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:

http://www.facebook.com/TheNewArtisanStudio

http://www.newartisanstudio.com

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.

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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."

LADYTRON WHITE ELEPHANT PHOTO BY ECHO DANON

LADYTRON PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

RICHARD HELL PHOTO BY ECHO DANON

RICHARD HELL PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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

MARK BOOMBASTIK PHOTO BY ECHO DANON

MARK BOOMBASTIK PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


Adios Berlin - Mark Boombastik and 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





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.

JESSIE EVANS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON

JESSIE EVANS PHOTO BY ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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.

SLEEPMASK MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY ECHO DANON AND BART GRIEB

MT. SIMS FORMERLY MOUNT SIMS NEW MUSIC VIDEO "GRAVE"

"Mt. Sims and Hungry Eye Records just released a  new music video for the staggering song "Grave," which you can find on the albums Happily Ever After as well as on the A Grave EP. It was filmed in the abandoned Spreepark in Berlin (October 2008). Directed by Bart Grieb and Matt Sims' long-time collaborator Echo Danon.

Mt. Sims returns to form after relocating from LA to Berlin with his eagerly anticipated third full length. Now with a new moniker-- "Mt. Sims" replacing "Mount Sims"-- and a full band with Randy Twigg and Andre Lange, Mt. Sims drops 12 new songs that bristle with nervous energy. Merging his signature electronic style with stark post-punk textures as first unveiled on his second album Wild Light, Happily Ever After's songs showcase the new band's versatility. From the cabaret rave-up of "Playing for Keeps" to the melodramatic dirge of "Love's Revenge" and the raging death-disco of "the Bitten Bite Back", the band is flanked by guest appearances of Jessie Evans(Vanishing/ Autonervous) and Toby Dammit (Swans, Iggy Pop). To the delight of his followers, Mt. Sims strays far from the formula of "How We Do", as proved by the earlier release of a single for "Grave" on 12" format. 

Crisp production work done by Thomas Stern of Crime and the City Solution..."

Happily Ever After - Mt. Sims - Hungry Eye Records - EYE 17

ASIA ARGENTO WITH GIDGET GEIN SCULPTURE

(PHOTO OF ASIA ARGENTO © ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

A photograph I took of Asia Argento in her bedroom in Los Angeles around the time she directed the "banned" music video (s)AINT performed by Marilyn Manson. The sculpture "In Case of Emergency Break Heart" which also appears in the video is by Gidget Gein.

Asia Argento on the Radio: 

"Life in Asia" Radio Show: Every Friday at 10pm (Italian time zone) on LifeGate Radio

Asia Argento's Music Projects:

Music: Asia Argento vs. Antipop, Archigram & Friends (2008)

Released by Milan Records

Buy it from iTunes & Amazon

Music: Cloudbuster von Munk (2008)

Released by Gomma (Groove Attack)

Buy it from Amazon

Music: Disco Sux/U Just Can't Stop The Rock/Sad Core (2008) 

Released by Antibe Music

Asia Argento vs Archigram "Someone" directed by Michele Civetta

Mt. Sims "Grave" Music Video Hungry Eye Records

"Mt. Sims and Hungry Eye Records just released a  new music video for the staggering song "Grave," which you can find on the albums Happily Ever After as well as on the A Grave EP. It was filmed in the abandoned Spreepark in Berlin (October 2008). Directed by Bart Grieb and Matt Sims' long-time collaborator Echo Danon." "Mt. Sims returns to form after relocating from LA to Berlin with his eagerly anticipated third full length. Now with a new moniker-- "Mt. Sims" replacing "Mount Sims"-- and a full band with Randy Twigg and Andre Lange, Mt. Sims drops 12 new songs that bristle with nervous energy. Merging his signature electronic style with stark post-punk textures as first unveiled on his second album Wild Light, Happily Ever After's songs showcase the new band's versatility. From the cabaret rave-up of "Playing for Keeps" to the melodramatic dirge of "Love's Revenge" and the raging death-disco of "the Bitten Bite Back", the band is flanked by guest appearances of Jessie Evans (Vanishing/ Autonervous) and Toby Dammit (Swans, Iggy Pop). To the delight of his followers, Mt. Sims strays far from the formula of "How We Do", as proved by the earlier release of a single for "Grave" on 12" format. Crisp production work done by Thomas Stern of Crime and the City Solution..." Happily Ever After - Mt. Sims - Hungry Eye Records - EYE 17

From the left: Randy Twigg, Matt Sims, Andre Lange.

(Photo of Mt. Sims ©Echo Danon. All Rights Reserved.)