Chris Carter’s seminal work ‘The Space Between’ is to be given a vinyl release by Glasgow’s Optimo Music.

Originally recorded between 1974 and 1978 at Industrial Records studio in London ‘The Space Between’ album was first released as a 90 minute cassette in 1980 on Throbbing Gristle’s Industrial Records label. It wasn’t until 1991 that it was again released by Mute Records on CD. Although tracks from ‘The Space Between’ have appeared on numerous compilations since its release, the album has never been available on vinyl until now…

Optimo DJ god JD Twitch comes to The Alibi in London next weekend to play an exclusive early set of US/UK punk, post-punk and hardcore, based on last year’s ‘60 Minutes of Fear’ compilation. Hailed by Pitchfork as “a sound fetishist’s treasure trove of the accidental glories of no-fi technology” this looks totally unmissable.

Support comes from Gold Blood who have pant-wettingly been described as “collusion of Liaisons Dangereuses, AFX and Black Flag” and The Beat djs.

Full details and event info here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143417262336129

Another weekend, another amazing east end warehouse party!

This time it’s the turn of Potty Mouth Disco who bring Kompakt’s Shy Child for a rare live date, In Flagranti (who need no introduction) and Gold Blood who seem to be getting hype from everybody everywhere.

It’s located somewhere in Shoreditch and tickets will cost you a very reasonable £5/£7 from here.

More details on the facebook event page.

Chrome Hoof launch their brand new album with the help of some friends…

With their brand new album ‘Crush Depth’ set to drop early June on Southern Records, 12 piece disco-doom-funk outfit Chrome Hoof have assembled their own sonic army to blow the roof off the newly opened Bocking Street Warehouse. Joining them on this unmissable night are Simian Mobile Disco, Andrew Weatherall, David Holmes and Nathan G Wilkins. For one night and one night only this huge warehouse will be transformed into the Chrome Hoof space station where you will be taken on an inter-planetary voyage of discovery through space, time and music.

What can you say about a 12-piece doom house electro-disco me! tal phenomenon that dress like Sacred knights from the 25th century? Relentlessly heavy, with singer Lola Olafisoye sounding like a South London sorceress having a nervous breakdown on Neptune while tribal drums, rock guitars, staccato violins, grumbling bassoons and a metallic bass pound away in the background, Crush Depth is the latest chapter in the Chrome Hoof narrative.

An evening of other-worldly eclecticism, ground breaking production and earth shattering tunes brought to you by UK party overlords dollop and Parasight.

Tickets are only £11 in advance. You can get hold of them online here or from record stores Puregroove, Souljazz, Phonica and from the Dalston Superstore Bar.

There’s a gift mix from Dollop after the jump…

Hudson Mohawke will be playing Dummy Magazine’s first birthday party at the Macbeth on the 30th April, along with the much hyped Egyptian Hip Hop and DJ sets from Stopmakingme, Dollop and Fnord.

Dummy started life as a quarterly music magazine in 2005, and re-launched as a website (www.dummymag.com) and record label in February 2009. We’ve had a really great year, put on some great parties with Delphic, Everything Everything, O Children, Solid Gold and My Tiger My Timing, and released records by the Golden Filter and Lost Valentinos. The editorial side of things has gone from strength to strength, with world exclusive interviews with the Knife, Liars and Ewan Pearson in the last month alone, and we recently started running parties with promotions family Dollop.

Full event info here.

Here’s a specially prepared mix by Stopmakingme to get you in the mood!

Stopmakingme - Dummy Mix 27 (March 2010) by stopmakingme

Time Out resident djs and bloggers extraordinaire ‘The Beat’ present an evening of forward thinking electronic music split into two parts.

The early part of the evening sees the djs exploring early electronic music including progressive and kraut rock, post-punk, minimal and cold wave. Followed by a more dancefloor friendly mix of chicago and acid house, dark pop and new beat, italo disco and proto house to accompany the latter half of the night.

We also welcome special guest djs OffsetCirlces. An amalgamation of the best things to come out of Southend in the last few years - Offset Festival, Experimental Circle Club and the legendary Junk Club - they will be providing their unique mix of dark disco, minimal techno and brooding electronics.

The Russian
267 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch E2 8AS
07809 425 905‎

Friday 29th January 2010
Open 8pm-5am, Djs from 10pm

Free before midnight, £5 after
Bottles, wine, spirit & mixer £2.50 till 11pm
Shots £2 till 11pm

www.wearethebeat.co.uk

Optimo Music is the musical outlet of Glasgow’s legendary Optimo club night. With a mandate to bring you “the plethora of local talent lighting up our lives and exciting our ears” they’ve so far accumulated some monumental releases - from Den Haan’s club anthem ‘Release The Beast’ to the twisted, late night tales of ‘Big Ned’.

They’ve just released a wonderful 12″ of David Lynch-ian dusty pianos, scuttling guitars, sonorous vocals and selective percussion by Louise McVey & Cracks in the Concrete. Watch the video after the jump or download now from Juno Digital.

Here’s a tasty little xmas present from grunge-rockers An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump.

An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump - 100%

As part of Warp Records’ 20th anniversary London event, Warp Films present a night of visuals, film and music at a secret Bethnal Green Warehouse Location on Friday 4th December, 7pm-4am.

The event is the final in a global series of events (New York, Paris, Sheffield, Tokyo, Berlin) celebrating 20 years of Warp.

The night will play host to a mash-up of Warp Films’ eclectic projects, comprising of classic features, shorts and music videos.

Event details can be found here: Facebook | Warp Website | Tickets

Full info after the jump

Angular Records are lovingly putting together a compilation of Cold Wave tracks in early 2010.

Compiled by Pieter Schoolwerth (Wierd) and Joe Daniel (Angular), “Wierd presents… Cold Waves and Minimal Electronics Vol.1″ aims to be is a definitive artefact of the lost genres of Coldwave, Synthwave and Minimal Wave.

To support this they’ve done a rather desolate mix for Vice which you can download here.

Angular vs. Coldwave mix Pt 1

Check the Coldwave blog for more info.