Tiresome/Tireless

Last year sometime I went to a party at some friends place and there I met a strikingly handsome, very nice, talkative guy who I came to become friends with. He was from the states and was over here doing some art-studies for a year. well, he's moved back home now and we who got to know him miss him a bunch. Eli Ping is his name and I must insist that you to have a look at this guy's work at his homepage www.eliping.com



I really like his work and we're working on a project together called "Tiresome/Tireless" which I hope will be finished sometime during 2006.

"If it's too loud, you're too old!"

There is very little music that has had such impact on me as Phill Niblock's. The first time I heard it I didn't know what to think, except for that this was music at it's most raw. More punk-rock and more beautiful than any other music I've ever heard it still continues to send pleasant shivers down my spine everytime I listen to it.

Well, the man graces the cover of this month's The Wire so go buy and read ye illiterates! Then go to http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/mp3specials.php
and download an exclusive preview from his new Touch-release!

...style studies

oh yeah...almost forgot. vldgmn! just go listen.

Bring Da Ruckus!

Hey...

it's been a while since my last post...like always. I'll try to be more up to date in the future, but don't count on it.

Shit's been moving & stirring the last couple of months. The Scraps Of Tape as-yet-to-be untitled second album is coming together real nicely. The stuff we're writing at the moment is by far the best shit we've ever done! About 4 tracks are ready and we're really looking forward to the april/may tour and getting to see how all the new stuff comes across to people! Here's the tourdates btw:

26.04. Dresden/AZConni + This is your captain speaking
27.04. Braunschweig/Nexus + Shutcombo
28.04. Chemnitz/AJZ + Iona
29.04. Berlin/Schokoladen + Iona
30.04. Schwalmstadt/Die Bar + d.h., Woyzeck
01.05. Lübeck/Walli-Maifest


Last Weekend was a real treat, with Viktor Sjöberg New Jazz Ensemble rehearsals för the iDEAL-Festival which takes place in gothenburg on the 10-12th of March. Be sure to check it out!--> www.idealrecordings.com

I played live with Tsukimono at "På Besök", a new bar/café in malmoe that is shaping up to be on of the greatest places this year! The gig was real nice, got me into doing tsuki-stuff again.


We also played live with Alina, our new super-group. I must say that the Alina-gigs of late has been some of the most rewarding and interesting live-experiences that I've ever had. Thanks guys! We released a cd-r on www.kalligrammofon.com a couple of weeks ago, check it out. it sounds really good!

The evening was really nice indeed! Thanks Gustaf!!


We also recorded new material with The Roaring. It resulted in a album with the title "Listenable" which is even sparser than "The Famous Solo" and indeed darker. Tho' not corny i'm-dangerous-dark...just darker. We'll see what happens with that. some sort of release will happen...I guarantee that.

I will also be performing with Tsukimono at Småland Nation on the 12th of April, so keep that day free!!

Coming up:

Tsukimono release on www.arterija.org


keep checking in! I'll do what I can to update this shite...

/johan