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Neo Ouija Newsletter 01 / 2009

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:07:08 +0000

Welcome to the January edition of the Neo Ouija Newsletter.

We hope you've had a great start into the new year. Here at Neo HQ we had a proper new year's party that required extensive recovery. Now that our energy is replenished we're tackling the new year with full force. That includes getting the website ready - again, sorry for the delays but we want to get it right.

We're currently finalizing Tilman Ehrhorn's new album "Past Utopia" and hope to have this stunning longplayer out around Easter. Up next is a unique project featuring a variety of artists remixing the German prog-pop band "the zonnhaider's club". Their debut album and follow-up EP were greeted with universal acclaim, with reviewers drawing comparisons to the likes of Notwist (with better vocals). With remixes by Pridon, Treplec, Douglas Greed, Benjamin Brunn and many more this remix album promises to be a rare treat.

Upcoming Events

Neo Ouija @ Club Transmediale 09

On January 26, Neo Ouija artists will perform as part of the STFU night at Berlin's Club Transmediale festival. The lineup for the evening includes Tilman Ehrhorn (Mille Plateaux, Resopal Schallware), whose new album "Past Utopia" is due out on Neo Ouija this spring as well as a set by Deer who is joined by found-sound-mangler extraordinaire Palac. Performances by NQ, Quip, El Fog and an energetic machine-funk techno set by wesen and Opuswerk round out the STFU night at CTM. Visual treats are provided by Liz Ainge (UK) and sui.case (IT)

Please drop by at Maria am Ostbahnhof and check out the excellent program of this year's Club Transmediale.

Percussionlab DJ-Sets

A DJ set of classic Neo Ouija tunes has been posted by our friend Praveen at Percussionlab. In this 83-minute mix I've tried to cover Neo Ouija's landmark moments, playing tunes from favourites like Xela, Apparat, Geiom, Bauri and Kettel (most of these are now available on iTunes + Co, so check them out if you're not familiar with them). The whole set can be streamed or downloaded for free, but we highly recommend you subscribe to the excellent Percussionlab podcast.

Later this month Percussionlab will feature another Neo Ouija DJ-Set, this time focussing on the new and unreleased material that will be released over the course of the next months.

Out NOW:

Diaspora: Cottage Industries 5 (2cd / digital)

Accelera Deck - Digital Headrest

Praveen - Backed by Spirits

Kero - Kerologistics

Kettel - Smiling Little Cow

Bauri - Slacker Journal

Metamatics + Clatterbox - Project Unison

Seven Ark - Noise of the New

Upcoming releases:

Tilman Ehrhorn - Past Utopia

the zonnhaider's club - Galao EP Remixes

Honey Sacrifice - Nights in Columbus

Nacht Plank - Broad Tape Band

Upcoming digital reissues:

Geiom - Sellotape Flowers (Q1 2009)

Infant - Growing Up (Q1 2009)

Zegunder - Distant Birds? Thought They Were Leaves... (Q1 2009)

Sense - A View From A Vulnerable Place (Q2 2009)

Faction- The End of Tel Aviv (Q2 2009)

Sica - Partially Function Stub

Distribution:

Neo Ouija releases are distributed by Cargo Records (World), p*dis (Japan) and Finetunes.net (digital).

For further information or to get off of this list please do not hesitate to contact me at martin@neoouija.com.

Neo Ouija elsewhere:

Myspace
Soundcloud
Facebook
Youtube
Flickr
Virb
Twitter

Neo Ouija Newsletter 11 / 2008

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:36:08 +0000

Welcome to the November edition of the Neo Ouija Newsletter.

Last month saw the release of Diaspora: Cottage Industries 5 as well as the relaunch of Neo Ouija. Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible, the reviews and reception so far are glowing. We're not going to stop here though, the next few months will see Neo Ouija ramping up the activity with a flurry of both new releases and re-releases of classic and long out-of-print Neo Ouija material. Additionally, some exclusive festival appearances are scheduled for 2009.

Cottage Industries 5 Release Party

On Friday, November 14 we celebrated Neo Ouija's first release after the label's relaunch. The party was a blast, thanks for everyone that came out and danced until way past 4 am.

Here are the livesets as free downloads:

Nosral Flow : link
Deer : link
wesen : link (only the first 90 minutes of the 3-hour-set unfortunately)

Upcoming Events

Neo Ouija will be part of Club Transmediale's official program, so mark the last week of January 2009 in your calendars. Live performances, panel discussions and assorted Neo Ouija merchandise will be available on location at the Maria am Ostbahnhof in Berlin. More infos and the lineup will be posted in our next newsletter.

Out NOW:

Diaspora: Cottage Industries 5 (2cd / digital, 10/24/08)
2CD Boxset featuring mostly exclusive tracks by Sense, Kangding Ray, Move D, NQ, Benjamin Brunn, Maps And Diagrams, A Made Up Sound, Fluxion, Pridon, Deer and many more.

Metamatics + Clatterbox - Project Unison
Digital re-release of the first longplayer on Neo Ouija. A milestone.

Seven Ark - Noise of the New
Digital re-release of the highly acclaimed 2005 album by South African beatsmith Justin De Nobrega (aka The Considerate Builders Scheme)

Upcoming releases:

Tilman Ehrhorn - Past Utopia (Q1 2009)

Honey Sacrifice - Nights in Columbus (Q1 2009)

the zonnhaider's club - Galao EP Remixes (Q2 2009)

Nacht Plank - Broad Tape Band (Q2 2009)

Upcoming digital reissues:

Accelera Deck - Digital Headrest (11/28/08)

Praveen - Backed by Spirits (12/12/08)

Kero - Kerologistics (12/12/08)

Kettel - Smiling Little Cow (12/19/08)

Bauri - Slacker Journal (12/19/08)

Geiom - Sellotape Flowers (Q1 2009)

Faction- The End of Tel Aviv (Q1 2009)

Zegunder - Distant Birds? Thought They Were Leaves... (Q1 2009)

Distribution:

Neo Ouija releases are distributed by Cargo Records (World), p*dis (Japan) and Finetunes.net (digital).

For further information please do not hesitate to contact me at martin@neoouija.com.

Neo Ouija elsewhere:

Myspace
Soundcloud
Facebook
Youtube
Flickr
Virb
Twitter

Website coming soon. Promise. No, really :)

STFU Documentary

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:59:47 +0000

I’ve just posted the documentary I made on the netaudio festival series STFU on YouTube. You can check the first of five parts out here:

You can watch all 5 parts of the 36 minute documentary on my YouTube Channel

If you like you can also grab the full-resolution DivX file at archive.org.