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[CF035] Myoptik – Do Not Free A Camel Of The Burden Of His Hump EP Released, Free Download.

Released on Sun 15th November at http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

Download ZIP Archive (6 Tracks + Artwork, 320 kbps MP3, 97Mb)

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Leicester’s hardware noizenik returns with a fistful of obtuse electronics.

Tracklist:
1. Blockage
2. Before The Grave
3. Limnesia Fulgida
4. Where Am I Gonna Be
5. Where Am I Gonna Be (Data Out Chowder Mix)
6. Before The Grave (Shrimpsalad Narrative Mix)

Artist Profile:
http://www.myspace.com/myoptik

For 10 years myoptik has been a radio presenter, dj, music journalist, producer and event promoter based in not-so-sunny Leicester. Live performance is Myoptik’s natural home with appearances in all sorts of places, under all sorts of musical guises and monikers at events such as the Sonic Arts Network, Summer Sundae, Monastery Of Sound and Delia Derbyshire’s old home. Myoptik is also known for his vibrant Leicester based PVC club nights and his ping-discs imprint both of which pioneered his trademark live Funkatronix sound. He has worked with the likes of BJ Cole, Chin Chin, I-mitri, Phaelah and Normal Position. On his own his musical demeanor tends towards a wild maelstrom of guttural bleep-funk and emotive soundscapes, accompanied by a glass of rum.

Release Notes:
For Myoptik’s 3rd Centrifuge EP we have something a little different. Where the first two EPs gave a vague nod to accepted electronic forms (albeit through a mangle of madness), this time we have a diverse range of narratives from an obtuse mind. The artist’s intention here is to question accepted styles, presenting an attitude from beyond and without. There are half a dozen audio slices celebrating the fertility of limitation and the prospect of future limitlessness. It’s all about irreverent audio stimulation with a message of vitality: music that shows a tenacious thirst for life with stupid combinations that help to question, to open up towards the unknown future.
Included remixes from Shrimpsalad and Data Out give a window into what it would be like if Myoptik wasn’t so awkward and obtuse. Where he puts familiar sounds into confused and unfamiliar settings, the remixers pull them back from the brink so you can grab them with both hands. So come, take your gloves off, dive in…

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Mastered at the Wrecktory by Captain Chaos.

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We had a nice knees-up in Leicester last Saturday with the PVC and Stench crew at the Stenchival, big up to everyone involved.

Here’s some photos and videos of circuit-bent hardware don Glatze (aka Mr Underwood / Uncool Sam), the world-famous lap steel guitarist BJ Cole and his collaboration with Centrifuge favourite Myoptik and yours truly messing about at the end.

Photos are here (on Flickr).

Thanks to everyone who came down and made it such a great night. Hats off to the excellent live acts Funckarma, Space Dimension Controller, Idiron Soundtrack and Myoptik, our resident VJ The SuRReaLaRTiST, Ginglik resident DJ Kone-R, Tan and missaw for photos and Ginglik for being so super sweet! Next one is THIS SATURDAY, acid time!

Here’s some videos of our two guest acts

Funckarma

Space Dimension Controller

Audio – we got some great recordings, check  the Mixes / Live Sets page, they’ll be landing any minute now!

There are some photos in this Facebook gallery, also below.

Well, its been a year since we launched The Centrifuge’s netlabel with our first London show (at the now defunct Epicurean Lounge) and what a year it’s been!

At the last count we’ve put on or been heavily involved about 35 shows in 4 UK cities (London, Nottingham, Leeds and Manchester) in the past 12 months, in spaces as diverse as galleries, clubs,  city centre spaces, warehouses and community centres. Not to be outdone, the label has released 27 EPs, albums and compilations. 

Here at The Centrifuge HQ we’d like to extend a sincere, heartfelt thankyou to everyone who’s been involved with both sides of our activities, including but not limited to:

Label -NeuTek, Sadistician / Unit Cell, Captain Chaos, Oxynucid, Scrubber Fox, Loz Koleszko, Communicon, The Gasman, Idiron Soundtrack, Carl Brown, Gareth Clarke, Mark Swift, Fractional, Uncool Sam / Glaztze / Mr Underwood, brokeBust / Guide, Myoptik, LJ Kruzer, Manglebot, abscissa, Reflexicon, Formication, Richard Devine, Puzzleweasel,  Koolmorf Widesen, Ken Bock, Sinnataggen, DH Sublord, Jash, Chevron, Joel-Aime Beauchamp, Ursa, Quip, Veqtor, Yellow Then Blue, QXTC, Mrs Jynx & heaps more to come!

Events – NeuTek, missaw, Ebola / Zeddemore, Captain Chaos, Wisp, Al Qaholic, Plucking Skanker, Sadistician / Unit Cell, Oxynucid, Quip, Scrubber Fox, Communicon, The Gasman, Idiron Soundtrack, Gareth Clarke, Mark Swift, Uncool Sam / Glatze / Mr Underwood, brokeBust / Guide, Myoptik, abscissa, Formication, Richard Devine, Puzzleweasel, Koolmorf Widesen, Sinnataggen, Chevron, Ursa, Mrs Jynx, The Acid Factory, Rob Hall, Mr 76ix, Syntheme, DJ Scotch Egg, Ove-Naxx, Maruosa, Bogulta, Chevron, DMX Krew, The Boombot Soundsystem, Dolphin, Scheme Boy, Raw Hedroom, DJ Stuff, Zanf, The Doubtful Guest, Feldermelder, AGT Rave Cru, Daedelus, Lone, Joe Germlin & loads more I’m sure I’ve forgotten (sorry! let us know if you’re missed and we’ll sort it out!)

Crews - Adverse Camber, I Love Acid, Plex, Lobotomy, Strictly Come Rinsing, Kombination Funk, Redrum and many others…

And finally - big respect to Tom Brennan, Gilbert Sinnott, Alex Henson, Ameet Hindocha for graphics and photography; Alex Wintermute for mastering, the management at Ginglik (London), Blueprint (Nottingham), Moog (Nottingham), The Common Place (Leeds), Urbis (Manchester), Blink (Manchester), The Epicurean Lounge (London), Gramaphone (London); and love to our pals at Acroplane Recordings, Rephlex Records, Balkan Vinyl, Planet Mu, Warp Records, Skam Records, n5MD, 030303 and many other excellent crews for gracing our shows and keeping the fire burning.

We’re aiming to put links up to artist, label and events crews soon, the power of google search should help you in the meantime if you’re curious!

Keep on keeping on, here’s to another cracking 12 months. 

The Centrifuge x

[NETLABEL] CF023 – Myoptik – Allusion To Dance EP

Sophomore Centrifuge EP from the Leicester electro noizenik!

Released on Sun 24th May.

Click here to download 320 kbps MP3 ZIP archive release (55 MB) from www.thecentrifuge.co.uk 

Myoptik’s second EP for The Centrifuge delivers another 3 epic tracks in his distinctive atmospheric acid-electro style. The tracks are full of attention to detail, micro-edits and cheeky retro rave phrases.

Myoptik Artist Profile: myspace.com/myoptik
For 10 years myoptik has been a radio presenter, dj, music journalist, producer and event promoter based in not-so-sunny Leicester. Live performance is Myoptik’s natural home with appearances in all sorts of places, under all sorts of musical guises and monikers at events such as the Sonic Arts Network, Summer Sundae, Monastery Of Sound and Delia Derbyshire’s old home. Myoptik is also known for his vibrant Leicester based PVC club nights and his ping-discs imprint both of which pioneered his trademark live Funkatronix sound. 
He has worked with the likes of BJ Cole, Chin Chin, I-mitri, Phaelah and Normal Position. On his own his musical demeanor tends towards a wild maelstrom of gutural bleep-funk and emotive soundscapes, accompanied by a glass of rum..

Tracklist
1. Nuclear Jellyfish
2. Liquorish Rave
3. Human Whirlpool

Download from website: www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
Press/Contact: info@thecentrifuge.co.uk

Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License

The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, netlabel and artist management.

http://www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4077312718
http://www.last.fm/label/The+Centrifuge
http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge

[LDN] Sat 20th June – The Centrifuge presents FUNCKARMA Live / CANE DJ Set @ Ginglik
The Dutch masters of electronica, bass, IDM and electro hop over for an exclusive London show!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81334752939

Sat 20th June @ Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London. W12 8PH. 

Funckarma LIVE / Cane DJ Set (Warp, Skam, 030303)
Space Dimension Controller LIVE (Acroplane) 
Idiron Soundtrack LIVE (The Centrifuge) 
Myoptik LIVE (The Centrifuge) 
missaw (The Centrifuge)
Kone-R (Uncharted Audio)

Full members free / P.A.Y.G. members free before 8pm, £6 before 10pm, £8 after / 7pm – 3am

The Centrifuge (www.thecentrifuge.co.uk) touches down in West London for their monthly residency at Ginglik with an all-aces draw of live electronica musics.

Funckarma LIVE & Cane DJ Set (Warp, Skam, 030303) 
www.funckarma.com
Flying in from Holland are the mighty Funckarma, playing a rare London show to showcase their recent lush, bass-heavy sonic explorations as well as their killer back-catalogue of electronica, IDM, acid, electro and all else inbetween. Check the bonus rare DJ Set from their dark dancefloor electro moniker Cane. 

Space Dimension Controller LIVE (Acroplane)
www.myspace.com/spacedimensioncontroller 
Also worth shouting about is the debut London show of Belfast’s Space Dimension Controller, a teenage prodigy who has been blowing away all and sundry with his excellent debut LP on the Acroplane netlabel.

Idiron Soundtrack LIVE (The Centrifuge)
www.myspace.com/idironsoundtrack 

Idiron Soundtrack has been responsible for several full-on electro / snare-rush live sets at The Centrifuge’s music events and the epic Manifest Sounds EP (CF009). Originally from Bristol and trained in violin and piano, elements from hyper jungle to squelchy acid are fused through an intricate and emotive approach toward composition that conjures goosebumps and rave mentalism in equal measure. He will be showcasing new material from his forthcoming EP (‘turbo kiisu’).

Myoptik LIVE (The Centrifuge) 
www.myspace.com/myoptik 

Celebrating the release of CF023 – “Allusion To Dance” EP at www.thecentrifuge.co.uk.
For 10 years myoptik has been a radio presenter, dj, music journalist, producer and event promoter based in not-so-sunny Leicester. Live performance is Myoptik’s natural home with appearances in all sorts of places, under all sorts of musical guises and monikers at events such as the Sonic Arts Network, Summer Sundae, Monastery Of Sound and Delia Derbyshire’s old home. Myoptik is also known for his vibrant Leicester based PVC club nights and his ping-discs imprint both of which pioneered his trademark live Funkatronix sound.
He has worked with the likes of BJ Cole, Chin Chin, I-mitri, Phaelah and Normal Position. On his own his musical demeanor tends towards a wild maelstrom of gutural bleep-funk and emotive soundscapes, accompanied by a glass of rum..

missaw (The Centrifuge)
www.missaw.com
missaw is The Centrifuge’s label curator & resident remixer, creating electronic concoctions for the body and the mind.

Kone-r
www.unchartedaudio.com
Kone-r is the man behind the Uncharted Audio record label, which has introduced the likes of Cursor Miner, LJ Kruzer, Kings Have Long Arms and plenty of other weird and wonderful sonic tomfoolery to the world. Manning the turntables since 1992 when he discovered the joy of warehouse raves, the spirit of that era lives on in his sets today, with a liberal sprinkling of ambience, techno, breakbeats and plenty of low frequency oscillations. Despite the length of time he’s spent in the booth, he maintains a cutting edge – you’re as likely to hear him drop fresh dub plates by up and coming acts alongside the latest cuts from Berlin to Detroit as you are to hear vintage rave, classic disco and timeless electro. What’s more, every Kone-R set is expertly mixed entirely on vinyl to preserve audio and artistic integrity – just like in the good old days.
“…a dexterity few DJ’s can harness” (One Week To Live)

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