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Transmission
- the sound of the birth of the universe -
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NEW ALBUM COMPLETED "SUBLIMITY".......RELEASED SEPT 2008 !!
2008.10.20 - Worldwide Release
Band Members
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Youth - bass, vocoder vocals ,guitars (Killing Joke, Vertical Smile, The Orb, Dragonfly Records) Paul Ferguson - drums (Killing Joke, Murder Inc., Warrior Soul, Crush, The Orb) Simon Tong - guitars (The Good The Bad and The Queen, The Verve) Tim Bran - vocals, keyboards (Tim Bran website, Subsonar, The Orb, Dreadzone) James Sedwards - guitars (Vertical Smile, Nought, Guapo, Kish Mauve) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Transmission official myspace http://www.myspace.com/transmissionofficial Wikipedia - Transmission (band) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_(band) Malicious Damage website http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/ http://www.myspace.com/maliciousdamage79 |
News from Malicious Damage
from Malicious Damage [2009.05.11] the transmission video is now up and running, so if you fancy a stroll round battersea with youth, hop aboard - here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI_ew6kO7uw from Malicious Newsflash [2009.05.06] we'll have the transmission dance alone video ready and online by next monday to coincide with the digital release of the EP here's the tracklisting: 1: dance alone [single edit] 4:26 2: dance alone [THE LEGEND OF A VISITING ORB , FROM ANOTHER TIME & SPACE mix] 6:55 3: dance alone [ambient drift mix] 11:02 4: dance alone [detroit tech mix] 4:50 from Malicious Gossip [2009.04.09]: TRANSMISSION we're releasing dance alone from the sublimity album as a download single on may 11th... it's accompanied by 3 remixes including a killer orb remix [THE LEGEND OF A VISITING ORB, FROM ANOTHER TIME & SPACE] 12.09.08 there’s been loads going on here over the summer - transmission's new album, sublimity, & the clock machine turns you on: volume 2 are in the malicious shop already, http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/news.html transmission: sublimity [cd] this is one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster on heat that manages to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track... featuring tim bran, paul ferguson, simon tong & youth tracklisting 01: albion... 02: goodbye old friend... 03: you hold the fire... 04: dance alone... 05: opium head... 06: oh sleep... 07: triple threat... 08: confusion... 09: absinthium... total running time 48m 29s this will be shipped on 29th september AND THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE WHO BUY TRANSMISSION'S SUBLIMITY WILL GET A FREE COPY OF THEIR NOCTOLUCENT EP the malicious shop - transmission: sublimity [cd] 04.03.08 on top of all that i've been listening to seven completed tracks from the new transmission album... anyone who liked the last one will love this, it's just as big and powerful, but with a sprinkling of vocals - sampled, choralesque and even a spot of singing... this should all be unleashead in september http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/news.html TRANSMISSION: NEW ALBUM - 24.09.07 it's being mixed at the moment and should be ready before christmas, but we'll be releasing it in the early spring... this was recorded when big paul came over for the london gigs in february this year and it's sounding great http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/news.html |
Discography
| Official Releases | |
 Noctolucent EP Catalog No.: (CD) MD610 (12inch) MDV611 Format: CD, 12inch Vinyl |
Noctolucent EP (CD: MD610) Label: Malicious Damage Release Date: 2006/07/24 ASIN: B000GINIDC 01. noctolucent [full length version] (13:11) 02. glade 12" mix (7:04) 03. anticipated pleasures (5:25) (12inch: MDV611) A1. noctolucent [full length version] B1. glade 12" mix B2. anticipated pleasures all songs written & produced by transmission |
 Beyond Light Format: CD |
Beyond Light (CD: MD612) Label: Malicious Damage Release Date: 2006/08/21 (2006/08/07?) ASIN: B000H5U4JU 01. glade (6:30) 02. beyond light (7:49) 03. bella rosa (5:54) 04. the proof that you and i exist (7:47) 05. star stella (7:34) 06. kracker (7:53) 07. slo-mo (7:50) 08. noctolucent [album version] (7:43) 09. anticipated pleasures (5:28) 10. a long season of rain (10:40) *6:08 + hidden track? all songs written & produced by transmission transmission are tim bran, paul ferguson, simon tong & youth recorded at olympic studios engineered & mixed by clive goddard mastered by mike fossenkemper at turtletone studios NYC P&C 2006 malicious damage records artwork & design by colesy squiggley photograph by martin glover additional engineering & programming: david nock assistant engineer: george renwick special thanks to nick vecci, mike coles & lxp Olympic Studios: http://www.olympicstudios.co.uk/ |
 Sublimity Format: CD |
Sublimity (CD: MD636) Label: Malicious Damage Release Date: 2008/10/20 (MD shop: 2008/09/29) ASIN: B001GISNOK 01. albion (4:50) 02. goodbye old friend (6:02) 03. you hold the fire (4:37) 04. dance alone (8:18) 05. opium head (3:54) 06. oh sleep (4:54) 07. triple threat (6:12) 08. confusion (4:02) 09. absinthium (5:43) all songs written & produced by transmission transmission are tim bran, paul ferguson, simon tong & youth special guest appearance from james sedwards recorded at britannia row mixed & engineered by clive goddard mastered by patrick bird at psb music artwork & design by mike coles squiggley photograph by martin glover additional engineering & programming by david nock Britannia Row Recording Studios, London, UK http://www.britanniarowstudios.co.uk/ Britannia Row Studios - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Row_Studios |
 Dance Alone (download single) Format: Digital |
Dance Alone (download single) Label: Malicious Damage Release Date: 2009/05/11 (iTunes, eMusic) 01. dance alone [single edit] (4:23) 02. dance alone [the legend of a visiting orb, from another time & space mix] (6:52) 03. dance alone [ambient druft mix] (10:54) 04. dance alone [detroit tech mix] (4:46) iTunes Store | eMusic.com |
| Compilation | |
 The Art Of Chill 4 (Various Artists) Format: CD |
The Art Of Chill 4: Mixed by The
Orb (CD: PLATCD160) Label: Platipus Records Release Date: 2007/08/13 (JP: 2007/07/27) ASIN: B000SSESGG Disc 1 track 10 - transmission: beyond light Platipus Records: http://www.platipus.com/ |
 The Clock Machine Turns You On: Volume 2 (Various Artists) Format: CD |
The Clock Machine Turns You On:
Volume 2 (CD: MD635) 32 malicious classics: all delicately sewn together by the orb Label: Malicious Damage Release Date: 2008/10/20 (MD shop: 2008/09/29) ASIN: B001GRY5NO SIDE TICK [CD1] track 2 - transmission: glade track 7 - vertical smile: explode SIDE TOCK [CD2] track 6 - transmission: albion for more information: http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/clockmachine.html |
| Non-Album Track | |
| Format: MP3 | 00. elephant (vile temper and
colour coordinated compassion) FREE DOWNLOAD available from Malicious Damage |
Concert File
| Show Date |
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| 2007/02/14 | The Windmill, Brixton
(London) |
Butterfly Recordings
presents: "What the Folk!" Album Launch Party (secret warm up) *Web Flyer *Live Support: (no information) |
| 2007/02/16 |
Cargo (London) |
Xfm
-The Remix Night *Web Flyer *Live Support: James Sedwards |
Internet Resources
Transmission Sublimity Trailer - Official http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX8ChXvp0DA # 1 Track entitled "Confusion" from the just released second album by Transmission. Featuring Youth (Killing Joke), Simon Tong (Verve) & Big Paul (Killing Joke). Available from Malicious Damage records now. # 2 Track entitled "Walk Away" from the just released second album by Transmission. Featuring Youth (Killing Joke), Simon Tong (Verve) & Big Paul (Killing Joke). Available from Malicious Damage records now. * "Dance Alone" not "Confusion" or "Walk Away" YouTube - youthindub (run by David Nock - maybe) http://www.youtube.com/user/youthindub ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
the clock machine turns you on: volume 2 released october 2008 TWO CDs FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!! this is a double cd set of 32 malicious classics [eleven unreleased] all gently sewn together by the orb... and it’s yours for only a tenner!!! here’s the official blurb courtesy of our good friend mr kris needs: “Malicious Damage is one of the few record labels to emerge from the late 70s independent explosion to not only survive but still operate in the original spirit of operating outside of the corporations and business straitjackets. With no allegiance to boardrooms the label has been able to fire out a staggeringly diverse array of musical styles and personal visions while keeping abreast of modern technology to assist in distribution and, via the website, invoking an essential feeling that those recording for and supporting the label are involved in some kind of close-knit, even inspirational, crusade for the right of artists to have their say where otherwise they might not get a chance. It comes as little surprise to find that Dr Alex Paterson, who first became involved with the label at its inception whilst a roadie for founding fathers Killing Joke and singing with his band Bloodsport, is still heavily involved, regularly appearing in label projects the Transit Kings with Jimmy Cauty, Rootmasters with Nina Walsh and most recently with studio wizard Dom Beken as High Frequency Bandwidth, plus several special voyages by The Orb, of course. Not content with a ‘normal’ compilation, Alex and Dom have hallucinogenically mixed up two CDs representing the current state of M.D.’s amazing catalogue. After kicking off with Killing Joke’s seminal early single Turn To Red, and Bloodsport pummelling the Sex Pistols’ Bodies they weave together the dubbed and dreamy [Youth & Simon Tong’s new Transmission project, Analogue Mindfield, SMARTYR ? with the late Paul Raven RIP, Norway’s N.I.C. with former PiL guitarist Keith Levene, Teledubgnosis from the USA, Sweden’s Beatundercontrol], surreal-acoustic [South London blues-picker Bob Meyer, ethereal folkstress Nina Walsh, Canola Tenderfoot], audacious oddities [Caned & Able, Belka & Strelka, Japan’s The Sun Paulo] and more familiar names like Shriekback, Headcount and The Orb from the Orbsessions series. There’s also tastes of things to come with the Paterson soul chant of H.F.B.’s High Five Brother [Malicious Monitor] and Vertical Smile ? Youth’s explosive new disco-punk outfit. The set is a stunning affirmation of a label which has stuck to its guns and released what it damn well wants, flying the flag for the original independent spirit and relentlessly throwing up stunning musical cross-pollinations shot through with dub, guts and a healthy dose of humour and madness. This is one malicious clock which shows no sign of winding down." SIDE TICK [CD1] killing joke: turn to red transmission: glade bloodsport: bodies [feat. alex paterson on vocals + special friends] headcount: control killing joke: are you receiving the orb: ba’albek vertical smile: explode analogue mindfield: guernica dub [subsonar mix] beatundercontrol: electroshocker dub transit kings: japanese cars [burning do’nuts mix] teledubgnosis: the resurrection machine analogue mindfield: cosmic dancehall [maya jane coles mix] canola tenderfoot: first come first served bob meyer: escondedo transit kings: the last lighthouse keeper belka & strelka: tico running time: 1h 10m 52s ***************************************** SIDE TOCK [CD2] caned & able: soul clapp analogue mindfield: be careful out there necessary intergalactic cooperation: driftin’ shriekback: bittersweet the sun paulo: who i am transmission: albion SMARTYR: dark mother dub belka & strelka: i’ll be your anything [dub mix] rootmasters: janis joplin’s mum the orb: sail high frequency bandwidth: high five brother [malicious monitor] nina walsh: bright lights & filthy nights belka & strelka: eternalunlimitedfree shriekback: waterbaby caned & able: orchestra beatundercontrol: departure running time: 1h 10m 46s TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 2h 21m 38s http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/clockmachine.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| TRANSMSSION | SUBLIMITY | released october 2008 this is one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster on heat that manages to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track... First sound on opening track Albion is Youth’s unmistakable heaving bass before Big Paul Ferguson steams in with the heaviest drums in the business. Once the original Killing Joke rhythm section is underway on a crunching post-punk funk vamp, Simon Tong’s guitar appears in shrapnel clusters lashed by Tim Bran’s unearthly synth. Musical fireworks might be expected from a line-up like this and Sublimity, the second album by Transmission, doesn’t disappoint. The pedigree is impeccable: Youth’s production credentials, his time with Paul in the Joke before ahead-of-its-time superfunk ensemble Brilliant. Simon’s stint in the Verve line-up which made Urban Hymns then Gorillaz and Damon Albarn and Paul Simenon’s The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Dreadzone co-founder Tim Bran plays with Subsonar and The Orb. The group started gestating after Youth and Simon became friends during the Urban Hymns sessions, which the former co-produced. Tim entered the fray then, Paul in Spring 2005 after he met Youth at a Malicious Damage party and heard some demos. Three months later they recorded debut album Beyond Light in three days at London’s legendary Olympic studios. With the line-up always busy on respective other projects it’s taken nearly two years to emerge with a follow-up but the results are a controlled explosion of disparate musical styles often reaching jawdropping peaks, like the emotional skyscraper of Triple Threat and its mix of dubbed-out effects, guitar resonance and Paul’s inimitable tribal rumble. Rarely does a band manage to blend musical beauty, torrential passion and sheer malevolence, sometimes in the space of one track, influences running riot, assimilated into the group’s mass organic psyche before being spewed out in glorious technicolour. For instance, cinematic Giorgio Moroder melodies on the atmospheric Dance Alone, keening psychedelia on the stately You Hold The Fire, Bo Diddley beats under the spiralling guitars of Goodbye Old Friend and Oh Sleep coming in on a classic rock guitar riff before taking off on another of the flights which seem to be this group’s trademark. On some tracks Youth adds vocals, taking Confusion in a panoramic astral rock direction with shades of Bowie while Opium Head turns into a soaring hallucino-ballad. By the mindblowing home stretch guitar-thrash of Absinthium it’s apparent that this has been one amazing ride from a four-headed creative monster on heat - a special Transmission indeed. MD636: SUBLIMITY tracklisting 01: albion 02: goodbye old friend 03: you hold the fire 04: dance alone 05: opium head 06: oh sleep 07: triple threat 08: confusion 09: absinthium total running time 48m 29s also available: the ep, noctolucent, on cd & 12" vinyl the first album, beyond light http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/transmission.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NEW ALBUM COMPLETED "SUBLIMITY".......RELEASED SEPT 2008 !! FREE DOWNLOAD COMING SOON ! http://www.myspace.com/transmissionofficial ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Cargo - 16 02 07 : THE REMIX NIGHT Transmission are Youth (killing joke), Simon Tong (the good the bad and the queen), Tim Bran (dreadzone) and Paul Ferguson (killing joke). When Youth met Simon Tong they were both working together with The Verve, and in between Simon finishing sessions with Gorillaz and Blur, they sparked up a friendship and continued working together. They found themselves developing twin guitar instrumental epic soundscapes but the sound needed more to it and so Tim Bran was invited to apply some stark metallic synths and beautiful epic pianos. In spring 2005 Youth was re-united with his old Killing Joke band mate, big Paul Ferguson, when Paul heard the demos Youth had been working on it didn't take much to persuade him to stop everything and join the project and so Transmission was born. This is probably the only chance to see transmission live before the summer. You have been warned! For more listening information go to www.myspace.com/transmissionoffical http://www.cargo-london.com/event.php?id=753 The Remix: Friday’s 10pm -1am on Xfm, 104.9FM London, 105.7-106.1FM Scotland, 97.7FM Manchester, DAB digital radio & online www.xfm.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/theremix http://www.leylinepromotions.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Noctolucent - Amazon.com Product Description 2006 CD single. Ex-killing joke bassist and producer youth met simon tong while working together with the verve, and in between simon finishing sessions with gorillaz and blur, they continued working together and started developing twin guitar instrumental epic soundscapes... tim bran, producer and founder of dreadzone and julian cope collaboraor, was invited to apply some stark metallic synths and beautiful epic pianos... then along came big paul ferguson, founder member and drummer with killing joke, who was re-united with youth at a malicious damage this is music that is unlike anything these musicians have ever been involved with before... sublime moments of timeless beauty, fragile and epic at the same time, vast dark geographies and previously uncharted maps of sound... fearless soaring melodies juxtaposed and complemented with raw and primitive rhythms brutally executed... intense, dynamic, powerful and emotional... the sound of the birth of the universe... the sound of a dying planet... sound where time ceases to exist...look out for the full length later in the year. http://www.amazon.com/Noctolucent-Transmission/dp/B000GINIDC/ Beyond Light - Amazon.com Product Description 2006 release by this side project featuring Ex-Killing Joke bassist and BRIT award-winning producer Youth, Simon Tong, Big Paul Ferguson (also formerly with Killing Joke) and Tim Bran (Dreadzone/Julian Cope). Although the album took six months to write, it was recorded in three days over a steaming hot weekend in July and now with the help of the pioneering passion of Malicious Damage Records, the album has finally come to fruition. This is a music that is unlike anything these musicians have ever been involved with before... sublime moments of timeless beauty, fragile and epic at the same time, vast dark geographies and previously uncharted maps of sound. http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Light-Transmission/dp/B000H5U4JU/ Beyond Light - Amazon.co.jp Album Description Transmission is Award-winning Producer Youth, Simon Tong (The Verve) and Tim Bran, Producer and Founder of Dreadzone. http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000H5U4JU/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Client - Lights Go Out (Maxi-Single) Credits: Drums - David Nock (tracks: 1, 3 to 5) Guitar - Simon Tong (tracks: 1, 3 to 5) Producer - Client (tracks: 2) , Joe Wilson (tracks: 2) , Youth (tracks: 1, 3 to 5) Programmed By - Tim Bran (tracks: 1, 3 to 5) Written-By - Client http://www.discogs.com/release/857690 Client - Zerox Machine (Maxi-Single) Credits: Drums - David Nock (tracks: 1, 3 to 6) Guitar - Simon Tong (tracks: 1, 3 to 6) Producer - Youth (tracks: 1, 3 to 6) Programmed By - Tim Bran (tracks: 1, 3 to 6) Written-By - Adam Ant (tracks: 1, 3 to 6) http://www.discogs.com/release/910298 Client - Heartland Credits: Artwork By - Corrina Samow Artwork By [Badge Logo] - Nina Lauer Artwork By [Client Logo] - Paul A. Taylor Bass - Client E Drums - Chuck Norman (tracks: 6) , David Nock (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10) , David Westlake (2) (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 12) Engineer - Clive Goddard (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10) Guitar - Simon Tong (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10) , Youth (tracks: 2, 4) Keyboards - Client A Mastered By - Howie Weinberg Mixed By - Client (tracks: 9) , Clive Goddard (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10) , Paul Tipler (tracks: 1, 8, 11, 12) , Stephen Hague (tracks: 6) Other [Shoes] - Beatrice Ong Photography - Fabrice Lachant Piano - Tim Bran (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10) Producer - Client (tracks: 1, 8, 9, 11, 12) , Joe Wilson (tracks: 1, 8, 9, 11, 12) , Stephen Hague (tracks: 6) , Youth (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10) Programmed By - Client A , Tim Bran (tracks: 2 to 5, 7, 10) Vocals - Client B , Tim Burgess (tracks: 8) Written-By - Adam Ant (tracks: 5) , Client (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12) , Martin Glover (tracks: 2 to 4, 7, 10) http://www.discogs.com/release/946680 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
when youth met simon tong they were working together with the verve, and in between simon finishing sessions with gorillaz and blur, they sparked up a friendship and continued working together, developing twin guitar, instrumental epic soundscapes… this sound obviously needed more to it and so tim bran was invited to apply some stark metallic synths and beautiful epic pianos… then in spring 2005, at a malicious damage shin-dig, youth was re-united with his old killing joke bandmate, big paul ferguson… when big paul heard the demos it didn’t take much to persuade him to join the project… three months later the collaborators were laying down some of the heaviest and sublime music ever recorded at the legendary olympic studios... although it took six months to write, the album was recorded in three, hot steaming days in july, and now with the help of the pioneering passion of malicious damage records the project has finally come to fruition… these musicians have produced a sound and music unlike anything they’ve done before… this is a transmission where the music flows effortlessly, where the melodies are fearless, juxtaposed and complemented with raw and primitive rhythms that are brutally executed… sublime moments of timeless beauty, fragile and epic at the same time, vast dark geographies and previously uncharted maps of sound… the ep, noctolucent, will be released on cd & 12" vinyl on 24th july… the album, beyond light, will be released on 21st august… if you’d like a little taster then download this FREE DOWNLOAD it's called vile temper and colour coordinated compassion or elephant for short... http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/transmission.html ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Formed 2005,recorded first album july 2005 at Olympic Studios London, release date ep: Noctolucent 24th july album:Beyond Light 21st august 2006 on Malicious Damage Records . when youth met simon tong they were both working together with the verve, and in between simon finishing sessions with gorillaz and blur, they sparked up a friendship and continued working together which resulted in them developing twin guitar, instrumental epic soundscapes this sound obviously needed more to it and so tim bran was invited to apply some stark metallic synths and beautiful epic pianos then in spring 2005, at a malicious damage shin-dig, youth was re-united with his old killing joke bandmate, big paul ferguson when big paul heard the demos it didn't take much to persuade him to join the project three months later the collaborators were laying down some of the heaviest and sublime music ever recorded at the legendary olympic studios... although it took six months to write, the album was recorded in three, hot steaming days in july, and now with the help of the pioneering passion of malicious damage records the project has finally come to fruition these musicians have produced a sound and music unlike anything they've done before this is a transmission where the music flows effortlessly, where the melodies are fearless, juxtaposed and complemented with raw and primitive rhythms that are brutally executed sublime moments of timeless beauty, fragile and epic at the same time, vast dark geographies and previously uncharted maps of sound the ep, noctolucent, will be released on cd & 12" vinyl on 24th july the album, beyond light, will be released on 21st august secret gigs in sept!!. http://www.myspace.com/transmissionofficial |
Vertical Smile
| Vertical
Smile: YOUTH - VOCALS/BASS THE FREELANCE HELLRAISER - MACHINES DAVID - DRUMS JAMES - GUITARS ANDREW - GUITARS -------------------------------------------
YOUTH - bass & vocalsDavid Nock (The Orb, Freelance Hellraiser) - drums, keyboards and backing vocals James Sedwards (Nought, Guapo, Kish Mauve) - guitar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Nemesis To Go - Live: Vertical Smile Nemesis To Go - Live: Vertical Smile at Tesco Disco Nemesis To Go - Live: Vertical Smile at We Came From The Moon Nemesis To Go - Photos: Vertical Smile ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Vertical Smile ("just think what it looks like") is very close to my heart ? I bring an expression of the form and style of my music. I'm collaborating with two younger musicians and we are currently doing live events starting at TESCODISCO as well as EP's. I (Youth) provide bass and vocals, David Knock drums, keyboards and backing vocals, James Sedwards (from punk/ jazz/ extremist collective 'Nought') plays guitar. James hurt his hand during a particularly frenzied episode of playing guitar during a live performance with 'Nought' (so Andrew Robinson covers him at Tescodisco). (The sound) merges punk, disco and german new wave. What we want to do is rock the house, stimulate and imp.. (he mobile connection breaks up here) the audience." David added. "I was inspired by Krautrock and German new wave, Nitzer Ebb, Wolfsheim. We first played together at SOSHO a few months ago. (We seek) energy and a direct connection with the audience. My role is drummer and programmer. I'm also in 'Truck', a punk rock group with a debt to 80's sounds." http://www.tescodisco.co.uk/event.asp?id=10 According to BEING BOILED myspace: Vertical Smile is a project conceived by Youth (producer & founder bass player with Killing Joke, (1978-1982 and 1993-1996)) for 'Good Luck Studio!' (brainchild of freelance hellraiser and Freeform Five's Nick DC) during the sound check, merging punk, disco and german new wave. Since then the band have been busy recording and defining their sound in the studio. Collaborating with the likes of Robert Gorl (D.A.F), cult remix artist Freelance Hellraiser and Ben Watkins (Juno Reactor), they plan to release a single in the early part of 2007 through Malicious Damage records, with an album to follow later in the year.As well as this, they will be playing live gigs in London and Shanghai in the coming months. http://www.myspace.com/beingboiled ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Nov 17th, 2006] New Skin, together with Art/Punk outfit 'Oki Dog' will be supporting YOUTH's new live project 'Vertical Smile'. Youth was the founder bass player who brought the dance/ dub influence to the original Killing Joke (1978-1982) and he also played with them during their early 1990's resurgence. Since then he has assumed production duties for Paul McCartney, U2, written and produced much of Verve's 'Bittersweet Symphony' plus been a major part of projects like 'The Orb', 'KLF' in addition to running his trance/ techno labels 'Butterfly' and 'Dragonfly' records. His post Killing Joke recordings include albums and hit singles with his influential bands 'Brilliant' (with a pre-KLF Jimmy Cauty), 'The Empty Quarter' (with Ben Watkins, later to become known as Juno Reactor) and others too numerous to mention here. The Modern Official Forum ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[Dec 3rd, 2006] YOUTH, founder bass player with Killing Joke, (1978-1982 and 1993-1996), launches his new live project 'VERTICAL SMILE' at TESCODISCO's 'DARKLY LIT' night this Wednesday, (6th December), part of 'COLD MONTH'. Venue address: 43 South Molton Street. Bond Street Tube in addition to spells in Brilliant, The Empty Quarter and numerous collaborations with The Orb, KLF etc YOUTH also co-wrote and produced much of The Verve's 'Urban Hymns' (where his credits include 'Bittersweet Symphony' and 'The Drugs Don't Work'), and as a producer won/ was nominated for Brit and Grammy awards for work with artists such as Paul McCartney, U2 etc. Vertical Smile are: YOUTH - bass & vocals David Knock - drums, keyboards and backing vocals James Sedwards - guitar. (owing to a recent hand injury, at TESCODISCO James' role on guitar will be covered by Andrew Robinson) TESCODISCO LINE-UP for 'Darkly Lit' is detailed online and below: http://www.tescodisco.co.uk/event.asp?id=10 Vertical Smile’s YOUTH - Interview by Tet “I draw as often as I can, usually illustrations of sex/ death. I’m inspired by the renewal aspects of both and especially reincarnation and the wheel of life. I exhibited at Brixton Art Society with (KLF’s) Jimmy Cauty three years ago, paintings & illustrations. My ideal exhibition space would be an abattior.” Youth’s ‘poetica mystica :: kissing nettles’ was published in 2004. “(Themes in my poems are) sex & death again, massacre and facilitation of the ‘insemening’, and ‘the devotion of sufferance’, shamanic themes, constant need for renewal, turns of the wheel shaping our lives. I’m especially interested in shamanic rituals, esp. pagan traditions of the british isles.” “Magic ? is everything and nothing, it depends on the focus I have at a particular point in time. My intention with Killing Joke and The Society (Society For The Reformation Of Ancient Enchantment) is to create a space that can enhance the understanding and interpretation of the heathen. The (Society’s) ethos is to work within a community to create the space that allows creativity foremost… in gallery displays, music, dance. In themselves they may not seem magical but combined create a special spiritual place. I’m interested in how a moment can be heightened through the dramatic and initial execution of it’s contents.” “Vertical Smile (“just think what it looks like”) is very close to my heart ? I bring an expression of the form and style of my music. I’m collaborating with two younger musicians and we are currently doing live events starting at TESCODISCO as well as EP’s. I (Youth) provide bass and vocals, David Knock drums, keyboards and backing vocals, James Sedwards (from punk/ jazz/ extremist collective ‘Nought’) plays guitar. James hurt his hand during a particularly frenzied episode of playing guitar during a live performance with ‘Nought’ (so Andrew Robinson covers him at Tescodisco). (The sound) merges punk, disco and german new wave. What we want to do is rock the house, stimulate and imp.. (he mobile connection breaks up here) the audience.” David added. “I was inspired by Krautrock and German new wave, Nitzer Ebb, Wolfsheim. We first played together at SOSHO a few months ago. (We seek) energy and a direct connection with the audience. My role is drummer and programmer. I’m also in ‘Truck’, a punk rock group with a debt to 80’s sounds.” ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The Orb (Youth & David Nock play live with Alex Paterson) (UK) Alex Paterson will be spinning the decks on the night bringing you on the weird and wonderful trip that is The Orb. Special guests : reunited live on stage ? the men behind Little Fluffy clouds and Adventures beyond the Ultraworld: Youth on bass guitar and David Nock on Drums. Dublin Fringe Festival '06 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Malicious Damage Night | The Spiegeltent MAGNET ENTERTAINMENT DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL 06 9-24 September www.fringefest.com The Malicious Damage Night in The Spiegeltent Thurs 14th Sept 10PM has had an Upgrade! Now appearing live on stage with Alex Paterson will be original Orb member Youth on bass guitar and David Nock on Drums!!! This means that the men behind 'Little Fluffy clouds' and The Orbs classic debut album 'Adventures beyond the Ultraworld' will be reunited live on stage as The ORB for The Dublin Finge festival!!! For all serious lovers of dance music this is a show not to be missed as also on the bill are Transit Kings (google them if you don't know who they are), Belka and Strelka (produced and remixed The Orb) and Analogue Mindfield (just finished collaborating with Eric Rico - producer/ Jurassic 5/Pharcyde/Tupac Shakur Tribute album, Tim Bran ? Subsonar/ Dreadzone/Transmission, Belka & Streilka - The Orb/The Transit Kings, Dr Das - Asian Dub Foundation and John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick - The Who/Bob Marley for their second album to be released on Malicious Damage in Feb 2007 It's been a while in the planning, but CPU can announce that on Thursday September the 14th in the Speigeltent, CPU are putting on a show for The Dublin Fringe Festival. And what a show it will be! CPU proudly presents a Malicious Damage night, which will feature The Orb (Alex Paterson & Youth with David Nock), Transit Kings, Belka & Strelka and Analogue Mindfield MAGNET ENTERTAINMENT DUBLIN FRINGE FESTIVAL ’06 9-24 September www.fringefest.com CPU.ie Presents a Malicious Damage night for The Dublin Fringe Festival THE ORB(Alex Paterson, Youth With David Nock) Transit Kings Belka & Strelka Analogue Mindfield Thurs 14th Sept Doors 10pm ADM: ?15 The Speigeltent, Georges Dock, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 Tickets available from: Public box office: 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Ticket Collection Point: 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 Telephone: 1850 374 643 +353 1 677 8511 (from outside Ireland) Box Office opening hours: 10.00am ? 6.00pm (Monday to Saturday) 12.00 noon ? 6.00pm (Sunday) Http://www.fringefest.com IMRO News - Malicious Damage Night - The Spiegeltent |
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