I might sneak in my minidisc player and record it too.

i'll take my cam if you remind me, nefeli

all you need for what?

oh, i thought you had some kind of plan, like a bomb

sorry!

Support on the Tuesday is from Ascension. If I remember right they're half of the band that nearly started a riot by upsetting loads of indie-rock fans when they supported SY at the Forum on the Washing Machine tour.

http://www.variant.randomstate.org/2...en_Watson.html

the next band from a former member of skullflower if memory serves correct. SC?

They heavily advertised this gig at tonight's Ashtray Navigation's gig.Why i don't have more money to buy records i really don't know.Help me.

http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-285109-bio--Ascension

In its most prominent incarnation, the free-improv noise duo Ascension was an offshoot of the Skullflower/Ramleh family tree, a loose collective of noise-rock bands with ties to psychedelia and early industrial music. Originally formed in 1992 by drummer/guitarist Tony Irving and bassist Russell Hedges, Ascension put out a couple of cassette-only releases before Hedges was replaced by guitarist Stefan Jaworzyn in early 1993. Jaworzyn was a veteran of the Matthew Bower-led noise-rock projects Skullflower and Total, and had also played with industrial provocateurs Whitehouse for a time in 1984. Jaworzyn’s high-voltage guitar took Ascension in a much farther-out direction, and he soon began to issue their recordings on his already-established Shock label. The first of those was 1993’s extraordinarily limited-edition EP (three copies) Three Titles, which was soon re-released by Dirter Promotions with one new track as Live/Dead. Their first proper full-length, Five Titles, was released in 1994 on Shock and culled partly from live performances. This started to earn them some attention from the free-improv community, and led to the formation of a side project called Descension, which teamed Jaworzyn and Irving with bassist Simon Fell and saxophonist/clarinetist Charles Wharf. Descension toured the U.K. under an Arts Council grant in 1995, and issued a live album on Shock as well.
Meanwhile, Ascension released its second album, Ascension LP, in 1995 on Fusetron, and opened for Japanese noise icons Merzbow that summer. In early 1996, they performed several live gigs for a Bay Area radio station, which were released later that year as the double-disc Broadcast album. That April, Descension opened two London shows for Sonic Youth; the second, at the Forum, was received violently by the mostly rock audience, who threw bottles and glasses at the group. The incident seemed to be something of a breaking point for Jaworzyn; although Ascension played several more gigs lasting into 1998, they issued no more recordings, and the Shock label was effectively put to rest. Jaworzyn did continue to perform on occasion with Alan Wilkinson.

The article is out of date, as Ascension appear to have started playing again in 2003.


A Skullflower site for T&B: http://www.monotremata.com/skull/

Shit a brick! I saw the name Ascension as support and I kept turning it over in my mind "where have I heard that name before?" Thought it might be that John Coltrane tribute thing for some reason....totally forgot it was that Stefan Jaworzyn thing. That should be well worth seeing. I'm pretty sure I'll go to these.

Latest lineup info:

Keiji Haino / Chris Corsano duo
Alan Wilkinson / John Edwards / Steve Noble trio
Mark Wastell plays "Vibra"
Monday 4th September @ The Spitz
109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London, E1 6BG
8pm / £12 / www.wegottickets.com

Keiji Haino solo
Ascension
Alex Ward / Pat Thomas / Roger Turner
Tuesday 5th September @ The Spitz
109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London, E1 6BG
8pm / £12 / www.wegottickets.com

Keiji Haino is the most notorious and enigmatic icon of the Japanese underground. His career spans thirty years of solo recordings, improvisational collaborations and group work with Fushitsusha and Lost Aaaraaff.

Haino's music, whether solo or within a group, is an overwhelming force that can take unprepared listeners completely off their feet. The sheer volume of his guitar playing, added to the astonishingly raw emotion of his vocals, creates a clear impression that one is witnessing the closest rock equivalent to Primal Scream therapy.

He has guested in countless projects including John Zorn’s Painkiller and Asahito Nanjo’s Musica Transonic and has collaborated with Loren MazzaCane Connors, Alan Licht, Boris, Merzbow and more. He is truly one of the most impressive musical figures recording today.
This will be Haino’s first London show in 6 years and the first time he has played alongside Chris Corsano.

"The great and terrible thing about Keiji Haino's music is, once heard, it's well nigh impossible to settle for anything less intense." - The Wire.

I'm going to both nights. I am the coolest person. It'll be nice to Mr Wastell do his thang as well. He's a thoroughly nice chap.

wastell is a friend of a friend of mine, i am now the coolest person

I fucked him in Rome on New Year's Eve. I am, once again, the coolest person.

gross, you're welcome to the title.