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  <title>Klubnacht on 18 Feb 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Berghain/Panorama Bar

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  <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Nick H&#xF6;ppner + Boris + Tom Collins + more at Culture Box, K&#xF8;benhavn K on 3 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Culture Box

Culture Box: Sound of Berghain
NICK HÖPPNER (Ostgut Ton/Berghain/DE)
BORIS (Ostgut Ton/Berghain/DE)

Cocktail Box: The Flying Disco Circus
MESTER JAKOBSEN
TOM COLLINS


Sound of Berghain and Sound of Panorama Bar are monthly Ostgut Ton label nights at Culture Box, showcasing the finest Berghain techno and Panorama Bar house DJs.


Currently residing in his home of choice and calling, Berlin, Nick Höppner skillfully balances, explores and contributes to a dramatically wide range of musical professions, proving him to be one of the backbones of today's house and techno underground.

Be it through his monthly residencies at the inimitable Berghain/Panoramabar and Watergate clubs, his solo releases for Ostgut Ton, his expansive DJ touring, his acclaimed co-production and live performances alongside Lee Jones as MyMy, or indeed his creative involvement and management of the Ostgut label since its inception, Nick stands out as a unique, long-serving and truly dedicated figure in today's electronic music world. As a producer and DJ, Höppner displays all the characteristics of a life-long music lover. Sensitive to the history, emotions, stories and situations that derive from this music, for Nick the scope and eclecticism available within the 4/4 rhythm allows him great freedom to express his tastes and musical instincts. Throughout his two solo 12''s on Ostgut Ton, we find lush, uplifting house ('Violet'), deeply melodic techno dub sessions, spooky percussive workouts ('Makeover') and lashings of richly produced musical statements. As a remixer too, Nick's passion for storytelling comes through with great enthusiasm, as his interpretations of Richard Davis on Was Not Was, Ed Davenport on Liebe*Detail or David Durango on Meerestief have all recently shown.

To immerse one's self within Nick's typically extended DJ sets rewards similar multi-faceted discoveries. Always telling a tale, weaving an exciting path across his chosen musical spectrum - whether its a tough, raw and energetic house-party set, a dramatic big-room techno adventure, or anything in between - Nick's mature, confident approach and depth of character sets him apart from his contemporaries behind the decks.

Attracting attention since their first release in 2005 on the rock that is Playhouse records, to their beautiful debut album 'Songs For the Gentle', via showcases on Circus Company, Aus and Cocoon, to recent bombs like 'Everybody's Talkin' (Playhouse) or 'Southbound' on Ostgut Ton, the gentleman duo of MyMy have brought their uncany vision of dance music to the worlds most important stages with their energetic Live shows.

Working together with long-time compadre Lee Jones, Nick's invaluable studio touch, and love for addictive, rump-shaking grooves has helped fuel the pair's musical endeavours to great public success. Together the duo have held their monthly 'MyMy & Friends' residency at Berlin's Watergate club for over 3 years, and have completed a plethora of stand-out remixes for labels such as Get Physical, Liebe*Detail, Four:Twenty, B-Pitch Control and many more besides.

In the summer of 2010 Lee and Nick have decided to close the MyMy chapter and focus on their respective solo activities.

His open minded love and knowledge of music, along with a professional background working with labels like the delightful Morr Music, his own fledgling 'Just' imprint with partner Lee Jones, or as editor for the important Groove magazine, that led to his current position as manager for Berghain/Panoramabar's in-house label, Ostgut Ton. Since the label's birth in 2005 Nick has played a defining role in its growing success, spreading the club's musical message through the productions of its residents, and selflessly working to push the platform forward, nurturing its growth.


DJ Boris is kind of a charismatic, multifunctional weapon in the Berlin club life. His musical roots reach back to the mid 80s, when he lived in New York for four years where he absorbed the unique spirit of the seminal club Paradise Garage weekend after weekend. From the Club’s mentor Larry Levan Boris learned to believe in his musical intuition as well as a broad musical spectrum, which nowadays ranges from Disco, Hi-NRG, Post-Punk and (Kraut-) Rock to House and Techno, all of which Boris loves to throw into one set. „Music was most important for Levan. He was uncompromising and he knew how to convey it. That’s what I’m trying to achieve, too, when I’m djing.“

Many years later, Boris became a resident at Panorama Bar’s first incarnation in Berlin, where he was able to build a loyal following by playing long sets lasting until noon. „The crowd is always a lot more receptive for music at the end than at the beginning. That’s when I rather have the opportunity to present unusual stuff and that’s when I’m able to let my feelings run freely.“

After the old OstGut/Panorama Bar closed, Boris played in almost every club in Berlin, but when the follow up club Berghain opened its doors in 2004, he quickly focused on playing out here again. From 2005 till 2010 he had another musical platform, as he was taking care of the label Careless Records as an A&R. As a DJ, he is not exactly keen on refining a certain genre, but rather to push music with a certain twist.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris (Japan) Plays Perth on 20 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The  Bakery

http://lifeisnoise.com/ by arrangement with Artist Voice present:

BORIS (Japan)
With special guests Drowning Horse and Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
Tuesday, March 20
The Bakery - 233 James Street, Northbridge

Boris can flatten a club with their firepower, and their trippy, delicate side never dulls their strength - it’s part of it. Godzilla would be proud.
– Spin

Bone-shakingly loud Japanese outfit Boris take their eclectic, heavy, stunningly unique sound to the Bakery on Tuesday, March 20.

Trying to describe the band to a new listener is no easy feat, with Boris perhaps being best defined by their inability to be pigeonholed. With nearly 20 studio albums in the last 15 years, not to mention EPs and collaborative records, the band have drawn from everything from metal, noise and stoner rock. Collaborations with Sun O))) and Merzbow have cemented their reputation for iconoclasm, for building “a legacy of expansive, new, heavy music where no form is too sacred to break” (Pitchfork).

Boris expertly walk the line between the serious and the deliberately overblown. The band feature a gong and double guitars, so it’s no surprise that “one of Boris' defining features is their subtly self-referential, self-mythologising nature” (The Quietus).

In their typically prolific style, Boris have released three records this year – Heavy Rocks, Attention Please and the upcoming New Album, garnering critical praise and whetting our appetite for what promises to be a stunning night of music.

Supports come from the awe-inspiring Drowning Horse and the amazing Tangled Thoughts of Leaving

Tickets on sale from lifeisnoise.com, Now Baking, Heatseeker, 78 Records, Mills and Planet for $42+bf.

For more information, please contact:
Dave Cutbush - dave@lifeisnoise.com or
Rachel Davison - rachel@lifeisnoise.com
Phone: 9271 9015

Links:
Life Is Noise: http://lifeisnoise.com/ 
Boris’ http://www.borisheavyrocks.com/
http://www.myspace.com/borisdronevil
Boris’ https://www.facebook.com/borisheavyrocks
Boris – “Frenetic Flare” from New Album free download - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/free-download-boris-frenetic-flare-20111114
Boris – “Statement” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2BQVmE0Plk&feature=youtu.be
Boris]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris + Laura + Sleepmakeswaves at The Metro Theatre, Sydney on 22 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The Metro Theatre

Most recently seen on our shores in 2010 playing two sold out shows at Sydney’s Vivid Festival, Japanese quartet Boris will be returning to Australia to visit the entire east coast in March, 2012.

Boris, have long been celebrated for their ability to reinterpret a multitude of musical genres into a sound of their own, and revered for rattling concert-goers to the core, with their high-volume intensity and colossal crescendos.

Formed in the early '90s as a four piece just-for-fun endeavor with the sonic template of influences like Melvins and Earth, Boris hit its stride when they released their 1996 debut as a trio Absolutego. The group quickly developed a reputation for ground-rattling heavy, melodic music and went on to release nearly 20 studio albums, as well as numerous collaborative albums, EPs and singles on various labels throughout the world.

Their new album (aptly titled New Album) features a few new tracks and handful of revamped versions of songs from 2011’s previous releases Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, the assault of which lead Pitchfork to muse that Boris were building “a legacy of expansive, new, heavy music where no form is too sacred to break”.
Hyper-charged and rearranged with the assistance of radical Japanese producer Shinobu Narita, New Album’s sound is one that might best be described as ‘extreme pop’. Due later this year, it serves as the perfect precursor to the band’s upcoming Australian tour.

Next year, Australian audiences will experience just how deftly Boris can tackle seemingly disparate musical elements and forge new sounds that may seem inconceivable to other artists.

Don’t miss one of Japan’s most breathtaking and unique musical exports, this coming March.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris + Laura at The Hi-Fi, West End, Brisbane, Queensland on 23 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: The Hi-Fi

Most recently seen on our shores in 2010 playing two sold out shows at Sydney’s Vivid Festival, Japanese quartet Boris will be returning to Australia to visit the entire east coast in March, 2012. 

Boris, have long been celebrated for their ability to reinterpret a multitude of musical genres into a sound of their own, and revered for rattling concert-goers to the core, with their high-volume intensity and colossal crescendos.

Formed in the early ’90s as a four piece just-for-fun endeavor with the sonic template of influences like Melvins and Earth, Boris hit its stride when they released their 1996 debut as a trio Absolutego. The group quickly developed a reputation for ground-rattling heavy, melodic music and went on to release nearly 20 studio albums, as well as numerous collaborative albums, EPs and singles on various labels throughout the world.

Their new album (aptly titled New Album) features a few new tracks and handful of revamped versions of songs from 2011’s previous releases Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, the assault of which lead Pitchfork to muse that Boris were building “a legacy of expansive, new, heavy music where no form is too sacred to break”.
Hyper-charged and rearranged with the assistance of radical Japanese producer Shinobu Narita, New Album’s sound is one that might best be described as ‘extreme pop’. Due later this year, it serves as the perfect precursor to the band’s upcoming Australian tour.

Next year, Australian audiences will experience just how deftly Boris can tackle seemingly disparate musical elements and forge new sounds that may seem inconceivable to other artists.

Don’t miss one of Japan’s most breathtaking and unique musical exports, this coming March.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris + Laura + Sleepmakeswaves + more at Corner Hotel, Richmond on 24 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Corner Hotel

Most recently seen on our shores in 2010 playing two sold out shows at Sydney’s Vivid Festival, Japanese quartet Boris will be returning to Australia to visit the entire east coast in March, 2012. 

Boris, have long been celebrated for their ability to reinterpret a multitude of musical genres into a sound of their own, and revered for rattling concert-goers to the core, with their high-volume intensity and colossal crescendos.

Formed in the early ’90s as a four piece just-for-fun endeavor with the sonic template of influences like Melvins and Earth, Boris hit its stride when they released their 1996 debut as a trio Absolutego. The group quickly developed a reputation for ground-rattling heavy, melodic music and went on to release nearly 20 studio albums, as well as numerous collaborative albums, EPs and singles on various labels throughout the world.

Their new album (aptly titled New Album) features a few new tracks and handful of revamped versions of songs from 2011’s previous releases Attention Please and Heavy Rocks, the assault of which lead Pitchfork to muse that Boris were building “a legacy of expansive, new, heavy music where no form is too sacred to break”.
Hyper-charged and rearranged with the assistance of radical Japanese producer Shinobu Narita, New Album’s sound is one that might best be described as ‘extreme pop’. Due later this year, it serves as the perfect precursor to the band’s upcoming Australian tour.

Next year, Australian audiences will experience just how deftly Boris can tackle seemingly disparate musical elements and forge new sounds that may seem inconceivable to other artists.

Don’t miss one of Japan’s most breathtaking and unique musical exports, this coming March.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris at Bodega, Wellington on 27 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Bodega

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  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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  <title>Boris at Kings Arms, Auckland on 28 Mar 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Kings Arms

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  <link>http://www.last.fm/event/3176414+Boris+at+Kings+Arms+on+28+March+2012</link>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
  <xcal:dtstart>2012-03-28T00:00:00Z</xcal:dtstart>
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  <title>ATP curated by The National on 7 Dec 2012</title>
  <description><![CDATA[Location: Butlins Holiday Resort

On sale Friday from: http://www.atpfestival.com/events/thenational.php]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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