fell remix of ‘Oktavist’ below.
The ‘Tundra’ A/V live show is debuting at Berlin Atonal on Saturday, August 22. It will make it’s UK debut in London at Oval Space for Ovation on September 24. This new interview with Stray Landings paints a strong picture of what to expect.
NOW BOOKING live A/V & DJ sets: brandon [@] lb-agency.net
Stream lead single of Aisha Devi’s July 24 ‘Conscious Cunt’ EP on Houndstooth
Aïsha Devi joins Fabric’s Houndstooth label with her ‘Conscious Cunt’ EP out on July 24. The 3 track EP explores different perspectives on womanhood and the dichotomy between materialistic femininity under societal pressure and spirituality. In her own words:
It’s an EP about sluts, awareness, death, and women in a patriarchal society… enlightenment, violence, resistance, mothers, daughters, consciousness, Guy Debord, Vedas and eternity. It’s also a high-five to my grandmother who raised me and passed away early this year.
Lead track ‘Kim & The Wheel of Life’ is a whirling melodic vortex of echoing synths underlaid by deep rumbling kicks and melancholic undertones before morphing into a vocal-centric piece. Aisha says: It’s a cynical comment – societal emptiness vs dharma & eternity… or the complete fail of modern feminine icons, empowered but still complying to patriarchal and capitalist codes.
Devi’s debut album described as a ‘materialisation of her initiatic journey through her spiritual and origin quests’ is due later this year and is sure to make waves. Preview and pre-order the EP via Houndstooth.
You can stream ‘Kim & The Wheel Of Life’ via The Fader below.
Now booking: Autumn headline shows and festivals
brandon [@] lb-agency.netLakker RA podcast: ‘Techno not techno.’
Hot on the heels of their R&S LP ‘Tundra’, and always committed to mixing the unexpected, Lakker have just made a mega mix for the latest Resident Advisor podcast based on loops they’ve twisted out of artists from Aphex to Emptyset, Autechre to M.E.S.H. and even J Dilla and Panda Bear. Check out the full tracklist, interview, and podcast here.
Lakker’s ‘Tundra’ LP out today on R&S – stream it in full via Hype Machine
Lakker’s highly anticipated sophomore LP ‘Tundra’ drops today on R&S Records. Following track premieres from FACT and The Quietus, as well as track review of ‘Oktavist’ on Pitchfork in which it was dubbed ‘‘the apocalyptic lovechild of Fuck Buttons and Clark’, you can stream the album in full via Hype Machine here.
Catch Lakker in Ghent for the R&S night on May 15 at Kompass and in Berlin for Killekill’s 7th anniversary party at Suicide Circus on June 12. More dates to be announced soon!
Now booking: ‘Tundra’ live A/V and DJ sets
brandon [at] lb-agency.netStream Holly Herndon’s ‘Platform’ LP in full via NPR – Summer tour dates announced
Following 4AD’s announcement in March that Holly Herndon’s sophomore LP ‘Platform’ would be released May 19 via 4AD / RVNG along with the premiere of her video for ‘Interference’, Herndon’s portrait gracing the cover April’s edition of the Wire magazine and a big feature in Pitchfork: Fix The Future: Holly Herndon’s Collective Vision, NPR have just put up the album streaming in full a week before it’s release. Listen here.
4AD have also announced Herndon’s Summer headline and festival tour dates including the following dates in EU / UK:
June
10th – XOYO, London, UK [Tickets]
11th – Berghain (CTM) (w/ AGF, Amnesia Scanner, Claire Tolan), Berlin, Germany [Tickets]
13th – Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK [Tickets]
20th – Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain [Tickets] – debut of expanded A/V trio show!
26th – S/V/N @ Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
27th – Badaboum, Paris, France [Tickets]
28th – Les Siestes Electronique, Toulouse, FranceJuly
3rd – Belluard Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland [Tickets]
4th – Dancity Festival, Foligno, Italy [Tickets]
11th – Jardins Efemeros, Viseu, PortugalAugust
14th – Øya Festival, Oslo, Norway
19th – 21st – International Summer Fest @ Kampnagel, Hamburg, GermanyNow booking Holly Herndon’s Autumn headline tour (Oct. – Nov.):
brandon [at] lb-agency.net
Holly Herndon ‘Platform’ LP on 4AD / RVNG May 18 – new single + video
4AD have just announced that on May 18 / 19 they will be releasing Holly Herndon’s eagerly anticipated sophomore album ‘Platform’ in partnership with RVNG Intl. who released her debut ‘Movement’ in 2012 and critically acclaimed 2014 singles / videos from the album ‘Chorus’ (#1 on The Quietus, #37 RA best tracks of 2014) and ‘Home’. As if that weren’t exciting enough, there is also a new video from Metahaven for the single ‘Interference’ (below)!
Herndon will come over to preview the album in Spring with a new A/V show, and will be joined by back-up singer Colin Self, who appears on the album, for selected dates. She is available for Summer festivals June – August. Now booking Oct / Nov headline tour. brandon [@] lb-agency.net
April 30 – Brussels, BE @ Bozar
May 1 – The Hague, NL @ Rewire Festival
May 2 – Krems, AT @ Donau Festival*
June 20 – Barcelona, ES @ Sonar Festival**w/ Colin Self
LittleBig welcomes Xeno & Oaklander
Littlebig are happy to welcome Xeno & Oaklander to the family. The analogue synth and electronics duo of Liz Wendelbo and Sean McBride based in Brooklyn, NY first rose to notoriety as part of the Weird Records nights in NYC, releasing 4 albums on the label since 2006 and sparking a minimal synth / coldwave resurgence excitedly covered in the press from 2009 onwards. On June 24, 2014, the duo made their Ghostly International debut with the album ‘Par Avion’, which showcased their ability to pair McBride’s classic 80’s machine melodies and shoegazey washes with timeless chanteuse vocal hooks, sung in both English and French by Wendelbo. After a big EU tour last Autumn, they are now in the studio working on the next synth opus. Check out this recent interview from AdHoc and stream the full album via Dazed Digital.
Now booking festivals and fly-ins brandon [@] lb-agency.net
Samuel Kerridge’s ‘Always Offended Never Ashamed’ out now! FACT full stream + reviews.
The sophomore LP ‘Always Offended Never Ashamed’ from Downwards veteran Samuel Kerridge dropped fittingly this past Friday the 13th with full force on his new CONTORT label. FACT premiered a full stream of the LP (below) and likened him to SUNN O))) and Ike Yard, saying of the record: Kerridge took his murky brand of techno into ever more outlandish places, melding monolithic drone and sluggish tempos into music that could easily soundtrack the collapse of civilisation.
Plenty of others have chimed in with praise including …
The Quietus: It seems that every sound, every nuance, has been the product of exhaustive manual labour – sonic sculpture with a pickaxe.
Resident Advisor (4.2/5): … a work that brilliantly manifests the pressure of 21st century urban living, albeit through music that, for all its electronic origin, sounds raw, elemental, even ancient.
The Ransom Note: …virulent and miasmic, with emittances of stygian belch and guttural pulse establishing a punishing but drawn-out and suspenseful atmosphere, like a form of long-take terror.
… plus Spex, Hartzine, and Soundwall, VICE Italia just to name a few.
To celebrate the record release Kerridge will performing live in Tresor on February 28 as part of Atonal’s New Codes series along with his signature CONTORT event on Sunday, March 1 at OHM with an encore back to back DJ set with Shapednoise and many special guests. Full details here and here.
Upcoming shows with many more headline and festival dates TBA very soon:
February 28 – New Codes at Tresor, Berlin DE
March 13 – Bloc at Butlins, Minehead UK
March 27 – Transbo, Lyon FR
March 28 – Golden Cabinet at Kirkgate Centre, Shipley UK
April 04 – Cacophanous Sarcophagus, Bristol UK
April 11 – Terminus at PIPL! Club, Moscow RU
April 18 – Berghain, Berlin DENow booking Kerridge’s new live show with vocals and guitar as well as techno DJ sets:
brandon [@] lb-agency.netLB welcomes Samuel Kerridge – new LP out Feb.13, 2015
We are excited to welcome Samuel Kerridge to the Littlebig family! His sophomore LP Always Offended Never Ashamed has just been announced as the debut release for his CONTORT label on February 13, 2015 via RA, Juno, and more music news websites. The label, managed together with his wife Hayley, promises to showcase emerging talent on the fringes of extreme experimental and dance music, as has been the ongoing creed for the CONTORT event seriesAlways Offended Never Ashamed follows Kerridge’s 2014 ‘Deficit of Wonder’ EP on James Ruskin’s Blueprint and debut LP ‘A Fallen Empire’ on Regis’ Downwards label in 2013 and promises to be his most raw to date, heavily featuring his vocals and guitar, along with a new live show to debut after the album drops.
Kerridge will be performing at Bloc. 2015 and more festivals, concerts and club nights soon to be announced.
Now booking live & DJ shows: brandon [@] lb-agency.net
Mondkopf’s debut LP ‘I’ as Extreme Precautions out today!
Today Paul Régimbeau a.k.a. Mondkopf has released his second LP this year, this time in the brand new guise of Extreme Precautions. Taking grindcore inspired electronics with the synths from a suspenseful horror thriller, the compositions on I are short, visceral, and hit you straight in the gut. The Guardian likens it to: “military-industrial might of Dominic Fernow’s various projects, the seething mood swings of Alec Empire, and the dancefloor malevolence of Laurent Garnier’s Sound of the Big Babou” while FACT proclaim that Régimbeau is,”… grubbing up the rust-clad spirit of the Birmingham-birthed grindcore sound and giving it a fresh lick of electronic paint”. Grab it from In Paradisum while it’s still in stock.
Now booking Extreme Precautions live show. brandon [@] littlebig.org.uk
Mouse on Mars ’21 Again’ at HAU – Peel Sessions – 21 years round-up for RBMA Radio
On October 31 Mouse on Mars will release their ’21 Again’ boxset on Monkeytown including their double CD with 29 new collaborations in addition to recordings of their Peel Sessions, orchestral works, and 80+ page book which can be pre-ordered via Monkeytown’s website. Preview the collaborative tracks on Youtube, with new teasers being added every day up until the release!
To celebrate their coming of age, Mouse on Mars have curated a 2 day festival at Hebbel Am Ufer in Berlin on October 31 and November 1 with special guests Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, Tyondai Braxton, Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Laetitia Sadier, and Oval just to name a few. Tickets are on sale via the HAU website so get them while they last!
For a look back through the past 21 years of inspiration with Mouse on Mars don’t forget to check out their recent RBMA Radio feature.
Holly Herndon’s “NSA break-up song” + Metahaven video ‘Home’
The second, and equally revelatory single, ‘Home’ from Holly Herndon this year leading up to her imminent sophomore LP in 2015 takes the form of a break up ode to the NSA. A deadpan portrait amidst a shower of NSA icons, Herndon showcases her increasingly poppy intertwining vocal melodies with an ever-expanding avant-garde production palette. Check the video below and write-up from Pitchfork.
LB welcomes Aïsha Devi – “Hakken Dub / Throat Dub” out now on Danse Noire
Aïsha Devi has just dropped her “Hakken Dub/Throat Dub” 12″ with remixes from IVVVO and Hieroglyphic Being covered by The Fader, FACT, and XLR8R, on her own Geneva-based Danse Noire label. Danse Noire has been bubbling up with exciting leftfield releases since Spring 2013 including her ‘Aura 4 Everyone’ EP and lauded EPs from Vaghe Stelle and El Mahdy Jr. Devi is a veteran in the electronic music scene, releasing and performing previously as Kate Wax (Border Community) and has now dropped the glitz to explore her Tibetan roots and spiritual side, meditating with her machines. Keep your eyes peeled for the next announcements about new artists on Danse Noire as well as showcases from the label. Now booking brandon [@] littlebig.org.uk
LB welcomes Born in Flamez – Boiler Room + EP announcement
A mysterious new entity has joined the ranks of Littlebig. Born in Flamez, without a face, without a name or defined gender, but most definitely with a vision! BiF has already made waves with a single ‘Time Hurtz’ on Modeselektor’s latest Modeselektion Vol.3 which premiered on Thump as well as a brooding and banging ethereal industrial grime DJ set on Boiler Room in July and their ‘Polymorphous’ EP just announced on hotly tipped new Berlin label, UnReaL Audio.
BiF is already confirmed for live and DJ sets at STUK, MUTEK.MX, ADE @ Melkweg, Razzmatazz, and Institut für Zukunft.Now booking: brandon [@] littlebig.org.uk
Mouse on Mars ’21 Again’ boxset feat. Modeselektor, Machinedrum ++
It’s not every day you turn 21 and not every band makes it that far and remains consistently innovative and current. Mouse on Mars have hit a milestone and not content to celebrate alone they’ve invited 30 of their friends to collaborate on tracks for this very special boxset and weekend-long takeover of Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin beginning on Oct.31. Check the tracklist below and keep your eyes and ears peeled for more fun drops from Monkeytown in the meantime! Full details here.
Tracklisting:
CD1:
Eli & Mark E. Smith: 21 Again
Mouse On Mars & Cavern of Anti-Matter: Fertilized
Mouse On Mars & Tortoise: Shoe Fly
A Hawk And A Hacksaw & Balàzs Unger: Celebration Song
Mouse On Mars & Errorsmith: Errormom
Mouse On Mars & Eric D Clark: Lost And Found
Mouse on Mars & Modeselektor feat. Mr. Maloke: Purple Fog
Mouse on Mars & Siriusmo: Immer Kurz Davor
Mouse on Mars & Scratch Pet Land: Splymogym
Mouse on Mars & Dodo NKishi: Queen Für Erschein
Mouse On Mars & Atom TM: Key My Brain
AGF / Delay Team: 21 Momstars
Mouse on Mars & Helado Negro: Carca Jadas
Mouse On Mars & Laetitia Sadier: My Toe Is On FireCD2:
Ingrid & Oswald Wiener: Wir möchten auch drauf sein
Mouse On Mars & Schlammpeitziger: Ein Leben Wie Heu
Mouse on Mars & Junior Boys: Putty Tart
Mouse on Mars & Candie Hank: Metaloona Swamp
David Michael Digregorio & Sung Huang Kim: We’re Glad You Are Born Today, Unless You Weren’t Born Today
Mouse on Mars & Machinedrum – Juice Clr 9
Mouse On Mars & Mesak & Claws Costeau: Somiak
Mouse on Mars & F.X. Randomiz: Fromm
Prefuse 73: 90’s
Mouse on Mars & Funkstörung: Bon Djerry
Mouse on Mars & YOSHIMIO: NKANKA
Mouse on Mars & Matthew Herbert aka DJ’s Collapse: Double Gum
Mouse on Mars & Olivia Block: Pterion
Mouse on Mars & Oval: Gitto Ski
Mouse on Mars & Tyondai Braxton: Off Sea
DJ Sotch Egg: Mouse On Egg (Happy Birthday!)Pictureplane drops cyberpunk odyssey ‘Self Control’ video and ‘Alien Body’ mixtape
Pictureplane made his indelible mark on today’s post-physical, plugged in youth culture with his 2011 album ‘Thee Physical’ including the breakout track ‘Real Is A Feeling’ and has since toured with Crystal Castles and HEALTH, been remixed by Grimes, and produced for Antwon. Now he has just released ‘The Alien Body’ mixtape including remixes for Trust, Tearist, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., as well as the single ‘Self Control’ and its cyberpunk odyssey music video. ‘Self Control’ and it’s B-side ‘Pure War’ are available on iTunes now.
Physical Therapy ‘Million Years Crushed’ EP w/ Norman Nodge remix + Dummy mix
Dummy premiered the full EP stream of ‘Million Years Crushed’, Physical Therapy’s latest offering via his Allergy Season label, a few weeks back and now has a fresh mix of choice house and techno cuts from the dancefloor deviant a.k.a. Daniel Fisher. Resident Advisor already gave MYC a 4/5 review, praising its twisted take on steely Berlin techno, further legitimized by a Norman Nodge remix in classic Berghain style.
Mouse on Mars ’21 Again’ + Club2Club Istanbul, Camden Crawl, Donau Festival++
Mouse On Mars want to make a documentary about the past 21 years making music together. Join their ’21 Again’ crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo to make it possible! Expect more news about their 21st birthday celebration soon. Upcoming ‘Spezmodia’ club and festival dates below:
05/04: Button Factory, Dublin, IE
19/04: Club2Club @ Babylon, Istanbul TR
25/04: Donau Festival, Krems AT
17/05: Gretchen, Berlin DE
14/06: K21 Quadriennale X Open Source Festival Night, Dusseldorf DE
21/06: Camden Crawl @ KOKO, London UK
22/08: Tauron Nowa Muzyka, Katowice PLMondkopf joins Littlebig – brand new ‘Hades’ live A/V show
After a string of singles and remixes for Perc Trax in 2013, Mondkopf, a.k.a Paris via Toulouse’s industrial techno wünderkind, Paul Régimbeau, has just dropped his heaviest and most expansive release to date, “Hadès” on his own In Paradisum. Building on Régimbeau’s passion to bring the crushing weight of metal into the dance music stratosphere, and alongside contemporaries who he’s hosted at his In Paradisum nights in Paris including Oneohtrix Point Never, Perc, Sandwell District and Demdike Stare, “Hadès” is testament to forward-thinking non-conformity in electronic music today.
Cause & Cure MONDKOPF from AS HUMAN PATTERN on Vimeo.
Now available for live A/V and DJ sets. brandon [@] littlebig.org.uk
Slava’s ‘Comma Sutra’ EP announced + Spring dates
Daniel Lopatin’s Software Recording Co. have just announced Slava’s ‘Comma Sutra’ EP, the follow up to last Summer’s breakout debut LP ‘Raw Solutions’ which will drop at the end of the month. Check out the single ‘Better’ and his upcoming dates below. Now booking March 24 til mid-April.March 29 – Copenhagen, Actionhygge @ Bynning 5
April 4 – Paris, deBonton @ La JavaHolly Herndon drops ‘Chorus’ video and new music for RBMA Radio
Holly Herndon has just dropped the first single and incredible video for ‘Chorus’ (directed and programmed by Akihiko Taniguchi) in anticipation of her 2014 sophomore LP on RVNG – it will blow your mind! She’s also just done a ‘Fireside Chat’ for RBMA Radio including a bunch of unreleased tracks. Watch out for another single this June, Summer festival appearences, and the September release of the full-length followed by an EU headline tour!
Now booking brand new interactive A/V show: brandon[at]littlebig.org.uk
Mouse on Mars slay Boiler Room, drop “Cream Theme” video
Mouse on Mars are on fire! Just after the release of their Monkeytown EP “Spezmodia” which is akin to footwerk on acid, they lit up Boiler Room with an insane live set and now Noisey have just premiered their seizure-inducing video for “Cream Dream”. What a way to kick off the 21st Anniversary festivities!
Now booking headline and festival slots for the live A/V duo show: brandon[at]littlebig.org.uk
Littlebig welcomes Slava, October tour dates announced
We are very happy to have Slava, Software Recordings’ resident House and Footwerk re-inventor joining Littlebig this Fall with a short run of club dates throughout Europe in support of his lauded ‘Raw Solutions’ LP. Make sure to check out his controversial videoclip for ‘Girl Like Me’.
Oct. 18 – London UK @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen
Oct. 19 – Brussels BE @ Recyclart Art Center – Los Ninos w/ Mykki Blanco
Oct. 30 – Berlin DE @ Panorama Bar – CTM: Focus Mode w/ Nguzunguzu
Oct. 31 – Warsaw PL @ Brzozowa 37
Nov. 1 – Leipzig DE @ Alte Damenhandschuhfabrik w/ Physical TherapyNow available for booking: brandon [at] littlebig.org.uk
Littlebig welcomes Pictureplane, Russia tour dates announced
We are very pleased to welcome Brooklyn’s enfant terrible Travis Edegy a.k.a. Pictureplane and his deep blend of house, noise, synth pop, darkwave and psychedelia to Littlebig. Coming up early 2014 will be his second album, following his precedent opus Thee Physical co-produced by Jupiter Keyes of HEALTH. Meanwhile he is cooking a new video and will be touring around Russia on the dates below:
Oct. 16 Vladivostok @ Zarya
Oct. 17 St. Petersburg @ Erarta
Oct. 18 Moscow @ Solyanka
Oct. 19 Moscow @ Manifest (DJset)
Oct. 20 Togliatti @ Hard Rock Pub
Oct. 21 Ekaterinburg @Dom Pechati
Oct. 22 Perm @ Custom House
Oct. 23 Ufa @ Bla Bla Bla
Now available for booking: brandon [at] littlebig.org.uk
