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"The gritted textures of 'Grain' loosen into pure feedback tones that sound like saxophones – tip!" Huge thanks to Jennifer Lucy Allan for writing about Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces' in the ever brilliant Rum Music column at The Quietus. Reminder that we have a second run of the tape now available at our Bandcamp page....

The Quietus | Features | Rum Music | Rum Music For March Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan Jennifer Lucy Allan returns with her latest Rum Music dispatch, this month featuring, the magical hidden sounds of Trondheim trams, highlights from the London “non-music” scene and more

Tomorrow (Wednesday 14th) at Spanners. Awesome sounds from Regan Bowering, Omphalopticon, xxory and Birdbathing. Music starts at 7pm!

"Two of these tracks were recorded live and one in a studio, but the final track is a hybrid in which Bowering reworks the preceding pieces into something new, showing the endless potential contained in her musical approach." Huge thanks to Marc Masters for writing about Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces' in his experimental music column at Bandcamp Daily.

The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp: January 2024 January’s selection includes snare drum soundscapes, solo viola journeys, and unusual instrumental pairings.

Listen back to the latest BBC Freeness show, 'Blue Feedback'. This whole edition is an exploration of artists working with resonance, and includes a track from Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces' alongside a host of beautiful music.

Freeness - Blue Feedback - BBC Sounds Corey Mwamba shares free jazz and improvised music that explores the power of resonance.

"Bowering shows restraint in each purposeful movement, carving out valleys for these black-eyed tonescapes to hide within and creep forward beyond confined space. Stellar." Brad Rose on Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces'. The Capsule Garden at Foxy Digitalis is one of the most reliable places to hear brilliant new music out there, always such a joy to see something from Bezirk in there....

The Capsule Garden Vol 3.1: January 10, 2024 Welcome to the first Capsule Garden of 2024. Where does it all go from here? Well, a bit more of the same, I think. These weekly-ish columns have become one of my favorite things to write and compi…

"...like a fragment of Morse code traversing through space, searching and grasping until finding an almost-beat that would fit right in on a record by synthesists Thomas Dimuzio and Daniel Menche."
Really insightful and thoughtful review of Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces' by Antonio Posic for The Quietus. A great piece of writing for a great piece of music! https://thequietus.com/articles/33704-regan-bowering-solos-for-_-_-_-_-spaces-review?fbclid=IwAR2a8v_fAlPbd0ZsT1V7WzMRCsdpwq7Qn_SEZsN-spGvK4AnzPGnLDBL0iM

The Quietus | Reviews | Regan Bowering A strange loop of sound and place engulf the listener in the latest release from Bezirk Tapes

Out now, the brilliant debut album from London-based percussionist and sound artist Regan Bowering. On 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces', she uses drums and amplifier feedback to make intricate tapestries of sound. As she explains: “I wanted to explore ways to use the drums that extended beyond typical rhythmic gestures or the need to hit the drums to generate sound,. To create a continuous texture which doesn’t need continuous input."
Tapes are shipping now.

This Friday (24th) we're delighted to be heading to the wonderful Hundred Years Gallery to celebrate the releases of Regan Bowering's 'Solos for _ _ _ _ spaces'. We'll have copies of the tape available, and the live sets are all going to be brilliant!!!

"On Bespoke he [Omphalopticon] has collaged such seemingly annoying sounds into a wryly humorous whirlwind that finds creative possibilities in the mundane. Juxtaposed against these moments are frankly bizarre intrusions, like daydreams interrupting daily life." Wonderfully insightful review from Matthew Blackwell on Omphalopticon's Bespoke in the latest Field Recordings column at Bandcamp Daily.

The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp: October 2023 These are the best sounds captured outside the studio in October.

Sad that you missed the launch of Omphalopticon's Bespoke last month? Went to the gig, but desperate to relive the experience? Check out the latest edition of Ivor Kallin's wonderful 'The Ambrosia Rasputin' show at Resonance 104.4fm to hear excerpts from Omphalopticon and Adam Bohman's sets on the night. You'll get to hear every clang, thwonk, giggle and rant about irresponsible band names, alongside a host of other brilliant music, and thought provoking discussion on the power of apostrophe's in band names.

The Ambrosia Rasputin Show - 29 October 2023 Freewheeling music series with Ivor Kallin. This week's episode features an old classic from the late Carla Bley, plus new releases from the Seven Skies Orchestra, Tony Oxley, Uroboro and Insect Factory. Plus recordings of solo live performances by Adam Bohman and Andrew Ciccone. Support our work by...

Woop! 'This Is A Drill' from Omphalopticon's Bespoke got played in the latest Late Junction. The whole show is diamond. Listen back here:

BBC Radio 3 - Late Junction, A Mixtape from Irreversible Entanglements Verity Sharp shares a mixtape from Irreversible Entanglements.

For those that celebrate Bandcamp Friday, a reminder that the absurdist-concrete-collage that is Omphalopticon's Bespoke is available now. Each edition comes with a unique art insert made by the artist.

Hear here: https://bezirk.bandcamp.com/album/bespoke

It's here! Omhphalopticon's brilliant Bespoke is out now. Expect a free-sneezing, drill spinning collage of field recordings, spoken word, clanging metal and off-kilter tape loops.
Each cassette comes with a unique collage insert, made by the artist.

https://bezirk.bandcamp.com/album/bespoke

“I wanted to impose my own day-to-day surroundings onto the process, and vice-versa..." Omphalopticon is the solo recording project of London-based improvisor Andrew Ciccone. On new tape Bespoke, out this Friday, he spins the mundane into a gloriously bamboozling collage.
Image courtesy of Nicola Woodham, from a live performance in 2022.

The Auricular Shelter show by Matt Atkins on Camp FR is always a truly ear-opening dive into the contemporary sound art sphere. Hugely proud to have something from 'Bespoke', the upcoming tape from Omphalopticon included in the latest edition. Listen back here:

Auricular Shelter / 08th October 2023 An explorative and immersive journey into the international sound art scene with Matt Atkins. || http://mrmrecordings.bandcamp.com/ || || Broadcast on 08th October 2023 at CAMP || http://listen.camp

Happy Bandcamp Friday! To mark this momentous day, we're delighted to unveil another track from Omphalopticon's forthcoming tape, Bespoke. 'Skunktronic' is a sideways collage of conversations and field recordings recorded with a mic in a knapsack during one of London's mighty SKRONK: Live experimental music and performance events. If you ever wondered what free-improvisors talk about when they're not playing music, this gives you some of the answer...

Skunktronic, by Omphalopticon from the album Bespoke

'A-CHOO!!!' NEW TAPE ANNOUNCEMENT! Anyone who's seen Omphalopticon (aka Andrew Ciccone) play live will know he's a performer like no other. His new tape, coming soon on Bezirk, carries that same freewheeling, any thing's an instrument energy. From sneezes as lead vocals to drill symphonies. Collages of banter from outside the improv night to street recordings of Guatemala. Bespoke is a defiantly uncategorisable album, sequenced and collaged together in a way no one else would think possible, let alone try. Hear a preview of second track, 'The Sniffle-Sneeze', now.

Bespoke, by Omphalopticon 8 track album

Absolute head spinner of a release here from our heroes Oishi, in which they hack (in every possible sense of the word) DEKUNOBO's recent album into a burbling ecosystem of spooky sound. Remix as bizarre audio alchemy... Check it out on the Hundred Years Gallery label here:

DEKUNOBOO, by Oishi 2 track album

"...this release is as inventive as it is bewildering, taking the raw elements of field recording and blowing them up into a noisy celebration of creativity," super proud to see Oishi getting written about so wonderfully in Matthew Blackwell's ever-fascinating Field Recording column at Bandcamp.

The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, April 2023 These are the best sounds recorded outside the studio in April.

"They jostle between concurrence and dispute, all elbows and smiles, digital field recording barging into meddled tape, the sounds of the everyday finding miraculous footholds in out-there electronics," hugest thanks to Jack Chuter for the beautiful review of Oishi at the always vital ATTN:Magazine.

Review: Oishi – once upon a time there was a mountain Uncanny kinships between tape and laptop, in the debut release from Zheng Hao and Ren Shang.

"the feeling is fragmented in itself" wonderful interview with Oishi by Andrew Ciccone at the always insightful Navel Gazers blog. Learn about 'Once upon a time there was a mountain', sampling, and a potential disco future...

Oishi - once upon a time there was a mountain Navel-Gazers: interviews with recording artists.

"... discombobulation through distinct approaches..." Hugest thanks to Noel Gardner for writing about Oishi in the ever awesome New Weird Britain column at The Quietus. There's an awful lot of amazing sounds to check out in this edition, as ever.

The Quietus | Features | New Weird Britain In Review For March By Noel Gardner Noel Gardner returns with his latest round-up of New Weird Britain's boldest and brightest new releases, reviewing music from Helena Celle, Kate Carr, Mantra and more

It's alive! Oishi's new tape, 'once upon a time there was a mountain' is out and streaming in full at our Bandcamp. Cassettes shipping next week. So excited for everyone to hear this beautiful blast of wrong-footing, reality augmenting sonics.

once upon a time there was a mountain, by Oishi 2 track album

We're super excited to announce our next tape, from the astounding duo Oishi. On their debut album, 'once upon a time there was a mountain', Zheng Hao and Ren Shang use warped tape loops, field recordings and digital manipulation to explore how everyday sounds can carry unexpected paths of expression and meaning. Evoking fictional vocabularies and car radios via motorbike rides down imagined mountains.

once upon a time there was a mountain, by Oishi 2 track album

The Clock, a hypnotic minimal masterpiece from Új Bála's 2019 album "Diacritical Marks and Angels', released by the amazing BABA VANGA. Come see him play at Café OTO on 23rd January.

Új Bála - Clock From Diacritical Marks and AngelsReleased as a cassette on Baba Vanga, March 4, 2019 Listen to the whole album here: https://babavanga.bandcamp.com/album/dia...