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December 12th 2004 - New Biting Tongues MP3's to Download Graham Massey has kindly donated some new Biting Tongues MP3 tracks to download , featuring some previously unreleased demo tracks. Check out the 'Sounds' page for more info. Tracks:
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December 12th 2004 - New Graham Massey Interview Online
The Milk Factory website has an interview with Graham Massey on their website, and very interesting reading it is too. Here's what they have to say about the interview: "When Graham Massey dropped us an email to say he liked the site, we couldn’t let the opportunity of an interview go. Not only did he accept, but he’s given us an almost down-to-the-minute run down of his career from way before 808 State. From his days working as a sound engineer for the Broadwalk in Manchester to spending too much time at the Hacienda, the explosion of the Acid House movement, working with Björk and Bernard Summer, and how Prebuild came about, this is, dare we say, essential reading. So, get yourself a large drink, put your arse on your most comfy chair, and enjoy!" Also check out the Manchester Music District Archive website |
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August 26th 2004 - Connecting - written & presented by Ken Hollings - on BBC Radio 3 on September 4th at 10pm CONNECTING A lesson in social engineering on BBC Radio 3 from the original Phone Phreaks, featuring voices, sounds and archive recordings from the period. Written and presented by Ken Hollings Music and Sound Production by Simon James Go where only your ears can take you. On Between the Ears, Radio 3, 91.3FM, Saturday September 4 at 10pm ‘You know hacking is a misnomer too. Some people go out there with their smarts and figure out ways to do things, maybe that’s a pure form of hacking, but most people sit around and wait for other people to tell them: “Oh, try this. Do it this way. This is how you do it.” I mean that’s just – huh – playing with it.’ Steve Wozniak, cofounder Apple Computers
The first and original hackers, the ‘phone phreaks’ exploited a design fault in the American telephone system during the 1960s and 1970s to gain illegal access to the entire network, allowing them to make free calls, set up 24-hour party lines and spread information amongst themselves. Some of those involved went to jail – others went on to pioneer the phenomenal rise of the home computer. This is their story. Featuring the voices of Captain Crunch, Joy Bubbles, Mark Bernay and Steve Wozniak, plus archive recordings of actual phone phreak party lines, telephone system sounds, prank calls, ads and intercepts. Go where only you ears can take you … |
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June 29th 2004 - Biting Tongues aka Dr X perform at The Greenroom in Whitworth Street, Manchester on 16th July 2004 In addition to playing in London at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in May, Biting Tongues bring their performance of Dr X to the Greenroom in Manchester on 16th July.
Starring Graham Massey, Ken Hollings and Howard Walmsley, the performance will be held at 54-56 Whitworth Street, Manchester. green room, 54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5WW, UK |
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June 17th 2004 - Biting Tongues aka Dr X perform at The Royal Institution of Great Britain - Photos ‘Dr X’ A performance for text, electronic sound and digital images by Ken Hollings, Graham Massey and Howard Walmsley At the Royal Institution onLondon Saturday May 22, 2004
Howard Walmsley, Ken Hollings and Graham Massey
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June 13th 2004 - D'Troit - The Sound Of Two Cities - DVD Available
You can now order the DTroit Catalogue from the Urbis Shop which comes with a DVD of "The Sounds Of Two Cities" film by Elliot Eastwick, featuring an interview with Graham Massey. From the Urbis Shop, select 'Exhibitions', then 'DTroit', then 'Catalogue' - cost is £7.50 plus postage. Limited edition of 1,000 copies - also available at Picaddilly Records here. |
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May 7th 2004 - Biting Tongues aka Dr X perform at The Royal Institution of Great Britain ‘Dr X’ A performance for text, electronic sound and digital images by Ken Hollings, Graham Massey and Howard Walmsley At the Royal Institution, London Saturday May 22, 2004 between 2 and 7pm Everyone remembers the name, but no one can place the story. New York 1932: the city is shocked by a series of grisly murders that take place whenever the moon is full. The sinister Dr Xavier and his team of scientists are suspected of the crimes, but no one can prove anything. The only way to trap the killer is by electrically recreating the crimes under laboratory conditions using life-size mannequins. Filmed nearly 70 years ago in a revolutionary new two-colour separation process, the Hollywood thriller Doctor X is a largely neglected film these days. Its title, however, has entered popular culture as a cipher for everything mysterious, secret and strange. Writer Ken Hollings, in collaboration with composer Graham Massey and filmmaker Howard Walmsley, uses mythically enlarged recollections of the original film to create retrofitted images of a totalitarian futuristic New York in which AC electricity is banned and ‘radio psychics’ are used in the detection of crimes. Examining electricity, crime, scientific inquiry and pathological behaviour, Dr X is part of the Royal Institution event ‘Electra: Electricity Culture’. It also marks the first time that Ken Hollings, Graham Massey and Howard Walmsley have worked together on an audiovisual project since the film Feverhouse, described as ‘the most important feature film to come out of the North West in many years’ when released on video in 1985 by IKON F.C.L. ‘Electra: Electricity and Culture’ also features contributions from Sadie Plant, Professor Steven Connor, Joe Banks and Jo Thomas. The Royal Institution is located at 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS. Tickets are £10, £7 concessions.
For more information see www.bitingtongues.com or www.kenhollings.com The Royal Institution of Great Britain |
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May 7th 2004 - D'Troit - The Sound Of Two Cities - Urbis Exhibition, Manchester
the sound of two cities 20 May to 18 July A video project by Elliot Eastwick. The cities of Manchester and Detroit have many musical similarities, from the Northern Soul movement of 70s which adopted the Soul sounds of Urban Detroit, to the DIY nature of the early Detroit garage rock bands who influenced Manchester's punk era, the techno influences of the city on Manchester¹s club scene, which is still evident today. Both cities are renowned for emotive raw music that echoes the cityscape. Eastwick's video explores the influence this huge catalogue of Detroit performers and music producers has had on artists from Manchester. Featured are interviews with Manchester legends including The Hollies, Graham Nash, Carl Craig, Johnny Marr, 808 State's Graham Massey, Anthony Wilson, The Doves and many more. Look through the 'hall of fame' to see musicians from both cities, Iggy pop, Alice Cooper, George Clinton, New Order, Stevie Wonder, Morrisey....the list goes on, the beat goes on....and on. Free The Sounds of Two Cities is an Urbis commission. Click here for more about the DTroit exhibition |
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March 17th 2004 - Ken Hollings & Tom McCarthy present Major Malfunction Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy present: MAJOR MALFUNCTION 3 History and Poetry Episode Three: ‘Contamination’ On Tuesday March 23, 2004 from 19:00 to 20:30 hrs GMT Resonance FM (104.4 in the Gre ater London area and http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide on the web) will be broadcasting the third of three programmes featuring Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy in conversation. Can history be seen as a poetic process – is every event a disaster? The last dialogue in the series, ‘Contamination’ examines the connections between Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the transmuted modern landscape of toxic landfills, WMD and radioactive fallout, aesthetic refuge in the suburbs, swarms and phalanxes, Dorian Grey, Starship Troopers and the Millennial Fold, presented with a live soundtrack mixed and produced by Frances May Morgan. Links and Contacts: Remember: always wash your hands. |
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March 16th 2004 - New Crispy Ambulance due out March 29th (produced by Graham)
The new Crispy Ambulance CD (touring partners with the Tongues and who shared the same rehersal space as them), will finally be out on March 29th via LTM. The following is an extract taken from the official Crispy Ambulance website: "The release of The Powder Blind Dream is now expected towards the end of this month (March, 2004). The album was recorded in June last year and was originally planned for release last autumn. However, problems with the original sleeve design caused the release date to be delayed. A new sleve design has been selected and the album is now in the manufacturing process. Our thanks to Dave Garson of Logoprint, Manchester, who has provided new images and a fresh design concept." Also, LTM have this to say on the album: "THE POWDER BLIND DREAM (LTMCD 2372) The album is produced by Graham, and can either by ordered from the LTM website or via Amazon UK here. |
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February 21st 2004 - Ken Hollings & Tom McCarthy present Major Malfunction Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy present: MAJOR MALFUNCTION 2 History and Poetry Episode Two: ‘Siege and Shelter' On Monday February 23, 2004 from 19:00 to 20:30 hrs GMT Resonance FM (104.4 in the Greater London area and http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide on the web) will be broadcasting the second of three programmes featuring Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy in conversation. Can history be seen as a poetic process – is every event a disaster? The second dialogue in the series, ‘Siege and Shelter' examines the connections between the fall of Troy and the burned and bloody earth of Waco and Ruby Ridge; siege as theatre from Moscow to Gilles de Rais and Joan of Arc at the walls of Orleans via Patty Hearst and the SLA, presented with a live soundtrack mixed and produced by Mark Pilkington. Links and Contacts: Still to come: Major Malfunction 3 : ‘Contamination' on March 23 with live sound and mixing by Frances May Morgan. Remember: secure the perimeter.
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February 21st 2004 - Feverhouse Video available from ScreenEdge The Feverhouse Video is now available from Screenedge.
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February 18th 2004 - Ken Hollings - Welcome To Disturbia - Resonance FM
Space and Schizophrenia in the American Suburbs of the 1950s On Resonance FM On Wednesday February 18, 2004 from 19:00 to 20:30 hrs GMT Resonance FM (104.4 in the Greater London area and http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide on the web) will be broadcasting Welcome to Disturbia , a ‘double monologue' for radio written and presented by Ken Hollings in collaboration with Dutch composer, Huib Emmer. Originally broadcast as part of the award-winning experimental radio strand ‘Supplement' on NPS (Netherlands Broadcast Services) in March 2003, Welcome to Disturbia is a study in voices and sound exploring the psychological impact of the suburbs on the American people during the 1950s, creating a cultural and social launch pad for the space race . Criswell, Marshall McLuhan and Rod Serling look on while a confused housewife wanders distractedly around her new home before vanishing into the cosmos. Recorded at NPS studios in Hilversum , it features an electronic score by Huib Emmer, together with the voices of Ken Hollings, Jannie Pranger and Vivien Cook. Ken Hollings will be presenting the 60-minute piece in its entirety, together with a special introduction, including an interview recorded on the occasion of its first broadcast and a selection of related music, on the Resonance FM ‘Clear Spot' slot for Wednesday February 18 between 19.00 and 20.30pm GMT . The complete text for the first section of Welcome to Disturbia is featured in Strange Attractor Journal One , to be published on February 20, 2004 .
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February 10th 2004 - Ken Hollings - Dark Energy at The Horse Hospital, London
Strange Attractor presents DARK ENERGY The Erik Davis/Ken Hollings Mindclash At the Horse Hospital With a live soundtrack by Simon James Tuesday 10 February 2004 The Horse Hospital , Colonnade, Bloomsbury London WC1N 1HX (Behind Russell Square Tube) From 7pm: £6 entry Everything we're made of or can measure constitutes only 4% of the universe. The rest is made up of 23% dark matter and 73% dark energy. Untouchable and unknowable, infinitely expanding and pulling space apart, dark energy puts the bang in the big bang. Feel scared yet? June 2003 saw Erik Davis and Ken Hollings take to the mics at the Blavatsky Lodge in London to discuss electronic music, space and aether. With Erik back in town for a few days, Strange Attractor have taken the opportunity to stage a rematch – this time in the style of a dialogue between these two great minds, complete with a soundtrack, mixed live from Simon James, who has collaborated with Ken on numerous sound projects. Following the mindclash, we'll be screening the little known hour-long British 1950s sci-fi gem Fire Maidens from Outer Space . British astronauts chain-smoke their way to one of Jupiter's moons, home of the last dancing female descendants of Atlantis. The low-budget splendours of this neglected black-and-white classic are too numerous to count. For more information or to reserve a seat for the night, contact Strange Attractor through http://www.strangeattractor.co.uk Or call (020) 7833 3644 |
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January 29th 2004 - Ken Hollings - SK Lectures At The Cube Cinema, Bristol SK: ULTRA SK LECTURES AT THE CUBE CINEMA, BRISTOL Thursday 29th January 2004 at 8pm £5.00/£4.00
Welcome to Mars Written and presented by Ken Hollings Live sound production by Simon James Starting in the sprawling new suburban housing projects built in America during the 1950s and ending in the unexplored depths of the cosmos, Welcome to Mars investig ate s the projection of human consciousness into outer space, including a reconstruction of the totally radio piece, ‘Space Music: Things Seen in the Skies', recently broadcast in Australia on ABC ‘Nightwaves'. The SK Lecture David Ellis, accompanied by Jo Thomas, composer of electro-acoustic music, will present an illustrated performance/lecture based on the BBC Radio 3 show Silent Key , described by Ellis as ‘an audio field-diary investigation into a lesser known history of radio'. Also on the bill Ray and Charles Eames's mind-blowing Powers of Ten as you've never seen it before. The Cube Cinema is at Dove Street South (off Jamaica Street ) Bristol , BS2 8JD For more details call: 00 44 (0) 117 9074191 Or email: cubeadmin@cubecinema.com |
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January 23rd 2004 - Ken Hollings & Tom McCarthy present Major Malfunction Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy present: MAJOR MALFUNCTION History and Poetry ‘Entry/Re-Entry' On Friday January 23, 2004 from 19:00 to 20:30 hrs GMT Resonance FM (104.4 in the Greater London area and http://www.resonancefm.com/ worldwide on the web) will be broadcasting the first of three programmes featuring Ken Hollings and Tom McCarthy in conversation. Can history be seen as a poetic process – is every event a disaster? The first of the series, ‘Entry/Re-entry' examines the connections between Challenger and Columbia , Sade and America , Michael Jackson and Agamemnon, presented with a live soundtrack mixed and produced by Pete Woodhead. Links and Contacts: Still to come: Major Malfunction 2: 'Siege' on February 23, with live sound and mixing by Mark Pilkington and Major Malfunction 3 : ‘Contamination' on March 23 with live sound and mixing by Frances May Morgan. Remember: no one gets out alive. |
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January 21st 2004 - Feverhouse Video available from ScreenEdge News courtesy of John from the Cerysmatic Factory website: " not only can you buy the reissue of ' Wall of Surf ' from Screen Edge but also the long-lost Feverhouse video. It's not advertised on their website but I am assured they stock it." Update: The video will appear on the Screen Edge website within the next couple of weeks - more info as it arrives!
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