Friday, September 28, 2012

The New Artisan Studio Exhibition


Detail - Painting by Echo Danon and Bart Grieb. 2012. 
On exhibit at the New Artisan Studio - 87 Germain Street. Saint John, New Brunswick.

Specials thanks to Heather Day-Thorburn and Kevin Thorburn. 

Please visit The New Artisan Studio here:

The Heavy Circles - Photo by Echo Danon - Design by Frank Longo

THE HEAVY CIRCLES - PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. DESIGN BY FRANK LONGO. © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

http://www.theheavycircles.com

The Heavy Circles - The Heavy Circles

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Units – History Of The Units - The Early Years: 1977-1983 - CL16


History Of The Units - The Early Years: 1977-1983 

History of the Units: The Early Years 1977-1983 - Units

Saturday, May 19, 2012

DEAD BEAT RADIO "ARCHIVES" - MUSIC PLAYLIST ON TUMBLR

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DEAD BEAT RADIO ARCHIVES 

(Excerpt from interview with David Koenig - Hardware Media and Radio)



DAVID KOENIG:
"Your show was a bit different than the standard new wave/goth/industrial one. You also played some old punk from time to time. Why do you like these genres and why this type of show?"

ECHO DANON:
"I spun a lot of minimal techno out of Cologne and Berlin and early TRAX records. I recommend you all listen to E2-E4 by Manuel Gottsching. A guy named Tom played it for me a few years ago and I was left speechless because the piece was so eccentric and perfect - such a bizarre yet harmonious blend of electronic and guitar sound. Just one example which could help explain the “mix” from electronic to punk/post punk to goth that I played on my radio show. As EVR programming developed I noticed we did not have a “Goth” show. I decided to go with that genre as a very general concept. But, we all have to admit there are quite a few horrible goth bands out there.
I mainly played music that I listened to when I was a teenager. By 14 or 15 years of age I discovered Factory Records, John Peel’s Sessions, Mute Records, Early Wax Trax, Throbbing Gristle, Fad Gadget etc. I read a book called Tape Delay full of band interviews that blew my mind. 2 other music related books that I love are Please Kill Me.. and Subculture: The Meaning Of Style. The music I was listening to at the time referenced and guided me towards art, film, and literature…Warhol, Basquiat, Francis Bacon, Jarmusch, Alex Cox, Camus, Burroughs, Miller, Marx, Genet, Wilde, Byron, Poe… and the list could go on and on.
It all started in 6th grade when I bought a cassette by The Cure: Faith. Side B is a long - an emotional and beautiful track Carnage Visors. Anyway, if you’re a goth and you claim not to like punk rock or industrial/electronic…you are lying or closed minded. All those labels are bullsh*t anyway. In my opinion “gothic music” could not have existed without the roots of punk, progressive rock or metal. And let’s not even get into the discussion regarding the obvious influence Hasil Adkins, Link Wray, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground/Lou Reed, Silver Apples, David Bowie, Neu!, Brian Eno, The Doors, or Syd Barrett/Pink Floyd (to name a very few) had on most of the music I played on Dead Beat Radio. Diamond Dogs has actually been referenced as the “first gothic album” by a british music critic whose name I can’t remember right now.
To generalize, I love punk, post punk and gothic music because it can express outrage that is socially relevant or it can deliver a mental state or mood - joy, anger, courage, strength, vulnerability, sadness, paranoia, frustration, mania - in the form of pure sound or mixed with some sort of a loose pop structure. For me, interesting music is always able to convey a range of emotions and create a soundscape with a specific atmosphere. Any music that takes any kind of sonic risk captivates me.
The Dead Beat Radio show was a nostalgic experience for me. These particular genres of music have made an irreversible impression on me. I will continue to keep the dead beats alive for the inquisitive and keep on searching for new music that in someway maintains the spirit of the sound that came before it."

Thursday, May 10, 2012

RØSENKØPF - BURNING SPIRITS LP MAY 15, 2012 - WIERD RECORDS

RØSENKØPF - BURNING SPIRITS LP MAY 15, 2012 - WIERD RECORDS



Friday, March 23, 2012

LADYTRON WHITE ELEPHANT PHOTO BY ECHO DANON



LADYTRON PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

White Elephant - Single - Ladytron

GENESIS PSYCHIC TV PHOTO BY ECHO DANON





GENESIS P ORRIDGE PSYCHIC TV PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Psychic TV

Psychic TV - GENESIS BREYER P ORRIDGE performed a selection of classic tracks from the albums Force the Hand of Chance (1982), Dreams Less Sweet (1983), A Pagan Day (1984), and Allegory & Self (1988) live on August 17, 2011 at WIERD - Home Sweet Home, New York City. 

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge with Martial Canterel and Kevin Hufnagel. 



LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE CLICK HERE




RICHARD HELL PHOTO BY ECHO DANON


RICHARD HELL PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Spurts - The Richard Hell Story - Richard Hell

ASIA ARGENTO WITH GIDGET GEIN HEART SCULPTURE BY ECHO DANON


ASIA ARGENTO PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

IGGY POP PHOTO BY ECHO DANON



IGGY POP PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ADAM SKY AKA ADAMSKI PHOTO BY ECHO DANON





ADAM SKY AKA ADAMSKI PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Adam Sky

MARK BOOMBASTIK PHOTO BY ECHO DANON



MARK BOOMBASTIK PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Adios Berlin - Mark Boombastik and Eduardo Delgado-Lopez
Adios Berlin - Mark Boombastik & Eduardo Delgado-Lopez

MARK BOOMBASTIK PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

MARK STEWART (THE POP GROUP) PHOTO BY ECHO DANON



MARK STEWART - THE POP GROUP PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


The Politics of Envy (Bonus Track Version) - Mark Stewart


Mark Stewart's new album The Politics of Envy is OUT NOW. 

MT. SIMS AKA MOUNT SIMS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON



MT. SIMS AKA MOUNT SIMS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


Mount Sims

JESSIE EVANS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON







JESSIE EVANS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


Jessie Evans

EDIE BRICKELL BY ECHO DANON





EDIE BRICKELL PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

NICK ZEDD PHOTO BY ECHO DANON













NICK ZEDD PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

MT. SIMS "Happily Ever After...Again" CD PUNCH RECORDS and iTunes














Like the sequel to a novel, Mt.Sims (Matt Sims) returns with another cult hit entitled "Happily Ever After...Again!" - a response to his previously released album "Happily Ever After".
Mount Sims - Happily Ever After... Again

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

A BROADER MUSICAL HORIZON ... CHECK OUT DJ SCRATCHY'S ROCK AND ROLL OF THE WORLD!

DJ SCRATCHY THE ROCK AND ROLL OF THE WORLD ON WIRELESS.FM

An internet radio station I highly recommend for the musically polygamous nerd that likes to bask in the sun every once in a while and feel dub vibes tinged with punk and real rock and roll. Added bonus! You won't have to deal with a Brighton style beat down for not being a mod or a rocker 24/7. It's all good ... just try it!!!

*Warning to Goths, Cold and Dark Wavers ... When listening to DJ Scratchy aka Barry Myers: 

Side effects may include Abnormal dreams, abnormal vision, anxiety, dizziness, dry mouth, flushing, insomnia, nervousness, sex-drive changes, sweating, tremors, weakness or perhaps pathological euphoria!


"Other than The Clash, of course, I DJ'ed alongside most of the bands of the era. The Cramps and The Ramones -- whose early records I love to this day -- were particular favourites. Cramps' tunes like 'Human Fly' and 'Garbage Man' are extraordinary and the Ramones' 'Blitzkrieg Bop' was a life-changer. The Heartbreakers were always a treat too. In '77, I toured as a DJ with Dr Feelgood. Another band I really loved and saw a lot was The Slits, who I believe absorbed the deeper power of reggae into their musical souls. Patti Smith and her group also hold a very dear place in my pantheon of greats. Besides these bands and other than the occasional raid through my dusty and 'scratchy' singles collection, I don't listen to much from the punk days now, because -- without denigrating it at all -- a lot of punk was music of its time, parochial in some respects, which had a meaning within its own time frame. There again, much of the attitude and aggression is, in itself, timeless." DJ Scratchy

Web Source: 3:AM MAGAZINE


Greg Whitfield interviews punk soundsmith DJ Scratchy for 3AM


DJ SCRATCHY ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

DJ Scratchy:

Mama Rosin  "The Story of Mama Rosin"

The Urban Voodoo Machine  "Love Song #666"

The Cramps  "You Got Good Taste"

Pretty Boy (Don Covay)  "Switchin in the Kitchen"

The Clovers  "Crawlin"

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

DJ Scratchy:

"The Folksinger by M.A.Littler - Slowboatfilms"

3-Book you are reading?

DJ Scratchy:

"Chuck Barris - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

DJ Scratchy:

"I'd not really watched TV for a number of years. But lately I've been getting a fair deal of visual stimulus using the BBC's i-player on the computer, not only catching up with and totally absorbed by David Tennant as Dr.Who plus the american action series Heroes but also watching programmes about 1930s amateur colour photography and others on photographers like Capa and W Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project."

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

DJ Scratchy:

The Kinks  "You really got Me"

6-Record labels you miss?

DJ Scratchy:

"No particular allegiances to labels, though I was sorry to see 'Blood and Fire' go."

7-What are you working on right now?

DJ Scratchy:

"Seeking out The Rock and The Roll of The World, as always."

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

DJ Scratchy:

"Not the biggest fan of band re-unions. It can never be what it was."

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

DJ Scratchy:

"Where do you begin?  There's not only those great musicians from a more distant past, but contemporaries of mine who've died. We all have a clock ticking. We don't have the power over life and death and maybe it's not a question to be asked or considered. Let's just remember fondly those we've lost and enjoy the music that lives ever on."

10-Favorite song lyrics?

DJ Scratchy:

"Joe Strummer could always hit the nail on the head" 


"Punk Rockers in the UK

They won't notice anyway

They're all too busy fighting

For a good place under the lighting


The new groups are not concerned

With what there is to be learned

They got Burton suits, ha you think it's funny

Turning rebellion into money


All over people changing their votes

Along with their overcoats

If Adolf Hitler flew in today

They'd send a limousine anyway"

- Clash 'White Man in Hammersmith Palais'


"On the road to rock 'n' roll

The lonely sing a soulful song

Leave a little light in the wilderness

For somebody to come upon

On the road to rock 'n' roll

With everybody deep in their dreams

And the snow is falling on the city

Ask the music what it means" 

- Joe Strummer 'On the road to rock 'n' roll'

 

11-Favorite poets?

DJ Scratchy:

"My poets come from Rock'n'Roll. When younger I'd always been motivated more by sound and tunes. The likes of Bob Marley and Strummer made me also take notice of the power of a song's words. There's a lot of trite lyrics out there. But it's a joy to hear someone paint pictures, saying something significant and imaginative and when that is coupled with some exciting music, then there is magic."

Tune in to "SCRATCHY SOUNDS" 

LIVE every Wednesday afternoon 4-6pm UK time.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

RANDY TWIGG HAS A NEW SPIN ON WHAT USED TO BE CALLED RIOTT GRRRL ...

Randy Twigg
This woman embodies what I can proudly hope is the future of Riot Grrrl (because I think the genre may have died out or morphed into some commercial nonsense). I guess Peaches had something going for a spell with her XXX electro ... Anyway, enough with the commentary let's talk about Randy Twigg!!! 


Ride the Fourth-wave with Berlin-based "Post-Apocalyptic Yacht Rocker" and one woman show Randy Twigg. Live, all she needs is a bass guitar and a laptop to shake you up and make you dance. And somehow you even get this "I feel like headbanging" urge when you are at one of her shows. Very interesting energy.
Her music is gritty yet melodic and at moments can be quite dark in a cleverly humorous way. She does it all herself and is a tough, sexy, female force you want unleashed upon you. ( Miss. Twigg makes Deborah Harry circa 1980 look like a pussy. No offense to Blondie at all. )

If I had to "classify" the roots that influence Twigg's music it would range from Punk, Technopunk and 1990's Industrial to Electro. Though there also seems to be a tinge of Grunge (not to be mistaken with alternative rock) present as well in a good way. 

At the end of 2008 she put out a record under her name titled "Undone". She just returned from a tour in France and is not stopping.

I am waiting for Kill Rock Stars or Simple Social Graces Discos to get an earful of her! 

Randy Twigg is also the bassist and female vocalist for the band Mt. Sims formerly known as Mount Sims.

*More about Randy later. We are working on a proper interview at the moment. In the meantime listen to some of her music here...

"Suitcase" © 2008 Randy Twigg Shot and cut by Olaf Nohr. Additional editing by Richa

"Centerfold" © 2008 Randy Twigg Directed by Tyler Von Muehlen