Minus end their 10 week silence by announcing a string of concept parties revloving around a glowing cube. eh?This new concept seems to feature the Minus crew dressing up in sci-fi costumes, incorporating new visuals and a website to match.
Despite the strange concept, the tour will feature some of the best names the label has to offer with Gaiser, Magda, Marc Houle and Troy Pierce all set to perform. It is also rumoured that the performances will feature live collaborations between the artists, breaking from the lineal, one-after-another, tradition structure. That in itself should provide enough stimulus to check out the parties, continuing the label's 10th birthday celebrations.
There’s also a whole backstory about the cube, of course, which is described in the press notes as “a mysterious object discovered in a clandestine excavation site. Initial tests reveal a dense, carbon-based structure utilizing liquid crystal technology. While its origins remain unclear it seems to have been created by intelligence far greater than our own.”
“What is apparent is that the Cube is a highly advanced communications device that responds positively to the presence of humans and interacts accordingly,” explains Richie Hawtin. “By acting as a central hub it seems to allow us to direct our thoughts, collect and share ideas, transcend language and interconnect musically in ways previously not possible."
Again, eh?
Anyway, to get involved, you'll need to buy a membership card, which is embedded with a microchip which can “make contact” with the cube. This puts you in the running for various prizes, downloads and allows you to tune into a wireless network during the gig.
Despite what is clearly a marketing ploy and the exegesis of an 'in-joke', some forgiveness is forthcoming after listening to Hawtin's podcast for Resident Advisor. Hawtin was chosen to mark the milestone of reaching 100 podcasts for the influential Australian site.
Richie Hawtin - Resident Advisor 100th Podcast (28-04-2008)Published / 28 April 2008 Filesize / 73.09 MB Length / 1:00:54
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Tracklist:
Cassino & Labén / Oliver Dodd - Elevators and Escalators - Addon /
Dub Kult - Crypt - Curle Recordings /
Danilo Vigorito - Alnitak (Dark Side) - Inside Orion Minimal Muzik /
Click Box - Peek a Boo - Items & Things /
John Conrad - Maxime Dangles /
Aleph-1 - C A G 08.4s - iDEAL Recordings /
Alex Under - Gris - CMYK /
Johnny D - Tramodyssee - Oslo /
J.Alter - Track 1 / Gaiser - Ground 1.1 /
Acid Circus - Uncle Jak - Droid Recordings /
Obtane - Tribute to Mandragora (Damon Wild Remix) - Synewave /
Heron - Afterhour - Minisome /
Hugo - Born To Bop - Claque Musique /
Gel Abril - 200 Grams - Be As One /
Moritz von Oswald - Watamu Beach - Desolat /
Seuil - Dance - Minibar /
Skoozbot - Two Over The Eight - Mindshake Records /
Dan Berkson & James What - Reflections feat Robert Owens - Poker Flat /
Rasmus Hedlund - Betoni - Resopal Schallware /
Alva Noto - Haliod Xerrox Copy 1 - Raster-Noton /
Nick Curly - On My Way (Ali Nasser Remix) - Supernature Records /
Heron - The Way Home - Minisome /
J.Alter - Track 2
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