Some Cassette Releases by Staaltape

Here is some of the latest releases by Staaltape. Full description, pictures, track list, who is? and reviews are to be found on the staaltape site

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15 November: Peter Cusack – Lloyd Dunn – DJ Pato

The last evening at the Rote Salon for us. This edition we have invited Peter Cusack and Lloyd Dunn, two sound artists who are firmly rooted in the last century, and both have arrived at the use of field recordings in a very special way. While Lloyd Dunn’s method is one of collage and carefully composing, (listen to his fantastic filecasts on Nula) Peter Cusack combines the act of story telling with his recordings.

Bibi-Heybat Oilfields, near Baku, Azerbaijan. Photograph, Peter Cusack

DJ Pato, our resident DJ, is world famous in Berlin. Just lean back and listen, or keep on talking. You will be surprised, and delighted.

Monday 15 November, 21.00 hours

Peter Cusack (lecture/concert)

Lloyd Dunn (audio/visual)

DJ Pato

at

Rote Salon/Volksbühne (at the front go left of building and enter)

U2 Rosa Luxemburg Platz

18. September – Take the Money and Run

Staalplaat, invited by one of the curators at the Volksbühne, would set up a series of shows at der Rote Salon in the season 2010-2011. The Volksbühne Board of Directors, if there is any, inspired by the dramatic changes in Banana Republics all over the world, decided to stop our series. There are still two evenings left.

This man is Isaac Bashevis Singer, one of the greatest writers of last century.

And this picture shows the entrance to der Rote Salon, kind of..

Radboud Mens and John Grzinich are the two actors this evening, saturday 18. Come at 21.00 to see how a room of pluche and purist dreams will come alive by sounds as old as Pythagoras.

Both will use strings. Strings as in guitar strings and not as in lady’s pants. If you want to dream about that, you have to come after 24.00 when der Rote Salon opens its doors to Disco Rostock.

Mr. Mens and Mr. Grznich will not play a guitar as rock stars do. But…Who knows?

Yes, indeed who knows. Radboud Mens will play three guitars at the same time, without touching them. John Grzinich will play a very long string which is connected from side to side. Both, Mr. Mens and Mr. Grzinich will make the room sing. They are open to questions after the shows.

This evening is listed on the website of the volksbühne.

18. September, 21.00 -23.00

Rote Salon

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Linienstraße 227

Radboud Mens

John Grzinich

DJ Pato

For Descriptions and Links to Radboud Mens and John Grzinich see entries below. DJ Pato is world famous in Berlin, and needs no further introduction

28 – 30 July: Blind Tape Quartets

Three days in a row,on thursday, friday and saturday, from 18.00 onwards, musicians and non – musicians are invited to join the Blind Tape Quartets.

Let’s explain this step by step.

Blind Tapes is the label of Luka Ivanovic ( aka Lukatoyboy). Blind Tape Quartets is a series of releases on this label.

The name is Blind Tape Quartets because a four track recorder is used to prepare the master tape.

Four tracks for four artists who will be united on this tape. Four artists who don’t know what will be on the other track. Four artists who will record their music onto the recorder as if they are playing in a quartet.

The four track recorder will be set up in the basement of Staalplaat store.

Any one who has a device, an instrument, an object, an idea, a voice can come and have 10 seconds to 10 minutes space to fill on the recorder.

We provide the cable and the various ways of recording by microphone onto the 4track.

Once the master tape is full, a mix will be made on a blank cassette, or on one of my cassettes full of Neue Türkische Kunst. Participating artists can keep this cassette. These cassettes are a release by Blind Tapes.

Everyone can come. Just walk in. I don’t expect long waiting lines.

An extended version of Blind Tape Quartets will be presented as a kind of workshop /demostration on the Tales for Tapes evening on 3. August at Altes Finanzamt.

So,

On 28, 29 or 30 July you can come and join the Blind Tape Quartet.

A four track to record 10 seconds up to 10 minutes of your sounds will be waiting for you in the basement of Staalplaat store.

Cables and microphones and blank cassettes are provided for.

Record as you come, no registration or reservation needed.

28-30 July, 18.00 – 20.00 hr

Blind Tape Quartets

at

Staalplaat

Flughafenstrasse 38

U8 Boddinstrasse/ U7 Rathaus Neukölln

Friday, 25. June, Upstairs/Downstairs

On the 25th of June, Guillaume and his petit mignon will celebrate the opening of a new exhibition. And if you are not familiar with the style, you really should get some new friends who can tell you.

The exhibition is called “Dickes Wasser”, put together by the Bambam Collective

The exhibition will come with a lot of extra’s, and of course the usual wall paper that makes the shop so funky, o yeah, baby, baby.
Duration: June 25th – July 20th 2010

Those who feel like doing something else right now, should save their best bits for the shows in the basement….

Where?

Have fun

with

LordxGonzo

and

Pentothal®

25. June

Le Petit Mignon (Staalplaat store),

Flughafenstr. 38, Neukoelln,

7pm, concerts from 8:30pm

15. August – Video Love and Gijs Gieskes and DJ Pato

I am on tour, so things are a bit hectic. No usual epistologic introduction now, but some simple cut and paste action to introduce this evenings guests:

VIDEO LOVE

read all about them:

and see a bit

GIJS GIESKES

an impression of his works:

DJ PATO

Following Spanish tradition you can even listen to him blindfolded,

but if you do so, you might loose your way.

15 May, 21.00 hrs

video love

gijs gieskes

dj pato

roter salon, volksbuehne

entrance left

U 2 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
S-Bahn Alexanderplatz
Bus 200, 142, TXL
Tram M2, M8 an der Torstraße
Nachtbus N2