zweikommasieben #9 launch w, Helena Hauff (PAN) @ Motto Berlin.05.07.2014.

Please join us for the Berlin launch of zweikommasieben #9, with:

Helena Hauff  (PAN, Werkdiscs, Panzerkreuz Records)
Four S  (Haunter Records)
Konkrit

zweikommasieben (2,7) is a Swiss music journal that has been devoted to the documentation of contemporary club culture since the summer of 2011. Each issue features artist interviews and essays, as well as a particular focus on design, photography and illustration.

Artists featured in the new issue include: Andy Stott, The Haxan Cloak, TR\\ER (aka Truss & Tessela), Cyclobe, Helena Hauff, Ensemble Economique & AUN, Terranova, Call Super and Vatican Shadow.

Published by Präsens Editionen & Motto Books.

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Saturday 5th July, 16.00 start.

Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
im Hinterhof
10997 Berlin

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The Burning Sand Vol. 3. Sarah Lowndes (Ed.).

Volume 3 of Glasgow-based bi-annual prose poetry and art magazine The Burning Sand, was edited by Sarah Lowndes and designed by Sophie Dyer and Maeve Redmond.

It includes distinctive voices including a new image-text work from artist Kathryn Elkin, a collaborative contribution by Wolf (musician and composer Kim Moore and artist Fergus Dunnet), Jenny Brownrigg’s story, Five art curators consider transforming an interior, three Untitled acrylic paintings composed on pieced newspaper by Tony Swain, Nerea Bello’s eloquent analysis of the controversial annual ritual Alarde parade, Lauren Gault’s evocative composition Such Lush Detail and Luke Fowler’s researches into the live electronic work of maverick Canadian composer Martin Bartlet.

Language: English
Pages: 48

Price: € 4,70

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Konzert Minimal & Ensemble Quiver plays Antoine Beuger
Thursday, June 12th @ Motto Berlin
from 7pm
Free entrance / Suggested donation

Konzert Minimal meets Quiver
to play Antoine Beuger’s Ockeghem Octets

in the Courtyard of the Motto bookshop

A celebration of Konzert Minimal’s first CD release on the British label:
‘Another Timbre’ featuring the piece ‘Tschirtner tunings for Twelve’ by Antoine Beuger

Preview: http://youtu.be/8AA1VA4mcH0

This CD, and others by the different members of the ensembles,
will be for sale in the Motto bookshop.

Konzert Minimal (Berlin)

Johnny Chang – viola
Catherine Lamb – viola
Koen Nutters – bass
Rishin Singh – trombone

Ensemble Quiver (Melbourne)

Aviva Endean – clarinets
Jonathan Heilbron – bass
Rebecca Lane – flutes
Matthias Schack-Arnott – percussion

http://www.timescraper.de/_concert-series/konzert-minimal.html
http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/quiver
http://www.anothertimbre.com/

Zweikommasieben #9. Präsens Editionen / Motto Books.

New bilingual edition (English / German)

Featuring Andy Stott, The Haxan Cloak, Truss & Tessela, Cyclobe, Helena Hauff, Ensemble Economique & AUN, Terranova, Call Super, Vatican Shadow.

Pages: 108
Size: 27.5 x 18 cm

Price: €12.00

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Motto Disco 12: KLAAR – Horizonte II.

Motto Mix 12: KLAAR by Mottobooks on Mixcloud

(Image by Megan Cullen)

Szondi/Eden

Published on the occasion of the 8th Berlin Biennale.

Silkscreen in black and silver.
Edition of 300.

Author: Olaf Nicolai
Publisher: Motto Books
Language: English / German
Binding: Hardcover

€45.00

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Neukalm. Christian Vialard. Grautag Records.

Mixed and produced by Frederic Bigot at the Padded Cell in Berlin.
February 2013
Mastered by Norsq
Front, back and inside sleeve: Nicolas Moulin

20€
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Blame. Sister Iodine. Premier Sang.

French pioneer experimental rock band formed in the early 90’s by Lionel Fernandez, Erik Minkkinen and Nicolas Mazet, Sister Iodine is a rare band who with “Blame” is releasing only now their 5th studio album.

Edition of 400 copies.

Price: €16.00

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Steven Warwick (Heatsick) Interiors. Publication launch @ Motto Berlin.

Join us for the launch of ‘Interiors’ by Steven Warwick, published by Motto Books. Steven’s recent LP under his Heatsick alias, RE-ENGINEERING, alongside other releases from PAN and many other labels will also be available.

Wednesday 15th January
7pm

Motto Berlin
Skalitzer Str. 68
im Hinterhof
10997 Berlin

The Wire #359

2013 Rewind
The Wire’s crucial review of the last 12 months in underground sound and music, including the releases of the year, opinions and reflections from a host of musicians and critics, and analyses of some of 2013’s most notable audio culture trends

Bites
Blue Daisy
Kwesi Darko’s obsessive beats are in bloom. By Ben Mechen

Kathy Alberici
Tuning in to Berlin’s broadcasting history. By Dan Barrow

Keeping Time
A new view of South Africa’s jazz history. By Francis Gooding

Fun In The Murky
Trevor Wilkes keeps 1990s experimental techno alive. By Joe Muggs

Collateral Damage
Jazz is radical music, so why is it funded by big business? asks Daniel Spicer

Global Ear Copenhagen
Nathan Budzinski finds collective energy in the Danish city’s Mayhem collective

Invisible Jukebox Richard Skelton
The Cumbria based composer takes the old straight track through The Wire’s mystery record selection. Tested by Steve Barker

The Inner Sleeve
Mark Harwood on Bobb Trimble’s Harvest Of Dreams

Epiphanies
Douglas Kahn finds electrical inspiration in a strange meeting of compost and code

Print Run
New music books: Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession by Joe Mansfield; Composing Dissent: Avant-Garde Music In 1960s Amsterdam by Robert Adlington; Houston Rap by Peter Beste, Lance Scott Walker and Johan Kugelberg

On Screen
New films and DVDs: CPH:DOX documentary film festival and Leviathan

On Site
Recent exhibitions and installations: Oliver Beer and Schizophonia

On Location
Recent festivals, gigs and clubs: Bendigo International Festival Of Exploratory Music, Bendigo, Australia; Graphic Scores: Celebrating The Art Of Music, Southampton, UK; Kelela + Bok Bok, London, UK; Kontraste, Krems, Austria; Out.Fest, Barreiro, Portugal; Recon, Bradford & Leeds, UK; Robedoor, London, UK

Soundcheck A–Z

18+
75 Dollar Bill
Robert Beatty
Black Dirt Oak
Blank Realm
Jaap Blonk
The Bomber Jackets
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Oliver Coates
Common Objects
Croatian Amor
Lucretia Dalt
Death Grips
Dolly Dolly
Ensemble Economique
Fushitsusha
Lee Gamble
Jason Grier
Guerilla Toss
Steve Gunn & Mike Gangloff
Margareth Kammerer
Kemper Norton
Felix Kubin
The Magic Band
Jean-Marc Montera
National Bedtime
James Plotkin & Paal Nilssen-Love
Polwechsel
Adrian Rew
Jocelyn Robert
Sadat & Alaa Fifty Cent
Gabriel Saloman
Domenico Sciajno
Junzo Suzuki
Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra
Michael Thieke Unununium
Various Music For Shut-Ins
Various Rosehip, Scallop, Dancer
Bernie Worrell
Zed Bias
Albert Ayler
Robbie Basho
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
Harold Budd
Chrome
COUM Transmissions
Księżyc
Fela Kuti And Egypt 80
Psychic Rally
Arthur Russell
Various Dance Mania: Hardcore Traxx – Dance Mania Records 1986–1997
Various Kill The Hippies! Kill Yourself! The American Nation Destroys Its Young: Underground Punk In The United States Of America Vol 1
Various Mobilisation Generale: Protest And Spirit Jazz From France 1970–1976

Language: English
Pages:106
Size: 28.1 x 23.1 cm
Weight: 225 g
Binding: Softcover

7€

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