In the first month of this year we heard the second record of Cloud Nothings; Attack On Memory. The lo-fi indierockband from Cleveland worked for this record together with grunge producer Steve Albini, who also worked together with Pixies and Nirvana. Together with Albini they sounded more focused and made a really nice record.

And because the last show in Effenaar where we gave away tickets for, Factory Floor, was cancelled we decided that we’re gonna give away a new bunch of tickets. Next sunday, at the 27th of May, the boys from Cloud Nothings will play at our favorite venue from Eindhoven and that’s why you can win 2×2 tickets! The only thing that you have to do is to answer the following question:

What is the name of  record label where Cloud Nothings is releasing their albums?

Make sure you’ll send the answer of this question to win@incubate.org, including your full name before next monday!

For the last five years cultural initiative WEI organised a lot of cultural activities. They also collaborated with us earlier for the New Jacks-exhabitation. Unfortunately they decided to call it a day, but luckily enough they are organizing one last event.

This next Friday, the 16th of March, there will be an expo with different artists like Florian de Visser, Lori van Vlerken, Willem Claassen, Tijs Rooijakkers, Guerilla Scope and Munne. But besides art there is also room for performances, good food and of course music. Click here for more information.

Next month the Canadian Dan Mangan is coming back to the Netherlands. Our friends from Effenaar were so kind to give us 3×2 tickets and of course we don’t keep them to ourselves.

At Saturday the 7th of April Mangan is playing in Eindhoven. Last year he released his third record called ‘Oh Fortune‘ and you can consider that as his breakthrough. Do you want to see him live? Just send an email to win@incubate.org with your name and as subject ‘Dan Mangan‘ and maybe you’re going to be lucky!

“The artist formerly known as street artist”

Jeroen Erosie’s current work explores the subversion of different genres, and the loss of its intrinsic values. Considering the ‘play’ between advertising, art, graphic design, graffiti and illustration in an ongoing search for artistic freedom.

Observing a culture, wherein successful communication alludes to supremacy, and these dislocated modes of communication embody our post-modern obsession with visual language and image in general.

To find out more about Erosie and his work check out his Flickr and blog.

HORROR VACUI vs STROOMHUIS vs MARTYN from Jeroen Erosie on Vimeo.

We already told you that for our 16th edition of Incubated we booked the Strange Boys. Now we got some more good news for this gig at the 5th of April; Woody & Paul will be playing as well!

Woody & Paul is a band from Eindhoven and playing for a while. Last autumn they released their fourth record (at our favorite record store Sounds) that received lots of positive criticism. One part of the band, Paul van Hulten, is also known from his project Man From The South and played earlier at Incubate. We are really looking forward to see this band play! You to? Buy your tickets for Strange Boys + Woody and Paul for only €9,- below.

Man from the South is playing with Bird at Ketelhuis in Eindhoven this sunday, January 22nd. The show starts at 15:00 and it ends at 18:00 and you can win tickets! Man from the South is a solo-project of Paul van Hulten. He is also known as Paul from Woody & Paul. It will be the first time he plays solo on Eindhoven’s soil.

Ketelhuis is a beautiful industrial room which accommodate the perfect atmosphere and acoustic for the melancholic semi-acoustics song from Man from the South. His supporting program is Bird. Bird is a trio from the Netherlands. Two guys and a woman playing indie/folk like acoustic songs. They make records DIY-style and playing at places where there’s a breathing space for music. A place where Bird feels at home.

Both artists have played at the Incubate festival and now it’s chance to see them live again! All you have to is send an e-mail to win@incubate.org and put Man from the South in the subjectbox. We’ll pick one lucky winner and notify him or her as soon as possible! Good luck.

En op zondag vieren we Vrijdag is a solo presentation from Dick Verdult and it’s a part of VANUIT HIER – OUT OF HERE. Trendbeheer called it exhibition of the year. Dick Verdult solo, part of ‘vanuit hier – out of here’ at van Abbe museum in Eindhoven. The exhibition is until the 26th of February.

(Pictures from Cultuurbewust)

Performance “Fanta Maria in haar Dependance van Goedheid”

‘A fairytale like musical performance in the days before Christmas inpired by the relationship between Robinson Crusoë and Friday. The installation Portable Lambaréné, made by Dick Verdult on the Dommel riverbank, will be the location for the performance. In Lambaréné (Gabon, Africa) Albert Schchweitzer built a leprosy hospital. Verdult has been fascinated by Schweitzer as saviour in Africa for a long time. For him the relationship between Robinson and Friday is similar. Misunderstandings that come into being and remain when meeting the unknown.’

VERTIGO – A LIVE ELECTRONICS JOURNEY
After a succesful first edition on February 5, the Adapter collective presents their audio/video project Vertigo for the second time this year. The program consist of a number of live IDM/electronica acts who are linked to an equal number of video artists. This allows for one-off, mostly improvised a/v-performances unique to this night.

LIVE: KETTEL
In the past years Kettel enriched the great catalogues of labels such as Planet Mu, Neo Ouija, Kracfive, Clone and Dub. His music covers the vast terrain between electronica, hiphop, IDM and more classically conceived music. He is well-known for his playful, spontaneous melodies and organic sounds similar to Aphex Twin, Jega and Plaid.

VISUALS BY: PIXYBOX
Graphic designer PixyBox was first introduced to the making of visual art at the Academie voor Popcultuur. In her visuals she combines custom-made material with animation and real-life footage, mixed at times with iconic pop culture imagery.

LIVE: PSIOX
Influenced by a wide range of musical genres and artists from record labels such as WARP and Planet Mu, Adapter member Psiox aims for musical hyperspace without boundaries. This self-proclaimed “mutant form of idm & retro-futuristic techno” often takes on a life of its own on stage, resulting in a hybrid listening experience and eclectic live performances.

VISUALS BY: 249_K (UNIT44)
249_K studied 3D design at the AKI Art Academie. He creates in his video art 3D surroundings with references to abstract architecture, typography and graphic design.

LIVE: AUTONOMATIX
With roots deep in the Eindhoven underground scene, Adapter member Autonomatix likes to create his sound intuitively and in complete freedom. In his live performances he strives to take the listener to an alternate reality. The weightless world where ideas and dreams take form.

VISUALS BY: MONGOOSH
VJ Mongoosh incorporates self-shot time laps films and animation in his performance. With a large membrane microphone he picks up rhythms he uses for his mix.

DJ´s:

HERRFER
Known as a technically skilled “all style” dj, the sounds of dj HerrFer reflect on dark sides but result in accessible dj-sets fit for the dance floor. HerrFer recently founded Shipwrec records which specializes in high quality electronic music on vinyl.

BERGBOS
With the dj-project “Bergbos” Adapter members Ruistuin and MuRas will take you on a journey into the depths of their musical inspiration.

www.adapter.nu / www.tac.nu

Date: 24 September 2011
Time: 21:00 – 02:00
Place: TAC (Eindhoven)
Costs: €3 (no presale)

Watch this video called William by Man From The South (who we confirmed for Incubate 2011 yesterday). This video is the first in a series leading up to the release of his new album called Koblenz. In anticipation of this album (which will be released during Incubate) we’ll show a new video every week via this blog. Enjoy!

Morrissey (The Smiths) recently played some new songs on BBC live, which were up for streaming afterwards at The NJ Underground. These three tracks can also be streamed below. During this session Morrissey also revealed that his latest studio album is ready, but he has yet to find a label for it. The former Smiths frontman is set to perform at Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven, Holland later this year.

(via The Quietus)

‘Action is my Middle Name’

Morrissey – Action Is My Middle Name (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground

‘The Kid’s A Looker’

Morrissey – The Kid’s a Looker (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground

‘People Are The Same Everywhere’

Morrissey – People Are The Same Everywhere (BBC Session) by TheNJUnderground

We recently did a special on this blog about the Franscesca Gavin curated exhibition ‘The New Psychedelica‘ in MU Eindhoven. Check out all the pieces we wrote about it over here. The exhibition is still running so go and see it! Next week there will be a special night called ‘Kamermans Kermis.’ Read all about it in this blogpost.

Kamermans Kermis @ MU, Eindhoven
Thursday May 19th
From 20:00, free entrance

“Kamermans Kermis and MU present a psychedelic evening with a scientific lecture by American Techgnosis-writer Erik Davis, short films by DVD-magazine Wholphin and outspoken literature by Niña Weijers and Christophe Verbrugge. This evening correlates to the current MU-exhibition ‘The New Psychedelica’, curated by Francesca Gavin.”

“Kamermans Kermis is a multidisciplinary cultural program, created by Dutch digital cultural magazine De Optimist, Amsterdam-based cultural centre De Balie and the American DVD-magazine Wholphin. With stories, movies and science we honor the ideology of the obscure but fascinating Otto Kamerman (1889-1985). After six very successful nights at De Balie in Amsterdam, the Kermis is going on tour! With MU in Eindhoven as a first stop.”

“For the past decades the American writer and culture critic Erik Davis has been covering spiritual and technological movements, underground music and subcultures for magazines like Wired, Arthur and Spin. He is probably best known for his books TechGnosis – Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Age of Information and Visionary State, but he also wrote a book on Led Zeppelins IV album. Davis focuses on the mysical and spiritual aspects of our relationship with technology and the internet.”

“Niña Weijers (1987) is an upcoming young talent in the Dutch literary field. In 2010 she won the popular writing contest Write Now! and she is working on her debut novel. Christophe Verbrugge (1987) is a prose writer for the simple reason that he has no talent for sports, singing or extremely good dancing but, in a sense, does have some knowledge about the alphabet.”

You’re welcome to drop by on Thursday, May 19th, at MU for a unique evening of film, literature and science as part of the exhibition ‘The New Psychedelica’.

Online:
http://www.kamermanskermis.nl

http://www.deoptimist.net

http://www.wholphindvd.com
http://www.mu.nl

And for smartphone-users:
http://www.m.mu.nl/more

Friday 20th May Dutch techno label Klopfgeist will host another one of their infamous labelnights. After having succesful nights in Berlin, Amsterdam and Napels it’s time for Eindhoven. The location will be ‘PopEi’, which is situated in the Klokgebouw (Strijp-S) in Eindhoven.

We’ve got 2×2 tickets to give away. Want to go? Send an e-mail to win ATT incubate DOTTT org with your full name in it. Please mention: Klopfgeist in the subject line. More info (line-up, pre-sale etc.) about this event after the break:

The following artists will perform:

-  Hyde Park
-  Malbetrieb
-  Jelle Kuipers
-  Immer
-  Neo Young
-  Hesz
-  Andreas Bergmann

Doors: 22:00
Presale: 5,-
Doors: 6,-

Presale at Magda en PopEi:

Magda
Bergstraat 41
5611 JX Eindhoven
T: 040 2369069

www.magda-eindhoven.nl

PopEi
Klokgebouw 300
5617 AD Eindhoven
T: 040 2431444

www.klopfgeist.com

http://soundcloud.com/klopfgeist

Tomorrow The Black Atlantic (ZXZW 2007) will play together with Alamo Race Track in De Effenaar in Eindhoven. Check out all the info via this link. We’ve got 2×2 tickets to give away. Want to go? Send an e-mail to winnen@effenaar.nl with the subject: The Black Atlantic.

Next Sunday (May 8th) Gum Takes Tooth (who played at Incubate 2010) will play in TAC Eindhoven. Below is their biography taken from our own site. The entrance will be free so go and check it out!

Gum Takes Tooth @ TAC Eindhoven
08 May 2011
Doors: 20:30
Start: 21:15
Entrance: free

Gum Takes Tooth is a duo of Thomas Fuglesang on live trap drums, physically wired into home grown electronic instruments, bare circuit boards, tweaked, moulded and mangled in real-time by Jussi Brightmore. Frequent double drum live action is added by Valentina Magaletti. Always a totally live symbiosis of unique and manually manipulated home grown electronics driven by a dense and expansive percussion attack: no guitars, bass, keyboards, backing tracks or laptops featured in Gum Takes Tooth!

So the last week we’ve been giving you our tips for The New Psychedelica exhibit which will kick off today. Here are the links to all of the artists we highlighted on our blog last week:

Jimmy Joe Roche

Paul B. Davis

AIDS-3D

E*Rock

“The internet as an interface is the most influential phenomenon that broke through last ten years, with an incredibly strong effect on society. Its impact on our thinking and our way of communicating, our creativity and even our physiology is obvious. There is an emerging group of artists who try to explain the sense and nonsense of our relationship with technology and the internet to us. The exhibition The New Psychedelica, curated by Francesca Gavin, is the first to show that their work is being regarded as a 21st-century redefinition of psychedelic art.”

The New Psychedelica: 8 April – 5 June 2011 @ MU, Eindhoven

The upcoming months MU in Eindhoven will feature a Francesca Gavin’ curated exposition called ‘The New Psychedelica’. This exposition features work from artists from all over the world including Jimmy Joe Roche (Incubate 2010), Daniel Keller/Nik Kosmos (AIDS-3d), Harm van den Dorpel, Paul B. Davis and Jim Drain. Check out more info about the expo here. The upcoming week, Incubate will give you their tips.

E*Rock:

E*Rock is a producer, director, animator and graphic designer from Portland, OR. E*Rock is the co-founder of the Audio Dregs label and also runs the label Fryk Beat. He also produces webbased music videos with the people from Wyld File. His artwork was shown in Holland earlier at Impakt in Utrecht and at our own Incubate festival. During the 2007 edition of Incubate festival (still called ZXZW back then) E*Rock was invited by our artist in residence, the graphic designer Zeloot. Below is an impression of the installation they created back then:

The New Psychedelica: 8 April – 5 June 2011

The upcoming months MU in Eindhoven will feature a Francesca Gavin’ curated exposition called ‘The New Psychedelica’. This exposition features work from artists from all over the world including Jimmy Joe Roche (Incubate 2010), Daniel Keller/Nik Kosmos (AIDS-3d), Harm van den Dorpel, Paul B. Davis and Jim Drain. Check out more info about the expo here. The upcoming week, Incubate will give you their tips.

Paul B. Davis:

While still in college Paul B. Davis started out by hacking videogame cartridges. His idea was to create an art and music experience out of just a videogame. This was only the beginning of his work. Most people know him from his videogame hacking or his record the ‘8-bit Construction Set’, a half dj battle record/half concept album. The unique thing is that the inside tracks are audio data which can be dubbed to cassette tape and then played on an Atari or Commodore computer. This album was released on Beige Records, the label he started with brothers in arms Cory Arcangel, Joe Beuckman and Joseph Bonn.

Davis also created the World Cassette Jockey Championships, the worlds only cassette-tape DJ battle. He also collaborated with AIDS-3D, who will be featured in this special tomorrow. Davis is also part of the Creators Project, a global network dedicated to the celebration of creativity, culture and technology.

The New Psychedelica: 8 April – 5 June 2011 @ MU, Eindhoven

The upcoming months MU in Eindhoven will feature a Francesca Gavin’ curated exposition called ‘The New Psychedelica’. This exposition features work from artists from all over the world including Jimmy Joe Roche (Incubate 2010), Daniel Keller/Nik Kosmos (AIDS-3d), Harm van den Dorpel, Paul B. Davis and Jim Drain. Check out more info about the expo here. The upcoming week, Incubate will give you their tips.

Jimmy Joe Roche:

We’ll start off this series with an old friend from Incubate: Jimmy Joe Roche. Together with Dan Deacon, Roche was one of the artists in residence at last years’ Incubate festival. While in residency, Dan Deacon and Jimmy Joe Roche collaborated on a piece of video art. Material was shot at biological farm ‘t Schop in Hilvarenbeek and in the surroundings of Tilburg. During the festival, the movie was shown at the farm before a performance of Dan Deacon.

His videos have been screened internationally in venues including the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Roskilde Music Festival in Denmark, Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, J. Paul Getty Museum , Clair-obscur Filmfestival in Switzerland, and Baltimore Musesum of Art to name only a few.

The New Psychedelica: 8 April – 5 June 2011 @ MU, Eindhoven

The New Psychedelica: 8 April – 5 June 2011 @ MU, Eindhoven

The upcoming months MU in Eindhoven will feature a Francesca Gavin’ curated exposition called ‘The New Psychedelica’. This exposition features work from artists from all over the world including Jimmy Joe Roche (Incubate 2010), Daniel Keller/Nik Kosmos (AIDS-3d), Harm van den Dorpel, Paul B. Davis and Jim Drain. Check out more info about the expo here. The upcoming week, Incubate will give you their tips.

About The New Psychedelica:

“The internet as an interface is the most influential phenomenon that broke through last ten years, with an incredibly strong effect on society. Its impact on our thinking and our way of communicating, our creativity and even our physiology is obvious. There is an emerging group of artists who try to explain the sense and nonsense of our relationship with technology and the internet to us. The exhibition The New Psychedelica, curated by Francesca Gavin, is the first to show that their work is being regarded as a 21st-century redefinition of psychedelic art.”

The New Psychedelica will feature sculptures and installations from Harm van den Dorpel (NL), Jim Drain (US), Nik Kosmas en Daniel Keller (Aids-3D) (US), Sergio Recabarren (CL) en Ben Sansbury (UK), next to videoart from Antoine Catala (FR), Paul B Davis (US), E*rock (US), Carlos Lazslo (US), Rosa Menkman (NL), Brenna Murphy (US), Jimmy Joe Roche (US), Jeremy Shaw (CA), Yoshi Sodeoka (US) en Daniel Swan (UK).

Temporary Art Centre in Eindhoven have lined up 3 special concerts in a series called ‘Vreemd Volk’.

The first in the series will take place this Friday (March 4th) with British singer-songwriter The Great Park, followed by the minimalistic, acoustic blues from Above the Tree March 24th and finally the psychfolk artist Edgar Wappenhalter from Belgium on April 16, who also played at Incubate  2010!

Support of the evening comes from The Puddle Parade (NL), Esprit D’Escalier (NL) and The Urpf Lanze (BE)

All of the evenings have free entrance so lame excuses will not be tolerated! Check out the website for more information.

AreaFiftyOne skatepark is een platform voor de skate(board) cultuur en de ontmoetingsplek waar sporters en creatievellingen samenkomen voor recreatie, sport, muziek, kunst en design, om te kijken, om geïnspireerd te raken en vooral om mee te doen. De organisatie staat open voor initiatief en onderneemt activiteiten op het vlak van cultuur-economische uitingen, want Area51 is een plek die je moet beleven. Met meer dan 3.000 vierkante meter skatebaar plezier (helemaal van hout) en meer dan 700 vierkante meter aan andere faciliteiten (café, zaal, muziek educatie, houtwerkplaats, grafisch lab) is het een van de grootste van haar soort in de wereld.

Voor de programmering en evenementen zoeken ze per direct een nieuwe leidinggevende. Iemand die binding heeft met de skate cultuur en/of met jongeren cultuur en collega’s kan motiveren en inspireren. Je gaat de programmering & evenementen (podium en skate) vormgeven die aansluiten bij de beleving van de doelgroepen. Draagt verantwoordelijkheid en coördineert de realisatie van de uitvoerende werkzaamheden.

Lees de volledige vacature op de website van AreaFiftyOne.

You missed The Ex at Incubate 2010? That’s a shame! The anarchist band from Amsterdam played a fantastic show during the 2nd day of the festival.

Well, they’re touring now and will play at Effenaar Eindhoven on the 2nd of december and we’re giving away two sets of tickets. Also playing is Nikoo, who cancelled their show at Incubate 2010. And yes, that’s the same evening as Incubated 03 so you might have that one marked in your agenda!

How to win
Just send us a video or photo (link) of your nightmare ex-girl/boyfriend.

Send your video/photo + your full name to win ATT incubate DOTTT org. Please mention “The Ex” in the subject line. Good luck!

You still remember? Back in 2007, Crippled Black Phoenix played at ZXZW festival, now known as Incubate. They were great.

You still remember Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat? They also played at ZXZW 2007, and of course on the very first Incubated, 3 weeks ago (photos here!!).

Both bands are playing at Effenaar Eindhoven tonight! And you can be there since we give away 2×2 tickets for the show. Just give the correct answer on this easy question:

How many anuses are in both bandnames?

Quickly send your answer + your full name to win ATT incubate DOTTT org. Please mention “Anus Phoenix” in the subject line. Good luck!

On Sunday November 7 the awesome 65daysofstatic will play at the Effenaar in Eindhoven and YOU can win tickets to go see them! All you have to do is answer this simple question: in what year did 65daysofstatic play our (then named ZXZW) festival? Send your answer to WIN[AT]INCUBATE[DOT]ORG.

Terry Riley is one of the biggest names in minimal classical music. He was one of the first composer to work with tape loops and composed music for the famous Kronos Quartet. He wasn’t only an influence for musicians like John Adams and Philip Glass, but also inspired Pete Townshend to use keyboards in songs like Won’t Get Fooled Again and Baba O’Riley (which name is a tribute to Terry Riley).

This Friday, the 22nd of October, Riley will play in Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven for € 25,-.

But wait!

You, as a frequent blogreader, can have a discount! Instead of paying € 25,-, you’ll have a discount of € 7,50. All you have to do is go to the website of the Muziekgebouw, purchase a ticket and fill in INCUBATE (yes, with capitals) in the ‘Actiecode’-bar.

This is minimal to the maximum!

Remember Denvis, the lead singer of The Spades? Well… He became a familyman, buttoned up his blouse (well, at least the bottom two buttons) and traded in his electric guitar for an acoustic one. Now he makes alt.country-isch music with hints of Love, Calexico, Steve Earle and Willy DeVille.

On the 13th of October Denvis and the Real Deal will present their new album in the Parktheater in Eindhoven. Entrance is € 25,-, and you will get the new CD Join The Circus for free.

Next Sunday Eindhoven will turn into a headbanger’s playground again: it’s time for Dynamo Outdoor! Check out some of the hottest newcomers and biggest names in metal, hardcore and punk at the Begijnhof all day long and enjoy the festival BBQ or some special Belgian beers. Here’s this year’s line-up:

13:00u Doors open
13:20u-13:50u MAKE BELIEVE
14:00u-14:30u BURN THE IRIS
14:40u-15:10u VOLBEER
15:20u-15:50u CAMPUS
16:00u-16:40u ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK
16:50u-17:30u CARACH ANGREN
17:40u-18:40u ONSLAUGHT
19:00u-19:40u GEWAPEND BETON
19:50u-20:50u MADBALL
21:00u-21:40u NOYALTY
22:10u-00:00u KORPIKLAANI
00:00u-02:00u OFFICIAL OUTDOOR AFTERPARTY @ CAFE ALOYS: with ao PUNSHABLE ACT

Because we know you love your metal just as much as we do, we’ll give away 3 x 2 tickets to the fastest mailers. All you have to do is send an email to WIN[AT]INCUBATE[DOT]ORG. Better hurry!