Huoratron loses me when he heads into dubstep and other equally dodgy territory, but give me a hard-pounding track full of crunchy distortion, industrial drilling and all other sorts of digital smears and detritus and you know what? I'm ecstatic.
Huoratron - A699f
Finnish artists Huoratron and Mirel Wagner plus Swedish expat Theresa Andersson all have new albums profiled in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/arts/music/new-releases-from-huoratron-mirel-wagner-theresa-andersson.html?_r=3
Finnish artists Jori Hulkkonen, Cleaning Women, Huoratron and Ovali Virta will be touring China together as part of the 'Sounds Like Suomi' project put together by Myymälä2 and sponsored by the Finnish Ministry of Education, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, LUSES (The Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music) and ESEK (The Finnish Performing Music Promotion Centre) along with a number of corporate donors. Dates so far:
09/09-11 - Europe Street Festival, Beijing
09/09 - Tango, Beijing
09/10 - Club Yu Gong Yi Shan, Beijing
09/15 - VIP Room, Shanghai
09/16 - Age of Red, Chengdu
09/17 - True Color Club, Shenzhen
More info: http://www.soundslikesuomi.com/
Swedish 8-bit Gameboy rocker Convex will be doing some shows in the US as part of the "Data Destruction Tour" alongside NYC-based acts Nullsleep and Bit Shifter. Dates:
03/11 - The Tank, New York NY w/Bubblyfish, Aonami
03/14 - The Enormous Room, Cambridge MA
03/15 - The Lager House, Detroit MI w/Mesu Kasumai
03/17 - The Bottom Lounge, Chicago IL w/Bud Melvin
03/19 - The Khyber, Philadelphia PA w/8Cylinder
03/20 - vertexList, Brooklyn NY w/Glomag, Mark DeNardo, Huoratron (FIN)
More info and mp3 samples: http://destroy.8bitpeoples.com/
Artists set to play the Uuden Musiikin Festival (UMF) in Finland that I linked yesterday: Imatran Voima, Huoratron, Uusi Fantasia, Dharmaone, Boy Novice, LBJ, Nieminen & Litmanen, Ceebrolistics, HKI Ghetto Bass Patrol, Mr Velcro Fastener, Acid Kings, Technical Directors, TV-Resistori and Ritarikunta. There's also a laundry list of DJs performing.
Artists playing the Jyrock Festival at Ilokivi in Jyvaskyla, Finland on April 16-17: José González, Datarock, Putsch '79, Uusi Fantasia, Huoratron, 22 Pistepirkko, Kuusumun Profeetta, Hidria Spacefolk, Serkkupojat & MattiP and Zarkus Poussa. More info: http://www.jyu.fi/jyrock/
Holland's Bunker Records has just released a new 2x12" comp called "Sound of Suomi" featuring the best of Finnish electro. It's limited to 500 copies or so, so if it sounds like something you might be interested in, it would be wise to track it down. Tracklist:
A1. Konrad West - Escape From Stasi (Dub Mix)
A2. Huoratron - Male Bonding
A3. Mr. Velcro Fastener (DUPLICATE 2) - Aura
B1. Decepticons - Orbitrek (Live)
B2. Imatran Voima - We Love Science
B3. Polytron - 247
C1. New York City Survivors - Sirkkeli
C2. Alpha Males - Sweaty Congaz
C3. Kings Of Techno - Classic
D1. V.U.L.V.A. - M.J. (featuring Gameboy (2))
D2. Nu Science - Casino
D3. Tero - Hot Pants
More info: http://www.discogs.com/release/228495
Flora and Fauna, the label of Moder Jords Massiva, is celebrating their 20th release with a special party at Mondo in Stockholm on December 10. They'll be handing out a free 'greatest hits' label comp to the first 500 entrants and there will be live performances by Huoratron, Hundarna från Söder, MJM, Existensminimum and a "new experimental electronic act." Mark O' Sullivan, DJ Nuteq and Queen Ann will be DJing, too. Check out the flyer here: http://www.brilliant.nu/mailorder/arkflyer.html
The B2 Club in Moscow is hosting a Finnish Independence Day celebration concert on December 6 with performances by The Flaming Sideburns, Don Johnson Big Band, Puola, Huoratron, DJ Erkko, Kimmo Pohjonen Kluster, Cleaning Women, Eläkeläiset, and Alamaailman Vasarat. Eight hours and three stages!
The Information Wants to Be Free "spoken word, video-art, performances and experimental electronica musique" festival has announced more details of their lineup today. The international event takes place in three separate locations (Berlin, London and Stockholm) and features a myriad of speakers and performers. As mentioned before, representing Sweden in Berlin on December 6 is Sanctum sideproject Mago. They'll also be playing at one of the Stockholm shows which will take place December 4-6. A ton of other artists are also scheduled to appear, including Chicken el Diablo, Krister Linder, 4 x 3 Stockholms Saxofon Kvartett, and Memo. Full details: http://www.iwtbf.org/