Taikano X Powerplant // Electronic Communications
TAIKANO x POWERPLANT Electronic Communications Exchanging Messages Through Sound
LINE-UP:
Hypnosaurus (Üle Heli/ Porridge Bullet) (LIVE) HAPE (LIVE) Cubus Larvik (Serious Serious) (LIVE) DJ Ilmajaam (Freerotation, Tunnel) AJAY C ( Taikano)
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM RESIDENT ADVISOR>>>>>>> https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1161078
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Teaming up with a fresh new Estonian Arts and Music Event Management Team Powerplant. Bringing you the cutting edge Producers and DJ’s from their shores to Glasgow. Three unique LIVE acts who have their own individual take on Electronic Music. A night of ambient, experimental, LIVE hardware and Techno thrown in this will be an inspiring night to remember.
In Line with ESTONIA NOW Festival (Celebrating 100 years of Independence). Sponsored by Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Powerplant, and Taikano.
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HYPNOSAURUS
Hypnosaurus (a.k.a. Aivar Tõnso) is an important figure for the Estonian electronic music history: he is the originator of Estonian house and techno. Hypnosaurus formed more than 25 years ago, just after the Estonian Restoration of Independence in 1991. Inspired by Sonic Youth, Big Black, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, and the early Detroit techno, Tõnso started making music with almost no means. Being in a constant search for abrasive musical expression, he somehow got hold of an old Soviet synthesizer called Polivox. This barely controllable, beast of a machine became a pivotal part of Hypnosaurus’ sound. The earliest production was released on an LP called"1991-1992” on Porridge Bullet label. The album was amongst 100 Favourite Archival Releases on Boomkat and The Quietus Best Reissues in 2015. Hypnosaurus called it a day in 1995 and no new material has been released since. Now in the autumn of 2018, Hypnosaurus is coming back with a new EP on Porridge Bullet. The new production uses former motives in a new and abstract way which is perfect for the dance floor but distinctive from the current trends.
https://soundcloud.com/porridge-bullet http://porridgebullet.com/pb011.html
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HAPE
Taavi Tulev is an electronic music composer, a sound designer and a nature recorder whose work is inspired by even rhythms and repetitive patterns. For him, music is an instrument that helps to create a different way of thinking, lose track of time and bring the audience into a state of trance. Taavi has released several albums and created sound designs for many museums and exhibitions. Having an architectural background, he can easily perceive the roominess in sound and aims to make urban environments sound better. Tulev’s audio installation for a permanent exhibition called "Uurali Kaja" in the Estonian National Museum is known to be one of the largest in the world. However, this is just a fracture of the countless achievements by the artist. (More here: https://taavitulev.com/portfolio). "It is simple to lose yourself in Taavi's room-specific, nature-rich and electronic sound waves that allure, attract, break and surprise. It happens in depth and in glory, all at once and then solely. The combination of the love for electronic music and for nature comes through very thoughtfully and creatively.” Berit Kaschan HAPE (acid) is Taavi Tulev’s latest project which portrays a fully improvised live techno set.HAPE takes listeners into the unknown territories where ancient rhythms meet mesmerizing atmospheric soundscapes.
https://soundcloud.com/taavitulev https://taavitulev.bandcamp.com/
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Cubus Larvik
Cubus Larvik is an Estonian electronic music duo (Karl Saks, Hendrik Kaljujärv) formed in 2007. Cubus Larvik has been making astonishingly intense ambient music long before it became popular in their home country. All their albums are distinct from one another and have been released on the most cutting-edge Estonian record labels. The first album “The Drone of Monk Nestor” is based on Karl Saks’ choreography and was released on Trash Can Dance in 2012. "Memorial" LP is a bleak but warm and calming mix of psychedelic dub and industrial techno released on ;paranoia publishing in 2014. The third release “State and Design” is based on choreographer Karl Saks’ award-winning solo work premiered at Kanuti Gildi SAAL in 2016. With the new album, Cubus Larvik continues their exploration of dark electronica, this time also incorporating non-musical areas and encrypted occult messages from the worldwide cinematic archive. “State and Design” was released on Serious Serious in the spring of 2018.
http://paranoia.ee/cubuslarvik/ https://soundcloud.com/cubuslarvik
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DJ Ilmajaam
Behind the solely Estonian name stands a one-man effort to spread interesting and hard to find sounds by presenting them from vinyl records and forming into one continuous journey. DJ Ilmajaam (Viktor Vinogradov) was born in Tallinn to a Russian family of engineers at the beginning of the 80's. Viktor’s fascination for vinyl started at an early age when every household typically had a record player and a collection of Melodiya. Viktor began his musical explorations with instrumental classical music (P. Mauriat, P. Tchaikovsky) and Electronic Space Rock band called Zodiac. Later o his interest manifested in more conscious search in music and he started to participate in various music-related projects with like-minded people. Since 2000 Viktor has contributed to the Estonian electronic music scene and organized various events of different sizes: Tunnel, KRILL, Kodu Tunne and collaborations with Hea Uus Heli curated by Aivar Tõnso and Plektrum with Jaagup Jalakas). Due to his devotion to the music scene, he has become a resident of internationally acclaimed festival Freerotation which happens annually in Wales. “DJ Ilmajaam’s sets are like a surreal Chirico's painting “The Seer” where lonely mannequin figure sits under the transcendental light.” (Secret Thirteen)
https://soundcloud.com/krill https://secretthirteen.org/secret-thirteen-mix-017-dj-ilmajaam/
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AJAY C
Head Honcho and Resident DJ of Glasgow Techno Brand TAIKANO. Promoting House and Techno showcasing local talent and upcoming International underground DJ’s, Producers and Artists. AJAY C has had a fascination and Love with Electronic Music from a very young age. Buying vinyl when he was only 16 years old and discovering his first set of decks a year later. 20 years later he's not stopped his obsession for Wax and is strictly a Vinyl Only DJ.
https://soundcloud.com/ajayc3/ https://www.mixcloud.com/marley003/
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Sponsored by Estonian Ministry of Culture, The Cultural Endowement of Estonia, Powerplant, and Taikano.