Swedish post-rockers Ef are heading East in March:
03/03 - Hertz Bar, Dalian
03/04 - Mao Live Club, Beijing
03/05 - Yuyintang, Shanghai
03/06 - VOX, Wuhan
03/08 - Aperture Club, Xian
03/09 - New little bar, Chengdu
03/10 - Nuts Club, Chongqing
03/11 - Iron Age, Guangzhou
03/12 - Hangout, Hongkong
03/13 - The Wall, Taiwan
In other news, head to their myspace blog to download a new Porn Sword Tobacco remix of the track "Sons of ghosts".
The Silent Ballet does not like the new Porn Sword Tobacco record "Everything is music to the ear": http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/2728/Default.aspx
PopMatters reviews the new Porn Sword Tobacco record "Everything is music to the ear": http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/111153-porn-sword-tobacco-everything-is-music-to-the-ear/
Various ArtistsAs an interested and curious listener, I feel lost sometimes when I discover new kinds of music. Often I'd like to hear more but don't know where to look further, even in the times of myspace and mp3-blogs and especially for such marginal music as experimental electronica where the web's oversupply of information tends to thin out. That's why I'm grateful to the people at Fang Bomb: They've already done all the digging, filtering and compiling for me to produce "Gothenburg 08", a sampler aimed to showcase Gothenburg's current electronic and experimental scene. The ten tracks presented here span a very wide bridge from Porn Sword Tobacco's almost over-enjoyable post-muzak to Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words' eponymously gloomy and demanding layers of noise. Most of the compilation oscillates between drones and slowly developing ambient pieces though, which creates an almost album-like feel throughout. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in electronic music that is ambitious, complex and accessible at the same time. The compilation's large bandwidth make it the ideal introduction to the different featured artists -- you just have to pick your favorite and look out for their future work.
- Arnulf Köhncke
Now in-stock and ready for order: Various Artists - Gothenburg 08
If you've been following my weekly Göteborg spotlight feature, you'll know that this new compilation is an absolutely crucial document of the current scene. Acts featured include Jonas Lindgren + Viktor Sjöberg, Porn Sword Tobacco, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, The Skull Defekts, Tsukimono and more!
If you've been following our weekly Göteborg spotlight feature, no doubt you picked up on the news that Fang Bomb is putting out a new compilation entitled "Gothenburg 08". I'll have detailed information about the collection on Saturday, assuming my interview with label head Petter Ottosson goes as planned, but I can confirm the tracklist for you now:
01. Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Lindgren - "Guldheden"
02. Anders Dahl - "Strätta, Flockblomstriga 4"
03. Porn Sword Tobacco - "Feminin Arkitektur"
04. Sewer Election - "Mot Döden"
05. Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - "Facelessness Erases Every Trace Of Humanity"
06. Jasper TX - "And I Closed My Eyes"
07. The Skull Defekts - "Invocation Of Brother Rune Lindblad"
08. Tsukimono - "Moan Jar"
09. Joel Brindefalk - "Monitoring My Own Death"
10. Porn Sword Tobacco - "Ett Jaläger Och Ett Nejläger"
I don't have a confirmed release date yet, but it has been sent off to be pressed, so copies should hopefully be available soon. I for one am very excited -- it's a stellar lineup.
PopMatters reviews Porn Sword Tobacco: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/49980/porn-sword-tobacco-new-exclusive-olympic-heights/
The Silent Ballet reviews Swedish experimental artist Porn Sword Tobacco: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid/384/ItemID/889/Default.aspx
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Porn Sword TobaccoAn ambient journey that evokes Ulrich Schnauss' layered approach, Boards of Canada's peculiar brand of electronic music, and DJ Shadow's slower work, "New exclusive Olympic heights" is an interesting, compelling, and ultimately flourishing piece of music; a soundtrack where hope exists, but has lost its way, and events are explored with the pace and fluidity of a small brook. There is a childlike innocence threaded into the music, though this approach is tempered with the burden of experience, and, in due course, Porn Sword Tobacco's newest effort comes to feel like a daydream or a series of remembrances, all loosely linked with a calm present – an empty field, the noise of a stream and the light cargo it carries along its weak current. If I was a film director, significant sections of "New exclusive Olympic heights" would find their way into the display of moving pictures.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
