**H-I-T** disko404 variété / Mi. 30.04.2008 / Postgarage, Graz

[disko404]

Mittwoch, 30. April 2008 / Postgarage, Graz

disko404
/“variété”/
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Knifehandchop *[Tigerbeat6, Shockout / CAN]
*DuranDuranDuran *[Cock Rock Disco, Planet-Mu / U$A]*
Alfred Gassenhauer* [KomaFM, KomaTV / A]
*B.L.O *&* feelipa *&* christoFX* [disko404, el rakkas / A]

_Start: 23:00!!!_
Admission AK: € 8 / VVK: € 6

Kartenreservierung zum VVK Preis unter *karte at disko404.org* bis 12 
Stunden vor Veranstaltungsbeginn möglich.

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das “disko404 variété” ist eine Bühne mit bunt wechselndem, 
unterhaltendem Programm für artistische, tänzerische, akrobatische und 
musikalische Vorstellungen. Ein Varietéprogramm besteht aus einer 
kleineren oder größeren Anzahl von Darbietungen, die für die gemeinsame 
Veranstaltung mosaikartig zusammengesetzt werden, wobei jede für sich 
eine künstlerisch geschlossene Einheit mit Anfang und Ende bildet./


*KNIFEHANDCHOP*
Billy Pollard became known as Knifehandchop after releasing his first 
album at age 18. He has been consistently producing fresh, new music 
ever since, and you can always count on each release sounding different 
than the previous one.
His style blends elements of electro, hip-hop, house, techno, booty, and 
dancehall reggae to produce songs that either fit into one of these 
genres, or blend them together to create something unclassifiable and 
uniquely his own.
Early in his musical career, Knifehandchop released a string of popular 
and illegal 7” records and CDs for British record label ‘Irritant 
Records’. These records used un-cleared samples scattered over huge 
beats, which resulted in loads of mainstream magazine attention, being 
covered by Mixmag, Muzik, URB, XLR8R, Vice Magazine and more. 
Since that point, he has becoming a longtime staple of kid606's 
Oakland-based Tigerbeat6 records, releasing his two most recent albums 
through them. 
In 2003 Knifehandchop recorded a live session for the late John Peel for 
his immensely influential radio show on BBC Radio 1.  Mary Anne Hobbes 
of the Radio 1 Breezeblock show is also a huge supporter of 
Knifehandchop, and a session was recorded for her show in 2004. These 
radio sets were recorded during extensive tours of Europe, America and 
Japan that included huge festivals or dirty raves, depending on the 
occasion.
After ‘How I Left You’ was released, Knifehandchop changed his focus 
from releasing full-length albums to making singles and 12” records 
featuring a new sound that is tailored to the dance floor.  His first 
production in this regard was the much-hyped booty anthem ‘Dirty New 
York’ on Tigerbeat6. Modeselektor and Knifehandchop have also teamed up 
for a split release on Shockout records called ‘Weed Wid Da Macka’ which 
features vocals by famed Jamaican dancehall star Ninjaman. This was 
followed by a huge electro remix by Knifehandchop of the smash UK single 
“Thou Shalt Always Kill” by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip on Lex Records.
While recording these new techno-dance records, Knifehandchop has also 
been throwing a series of successful over the top parties in Toronto 
called Math Hooker.  


*DURAN DURAN DURAN*
Duran Duran Duran is a breakcore band consisting of Ed Flis, Michael 
Chaiken, and Tony Gabor. Philadelphia-based Ed Flis is the main working 
member and does most live shows by himself.
Like most breakcore Duran Duran Duran's music is reminiscent of the rave 
music of the early 1990's. However, Ed Flis admits to not being heavily 
influenced by the rave scene himself. Evident in both his music and his 
performance persona, four of his defining characteristics are heavy 
metal, illegal drugs, hip-hop and pornography, especially homosexual 
pornography. Flis often performs in a Rainbow Brite outfit with clothe 
pins attached to his genitalia, claiming that this inspires him to "rave 
harder and longer."
Duran Duran Duran's music is more a reaction to the IDM's staleness than 
a direct continuation of early rave. As he puts it: "Rave is cheap, 
tossed-off, drug-damaged and rocking. IDM is pretentious, boring and not 
fun.
In January 2005, Duran Duran Duran's full album "Very Pleasure" was the 
first release of Jason Forrest's Cock Rock Disco label. The album takes 
from hip-hop, rock and ragga and samples from 80s hits like Ace of Base, 
but also metal like Slayer. With a painting of two naked men frolicking 
in a field on the cover and song titles like "Manrammer", the album 
reflects Ed Flis' pseudo gay propaganda, intended to shock a more 
mainstream audience. His recent releases bring him closer to the booty, 
electro, techno style of Knifehandchop, formerly also a breakcore artist.


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Timetable:
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23:00 - 01:30 # *B.L.O & feelipa & christoFX*
[disko404, el rakkas / A]
from graz to zagreb to philly to baltimore to miami to paris to berlin 
and back to graz

01:30 – 02:30 # *Knifehandchop *
[Tigerbeat6, Shockout / CAN]
Toronto Rave General - techno death!

02:30 - 03:30 # *DuranDuranDuran *
[Cock Rock Disco, Planet-Mu / U$A]
gabber booty hardcore house

03:30 - end -the very end- apokalypse now # *Alfred Gassenhauer*
[KomaFM, KomaTV / A]
"*chicken noodle soup 2 dem **dew doo beat"*

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sorry wegen dreifacher versendung des letzten newsletters ;)

next dates:

16.05.2008 - COTN # 2 mit TRG, Slack Hippy, Tobi Wan-Kenobi, feelipa und 
el rakkas. dubstep!

more to follow

cheers
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