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It's
been nearly a year since Hive began its monthly experimental electronic
music night at FACT and the response has been overwhelming.
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| Zoda
Productions at Hive 008 |
Each
event has had to turn away disappointed punters (sorry, only 50
tickets!) but those who managed to wedge their way in have been
treated to some extraordinary acts, both known and unknown.
Highlights
have included a superbly subtle set from Portable (sud electronic),
the Futuresonic 6k rig overload and the introduction of a range
of local laptopmeisters.
Apart
from some Biennial shenanigans in September, hive will celebrate
its first birthday in October with Apparat from Shitkatapult.
Next
event on the 27th July will feature Team
SHADETEk (SOZE.SHT and Zach Zizmore), who grew up in the same neighborhood
in downtown Manhattan and started producing tracks together in 1999.
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| Kaffe
Matthews and Riz Maslen as 'Vigilaire' Hive 006: Futuresonic
Special |
Their
early releases on their own SHADETEk label along with recent releases
on Kid606's Tigerbeat family of labels have been extremely well
received around the world and have been featured on a wide range
of discriminating DJs playlists including those of the Optimo crew,
The Bug's Razor X Sound, 4Tet, Graham Massey, DJ /Rupture, Kid606
and Mary Anne Hobbs on the BBC's Breeze Block show.
These
combined with their high energy live appearances at venues including
Berlin's Döner Lounge and Labland, WMF, Tonic, Joe's Pub and
Pianos in NYC, London's Wheels Instead of Hooves parties, Glasgow's
Optimo and the Panoptica festival in Belgium have contributed to
their reputations as one of the most exciting crews in the current
electronica landscape.
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| Alexander
Wendt at Hive 003: Liverpoolelectricity |
The
cover art for Burnerism is a collage by NYC street artist Swoon
who has been creating a stir in the international art world with
her unique and beautiful approach to graffiti in the form of intricate
and delicate paper cutouts, glued up in cities around the world.
Swoon,
along with TEAM SHADETEk is a founding member of the Change Agent
art gang, a group of young artists with common aesthetics arising
from many aspects of youth street culture. This is not the first
time they have collaborated, Swoon having made 300 hand made covers
for SHADETEk's SHT004: Swoon EP along with collaborating with Soze
on a pair of home made videos for two tracks from the same record.
These
videos and more from Swoon, SHADETEk and the rest of the Change
Agent gang can be seen at www.WeAreChangeAgent.com.
Mini
LP 'Burnerism' out now on Warp Records
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