WE'RE GONNA DO IT TONIGHT, BABE

you're gonna lose your virginity at some point anyway, youngster, so why not the night of oscillations #1?

for which you and all other organisms on our planet (fuck aliens) are cordially invited to the recyclart on saturday the 17th of may in brussels for guaranteed good times, yay! you're welcome from 22h on and the first performance starts at 23h sharp. which demigods will grace us with their presence, you ask?

well, for starters we've got Mt Eerie (k records, US) who made the album of the year (The Glow Pt 2 as The Microphones) in 2001 according to Pitchfork, literally disappeared into the (norwegian) woods after that and came back as Mt Eerie. now at Oscillations for your listening pleasure. his masterpiece of which we spoke has just been reissued, actually. and rightfully so.

Mount Eerie as The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2



after the eerie man, No Kids (tomlab, CAN) will give us a taste of their smooth indie r&b. justin timberlake for real people and with better songwriting! mmm, that's nice.

No Kids - Bluster In The Air


from soulful hip-shaking we'll get to some hardcore body movement with mister Rory Phillips (durrr - trash club rip - our disco, UK). i'd like to call him the indie kid (spins Liars and Les Georges Leningrad in his sets and makes it work) amongst the hipster deejays such as the ed banger crew, kitsuné cool cats, 2ManyDJs, Trevor Jackson and his mate Erol Alkan with whom he redefined the london nightlife in the now defunct Trash club and currently in the headline slot of its successful successor Durrr. has been deejaying all over the world (and playing live with Whitey) and remixing for The Gossip, Robyn, The Teenagers, Franz Ferdinand, The Blow, Chromeo and many more. you can check some of those remixes and two of his dj sets out at his myspace.


Sixsixsixties and myself will spin some tunes after Rory for the drunkies and druggies. which is awesome.

the drawing for the flyer comes from the talented hands of the lovely miss astrid yskout, whose unique style is just begging to be destined for the ages.


BLACK LIPS

nice look on yr face, dudes.

DAVID BYRNE APPROVES

he does! check it.

i was, and still am, a fan of their previous and critically acclaimed band P:ano. which hasn't been officially disbanded, but with the departure of co-founding member larissa loyva and the new moniker, it's quite clear. although their
spielerei as No Kids isn't vastly different from their former doings, and even if you're familiar with P:ano's endless eclecticism and abundant theatrics, there might be some jaw-dropping and mind-blowing things going on when you give the trio's debut Come Into My House (via Tomlab february 2008) a first listen. it sounds like JT's shy nephew has finally stepped up to the plate and tries to give his cousin a run for his money.


opening piece Great Escape could be a P:ano song (it would certainly find a spot in the 24 song extravaganza and widely overlooked 2005 album Brigadoon) as well as a few other songs on the album, but there's a certain sense of smoothness present throughout the record that wasn't there before. in particular The Beaches All Closed and Bluster In The Air are suspiciously smooth, but nick told me he was on a steady diet of Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson when writing this album so it's not all that surprising after all. unlike its instigators, this indie variety of r&b comes not only with form or style, but also content. the structure of the songs rivals with the ingenuity of the Stax or Motown pop gems and as such we are honoured to have them as our guests. it's their first and only belgian date. you're gonna regret it if you weren't there. this is Last Supper level of iwasthereness, people!

for lovers of lykke li and justin timberlake.



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Inaugural speech:

so you wanna dance? you wanna have a good time? you're trying to remember to always have a good time, huh, little panda bear? we feel you.

hi!

we put together little get togethers for our friends and future friends. this includes you. we hope you love music as much as we do, and accept our invitation to come and wallow in our graceful taste which we will display in our lovely hometown of brussels, henceforth known as the capital of taste. it's alright, ma (we're only kidding).

we have a healthy diy spirit floating around and we will try to reflect that attitude throughout our happenings. this means we're trying to keep it cheap (barely breakin' even was a name we seriously considered for our soirées) and will rarely or never work with big EVOL corporations (the likes of livenation and such), but ofcourse nothing in life is for free. location, decoration. audio system, artist. they all require dinero. you know this, we know this. whatever. entrance fees will probably range from 5 to 12 euro, depending on the respective popularity of the bands and disc jockeys. the kind of bands playing will differ completely although a returning factor will be their origin, the undercurrent of the cultural ocean.

we're full of high hopes and perfect plans. we have no idea how often shit's going down, bro, but it's our time and it's up to all of us to make something of it.

we'll see what happens.