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PRAQ! - STROM - breaks + skronk, on Bit-Phalanx

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24rpm: the annual IDM one-day London festival gets better and better

Wow. Just wow. I don't know how they do it, but the annual electronica festival held in different churches across London, curated and masterminded by Bit-Phalanx in collaboration with Mango + Sweetrice Records, have upped their game. 24rpm (5 October 2019) was, for me, their best yet.

Oval

Hataken Amazing, considering that just a few weeks ago, their original venue in Notting Hill fell through and they had to move last-minute to St Paul's in Covent Garden. A blessing in disguise? I think so. Of all the churches, this had the best acoustics and was probably the easiest to get to. Three cheers for serendipity! When I saw the line-up for 24rpm my initial reaction was that there were no really big names there, unlike at some previous events. But I trusted Léigh and his cohorts that he would have created something special and I am so glad I went with my instincts. This was, without a doubt, the best one-day electronic festival they have ever put on, and I believe I saw tonight the best set I have ever seen live, in any musical genre. This, from a 48-year old music and festival lover who has more than 20 Glastonburies under his belt, is a big call to make. More about this later.

Coppé feat. Hataken

So now on to the main proceedings. As per usual, we had a number of live acts with DJs filling in during the gaps, including the legendary Gez Varley (photo, right) from LFO fame, a band that pretty much everyone over a certain age will have remembered from back in the day.

Loraine James As for the live acts, the first two - Sarasara and Loraine James (photo, above) - were not loud enough, perhaps owing to council restrictions, so we made sure we got as close as possible to the loudspeakers. Sarah (Sarasara) is a powerful singer, combining trip-hop with techno. Having had a tragic childhood, losing people very close to her at a young age, her music is extremely personal and philosophical (indeed, her first album, Amor Fati, is a Nietzsche-insired paean to making one own's fate and is well worth checking out. As for our homegrown Loraine James, she has been raising a few eyebrows with the release of her début solo album "For You And I". The very clean glitchy sounds made us think of buildings marching for some reason, and lo and behold we looked up and the projections she was using was of some brutalist buildings, which was perfect and made us chuckle. The beats really felt like they were telling us a story about urban life, the rhythm echoing between slices of steel and cement, if that makes sense. The headliner was Leila. a London-Iranian artist who toured with Bjork in the early days and has made a name for herself from live-mixing. We got a lot of that of course, though I think everyone was still recovering from Daedelus and to be honest, no matter how great a set Leila did, and it seemed to be pretty good, nothing could come close to what we had just witnessed from Alfred Darlington aka Daedelus. I felt guilty, listening to Leila's outstanding skill at live-mixing, but thinking to myself, yeah but it's not as good. In hindsight, Daedelus probably should have been the headliner but… who knew! Again, on paper. Leila is probably the better known artist, but at the end of the day, it was Daedelus who stole the show. I never thought I would see the Pixies usurped by a young man from California sticking cables into a Eurorack in a church in Covent Garden as the best gig of my life. There you go. Life is full of surprises. Thank you, Bit-Phalanx et al, for bringing electronic joy to the masses yet again. Read the full article

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Jilk - My Techno Heart Melts Your EMO Dribble (2012)

Creative artist + creative video + creative record label. Let it get under your skin !

(Repost from the C O N V E X Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/C-O-N-V-E-X-575550072479725/)

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Coppe' - 'Swan Song' (Official Music Video)

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Some shots from our first ever Bit-Phalanx stall at the Independent Label Market, Spitalfields, London. Saturday December 30th, 2013.

(Do check out the exclusive item we had on sale especially for the market - 'Essentials', a lighter/bottle opener hybrid, with a 12 track label sampler download! Only a few of these left, and we'll be saving them for the merch stalls at our next few events). 

Big thanks to independentlabelmarket and Bang On PR for a brilliant day. Also, huge thanks to Rooms Magazine for their support & donating copies of their mag, Diego, Jollean, Alishia and Erik (Cult With No Name) for their assistance on the stall, and to Blikmuzik, Coppe', Kelli Ali and The Fog Signals for contributing to our stock with some glorious rare booty!

Onwards & Upwards!

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Jilk ~ Retreat to Sleep

Bristol’s Jilk has been quiet for a couple of years, but has just come roaring back with a…

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To celebrate her new album, 'Imaginature', we've re-issued our HK119 vs. Bit-Phalanx - 'Fast And Cheap Mixes' electronica remix album (composed entirely of tracks from HK's 2008 album, 'Fast, Cheap and Out of Control') - but gone for a bit of an exclusive bumper edition with additional bonus mixes, available at a bargain low price. 

Check it out now... 

http://bitphalanx.bandcamp.com/album/fast-and-cheap-mixes-2013-edition

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Killiniq - 'Too Much Noise (Dilettante)' Taken from the new 'Crazing' EP. Available to download for free from www.bit-phalanx.com from Monday 21st January 2013. (c) 2013. Bit-Phalanx Music.