Some pics I took of thee mighty Dead C at ATP:

http://badabingrecords.com/index-2.php

Dead C Date Added!
Great news for all you Northwesterners! In addition to dates in Philly, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago, a new SECRET date has just been announced! Where?? When?? Okay fine, it's on October 15th. In Seattle. With Six Organs of Admittance. We've never been much for keeping secrets around here...
posted on August 07, 2008

Kinski Added To Seattle Dead C Show
Things were already looking good, with Six Organs playing with Dead C on Oct 15th at Nectar Lounge. But now, they are looking good plus a little better than good, because Seattle's amazing Kinski are going to be playing the show as well. Kinski are one of the most brutal and intense live bands - pure energy and bombast done just right. It's very exciting times...
posted on September 02, 2008

'trapdoor fucking exit' is their first brilliant record, 'harsh 70s reality' is their most brilliant record.

Thanks. I think I'll go out and get those then.

There's a very positive review of the forthcoming Dead C in the current issue of The Wire. I think I'll be getting that when it goes on sale at Ba Da Bing.

everything the dead c have done besides their split with konono no1 is great, it's hard to wrong, dr503c is my favourite.

The new one is now available to order from BaDaBing:

THE DEAD C - Secret Earth (BING059)

 

The Dead C oscillates between two poles. Recent albums explored drones, electronic loops and musique concrete. However, their new album, Secret Earth, proselytizes oceanic feedback, catastrophic drumming and a return to the cripple rock blasts of their early material. Along the axis of The Dead C's recordings, Secret Earth sounds like it was created between Eusa Kills and Harsh 70s Reality. It contains a straightforward (for them) expression of sound, while continually pushing their vast improvisational techniques into a realm of subconscious genius. CD $11.00ppd (U.S.) $14.00ppd (Non-U.S.)


http://www.badabingrecords.com/catalog.php#

Gate and White Out play Oct 8 or 9 at rehab...

Sounds promising. Has anyone heard it?

I bought tickets for the New York show. There's no way I'm missing them.

i just read that thurston atp lineup and im still blown away by it. thats about as perfect a lineup as ive ever seen.

dead c were indeed excellent at atp. wish i was more sober for them in a way. speaking of bouncers at atp while wolf eyes were playing i saw one mouth to the other 'what the FUCK is this'? another highlight of the weekend.

its a shame they are not coming anywhere near here but then again you cant have everything.

Watch a video of Bruce Russell doing his day job on New Zealand television!






Financial Websites Update

In the midst of our current economic worries and woes, many of you are probably wondering about how those fine business websites in New Zealand are faring. Fear no more, as The Dead C's own Bruce Russell appeared "on the telly" recently to let everyone know whatsupwitdat...

http://www.wired.co.nz/Services/NZI-clip.asp

haha, i love out of place meathead bouncers at noise shows. my dad was actually a bouncer in the 80s. but he was into punk and shit. funny story, my dad was a total meat head, a cool guy, but spent his life in the gym. when he was playing college baseball he started doing roids, and within 2 cycles of steroids he increased his bench press from 290 lbs (his maximum weight natural, still fuckin strong) to 415 lbs! he then started bouncing at a strip club, and on ladies night, stripped at the strip club! i think thats rad and hilarious, always awesome knowing youre father was just as if not more crazier than you are when he was young. but the better part of the story comes later. my father and i were crusing around New York City, and were shopping for records and vintage clothes in SOHO. We came up on some used clothing store which had a slew of amazing shirts. While we were looking through, my dad found the t-shirt of the strip club he used to work at. The shirt read, "The Magic Hat (insert whitty sex joke here, cant remember what it was) Munson, Mass". He was so stoked, and when we told the story to the guy at the register, he gave my dad the shirt for free. Very cool/funny story.

Well, that was totally unrelated but whatevs.

http://www.tinymixtapes.com/The-Dead-C,7170

so did anyone go to the Philly or NYC shows?

Saw the Gate show, thought the drums were mixed too loud in the PA, but not loud enough to drown out the asshole contingent that shows up to talk as loud as possible (I'm sure they were there last night). I liked the last piece best when Morley did the duo with his laptop.

White Out were really good, playing with Samara Lubelski and MV Carbon.

Ended up skipping Philly due to illness.

Ben Goldberg "While there's very little groove in their music, there's a whole lot of soul, mostly around the anguish of living in the modern day. It's a sophisticated angst which cuts right to your bones, stripping you down to a complete self-awareness of your own despair."

Its a great quote but I've just simply enjoyed their charged feedback drenched sound. If anything this music allows me to forget about the horror of existence, and simply experience the Now.

i'd say there's a pretty strong groove in the dead c, tracks like Bitcher, Air, or most their live album Repent are completely dominated by the rhythm. granted they don't play like that all the time, but when they do i'd put them in the same league as groups like Can or Neu in terms of groove.

fack me. that review is very promising indeed. can't wait to spin this one...