Hive 012: Si-Cut.db & Tigrics live in Liverpool

[alextronic]

Hive 012:
Wednesday 29 June 2005

Hive returns to FACT with prodigious electronic experimentalist Si-Cut.db whose distinctive microsound file morphing has been released on Bip Hop, Fallt and Highpoint Lowlife. He also organises the highly influential Sprawl night in London. Support comes from Highpoint Lowlife labelmate Tigrics, whose sound is beautiful, melodic and crunchy.

Plus Hive’s own Strcprstskrskrk teams up with vj Bob Wass for the first presentation of their Ultra-Imaginary Project based on the work of German filmmaker, Werner Herzog.

DJ sets: Andy Odia (ex-Roger) of Manchester’s Black Heart Disco and Hive resident Alextronic.

Expect a few surprises as Hive continues to champion new electronic music for Liverpool.

Venue: FACT, 88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ
Time: 7pm - 11pm
Tel: 0151 707 4450
Cost: £5/£4


si-cut.db aka Douglas Benford

For over 9 years Douglas has also run and DJed at the London-based electronic music Sprawl Club and label with Iris Garrelfs AKA BIt Tonic, which besides its regular spots in Soho and Farringdon, London, have also held specials such as the Interplay series (Spitz), Sprawl Compass, GroundSwell at the ICA, Watermans (SonicRecycler) & Colchester Art Centres, Tate Modern, plus Sprawl events in Brighton and Leeds. Monthly Sprawls currently resides at various venues in central London, and are linked to the Sprawl Resonance FM Small Pieces radio show (in rota with [no signal], Slow Sound System, HighPoint LowLife & Dfuse).

Recent SI-CUT.DB material by Douglas has been released primarily on BIP HOP (france) and ATC/BACKGROUND (germany), and Highpont Lowlife (US/UK) with more material due on all labels. A new album on FALLT (N. Ireland) is due later this year; plus a SI-CUT.DB/STEPHAN MATHIEU (mille plateaux/orthlorng musork) collaboration is currently about to be released on for Bip Hop. SI-CUT tracks appeared recenlty on French Label DAYDREAM, SIMBALLREC (US), ECR, SPA.RK, WARP, FALLT, Taylor Deupree's 12K Term and others. A track on is also Sprawl's infamous HMM album project alongside VLADISLAV DELAY, WANG INC, FARBEN, DAVID TOOP, CARL STONE, KIT CLAYTON, and FREEFORM, as well co-ordinating and originating the concept, electronic versions of traditional hmynsSi-Cut.db