Fuzz Club Festival – Edition 2015
Somewhere under two railway arches, psychedelic sounds and rock-and-roll beats are echoing and exclusive vinyls are calling your name.
Somewhere under two railway arches, psychedelic sounds and rock-and-roll beats are echoing and exclusive vinyls are calling your name.
This November 13th and 14th, Independent label, online store and production company Fuzz Club, known for bringing in the best experimental music and upcoming music genres, celebrates the 2015 edition of their annual event: Fuzz Club Festival. Co-presented with Bad Vibrations, the festival has gathered their go-to psych and underground bands from Europe and places beyond, as well as some of their recently spotted talent.
The musical madness is divided over two stages located inside the London Fields Brewhouse. Known for its cultural versatility and popularity in the music industry, the venue makes for a perfect match. The line-up features artists such as Camera, The Telescopes, Lola Colt, The Janitors, Radar Men From The Moon, and Dead Rabbits, making the festival is a first-class feast for lovers of psychedelia, noise, garage, blues, folk, electronica, basically anything that doesn’t have your everyday pop song sound.
With The KVB chosen as the main act for this event, you’ve got your go-to performance already set. Prepare for a headline full of shoegaze guitars, hypnotic voices and abstract visuals, causing the show of the Berlin-based duo to be a rare experience on its own.
As for the die-hard fans planning to be present at the event, Fuzz Club has some exclusive pre-releases of upcoming albums, as well as a selection of releases including sold out vinyl editions from Austin Psych Fest up its sleeve. If that wasn’t enough, the production company is launching the Fuzz Club Black Editions, allowing everyone to devour up to 10 copies, selling them exclusively at the festival.
Fuzz Club London 2015, November 13th & 14th at London Fields Brewhouse
FRIDAY NOV. 13th
THE KVB
CAMERA
THE TELESCOPES
10,000 RUSSOS
NEW CANDYS
THROW DOWN BONES
SATURDAY NOV. 14th
THE MYRRORS
LOLA COLT
SONIC JESUS
MUGSTAR
THE CULT OF DOM KELLER
RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON
THE JANITORS
THE ORANGE REVIVAL
DEAD RABBITS
BUY TICKETS HERE
Early Bird from £12.50
Weekend from £25
Doors:
Friday at 7pm
Saturday at 4pm
Eccentric Bxentric unveils his new catchy track - Chrome
You know that track you listen to once in a club and it just resonates within you? That track you shazam in that same club but fail to find? Then look no further – this is that track.
Photo by Alice Rainis
Under his own brand-new label, hackney-based producer Bxentric is to release his new single, Chrome, and it’s a bloody good track.
He’s got the ear for a banger. The Nanda records site states that the track was a result of a ‘2 day basement session that developed into a Neo-Electronic thumper.’ Its pretty much 80’s Disco meets 2015 Electro. Expect to be addicted.
Although it’s a rather lengthy tune (boasting nearly 8 minutes of pure, unadulterated synthy goodness), it’s not one to miss out on. There’s no unnecessary build up or painfully hackneyed dubstep-style drop. You’re pretty much thrown into the deep end from about ten seconds in. And the song teeters off to a cool ending – one that is wonderfully catered for other DJ’s to seamlessly mould it into their mixes.
And it comes with a pretty psychedelic music video too.
Bxentric will be DJing at the Lexington, Islington, on July 24. Be sure to bump this track several times and go see the man in action.
Chrome EP
Release Date: 20th July
Label Copy: Nanda Records
Rocket Girl Label: Eclectic Indie sounds at its best
Rocket Girl, a London based label that boasts one of the most eclectic rosters in the British music industry, emerged in 1997 as the brainchild of still owner Vinita Joshi
Rocket Girl, a London based label that boasts one of the most eclectic rosters in the British music industry, emerged in 1997 as the brainchild of still owner Vinita Joshi. In the years prior to Rocket Girl’s founding, Joshi worked in turning an emerging, Essex based rock scene into Ché Trading; a label that transformed the nomenclatural brilliance of Animals That Swim, Tripmaster Monkey and Bardo Pond into a string of releases. Rocket Girl continues this strong early venture into the odds and ends of indie music.
At the other end of the numerical and style spectrum, Pieter Nooten works with Rocket Girl in composing solely from his laptop. Born in the Netherlands, Nooten’s quality is rooted in a minimalistic style of composition that builds a real sense of tenderness with each layer, underlying piano and violin with fuzzy electronic touches. Nooten’s work is not limited to a string of releases, foremost of which is the 2013 release Haven, or even his place in exemplary 90s synth pop group, Clans of Xymox. His expansive back catalogue is regularly re-worked live and backed by the video works of Miryam Chachmany, who's conceptual pieces can be found in galleries from New Mexico to Amsterdam.
Generally understood as skirting round the peak of the curious fame of cult stardom, Television Personalities are a Rocket Girl signing cheerfully ripping up the manual of indie conventuality. Not only with a musical style that unashamedly mixes neo-psychedlia with pop and punk, but with a colourful history that has taken in addiction, homelessness, numerous line-up changes and a couple of nervous breakdowns. Not to be overshadowed by their personal lives, Television Personalities can also boast some truly wonderful records amongst their obscenely large discography, most recently A Memory Is Better Than Nothing.
Füxa (pronounced similar to the colour fuchsia) are a Detroit lo-fi outfit that pay testament to the longterm outlook of Rocket Girl. Formed in 1994, Füxa have worked with Joshi since their first LP, 3 Field Rotation, was released on Che in 1996. Their sound is more likely to be located to the East Coast, treated guitars and vintage synths blending together in a drone more reminiscent of Michigan grunge than the rich heritage of their hometown. Füxa’s swift accession to cult status shows such a cultural fusion to be no bad thing.
One of the labels most intriguing signings is Arms. Based in London, Arms represent the kind of band formation more often seen in the super-group heyday of the 70s. With five lead singers and four nationalities, Arms are six-strong collective formed of out of work solo artists who felt “that the collective sum of their parts could be best utilised as a single unit.” Testament of the group’s successful cohesion can be found in their pin-point lyricism, crisp production and recent LP, Are We All In This Together?
Rocket Girl