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| Available December 8th from Tympanik Audio! |
[21 Nov 2009|06:22pm] |
Tympanik Audio’s highly-anticipated third compilation release celebrating entry into our 3rd year of existence.
Meticulously selected, compiled, and refined, ‘Emerging Organisms 3‘ continues this critically-acclaimed compilation series featuring the very best in futuristic and forward-thinking electronic artists from around the world including Access To Arasaka, Klangstabil, S:cage, Displacer, Loss, Ab Ovo, Liar’s Rosebush, Subheim, Famine, Millipede, Fractional, Metaform, Autoclav1.1, Raoul Sinier, Detritus, Michael Fakesch, Keef Baker, OTX, Poordream, and many more…
Available on 2-CDs with mastering by Metarc and stunning artwork design by Kostas K. of Subheim / Spectraliquid, only from Tympanik Audio.
Tracklisting_
Disc One:
01 - SE: Chrono
02 - Access To Arasaka: Kill Recorder [clip preview]
03 - Klangstabil: Beziehungsohr (Subheim remix) [clip preview]
04 - Lucidstatic: Coal Cage (Access To Arasaka remix)
05 - Aphorism: Arc Towards
06 - Candle Nine: Penumbra [clip preview]
07 - S:cage: Seven Endings (Departure)
08 - Ab Ovo: Bees
09 - Displacer: Sun_Phase (Nightfall mix)
10 - Empusae: Hard Boiled Wonderland (Detritus remix) [clip preview]
11 - Loss: 071123
12 - Terminal Sound System: We Eat The Sun [clip preview]
13 - Opposite Exhale: Clear Green
14 - If: I Only Miss You When You’re Here (remix)
Disc Two:
01 - IP Neva: Calm Before The Storm
02 - Millipede: Cell Division
03 - Liar’s Rosebush: You Are Here [clip preview]
04 - Famine: Sig/Int
05 - Fractional: Blood [clip preview]
06 - Michael Fakesch: Rand VA
07 - Metaform: OCD [clip preview]
08 - Autoclav1.1: Let Me Sleep
09 - Raoul Sinier: Untitled10
10 - Undermathic: Bodhi
11 - Keef Baker: Trion [clip preview]
12 - Tapage & Meander: Jelly Battleship [clip preview]
13 - Skytree: Stomata Spirit
14 - Poordream: Immense Present
15 - OTX: Anna
Preorder this release now!
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[10 Nov 2009|02:54pm] |
Check out Displacer's new free EP on Tympanik Audio! With mastering by yours truly.
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| Out now from Tympanik Audio! |
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Displacer is back with his newest audio concept ‘X Was Never Like This…‘ on Tympanik Audio. A collection of 14 brand new tracks incorporating everything you’ve come to know and expect from this prolific Canadian electronic music icon. Fusing melodic guitar, catchy beats, heart-felt melodies, funk-driven basslines, and an air of sweet melancholy, ‘X Was Never Like This…‘ captures the true essence of diversity in a genreless package that could only come from the mind of Displacer.
With guest appearances and collaborations by such artists as Mark Thibideau, Daniel Myer (Haujobb / Architect), Keef Baker, Broken Fabiola, Famine, Lucidstatic, Marching Dynamics, and featuring the heavenly vocals of Victoria Lloyd (Claire Voyant / HMB), all packaged in a unique design by Crime League, ‘X Was Never Like This…‘ promises to be fond experience indeed.
Available from Tympanik Audio September 8th, 2009. Order now.
Tracklisting_
01. Elbows Bent At Right Angles (Instrumental Version)
02. Junkie Blvd (feat. Victoria Lloyd)
03. X Was Never Like This…
04. Never Compromise
05. Windmill
06. Elbows Bent At Right Angles (feat. Victoria Lloyd)
07. Never Compromise (Resonant Dub Remix by Mark Thibideau)
08. X Was Never Like This… (Renegade Of Noise Shunt Remix by Daniel Myer)
09. Windmill (Keef Baker Remix)
10. Elbows Bent At Right Angles (feat. Broken Fabiola)
11. X Was Never Like This… (Famine Remix)
12. To Live, Love, Die or Kill… (Lucidstatic Remix)
13. X Was Never Like That. (Displacer Remix)
14. Windmill (Marching Dynamics Remix)
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| BCP Tour 09 wrap up post. |
[30 Jun 2009|01:16pm] |
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Wow. Holy shit. What a week. It was filled to the brim with beer and B.O., not to mention a few logged hours of Rockband. I've never slept so close to so many dudes. hahaha. I had such a wonderful time everywhere I went thanks to awesome people, and even better bar crowds. I have to say thanks to a lot of people for their seemingly unending hospitality. In Montréal, m3lang3, Guilliaume and Yann from Memmaker/Izoloscope, Nick Joltok, Aliceffect, Le Gymnase staff and crowd, and in Ottawa DJ Leslie, Jairus Khan from Adversary, Matty from Encephelon for coming to see me, the engineer and staff from Zaphod Beeblebrox, and their awesome crowd who came out to see a bunch of dudes they didn't know from Toronto play.
Also thanks to It-Clings for organizing the tour, and Autovoice for transportation, Razorgrrl for documenting the occasions and for selling merch (which no one wanted to do), Wormy for some awesome dubstep and for the ride to MTL, and for hosting the 1st annual BCP budgetary meeting.
I had a ridiculously fun time, and want to do this again sooner than later.
Hope to see you all again, and once again thank you!
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played 2nd date of bugs tour. very tired.
tomorrow, on to Ottawa. Come out to see myself, It-Clings, and Autovoice play on Tuesday night at Zaphod Beeblebrox.
more to follow.
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| Famine on tour in June! Come and see me! |
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toronto - thursday june 18th, 2009
worms of the earth, famine, it-clings, razor edge & autovoice
dj razorgrrl
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812 dundas st. w.
toronto, canada
bcp fest toronto facebook event
montreal - saturday june 20th, 2009
worms of the earth, famine & it-clings
w/ scrap.edx, dj dez one, lovers waiting for bombs, dj mini, alicefekt & bit shifer
le gymnase
4177 rue st-denis
montreal, quebec
tribus urbaines facebook event
ottawa - tuesday june 23rd, 2009
famine, it-clings & autovoice
dj leslie
zaphod beeblebrox
27 york street
ottawa, canada
bcp fest ottawa facebook event
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| Famine on TV |
[18 Mar 2009|07:55pm] |
I wrote a new jingle for Space Channel in Canada and it seems to have finally aired. I think someone from PlastikWrap (who seems to have done the wardrobe on this) has put it up. Too bad I don't have cable to see this, so you tube will have to suffice. If you do have cable, it's on at night.
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| Reviews of Every Mirror Turns Black and Cocytus. |
[04 Jan 2009|04:44pm] |
dark twin cities e-zine review of "Every Mirror Turns Black"
It would betray the hand dealt to me to just come right out and say that Famine's Every Mirror Turns Black is one of the most amazing albums I've yet had the privilege to review but honestly it's an incredible set of tracks and I highly recommend it to anyone whose love of music extends beyond genre affiliation. If your tastes tend to embrace the experimental and, in particular, the aggressive you'll be able to experience the level of enjoyment I encountered upon listening to this impossibly good album.
I can't tell you who Famine is. It's apparently a secret. This seems to be a regular occurrence when it comes to artists on the Bugs Crawling Out Of People label. But this shadowy figure has apparently been a Producer for almost a decade and a half working in a variety of musical styles during that time period. Hailing from Winnipeg this unknown creative force now bases itself out of Toronto and Mirror represents the first proper release under this moniker. Let's hope many more are to come because the unlimited potential of this particular individual is evident right out of the hellish gate.
While songs like the opener, 'Cortruisse,' along with the follow-up 'Seven' might call to mind the likes of Autechre and Aphex Twin the sound and production are much more crisp and involving, grabbing you by the throat and insisting you come along for the ride. But it's the third track that provides the greatest surprise. 'Blood Sacrifice' incorporates Breakcore, Drum N' Bass, Glitch and Blackened Death Metal in a seamless display of pure aggression. It works precisely because it doesn't come across as a Metal artist experimenting with electronics but an electronic artist incorporating his understanding and appreciation for what makes Metal great into his music and that is all too rare. It's the sort of song that induces wide eyes and causes the hair on the back of your neck to stand on end. As good as all the other songs are you will be compelled to hit repeat and listen to this selection again once it's done.
As the album caterwauls onward the glitchy atmospherics of 'Idle Flattery' collide with the ambient decay of 'Optical Stimuli,' a driving and astoundingly emotive piece of work that serves as another high point in this collection. Assailing your senses once again, 'I Don't Believe' brings back the Metal aesthetic but in a more Digital Hardcore vein that is complimented nicely by 'Renounce Christ,' a sample-rific foray that seems to reference a number of classic luminaries within the Metal genre while maintaining a stark electronic feel. The last third of the album is dominated by the melding of various synthetic styles and culminates with 'Konstantine Raudive,' a driving piece that grabs a hold of your consciousness and pulls you through a wildly varied soundscape that isn't always as smooth but is ever engaging and endlessly interesting, tethered by a striking bass line and an inviting mood.
I really can't say enough good things about this collection. If you're scared away by guitars than this may not appeal to you but the explorations into the power of Metal encompass only three of the tracks and the rest are just as worthy of your attention. Every Mirror Turns Black is one of the best albums you're not listening to right now. You should make a conscious effort to change that as soon as possible.
reviewer: - Christopher Roddy Dec 2008 [3.5/5]
Reflections of Darkness review of "Cocytus"
Written by Sebastian Huhn
Sunday, 04 January 2009
Title: Cocytus
Artist: Famine
Genre: Ambient
Release Date: 14h December 2008
Label: Bugs Crawling Out of People
Album Review
In last year’s May, FAMINE surfaced with his first official album release ‘Every Mirror Turns Black’ on Canadian brand Bugs Crawling Out Of People and let loose an orgy of extreme rhythmic complexity mixing it up with an extreme music form from another genre: The Black Metal. Shortly before last year ended he came across with another release. The EP ‘Cocytus’
“In Greek mythology, Cocytus, meaning river of wailing (Greek kokutos, "lamentation") was the river in the underworld on the banks of which the dead who could not pay Charon wandered…” “In Inferno, the first cantica of Dante's ‘The Divine Comedy’ Cocytus is the ninth and lowest circle of Hell.” And that’s the part, where FAMINE enters the game. He’s making this unreal world audible... sensible for us. He’s bringing to life the frozen regions of the lowest cycle in Hell in the centre of which Lucifer is imprisoned, desperately trying to escape. It’s astonishing that ‘Cocytus’ has not become another realm of insane complexity, but an ambient manifesto of sorts, which starts with ‘Cocytus I (Caina)’ putting upon our souls dark humming drones and from afar we can hear the raging screams of Lucifer before a realm of lush ambience opens up, confronting the listener with deep, soft textures carrying a subliminal undercurrent of sadness within. Our path leads us further to ‘Cocytus II (Antenora)’ where a daunting mood takes hold that is being multiplied along the path and in ‘Cocytus III (Ptolomea)’ manifests as stark fear when the ghostly calls of the souls, captive deep inside the frozen lake penetrate the surface to haunt you.
On the fourth part of ‘Cocytus’ named ‘Judecca’ we’re being exposed to a wall of sound made of textures, pads, abstract choirs and samples. Each and every single layer seems interlaced with the others. The spatial depth of the sound is breathtaking even multi-dimensional and excels everything we’ve come to hear in the other three pieces by far and takes everything to an entirely different level. The last track on this disc is called ‘Names of Dead Kings’ and grasps almost 17 minutes of duration. Listening to this piece makes me feel like roaming through an old subterranean crypt and every new corridor that’s emerging in the darkness bears more tombs and more names of a royal dynasty that’s long forgotten. Still you can feel the sublimity of this place and it makes you shiver.
Well, I can say that I didn’t expect FMINE to come up with such a release, really. That’s totally different from what was going on ‘Every Mirror Turns Black’. Three of the tracks on this release actually originate from 1996 and were re-mastered for better sound quality. Sometimes you can hear the age streaming through, but for me who’s grown up with tapes it adds a nostalgic factor to the whole thing. To cut a long story short: I think is a top ambient release and it’s free to download, so what are you waiting for? If you’d prefer to have something in your hands, there’s a limited CD edition available as well.
Tracklist
1. Cocytus I (Caina) – 4:58
2. Cocytus II (Antenora) – 3:58
3. Cocytus III (Ptolomea) – 4:03
4. Cocytus IV (Judecca) – 4:30
5. Names of Dead Kings – 16:43
Website
http://www.myspace.com/chxstfamine
Rating
Music: 9
Sound: 8
Extras: -
Total: 8.5 / 10
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| only 2 days remain to order a famine t-shirt. |
[24 Nov 2008|05:28am] |
Orders must be in by TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25th, 2008!!
famine - bcp logo cocytus limited edition t-shirts one sided front logo design. 3 different styles of shirts (men's, girlie and boybeater)! very limited edition. we are taking advance orders on this for a limited time (before tuesday nov 25th, 2008. there will be very little additional shirts made. please contact info@bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com pre-order your shirt
cost: $20 canadian + shipping.
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| "Cocytus" EP |
[09 Nov 2008|09:48pm] |
from bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com ...
famine - cocytus
release date: december 14th, 2008
famine has returned to bugs crawling out of people with another outstanding release. the dark abyss has opened up and revealed the frozen lake of cocytus, the final realm of the most despicable criminals & traitors, the four kings of the most heinous acts. from famine's own murky archives, 3 unreleased tracks from 1995 have been combined with 2 new ones in this entirely remastered ep.
this is famine as you have never heard him before; lush atmospheres and brooding textures comprise this haunting dark ambient work. the frozen twisted heart of hell has never been so accurately represented and is mandatory listening for fans of desiderii marginis, raison d'être and arcana.
let the sounds of 'cocytus' ease you into an unsettling sleep, and taunt your dreams with corrupted ideas, let it be the soundtrack of your satanic rites, let it stimulate your sorrows and excite your self-loathing.
famine and bugs crawling out of people are pleased to offer this unique work as a free download, complete with album art, or as a limited edition cd.
track listing:
1. cocytus I - caina
2. cocytus II - antenora
3. cocytus III - ptolomea
4. cocytus IV - judecca
5. names of dead kings
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| Review of "Every Mirror Turns Black" in Connexion Bizarre |
[14 Jul 2008|06:32pm] |
from Connexion Bizarre Webzine
"An odd little selection, this, as it veers wildly from relative peace and quiet (as evidenced by tracks like "Optical Stimuli") to unbridled demonic possession (typified in this case by "Renounce Christ") with hardly a pause in between. There are traces of jungle, hints of industrial and spatters of black metal littering what is otherwise an accomplished piece of IDM in the vein of Download, particularly their seminal release, "The Eyes of Stanley Pain" (1996).
The real gem on this album, however, does not fall into this category: "Blood Sacrifice" is an absolute masterpiece, blending harsh, thrash metal guitars and double-bass pedal drums with degraded signal mixing, circuit-bent glitches and vocals dredged from the pits of hell, all overlaid on a fast, eccentric breakcore drum line. While other tracks on the album (like "I Don't Believer") attempt similar stylistic crossovers, the result is less impressive. Even though this introduction of guitars into an otherwise predominantly electronic recording is nothing new (industrial-rock legends Ministry spent most of the 1990s producing six-string savagery, while contemporary terror EBM merchants Psyclon Nine recently invented their own brand of "black electro" on their "INRI" album in 2005), Famine still manages to create something that is guaranteed to make even the most jaded listener sit up and take notice. Please keep in mind that "Every Mirror Turns Black" is not a black metal album by any means; rather, it is a celebration of all things irreligious and angry that happens to make use of certain typical stylistic devices as a means to an end.
In general, this is a particularly painful album to categorize, as it represents somewhere in the vicinity of fourteen years of music production experience coming to a head - a very likely reason for the disparate influences discernible on the album. But that doesn't mean it's a bad album - on the contrary, Famine deliver something that's difficult to get into, but even harder to stop listening to."
-- David vander Merwe [7.5/10]
read the original article here.
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from Reflections of Darkness webzine.
Album Review
Written by Sebastian Huhn
Saturday, 14 June 2008
"Like many others as well, the name Famine appeared on my radar through the FRACTURED album ‘Only Human Remains’ in 2005. What I couldn’t know at that time was that this guy actually has a history as a producer for more than a decade then with involvements in various projects in different genres. Nevertheless ‘Every Mirror turns Black’ is his first official release to date and what a release it is…
The opener ‘Cortruisse’ starts harmless, so harmless in fact that it’s already suspicious and indeed after the stuttering beats and the samples led us on a wrong path for a while, the track suddenly explode with a fireworks of glitching rhythms, it’s hard to follow it in the first place. ‘Seven’ follows the line of glitch, but in this case, the glitches which have been precisely placed over fundament of broken beats, seem to create their own rhythm inside the composition. All this is nothing compared to what is to follow with ‘Blood Sacrifice’ and initially, the thought to be in the wrong film ripened in my head. Harsh guitar riffs and fast drum parts flooded the room, followed by high-octane break beats and FAMINE’s parade discipline the glitching. Don’t get me wrong, as strange as that might sound, this combination of Black Metal and electronics is brilliant and I wondered why no one came up with that idea before. ‘Idle Flattery’ develops a life of its own with some kind of mutational algorithm under the surface, which is always sidestepping, just when you’re thinking you’ve figured this song out. ‘Optical Stimuli’ spreads a rather solemn mood with spherical bells, even vocal fragments in different shapes and manipulated states can be heard. Again the rhythms are far from being ordinary and are intriguing and captivating at the same time.
‘I Don’t Believe’ and ‘Renounce Christ’ bridge to the Black Metal again by infusing the raw power of the fast guitar riffs into a costume of unrelenting and fierce rhythmical brutality that fathoms the deepest regions of musical violence; Especially ‘I Don’t Believe’ surprises with a bass that is able to burst your window panes. My initial problem with ‘hands’ was to find the structure or more precisely the order inside the chaos of fidgety rhythms and samples yet when the melodic layer comes in, a slight shade of structure evolves, getting clearer, the more the song progresses. The specialty of ‘We Fuck Together’ (Yeah nice title, I know) is that it doesn’t solely depend on electronically generated drum sounds to build up a rhythm, but uses a myriad of sampled sounds to construct an ultra complex network of beats and it’s hard to believe that one human being conceived this. ’Lesion Powder Sickness’ gets along almost without any melody and places a 100% emphasis on the creation of rhythms. The finishing track ‘Konstantine Raudive’ is presumably named after the scientist, who was investigating the Electronic Voice Phenomena, “sections of static noise on the radio or electronic recording media that are interpreted by paranormal investigators as voices speaking words usually attributed to ghosts or spirits”. That would explain the other-worldliness of this track, which seems to float in other dimensions, in the great beyond, where pale shades pass you by and concentrated clouds of ambience line your way. The beats however, remain down to earth, even if not ordinary and for the last time display a stunning complexity.
You can hear all the hard work Famine’s put into the creation of ‘Every Mirror turns Black’ and all people, who like sonic experiments as every single track on the album is one, will thank him in buying this awesome record and maybe even a bigger audience will discover Famine for themselves now. A highlight for me is without any doubt the fusion of Black metal and his skills on the synths. That has to be played live in my opinion Another one that really cast a spell on me is the wonderfully atmospheric ‘Konstantine Raudive’ that is so different from the other tracks on the album At the end there’s only one thing left to say: BUY this record it’s worth every cent."
Rating
Music: 9
Sound: 9
Extras: 9 (Hidden Track)
Total: 9
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