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2011.01.02 | Best of 2011 lists and new releases After a rather busy start, 2011 was a calm year for Fang Bomb. Three releases only - an album by Jasper TX and a 7" I Am A Vowel in April and a tape by Martin Herterich in February - were released, but all with pride and in awe. As the best of 2011 lists are being published, we notice we've also left some kind of mark on the foregone year. Jasper TX's The Black Sun Transmissions was listed amongst the favourite releases of the year by Fluid Radio, Headphone Commute, The Silent Ballet and in dozens of blogs and forums. Also, Martin Herterich's "Kustlandet" was picked as one of the year's top EPs and singles by Headphone Commute here. Planned for 2012 so far - amazing new releases by Machinefabriek, Kouhei Matsunaga and Trepaneringsritualen. 2011.07.08 | Jasper TX, I Am A Vowel news Jasper TX 'The Black Sun Transmissions' is now available all over the place. Try Boomkat, Linus Records, A-Musik, Experimedia, n5MD or Darla for a start. The album is also available to download, for instance here, here and here. And you could read some fine reviews here and here. I Am A Vowel's Body Curves is also finding it's way out there. Try A-Musik, Darla, Cargo, Experimedia or HHV.de for a start. Download available here, here and here. Naturally, both releases, as well as available older ones, are also available in the Fang Bomb shop. 2011.04.26 | New Jasper TX album! New I Am A Vowel 7"! Available to order now! The new Jasper TX album 'The Black Sun Transmissions' and the new I Am A Vowel 7" 'Body Curves'. Both rather spectacular and quite unique, if we may say so ourselves. Order here. 2011.02.26 | New! Martin Herterich - Kustlandet Released today, 'Kustlandet', a new tape from Martin Herterich. Two detailed drone pieces on light grey tape. Edition limited to 50 copies. Get one here now! 2010.12.16 | Out now! Neghantil - 1990-1996 It's here, finally! Get your own copy of 1990-1996, the exquisite two tape box celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Swedish underground industrial project Neghantil. This is, without a doubt, the most elaborate Fang Bomb product thus far. More information here. Avaliable in the Fang Bomb shop as of right now. 2010.11.16 | In Preparation Currently being prepared, for release very soon: Neghantil 1990-1996 (Box, 2xTape), I Am A Vowel - Body Curves (7"), Trepaneringsritualen - Judas Goat (7"), Martin Herterich - Kustlandet (Tape). And a little bit later: Jasper TX - The Black Sun Transmissions (CD), Various - Sub Gothenburg 10/11 (Tape), The Cray Twins - The Pier (CD). More brilliant stuff to follow! 2010.08.30 | Starved For Attention A few weeks ago, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières presented an excellent series of films about child malnutrition. A track from Peter Broderick's and Machinefabriek's "Blank Grey Canvas Sky" (Fang Bomb) is featured in this one. You should watch it. Then go to www.starvedforattention.org to take action. 2010.07.13 | You worry too much To be released later this year:
Besides the items listed above, several new 7" releases are being planned. 2010.05.13 | The Cosmic Serpent - out now! The new cassette from Fang Bomb - The Cosmic Serpent's "The Cosmic Renovation & End of Time" - is now available. Give it a listen here, or go directly to the Fang Bomb shop to secure your own copy. It's quite a journey. 2010.02.07 | Fluid Radio, upcoming releases Tonight at 7 PM UTC (8 CET, 2 EST, etc), Fluid Radio streams an exclusive Fang Bomb mix containing samples from the lable's back catalogue, a preview from the upcoming Neghantil release, as well as some of our favourite tracks by Psychic TV, Asmus Tietchens, All Hail the Transcending Ghost, Clock DVA, and more. Upcoming in 2010: A double cassette release from Neghantil (archival recordings from the 1990's) and the brilliant new album from Jasper TX. 2010.01.05 | New year, new update Paul Baran's "Panoptic" and Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek's "Blank Grey Canvas Sky"has been out for a couple of weeks now and extatic reviews are raining over us. For "Panoptic", see here for a recent example. "Panoptic" was also kindly used to sum up the year in progressive music by The Wire, see here, in their January 2010 issue. For "Blank Grey Canvas Sky", try this one. They are also on a large number of best of 2009 lists, these two albums. And so was Jasper TX's "Singing Stones", for instance here and here and here. And in the meantime, Fang Bomb itself provided year end summaries for A-Musik, It's a Trap! and Soundofmusic. Stay tuned for 2010 and things hitherto unseen. 2009.11.11 | News! Broderick, Machinefabriek, Baran Paul Baran, whose new album ”Panoptic” is released by Fang Bomb right about now (more here) has just started his artistic residency at STEIM in the Netherlands, and intends to make use musical use of Anatoly Karpov's talking chess computer while there. 2009.10.17 | Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek, Paul Baran - for sale now Two new releases, now available for (pre)order. First, a glowing, groundbreaking collaboration between Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek entitled 'Blank Grey Canvas Sky' - released on CD and LP (on white vinyl!). Secondly, there's the thought provoking 'Panoptic' by Paul Baran, assisted by Andrea Belfi, Werner Dafeldecker, Rhodri Davis, Keith Rowe and several other spectacular artists. Both new releases are available for purchase now, in the Fang Bomb shop, for early November delivery. 2009.09.07 | Jasper TX tours the UK in November Jasper TX, whose Singing Stones was released by Fang Bomb a few months ago, will tour the UK in November. Shows are scheduled for London, Cambridge, Leeds, Nottingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. More here. More news here soon, as we are approaching the release of two beautiful records: Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek - "Blank Grey Canvas Sky" on CD and LP, and Paul Baran - "Panoptic" on CD. 2009.08.24 | Christer Fuglesang - Public Science Hero
The very first Swede in space, Christer Fuglesang, has become an icon in his native country. The persistant spaceman was first appointed astronaut in 1992, but had to wait until December 2006 before finally leaving earth. Recommended reading:The First Swede in Space:The Making of a Public Science Hero 2009.07.27 | Wolfgang Müller awarded the Karl-Sczuka-Preis We are glad to announce that Wolfgang Müller has been awarded the 2009 Karl-Sczuka-Preis for his 55 minute radio play 'Seance Vocibus Avium'. The radio play includes the 11 extinct birds, as recreated for the Fang Bomb release by the same name that was released in 2008. The book+7" vinyl edition of 'Seance Vocibus Avium' is still available from the Fang Bomb shop. 2009.07.06 | Fågelskådning @ KRETS Gallery, Malmö July 18th, a Saturday, Krets and Fang Bomb presents Fågelskådning, a live event dedicated to our feathered friends, the birds, with live performances of the avian kind from Jasper TX, Ronnie Sundin and Anders Dahl. The event takes place at the Krets Gallery in Malmö (7:30 PM -> late). Go to Krets.info and click "Sommarprogram" for more info, or go directly to the Facebook event here. 2009.06.06 | Peter Broderick, Machinefabriek, Paul Baran, and reviews We are mighty proud to announce that right now, two new Fang Bomb releases are being mastered to be ready for release after a few months of summer. Firstly - a unique, excellent and beautiful collaboration between Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek. To be released on cd and lp. Secondly - the thought provoking 'Panoptic', an album signed Paul Baran. Besides Baran himself, 'Panoptic' also features Andrea Belfi, Werner Dafeldecker, Rhodri Davis, Keith Rowe and several other spectacular artists. More on these two releases soon-ish. Also, a few new, raving reviews have been posted. See Ronnie Sundin's 'Seven Year Silence' and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words 'Lost in Reflections' for more. 2009.05.10 | 'Seven Year Silence' - first review in! + live news The Sound Projector likes Ronnie Sundin's 'Seven Year Silence', calling it "the densest, most dynamic and near-impenetrable blasters I’ve yet heard to be issued in the name of electro-acoustic noise" and "A gorgeous release fit to accompany anxieties and emotions of the jet-black variety." Pretty nice! Also, don't miss Fang Bomb artists Jasper TX and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, as well as Touch artist Nana April Jun, performing at Konsthallen in Gothenburg on Wednesday, May 13th. More info here or, more detailed, on Facebook. 2009.04.13 | Out now: Ronnie Sundin - 'Seven Year Silence' CD Sweden's master of silence, Ronnie Sundin, has returned to pre-silent shape for the release of 'Seven Year Silence', an intelligent noise freak-out of massive proportions. More information here. Or pick up your own copy right away from the Fang Bomb shop. 2009.03.20 | Tons of reviews Finally, the site has been updated with the latest reviews. And it's all superlatives. Click a link to read what the press has had to say about Jasper TX's 'Singing Stones', Wolfgang Müller's 'Séance Vocibus Avium', Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words 'Lost in Reflections', and the 'Sub Gothenburg 08' compilation tape. Out in a couple of weeks: Ronnie Sundin's "Seven Year Silence". 2009.02.12 | Jasper TX - 'Singing Stones' - out now! The new album from Jasper TX is released today. 'Singing Stones' is the fifth album from Jasper TX, and it is most definitely a masterpiece. Get more information here. Or go straight to the shop here, to secure your own copy. 2009.01.27 | Jasper TX at Pecha Kucha Don't miss this. Dag Rosenqvist, aka Jasper TX, will appear at the Pecha Kucha event, held in Gothenburg on January 29th in conjunction with Göteborg International Film Festival. More information here and here. The event precedes the release of Jasper TX's 'Singing Stones', out very soon on Fang Bomb. 2008.12.15 | Wolfgang Müller - 'Séance Vocibus Avium' - order your copy now! Wolfgang Müller, founding member of Die Tödliche Doris, enlisted a long list of friends to recreate the calls of eleven extinct bird species, now published on 7" and cd, with a 48 page book, by Fang Bomb. Besides Wolfgang Müller, the featured recreationist artists on this release are: Justus Köhncke, Annette Humpe (Ich+Ich, Ideal, Neonbabies), Françoise Cactus & Brezel Göring aka Stereo Total, Nicholas Bussmann (Kapital Band 1), Khan, Namosh, Frieder Butzmann, Max Müller, Hartmut Andryczuk, Frederik Schikowski and icelandic actress Kristbjörg Kjeld. More information on this very special release right here. 2008.11.19 | 'SUB GOTHENBURG 08' release party Fang Bomb and Utmarken invites you to attend the release party for the 'SUB GOTHENBURG 08' tape at Utmarken, December 3rd. More information here. 2008.11.01 | 'SUB GOTHENBURG 08' - out now A natural companion to the 'Gothenburg 08' cd, the fresh 'SUB GOTHENBURG 08' tape compiles the noisiest, grittiest, spaciest of the experimental Gothenburg underground. Strictly limited, so get it while it's hot! There is also a nice package deal in our shop, for those of you in need of 'Gothenburg 08' and SUB GOTHENBURG 08 at the same time. There will also be a release party at Utmarken, Gothenburg, December 3rd 2008. More information on this very soon. 2008.09.04 | 'Lost in Reflections' preorder Friends, get your pocketbooks out! Very soon, Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words will release his 'Lost in Reflections'. It's the cultural event of the year, at least for those with a keen interest in dark drone-pop perfection. More on this fine release here, including a chance to pre-order! This is one massive, beautifully dense LP+7" package. Later, also on Fang Bomb: Various artists - 'SUB GOTHENBURG 08' Compact Cassette 2008.07.18 |Gothenburg 08 is MP3 The two latest Fang Bomb releases, the acclaimed 'Gothenburg 08' compilation and I Am a Vowel's 'Et Op La Bang', are now available for download. Go here to make a purchase. It's cheap! I wish i were in Boston to hear the apparently excellent Ning Nong Radio show on WZBC, after seeing their two latest playlists. Finally, for someones shaky video documentation of the 'Gothenburg 08' release party, go here and click away. 2008.06.25 | Release party tomorrow + upcoming If you are in or around Gothenburg, don't miss the release party for 'Gothenburg 08' tomorrow, at Henriksberg/Ballroom! Seven concerts in one night - more information here. 'Gothenburg 08' is now also available from Dotshop.se for cheap, right here! Also, the LP+7" release from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, 'Lost In Reflections", is finally ready to be sent off to the pressing plant. This is something to look forward to. Really. 2008.06.14 | Gothenburg 08 release party - update! Two more artists have been added to the 'Gothenburg 08' release party at Henriksberg/Ballroom in Gothenburg June 26th. That makes seven, in total - performances will start early! This is the complete list of artists performing: -- The Skull Defekts -- DJ: Release The Bats. More information here. 2008.06.09 | Gothenburg 08 release party - June 26th Don't miss the release party for the 'Gothenburg 08' cd, at Henriksberg/Ballroom in Gothenburg June 26th! Performances galore: The Skull Defekts, Sewer Election, Jasper TX, Tsukimono and Teeth will be playing live. Teeth = Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words (more or less). More information here. 2008.05.28 | Gothenburg 08 - the reviews are here The first reviews of 'Gothenburg 08' are starting to show up. Head over to the 'Gothenburg 08' page to read the reviews in full. Here are just a few excerpts: Hugely engaging and broad ranging in style, this is the outsider music comp of the week!" "En väldigt värdig inblick i Göteborg 2008 och ett måste för alla som är det minsta intresserade vad som händer i den svenska underjorden överhuvudtaget just nu." "This new compilation is an absolutely crucial document of the current scene." The 'Gothenburg 08' cd has also gotten some radioplay already. It was played on London's Resonance FM, as part of the Sound Projector show, and on Swedish national radio in Eldorado, P2 last week. Both programs are available for streaming online. 2008.04.23 | Coming soon: Gothenburg 08 Coming on Fang Bomb in a couple of weeks - the 'Gothenburg 08' compilation cd! And this is the reason why: In 1984, Gothenburg, Sweden based record label/gallery/publishing house/artist breeding ground Radium 226.05 released 'Gothenburg 84', a now legendary compilation LP. 'Gothenburg 84' documents an unusually creative period in Gothenburg. The LP featured artists such as CM von Hausswolff, Freddie Wadling, Zbigniew Karkowski and Jean-Louis Huhta, all then upcoming talents - now regarded as pioneers. Now, in 2008, Gothenburg's eletronic and experimental scene is again soaring with talent, and it is time again to document a unique era. This is what 'Gothenburg 08' sets out to do. And this is the tracklist: Viktor Sjöberg & Jonas Lindgren - 'Guldheden' More things coming up this year: Wolfgang Müller (of Die Tödliche Doris) has joined forces with an impressive list of wellknowns for a book+7" release for Fang Bomb, that will be released in a couple of months. It's something quite unique. We are also planning CD releases with Jasper TX and Ronnie Sundin, and we are currently sorting out the final details for the first ever LP release (actually, LP+7") from Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, the wonderful "Lost In Reflections", to be released before summer - co-released by Fang Bomb, Release The Bats, iDEAL Recordings and When Skies Are Grey. 2008.04.04 | Soundofmusic vs Et Op La Bang Another kind review of I Am A Vowel's 'Et Op La Bang' spotted! This time in Swedish only, courtesy of the excellent online zine Soundofmusic. Read the review in its entirety at the 'Et Op La Bang' page. 2008.03.29 | Lost At Sea There is a kind, new review of I Am A Vowel's ' Et Op La Bang' over at Lost At Sea. Here's a short excerpt: 'Whereas most drone artists tend to make their music thick, layered, and, well, droning, Larguier opts for a more pitched and clicky sound, where sharp cuts bounce peacefully up and down atop a base layer of more traditional drone-like white noise. The immediate results, especially when coupled with the notion of what Et Op La Bang exactly is, makes for a fascinating listen, where every slow (we are talking drone here after all) twist and turn offers something new for hungry ears to feast on.' 2008.02.24 | Hilda Online gallery Hilda Magazine features two artists of interest to the Fang Bomb fan base this week. Firstly, there’s Nelly Larguier, a person we know better as I Am a Vowel. Her section features a track from ‘Et Op La Bang’ and a written text. Secondly, there’s Wolfgang Müller, with a selection of mainly Die Tödliche Doris related songs and videos. 2008.02.16 | Play My Tape Play My Tape is an excellent resource that lets a new artist put together a mixtape every week, which makes it one of the best ways to learn about new and interesting music. You should all head over there right now, because for this week's podcast Gothenburg (SE) based sound artist Jasper TX has mixed together some of his favorite songs. He starts off with a track from I Am A Vowel's 'Et Op La Bang', and continues with Xela, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Wolves in the Throne Room and others. 2008.02.07 | I Am A Vowel on the radio Don't miss the c-l-a-s-s-i-c Swedish national radio show Eldorado tonight! The program will start off with a couple of songs from I Am A Vowel's 'Et Op La Bang' album. You can hear the show either by being in Sweden and locating P2 on your FM receiver at 10:30 PM, or by listening to the webcast from here. The broadcast will be available for streaming from the Eldorado site for the next 30 days. 2008.01.28 | Dotshop.se I Am A Vowel's 'Et Op La Bang' is now available for purchase from Dotshop.se. They will also be distributing our releases to shops throughout Scandinavia and the baltic states. And while you are at it, check out our own brand new shop section right here, where 'Et Op La Bang' and our other releases are selling like hotcakes as we speak. 2008.01.14 | I Am a Vowel - 'Et Op La Bang' 'Et Op La Bang' by I Am a Vowel is out now. And it is great too! I Am a Vowel is Nelly Larguier from Paris, France. 'Et Op La Bang' is her debut album, the perfect pop-drone composition created from the sounds of her voice and the sounds of stones, which were combined through the magic of modern computer science. This, from Norman Records, might be the best description of the record so far: '[...] a CD of dark dubby ambience & minimal space techno for electro mice. There's a bit that sounds like a mongoloid fly trapped in a griswald & spongetwat flange-ometer. Then a processed vocal snippet surrounds your conscious state, obviously designed to make you stab your neighbours cat in the head with a garden hoe. This is music for people obsessed with the tortured echoes of moths trapped in abandoned piping in a dank cellar under a motorway bypass at 3 in the morning. Wibbling glitchy tap drip bad hallucinogenic woodlice-tronica.' 2008.01.12 | New site This is our new site. We like it a lot more than the old one. This one even has a shop section, with reasonable prices for all international orders. So go ahead, give us your money. 2008.01.01 | Best of 2007 These are just some of our favorites from the past year: Alva Noto - 'Xerrox Vol. 1' (Raster-Noton) 2007.06.06 | New review in The Wire The Wire finally came around and reviewed Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words/Ronie Sundins "Fuglesang, Astronaut", some six months after take-off. There are a few small misunderstandings included, but it is still nice. Read it here. 2007.03.01 | Be our friend We've joined the rest of the living universe on MySpace. You will our little corner of that big place by clicking politely, right here. The Ronnie Sundin and Dead Letters Spell Out dead Words "Fuglesang, Astronaut"7" vinyl single is still smoking hot. Almost as hot is the bonus download, the Fuglesang tribute hymn "In Glorious Strength, Fuglesang the Conqueror" created in collaboration with a certain rather secretive, Stockholm based composer/orchestrator. 2006.12.03 | Fuglesang, Astronaut Christer Fuglesang is the first swedish astronaut and within a few days he will also be the 1000th person to leave earth. Fuglesang participates in NASA's STS-116 mission, set to visit the International Space Station in December this year. We celebrate this modern day hero with our new release, Fuglesang, Astronaut (FB002), a 7" split between Ronnie Sundin and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words, to be released on the day of the launch, December 7th. More information here. 2006.11.24 | Trouble with tribbles So... Our next, still somewhat secret, space related release is set for release December 7th. But today we received a call from the Danish border police. They have apparently arrested the person hired to carry the records from Germany to Sweden today. And with him, they got the records. And with them, maybe, our time plan. Crap.
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