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:: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 ::

Goatlab Indoor Festival Rave!!!

Trippmatic
Poland's Biggest Breakcore DJ makes his UK debut @ the Goatlab! Trippmatic has been organising gigs and playing at virtually every breakcore gig in Poland for the last two years! He did a wicked mix for Peace Off called "Break Beathoven Got Heroin" and used to live in Bristol! Check out some of his mixes here: www.myspace.com/trippmaticsk.

War Against Sleep
Goatlab brings the outdoor vibes to the back room of The Croft with a special set from local festival favourites War Against Sleep. Expect a psychedelic audio-visual feast with a goaty twist.

Michael J Rocks
As the 1manarmy collective continue to push the boundaries of live electronica, one act stands out from the rest for both the most intense live experience and for having the best comedy name. Prepare to Rock. To Michael J Rock. s.

+ all the regulars
Fri 20th June 08
@ The Croft, Bristol
10pm - 4am
£5 Entry

Labels: Flyers, Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset

:: Dan 6.5.08 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Bash Out is back!

main room: multi core
bong ra & mc mike redman [special ‘10 years of bong ra’ set - live]
fff [mindbender/planet mu - live] - bristol debut!
autopsy [audio damage/deathchant - live] - bristol debut!
putsch [no fixed abode - full av live show] - bristol debut!
randomoidz [adverse camber - live]
bashout allstars [resident badmen]
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upstairs: bass abuse
warlock [rag'n'bone]
3d!t [coin operated - live] - bristol debut!
arsequake [the blast]
stylatron [fire]
davey t [dissident]
p.r.a.n.k. dancehall clearout
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back room: the bashout lectures
audio and visual edutainment, special dj sets, powerpoint displays & more...
Lineup TBC (Gusset, Various Bashouteers & More...)

The Gusset Bashout Lecture:

The Matrix: The Pantomime

Abstract: From folk stories and fairy tales to science-fiction and fantasy, western literature has always used metaphor and simile as devices to put across an idea or philosophic argument removed from the prejudices that may otherwise surround it. This lecture will analyse “The Matrix” series of films from the perspective of a traditional British pantomime to draw parallels between the mediums and demonstrate how this abomination of poor story telling, worse acting, and designed-to-date special effects could be better enjoyed with cross-dressing, smut and audience interaction.
'Where’s Agent Smith?'
'He’s behind you!'

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10pm til 5am
£5 b4 11, £7 after

Labels: BashOut, Breakcore, Flyers, Gigs, Gusset, Sci-Fi

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Syntheme (Planet Mu / WeMe)
Lou Wood make's her Bristol debut with her phenomenal fucky acid. If you liked the The Doubtful Guest's acid rinse out at the last Goatlab you don't want to miss this. Another Planet Mu newcomer shows us how it should be done. Rumours abound about her true identity. Want to know more? Come and see for yourself.



Toecutter (System Corrupt / V/VM) - Australia
All the way from Australia, Toecutter is the original breakcore mentalist. And it's been a long time since he was last in Bristol. Having shared a house with Candi Hank in 99 and taken his name from the character in Mad Max, the desert sun must have got to him as he became the most frightening and original thing to mash it's way across musical styles in memory. Or is it just "Progressive Progressive Progrsv House"? Either way, he's a long way ahead of the rest of the game. With releases on System Corrupt, V/Vm Test, Digital Vomit, Bruchstellen, Mutant Sniper, and Death$ucker you know this must be quality.

General Disarray (Blunderphonics / Laptop Battle)
Matt Jackson one of Bristol's most talented up-and-coming breakcore producers! He is also one half of the Blunderphonics crew, who have organised many a good night down at the legendary Black Swan. He beat Parasite in the first round of Laptop Battle 5 only to be knocked out in the final by house favorite Defazed. His music is raw and full of energy, and he has also been known to play his live set entirely from a game pad using Max/MSP! See for yourself:


www.myspace.com/mattogdisarray

More info

Labels: Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset

:: Dan 13.4.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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ReViSiT - racking software for VST hosts

Before the Gusset vs Hoonboy set at The Cooler on Thursday Thom and I were setting up and practicing backstage. That turned out to be the highlight of the night as it was sounding good but in the end we didn't get to play. I bailed out at 1am as there was hardly anyone in the place, we weren't due to start until 3am, and the sound was awful for poor Rich Defazed. We tried to get the venue to sort it out put the sound guy had already fucked off home. We were told, "there's nothing wrong with it, it's been set up by professionals." What? Professionals who go home and leave it to run itself? Anyway, I cut my losses and got out and that turned out to be the right more as the venue decided to shut down an 2am anyway. Shame, it was a great line up and could have been a great night, but a Thursday was not the time for it and the promotion could have been better.

Chatting during set-up I mentioned how cool it would be to have a tracker in a VST. Thom pointed out ReViSiT, which does it already. I presumed it would exist but hadn't been bothered to search for one. Cheers, Thom. And sorry you wasted a night coming down from Manchester for a gig you didn't play.

We also have an interesting couple of hours chatting with Juxtaposeur, and have put the breakcore world to rights. Maybe more on that later.

Labels: FOSS, Gigs, Gusset, Software, Tracker, VST

:: Dan 2.3.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Reminder: Gusset vs Hoonboy Death$ucker mash-up tonight at The Cooler, Part St, Bristol. We'll probably be on 3-4am. Although I'm hoping it wont be that late as I have to be in work tomorrow morning! Oh well, burlesque dancers should make up for it.

Labels: Death$ucker, Flyer, Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 28.2.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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You don't expect to see the phrase "widespread gusset anxiety" in the Guardian everyday, but it was there yesterday, when quoting Jeremy Paxman nonetheless.

Paxman raises smalls problem with M&S [full text]

Quote:

Jeremy Paxman, the Newsnight anchor famous for grilling cabinet ministers and airing his robust opinions on subjects as diverse as the future of broadcasting and the latest entries in Who's Who, has now voiced his dissatisfaction on another matter of importance to the nation: Marks & Spencer underpants.

The broadcaster is so concerned about the declining standards of men's underwear that he has written to Sir Stuart Rose, the chief executive of M&S, detailing his "anxiety" about its gussets, which he said no longer offered "adequate support".

"Like very large numbers of men in this country, I have always bought my socks and pants at Marks & Sparks," he wrote. "I've noticed that something very troubling has happened. There's no other way to put this. Their pants no longer provide adequate support. When I've discussed this with friends and acquaintances it has revealed widespread gusset anxiety. I do feel that someone should take up this mighty battle.

I have to say I'm with him on this, on two counts:
1. I also buy my underwear in Mark's and its quality has been declining over the years, and
2. It gets the word 'gusset' in the broadsheets.

[via lmg]

Labels: Fashion, Gusset, Humour, News, Politics

:: Dan 23.1.08 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Flyers for New Born @ The Cooler on Feb 28th
Shows both Sean and myself in the Gusset picture but it’ll just be me playing along with Hoonboy. One hour back-to-back Death$ucker mash-up!

Labels: Flyers, Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 22.1.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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The flyer for the Feb 15th Goatlab @ The Croft, Bristol is below. However, please note that The Doubtful Guest has unfortunately had to cancel. Flyers and posters had already been printed and we are awaiting confirmation from a replacement artist. News here when we get it. More information about who is playing on thegoatlab.com



I've also just agreed to play a one hour Death$ucker mash-up vs set with (against?) Hoonboy at New Born @ The Cooler on Park St, Bristol on Feb 28th. Finalised flyer to follow.

Labels: Death$ucker, Flyer, Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset

:: Dan 14.1.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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SeeqPod is a great music search engine that plays from the results page. It even finds all of the Gusset MP3s on this here site and streams them from our server for you. Handy.
[via grom]

Labels: Gusset, Internet, Music, Search

:: Dan 6.1.08 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Happy New Year to all our readers!

The Christmas madness is nearly behind us. I’ve already played the first Gusset gig of 2008, at 2:30 this morning. It sounded good and I think I played quite well, but attendance at the Hijack NYW party was disappointing and lower still by the time I played. Never mind. I had a wicked night nonetheless. Really enjoyed the sets from Wascal & Superisk, Phaeleh, and Cheeba’s midnight set, great way to welcome in the New Year! Chime just before midnight, auld lang sign with breaks, then Killing In The Name. Inspired!

Thanks to Weasel for this picture of us enjoying the night:


Weasel & Gusset @ Hijack NYE Party
Originally uploaded by gusset.


God bless you on your quest!

The next gig is on Thursday, when I'll be selecting my Desert Island Disks at the Hillgrove from 8pm. Then I'm taking a break until the Valentine Goatlab in Feb.


Dan Gusset's Desert Island Disks
Originally uploaded by gusset.


Here's to the New Year! Cheers.

Labels: Flickr, Flyers, Gusset, Hijack

:: Dan 1.1.08 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Ask Dr Kim by Gusset in shops now!

dSWAT
£3.00 + p&p
Quotes the Press Release (that I wrote)

Norman Records
£6.49 + p&p
"Ask Dr Kim' by Gusset on Deathsucker is a right old load of hardcore breakcore gabba crazy noise featuring tracks by Shitmat, Parasite, Jason Forrest, the rather hilariously named Hard Off and many many more. Not one to play around your mum unless they like getting twatted at raves and hanging around with brightly coloured spazzes. Nonetheless it's a reasonably enjoyable romp through the harsher end of electronics. Dark and daft... great sleeve too."

Boomkat
£6.99 + p&p
"This remix compilation draws together reinterpretations of Gusset's Skidmark EP by notable breakcore production bods like Parasite, Shitmat, Jason Forrest and other such pranksters. Unusually for a collection of reworkings, Ask Dr. Kim carries off a very unified, consistent sound. If that comes across as a backhanded compliment, well, it is, because the level and depth and variety of production style is a tad underwhelming. Jason Forrest comes off with some credit, knocking out militantly tasteless '80s MOR rock with chopped-up glee on his 'Opus Fruits' cut, but otherwise, expect a deluge of homogenous beat dismemberments and dismal sample distortion."

Toolbox Records
16.86EUR
"A wise melt of melodious breakcore and brutal punxxx breakcore... Excellent compilation feaaturing loads of Gusset tunes melted with some famous tunes from Parasite, Donna Summer, ..."

No review:

Play
£6.99, free delivery

Virgin Megastore
£8.00, free delivery

Rough Trade
£6.99 + p&p
Quote from PR

Switch Records
8EUR + p&p

Blogs:
Natali Fisher
Borderline Music
Hoonboy

Labels: Gusset, Shopping

:: Dan 15.12.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Knowing you are unlikely to be low on things to do over Christmas and the New Year I though playing a gig for your entertainment was just as likely to clash and interfere with you personal calendar as it was to compliment it. To overcome this problem I have whored myself liberally across as many gigs as possible this festive season. If your winter festivities are shy on Gusset, you may wish to consider attending one of the following. And if you are hardcore enough to attend all of them the sets will be different at each.

Plummet's Bristol Breakcore Christmas Carnage @ Timbuk2, Thursday 20.12.07 – feat The Teknoist, Jay Nom, the 1manarmy residence, & Gusset Radiophonic DJ set

The Goatlab @ The Croft, Friday 21.12.07 – feat Shitmat, Binray, Kilka Serco, the lab residence & Gusset live set

HIJACK Camelot - The Knights of the Turn-Table - Medieval NYE Party @ Timbuk2, 31.12.07 – feat. Dimitri from Powys, ASBO Disco, Lyricist Hobo, Cheeba, Blazey, Superisk & Wascal, & Gusset.
"Fancy Dress Encouraged: Kings & Queens, Knights & Squires, Witchcraft & Wizardry, Dragons, Jesters and Damsels in distress... Be imaginative!"

Dan Gusset's Desert Island Disks @ (CAMRA South West pub of the year 2007) The Hillgrove Porter Store, Thursday 03.01.08

Goatlab line ups are also booked up for Feb and April but I won't bore you with that now.

Here are some pretty colours:

Labels: Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset, Hijack, Plummet

:: Dan 5.12.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Gowers Review Bingo
The Rambler marks the first anniversary of the Gowers Review into intellectual property law with a quick summery of its recommendations, and a note of hope that it may be implemented now that the person who commissioned it is in number 10.

Incidentally, I've just noticed that when that post was published two weeks ago, GussetBlog also turned five! Hooray for us!

Labels: Gusset, IP, Law

:: Dan 5.12.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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GoatLab Radio with Dan Gusset, Anarchist606 & special guest Dr. Richard Wigglesworth - November 2007
Direct link [61MB MP3]
Tracklisting:
1. Pitchshifter - Underachiever (Earache)
2. Richard Wigglesworth - Ethereal (unreleased)
3. Microphyst - Taking Chances with Oncoming Traffic (Proboscus)
4. Gusset - Maniac Gene Time (Death$ucker)
5. Richard Wigglesworth - Hampton Court (unreleased- but was on future music cd aug 2007!!!)
6. Rabbit Junk - Start the Riot (oops!! DHR cover on DTrash)
7. AFX - Cilonen From Analord (Rephlex 2005)
8. DHC Meinof - Revolution Action (DHR cover on DTrash)
9. Gusset's slAYer MeGA miXXX!!!lol (feat. Doormouse, Duran Duran Duran, Atari Teenage Riot, John Williams, Slayer, Dokaka, Skimall)

Mary Anne Hobbs had a live session from Amon Tobin this week and also played a dubplate of the forth coming Meat Beat Manifesto on Planet Mu (a match made in electronic music heaven!), which sounds like pumped up dubstep influenced versions opf the RUOK ...in Dub material. There's a tracklisting and links to a two part rar of the show here.

Kraftwerk: We Are the Robots documentary from Radio 4 [stream]

Electronic Explorations
"Electronic Explorations is a weekly 2 hour podcast that promises totally exclusive mixes from the cream of the electronic world; deviously crafted patchworks of carefully sewn rhythms, sonic contortions and delicate melodies - dubstep, minimal electronica, techno and anything else that’s pushing the boundaries of electronic music."
Guest mixes include: Milanese and Marlow (available to download now) and coming in the future Vaccine, Tes La Rok, Herd, Datach'i, Ranking Records, Bitesize Beats, iTAL tEK, Somatic Responses, Surgeon, Vex'd, Geiom, Forensix, plaNt, Panda, Reso & osymyso.

Last Wednesday was No Music Day again, although I missed it this year. BBC Radio Scotland embraced it - didn't play any music and had loads of interviews with Drummond all day. Thanks to Taras for this recording of the interviews [Rapidshare 37MB MP3]

Terminal 11 - Birds (Eustachian Remix) [1MB MP3]

Labels: GoatLab, Gusset, MP3, Radio4

:: Dan 23.11.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Did I mention that Gusset's Ask Dr Kim remix album is out now on Death$ucker? Oh, ok. We'll, did I menntion that there are 500k MP3 samples of every track on the dSWAT page? No, well here you go.

Raoul Sinier - Huge Samurai Radish Trailer (Ad Noiseam)
"12 new tracks including remixes and collaborations with Lynx and Ram, Datach'i, Vast Aire (Cannibal Ox), Wisp and La Caution. Out on Ad Noiseam in December."


Edit:
Just added: FORENSICS - ILL FM SET [82.4MB MP3]
Tracklist in comments

Labels: Gusset, MP3, Ra

:: Dan 16.11.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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They're here
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Gusset's Ask Dr Kim remix album finally physically exists for people who want to buy it!

Labels: CD, Death$ucker, Electronic Music, Flickr, Gusset

:: Dan 14.11.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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"Drop Beats Not Bombs ... the bi-yearly anti war event that donates 100% of its profits to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Campaign Against Arms Trade.

"Our aim is to educate the people on these important issues whilst they have a good time. So from the start we have made it our mission to put together an event that comprises of a broad spectrum of sounds and styles. From Drum & Bass to Techno to Indie to Hard House, we aim to leave you breathless as we relentlessly seek out the cream of up coming talent as well as established acts/artists. And we hevent even mentioned the incredible visual displays at every event. This truly is a full on assult on the senses."

Next event: The Custard Factory, Birmingham, Sat 10 Nov 2007


(Gusset will be playing after Shitmat in the Medicine Bar)

To order your tickets online CLICK HERE

Tickets are also avalable from the following outlets:
Jibbering Records 136 Alcester Rd 0121 499 4551
Swordfish Records Temple St Birmingham 0121 633 4859
Disorder 14 Needless Alley Birmingham 0121 643 2131

Labels: Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 30.10.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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I will be guest gusseting on Juxtaposeur's Skip to the End radio show this evening, 9-11pm, BST. (That's 10-12 GMT btw)

From the mailing list:
"My second Skip to the End radio show is this Thursday at 9pm.
Expect:
1 - nervousness before my special guest arrives.
2 - neo-geek talk about music and technology.
3 - cheesecore goodness.
4 - a 30min mix from my guest.
Listen to it at Beat-Boot-ique.co.uk/
or on my actual Skip to the End webpage.
+ send me requests (for me to ignore) or send me a message via the chat room or email.
Hope you can join me."

My 30min mix is ready and I'm very excited about it. A lovely collection of electronic classics, prog goodness, radiophonic weirdness, kids TV, Indonesian pop, noisecore, and brass bands. What more could you ask for? Hope you can listen in!

Labels: Gusset, MP3, Radio

:: Dan 27.9.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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As I mentioned on Friday I've been asked to guest on the Skip to the End radio show later this month. It'll be live on online from 9 to 11 pm (BST) on Thursday 27th September, and available to download shortly afterwards.

Among my duties for this, as well as providing inane rambling conversation obviously, will be to provide a 30min mix. I've decided to take requests, so if there's anything you'd like to hear, please drop a comment below or email me if you have any suggestions. Regular readers are particularly encouraged.
Requests so far are:
Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights (Mrs P)
Poddington Peas theme (Spokesy)

Labels: Gusset, Radio

:: Dan 11.9.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Yeah, the summer lull (also known as the festival season we didn't get booked to play in) has ended and the club nights are starting up with a vengeance. The illusive powers behind the GoatLab have been deliberating whether they want to carry on running the night, so I've stepped in as co-promoter and moved it to a new venue. It won't be restarting until December but will now have a regular slot on the last Friday of alternate months at The Croft. More news as and when.

In addition to this Gusset will be playing at the anti-war fundraiser Drop Beats Not Bombs at the Custard Factory in Birmingham on Saturday 10th November. The line-up will look something like this, although is still subject to change: Wrong Music Grott Bag Acid Experiment, STIG Noise, Mully(Acid/House), Demon Cabbage (Fill Room Full on Rave!), Teknoist, Vex Kiddy, Shitmat VS Shitnat, Gusset, Comp Winnder Set! and Wrong Music DJ's. All of this will be in the Medicine Bar and there will be loads of other stuff going on across the rest of the complex. Plus the Gusset set will include a rare live appearance by Spokesy!

The official website hasn’t been updated yet. I'll update as things come together.

P.S. Remix album release is imminent. The meeting to finalise track order and artwork is this weekend. Rush your gusset pictures in now if you want a chance of appearing on the cover!

Labels: Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 6.9.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Show Us Yer Gusset
Originally uploaded by gusset.

Flickr Show Us Yer Gusset Group created, in the hope of collecting more images for the album cover. Please add yours!

Labels: Flickr, Gusset

:: Dan 4.8.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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In album news I had a chat with Death$ucker head honcho Parasite over the weekend and we've finally slated a release date for the Gusset remix album that was now been THREE YEARS in the making. This September you will see a bargain priced CD of remixes from Gusset's Skidmark CD-R release (last few left on dSWAT). Ask Dr Kim – clever anagram, see? – will feature remixes from The Teknoist, Shitmat, Jason Forrest, Parasite, Binary, Atki2, hard.off, m||m, Hoonboy, Twocsinak and more!

We gave up on the slutty nurse photoshoot idea due to budget restrictions (ie, £0). So instead we will be making a collage of gusset photos. Please send photos of your gusset to: gusset[at]gmail.com. You don’t have to be wearing the item, just pose your pants and snap away. Photos will be used under a CC licence and you will get a credit in the artwork. You won't get paid mind, but you get the satisfaction of being able to point and say;

"Check this; that's my gusset on that album cover."
"Get away!" your friends will say.
"No really, look, my name’s on the 'thanks' inside, here," points.
"You magnificent bastard!" they will declare.

Submission deadline is 1st September 2007!!!

Labels: Art, Death$ucker, Gusset, Music, Photography

:: Dan 19.6.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Gusset have agreed to play at an Ashton Court Festival benefit gig at Timbuk2 in Bristol on 15.06.07. I've always been a fan of the festival (also known as the Bristol Community Festival), and thanks to my parents enthusiasm too I went from an early age. This photo is from 1977 I believe:



The festival has always struggled financially and are very open with their predicament, which seems to have them teetering on the verge of bankruptcy year on year. A whole bunch of people are campaigning to raise funds through various means to help ensure it's future.

The line up for the benefit gig is as yet uncertain but it looks like a highly varied line-up of exciting local talent ...and Gusset. More news as I get it.

Labels: AshtonCourt, Gigs, Gusset

:: Dan 9.5.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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The long anticipated 'Mrs Ps 7" Collection' DJ set finally happened at Goatlab on Friday night. It was messy. It was my first vinyl mixing DJ set and was full of mistakes and gaps. I got asked to play at somebody's wedding. And I recorded the whole two and a half hours of it for you lucky people.

Gusset DJ - Mrs P's 7" Collection recorded @ Goatlab, Bristol, 04.05.07 [133MB MP3]

Labels: Gusset, MP3

:: Dan 4.5.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Flyers for the next GoatLab, May the fourth be with you!





Set times:

Room 1 - Main Room:
10:00 - 11:00 Gusset
11:00 - 11:30 cDatakill
11:30 - 12:00 Geisha
12:00 - 12:45 Gareth Clarke
12:45 - 01:45 Soundbites
01:45 - 02:15 Microphyst
02:15 - 03:00 Hoonboy
03:00 - 03:30 Blam
03:30 - 04:00 Parasite

Room 2 - Front Room:
10:00 - 11:00 Nim Chimpski
11:00 - 11:45 Punksi
11:45 - 01:00 Jay Nom
01:00 - 03:15 Dub Boy b2b Ironside
03:15 - 04:00 DJ Ruk

Room 3 - The Lab (Access via far end of Main Room)
12:00 - 01:30 Descend
01:30 - 03:00 Gusset - Mrs P's 7 inch Collection Set!!!
03:00 - 04:00 DJ Goat Bot

Labels: Flyer, Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset

:: Dan 3.5.07 [Arc] [1 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Flyers for the next GoatLab, May the fourth be with you!

Labels: Flyer, Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset

:: Dan 10.4.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Parasite and Gusset @ Laptop Battle III, The Croft, Bristol, 30th March 2007
Originally uploaded by el_juez.

Sets here and here.

Labels: Flickr, Gusset, Laptop Battle

:: Dan 10.4.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Yey hey! Out in the first round by a unanimous judges decision!

Congratulations to Headphobe and Defazed (Ned and Rich) for a deserved win, they trounced everyone in every round, there was no doubting they were going to walk away with it.

By extreme ill fortune we were drawn against them in the first round, which we had been dreading. They really hammer hard with their live drum triggering rather than loop based play. We thought we might be able to compete with them in one of the longer later rounds, as Parasite thought they were struggling to keep it up that long when he saw the last battle. In the two-minute opening round it's very very hard to prove yourself and we had no chance against them.

Michael J Rocks was cruelly knocked out. He was the only person who played two two-minute tunes with a beginning a middle and an end (like they teach you at school). Everyone else just kept making noise until they were told to stop. It leave the crowd wanting more but it's not quite as satisfying as a whole.

I think we could have gone further with a different draw but that's life. Was still great fun and the night in all was great. All the neigh-sayers who think its just a geek fest really should see it; there was a brilliant vibe, the crowd were well up for it (there was almost a mosh pit at times) and no beardstroking in sight. Well done to everyone involved and thanks to the promoters for putting it on.

At least I squeezed in a DJ set early in the night so I did play for more than four minutes, and I got to have a little jam with DJ Asian Hawk (UK DMC champion and 2nd in the world, apparently), which was fun.

I've learnt a lot about software and performance though doing this and my normal live sets will improve for it too. It's been a valuable learning opportunity. For the technically minded the advice I received is mostly in this Mu thread. The exception was an email string with Steve Milanese who adviced me not to try to learn software (when I mentioned Pd) in a short space of time, "practise drumming shit a lot and not worry too much about using mad software." It worked for Ned and Rich, as they were much tighter than I've ever seen them before last night. The practice pays off. Well done guys.

Labels: Gigs, Gusset, Laptop Battle

:: Dan 31.3.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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It's tonight! Please come out and support. The judging is partially by crowd response so it would be great to see some Gusset fans there.

Laptop Battle UK v3
1st UK Laptop Team Battles!!!



Doors: 9pm-4am. £5 entry.
@ The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol

Labels: Gigs, Gusset, Laptop Battle

:: Dan 30.3.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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Shawn Greenlee, Gusset, Bulimic Sideburns @ El Perro, Madrid, 15.03.07



Thanks to JC for sorting out the gig while I was over in Madrid. And thanks to everyone else for making me feel so welcome. Cheers, guys. Especially to Gabi. It's great to work with someone who takes the integration of visuals with the music so seriously. I know you wanted to prepare more and that my freeform, 'don't know what I'm going to play next' attitude to live sets doesn't help, but I think it worked out nicely. And also thanks to Roland. Sorry I couldn't make it to your radio show, that would have been great fun, but time and laptop problems did not permit.

Great music from everyone, all night. The DJ sets at the end were a breath of fresh air. Hearing medieval pieces mixed in with breakcore and booty is brilliant. A very open minded audience you have there, I wish it was like that everywhere. "Theremin boy" (I never found out his real name) was good too. As I discussed with Shewn, it's amazing how simple an instrument still holds so much fascination. Although you can argue the same about guitars or bongos or anything else. Within electronic music it has a unique place.

Shawn Greenlee's set was superb. He wanted to limit it to 40 minutes, joking that people can't take much more of it than that, but I would have gladly listened to more. (Thanks for the CD too btw.) His homebrew interfaces (the drawing tablet and the battered and hacked-up keypad) made for an inspiring visual performance. These were input devices anyone watching could understand and using the laptop purely as a display of the audio visual interaction between the controls and the music means he creates perfectly entwined abstract visuals at the same time. It's difficult to explain. Just look at the pictures and imaging the visuals projected on the ceiling are constantly evolving and changing with the aural onslaught.



Thanks again everyone!

Labels: Gigs, Gusset, Madrid

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Yes, it's a vintage Gusset special this week.
Seven 4-track demos recorded by the original three-piece Gusset line-up in 1996!
Rescued from cassette and re-mastered by Spokesy.

Loctite Super Glue Number 4 [4MB MP3]
Radar [5MB MP3]
Fungle [3MB MP3]
You [6MB MP3]
Horny Cheese [5MB MP3]
Amazing [5MB MP3]
Square [5MB MP3]

Music by Spokesy (bass and sequencing) & Dan P (guitar and sequencing), lyrics vocals by Riot Girrrl Big H. All sequencing is an Amiga 1200 running OctoMED.

Sorry about the chewy tape hole just before the middle eight in You. I'll see if I can find another copy of the tape to fix that. Oh yeah, and sorry about the performance and recording being generally shambolic, we didn't really know what we were doing.

Feedback appreciated should anyone make it through it!

Labels: Gusset, MP3

:: Dan 16.3.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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1st UK Laptop Team Battles!!!





Doors: 9pm-4am. £5 entry.
@ The Croft, 117-119 Stokes Croft, Bristol

Labels: Gigs, Gusset, Laptop Battle

:: Dan 8.3.07 [Arc] [0 comments] [links to this post] ::
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The GoatLab 3 gig last Friday went well. Well, went OK at least. My photos have been added to this Flickr set. (Also includes GoatLab 1 from September).

Once again I played so early in the evening there was no-one there at the start of it and when asked to extend it as the place filled up I dropped some of the early material in again. I don't think the recording is going to sound very good.

Hunting Lodge provided a hilarious does of guitar based noise. They were tight, their guitarist was good, their bassist kept trying to trash his base but forgot that it was attached to his neck, the vocals were unsurprisingly unintelligible, but their drummer made the band. Wielding nothing but two sticks, his underpants, and a sweaty hairy beer gut full of attitude, he stole the show. This is male bonding music. As long as the bonding consists of pushing and shoving, shouting and generally trying to intimidate and embarrass your mates.

Acrnym lived up to the sales pitch of sounding like "Venetian Snares on crack." At least, I'll buy that description, without having ever taken crack. His three quid CDR was a bargin too. Incidentally, I noticed a poster advertising the film Outlaw this morning. The quote from lads rag Nuts called it "Football Factory with guns!" Yeah, because any film can be improved by adding guns to it, can't it? At least it makes a change from the tired journalistic cliché of simply adding "...on drugs" to the end of everything. The above adage only proves that promoters are just as guilty of falling into the same literary hole.

Mad EP played a great, dark and heavy hip-hop influenced set. It seemed to throw people again, in the same way Milanese did at the same venue. What is it with Bristol breakcore fans and there 300bpm ears? Sometimes it's good to slow down now and again. Maybe just not slap band in the middle of the evening I guess.

Patric C / Candi Hank was one of the founders of the breakcore scene, back in the Digital Hardcore days, but someone I knew embarrassingly little about. His set showed he is still at the top of his game. It much harder (and with less Germanic rapping) than the example set I linked to last week. The most impressive thing about it was that huge chunks of it were played live out of a GP2x handheld Linux console (link) and an old Commodore Amiga running a tracker that was projected onto a giant screen. Best crowd reaction of the night too.

Jason Forrest played a thumping happy hardcore tinged DJ Donna Summer set, which seemed to keep everyone happy. I think would have preferred a live set of his own prog-rock influenced disco madness personally. The inclusion of the Beastie Boys Girls made me smile in particular. Like his DJ set I linked to here some of the material looses its intensity and starts to sound silly when played that fast. Am I getting old?

Ironside finished off with a one-deck Final Scratch DnB DJ set that was only marred by me rummaging through cables behind the booth and accidentally cutting his power. Sorry about that.

Unfortunately technical problems – failed sound system – in the back room means the eagerly anticipated 'Mrs P 7" Collection' DJ set didn't happen. I'll keep that for the next GoatLab on 4th May. Also playing at the next one will be Hecate*, Cdatakill, Soundbytes (of Prodigy mash-up fame), and Gareth Clark.

Let's hope having Hecate and Gusset on the same bill doesn't curse the night. We've been booked to play with Rachel twice in the past and both times the night has been cancelled. Really looking forward to actually seeing her live finally. Third time lucky, eh?

Labels: Gigs, GoatLab, Gusset, Review

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Video flyer for our Madrid gig, 15.03.07:

impersonal secular mucus 5

Labels: Flyer, Gigs, Gusset, Video

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Tonight sees Gusset resuming our residency at GoatLab @ Timbuk2, Small St. I've lost track of how many times I've dropped in information about the gig, so I won't do so again, just go to the news page.

If for any bizarre reason you are still in two minds about coming along you can hear a Candy Hank / Patric C live set here, from 3399 records party. Excellent idea for a record label, recording live performance straight into the lathe and potentially using "tape loop" type feedback from the recording process. Shame they aren't still going.

Mad EP is also playing tonight. Here's the trailer for his split with Ra, out soon: Ra vs Mad EP - Ultrafood Trailer

I hope to be able to record my DJ set tonight and add it here tomorrow. We'll see how that goes. My live set should go up on thegoatlab.com within a few days.

Labels: Gusset, MP3

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Gusset will be playing live at Impersonal Strike in Madrid, Spain on 15th March, along with Shawn Greenlee (a.k.a. Pleasurehorse) and "more audiovisual carnage."

More details here as we get them.

Labels: Gigs, Gusset, Madrid, Spain

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I think I've finally got everything sorted again after moving house and therefore feel the need to show off my set up. It's colourful if nothing else.



Click the image for the guided tour.

What're you packin'?

Labels: Flickr, Gusset, Studio

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