SLOWFOOT RECORDS

SNORKEL + BRAINDEAD COLLECTIVE - 2nd SEPT

New signing - CREWDSON

Slowfoot Records are delighted to introduce you to the newest artist on the roster, South East London's Crewdson. A one-man journey to the very edges (and back again) of melody and rhythm, his debut EP will be coming up in autumn of 2010, followed by an album soon after. So far this year Hugh Crewdson Jones has already performed at the Southbank Centre's hugely influential experimental music festival Ether and has a number remixes for artists on the immediate drawing board (information on these coming soon). Here's a taster of what Crewdson is up to (if you enjoy what you hear, please feel free to share or host):

Crewdson : "Mime"

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DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR THURSDAY 29th JULY feat. VIBRATION BLACK FINGER + APOTU

Darkstar at the Dogstar presents....

THURSDAY 29th JULY

VIBRATION BLACK FINGER + APOTU

+ DJ Jean Young
+ Slowfoot Djs

VIBRATION BLACK FINGER

Eight piece deep electronic, spiritual and electronic collective fronted by ex Campag Velocet/ 7 Hurtz Lascelle Lascelles. Also features Paul May [Duke Garwood, Sound of The Sun] on drums, Ben Cowen [Snorkel, 7-Hurtz], Patrick Dawes on percussion and more.....

APOTU

Solo practitioner Apotu [aka Aled Rees from The Eidetic Band] will perform a sonic purification ritual consisting in the application of drones within the space, interspersed and overlaid by refrain elements from voice, percussion, string and reed.

Robert Logan - 'Accurate Spit Boy' video

DARKSTAR at the DOGSTAR: SOUND OF THE SUN + CRACKLE

DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR presents....

THURSDAY 24th JUNE

SOUND OF THE SUN + CRACKLE

+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles

+ Slowfoot Djs

SOUND OF THE SUN

Stellar South London improv trio featuring Paul May [drums], Simon King [Guitar] and Chris Cornetto [synths, trumpet] - between them have featured in such acts as Duke Garwood, Superstrings, Setsuben Bean Unit and Homelife.

CRACKLE

Electronic-Jazz-Dub trio who "...take in the heavy, messy art-funk of Material and other downtown types, the lateral thinking and mixdown trickery of Brian Eno or Holger Czukay, and the textural understanding of This Heat" [The Wire]

DARKSTAR at the DOGSTAR: RAF+O + LE VOLUME COURBE + KARMA JUNKIE

Darkstar at the Dogstar presents....

THURSDAY 27th MAY

RAF + O + LE VOLUME COURBE + KARMA JUNKIE

+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles

+ Slowfoot Djs

RAF + O

South London trio, who weave intricate electronica around the compositions of Florentine songstress Raf Mantelli, celebrate the launch of their debut album 'A Giant in the Snow' [Geo].

‘Indietronic delicacy’ Mixmag

LE VOLUME COURBE

A sweetly sinister river of lights and shadows, whispers and screams, the first album by Le Volume Courbe is the work of Charlotte Marionneau. Eclectic, experimental and strangely compelling.

KARMA JUNKIE

Experimental, lyric-driven electro-folk. A sonorous conversation between guitar, violin and voice.

DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR THURSDAY 29th APRIL - MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + RED SQUARE + SNORKEL

Darkstar at the Dogstar presents....

THURSDAY 29th APRIL

MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO + SNORKEL + RED SQUARE

+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles

+ Slowfoot Djs

MONKEY PUZZLE TRIO

Trio who explore cracks between songs, soundscape and improvisation - featuring This Heat drummer/lynchpin Charles Hayward, Pinski Zoo/Crackle bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas. and the words, voice and textures of avant-vocalist Viv Corringham. Soon to release their debut recording on Slowfoot.

RED SQUARE

Free improvising trio, active since the early 70's, consisting of Ian Staples (electric guitar), Jon Seagroatt (bass clarinet) and Roger Telford (drums and percussion).

'Red Square's name implies radical zeal and angularity, both of which this group possessed in spades.' - [Wire]

SNORKEL

Sub-aquatic observations of dub, jazz, krautrock and electronica.

"The missing link between Krautrock and Lee Scratch Perry" - [Rock A Rolla]

CRACKLE - The Montague Arms - 2/4/10

DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR with PAVEL FAJT + DUKE GARWOOD - 25th FEB

Rare Uk date for acclaimed Czech drummer/percussionist who will perform solo and in collaboration with selected guests including Andy Knight [trumpet], Roberto Sassi [Guitar] and Frank Byng [perc/electronics]. Support comes from experimental bluesman Duke Garwood and his band.

Thursday 25th Feb 2010

PAVEL FAJT + DUKE GARWOOD

+ DJ Lascelle Lascelles

+ Slowfoot Djs

PAVEL FAJT [solo]

Since the mid-'80s, drummer, composer and bandleader Pavel Fajt has been one of the most prominent musicians on the Czech alternative rock and improv scenes. Internationally, he is best-known for his longstanding duo with Iva Bittová and collaborations with Fred Frith and Tom Cora.

"For Pavel Fajt, the drum solo is an art form." - The Prague Post

http://www.myspace.com/pavelfajt

PAVEL FAJT with Andy Knight [trumpet], Roberto Sassi [Guitar] + Frank Byng [perc, electronics]

DUKE GARWOOD

Experimental blues from D.G with his band featuring Paul May [Drums] and Dylan Bates [Violin]. Garwood's songs have a disembodied, fractured feel, like musical snapshots or negatives. His murmurs and moans vaguely recall Jim Morrison or Nick Cave." -- The Guardian

"Duke is one of the more intriguing characters lugging his six string out into the woods!" - The Wire

DARKSTAR AT THE DOGSTAR THURSDAY 28th JANUARY BLURT + DJ BEEKEEPER [aka BRUCE GILBERT]

Happy New Year to you all!!...

Our monthly residency at The Dogstar gets back on its feet with a rare UK date for saxophonist/poet/puppeteer Ted Milton's seminal punk-jazz trio BLURT who have released numerous acclaimed albums since their debut on Factory Records in 1980 and who's live shows are the stuff of legends.

Also a DJ set from DJ BEEKEEPER aka BRUCE GILBERT, co-founder/guitarist of influential and experimental art-punk band WIRE.

Gigs like this don't come around that often!!

Hope to see you there

Slowfoot

The Dogstar

389 Coldharbour Lane

Brixton SW9

0207 733 7515

£7/5 adv - <http://www.wegottickets.com/event/68054>

7.30pm

BLURT

Punk-jazz trio Blurt have been fronted by puppeteer-turned-eccentric-saxophonist Ted Milton since 1979. Since their debut on Factory Records the band have released numerous albums with several line-up changes, whilst maintaining the idiosyncrasy and originality that has marked the Blurt sound from the very beginning...

"frazzled funky beats rooting Milton's squalling sax and rabid poetic swipes, while swaying, grinding guitar slices through the groove."

DJ BEEKEEPER [Bruce Gilbert]

DJ set from Bruce Gilbert, co-founder/guitarist of influential and experimental art-punk band Wire and a pioneer in the experimental noise scene with numerous releases under his own name.