Articles By Tom Beedham
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![Gong Gong Gong Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏]()
ReviewsGong Gong Gong Phantom Rhythm 幽靈節奏 Published Oct 01, 2019It starts with an ending. Simultaneously signalling the end of guitarist Tom Ng's former Hong Kong-based trio Offset:Spectacles and the...
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![Meet Gong Gong Gong, the Restless Beijing-Montreal Art-Punk Duo Channelling the Concept of 'Phantom Rhythm']()
FeaturesMeet Gong Gong Gong, the Restless Beijing-Montreal Art-Punk Duo Channelling the Concept of 'Phantom Rhythm' Published Sep 30, 2019After an apologetic preamble about VPNs and time zone differences, Gong Gong Gong bassist Joshua Frank brushes away any half-baked "made in...
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![Mt. Rave Fifth World]()
ReviewsMt. Rave Fifth World Published Sep 24, 2019Directly recalling avant-garde composer Jon Hassell's fourth world music, an aesthetic he described as "a unified primitive/futuristic sound...
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![MattyFest: Wu-Tang Clan / Descendents / Jennifer Castle / METZ Echo Beach, Toronto ON, September 7]()
ReviewsMattyFest: Wu-Tang Clan / Descendents / Jennifer Castle / METZ Echo Beach, Toronto ON, September 7 Published Sep 08, 2019"This festival's brought to you by the nothingness inside of you." One hand on a mic and the other resting on his stomach, Matty Matheso...
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![Pharmakon Devour]()
ReviewsPharmakon Devour Published Aug 30, 2019On the fourth full-length from her Pharmakon project, Margaret Chardiet offers an allegory for grief and the self-destructive nature of huma...
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![Desert Bloom MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25]()
ReviewsDesert Bloom MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25 Published Aug 26, 2019Climbing a long set of stairs and riding an elevator further into the sky, at the top of 7 Doigts, the swaying piano experiments of Rachel N...
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![Tortues Vapeur MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25]()
ReviewsTortues Vapeur MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25 Published Aug 26, 2019Doors opening just the moment their scheduled performance began, audiences arriving at 7 Doigts followed the sound of curious electroacousti...
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![Dandy Jack and the Sniffing Orchestra MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25]()
ReviewsDandy Jack and the Sniffing Orchestra MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 25 Published Aug 26, 2019Riding magic hour into the sunset, Mutek Chile ambassador Martin Schopf's latest model of the Dandy Jack brand — Dandy Jack and the Sniffing...
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![fuse* MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24]()
Reviewsfuse* MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24 Published Aug 25, 2019According to fuse*'s website, every time their live media opera Dökk begins, a sentimental composition is algorhythmically generated by a st...
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![Huerco S. MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24]()
ReviewsHuerco S. MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24 Published Aug 25, 2019Huerco S. provided a smouldering ambient set that helped get you centred before making your way to the crowded nightclub. On a stage set...
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![Jlin MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24]()
ReviewsJlin MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 24 Published Aug 25, 2019Slotted between sets from Nicola Cruz and Reggie Watts and John Tejada's Wajatta project, by the time Jlin brought her sophisticated polyrhy...
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![Kathy Hinde MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 23]()
ReviewsKathy Hinde MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 23 Published Aug 24, 2019Taking an early set in a longer bill of experimental acts at Agora Hydro-Québec, a mass of implements spilled off a table onto the seats bes...
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![Loscil MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 23]()
ReviewsLoscil MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 23 Published Aug 24, 2019Equivalents, Loscil's just-issued return to Kranky, is a vaporous affair inspired by early 20th century photographer Alfred Stieglitz's seri...
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![Veronica Vasicka MTELUS, Montreal QC, August 23]()
ReviewsVeronica Vasicka MTELUS, Montreal QC, August 23 Published Aug 24, 2019After UK techno favourite Blawan was forced to drop off the bill and cancel his headlining performance (citing issues with an electronic vis...
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![Ryoichi Kurokawa MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22]()
ReviewsRyoichi Kurokawa MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22 Published Aug 23, 2019Unfolding with elliptical dream logic, the world premiere of Berlin-based Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa's A/V experience subassemblies pr...
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![Jan Jelinek MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22]()
ReviewsJan Jelinek MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22 Published Aug 23, 2019In a live iteration of his SWR2 radio play Zwischen ("between"), Germany-based composer Jan Jelinek routed garbled ums and ahs through his m...
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![Gudrun Gut MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22]()
ReviewsGudrun Gut MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 22 Published Aug 23, 2019Throbbing into the night on a motorik pulse, Berlin-based musician and Monika Enterprise label head Gudrun Gut marked her long-awaited retur...
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![Matmos MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21]()
ReviewsMatmos MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21 Published Aug 22, 2019"You're familiar with plastic. It's inside your lungs. And your stomach and your liver and your brain." Addressing our particle-level r...
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![Tim Hecker & Konoyo Ensemble MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21]()
ReviewsTim Hecker & Konoyo Ensemble MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21 Published Aug 22, 2019The main draw for Wednesday night's (August 21) showcase at Théâtre Maisonneuve, fans eagerly rushed in to hold down spots for Tim Hecker an...
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![Kazuya Nagaya MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21]()
ReviewsKazuya Nagaya MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21 Published Aug 22, 2019Japanese percussionist and ambient producer Kazuya Nagaya's stage at Théâtre Maisonneuve was beautifully set with a ring of 212 singing bowl...
