Welcome to Fluorescent Friends. We're committed to offering music with high levels of phase dependency for a non-Euclidian experience. Canceling all mono information on a FF release may induce vomiting.
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Hi Its 2010 and Cool Fest was awesome.
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sept twelveth
hi there and welco,e to our news page: brought to you on a french keyboard!theres an exclamation point where the period should be etc!
we had a great summer two thousand and nine this year! lots of shozs
magik markers, mouthus, cousin of reggae, disguises at sala rossa june twenty ninth was great check out live clips at myspace.com/cousinsofreggae
METALUX rolled on canada and we jammed everywhere: at the WEEKEND IN THE PINES with MArcia Bassett and Dreamcatcher and lots of awesome stuff, in ottawa with DC that included a very special trip to the peace garden and the bog; they also played toronto and were rejoined in new york by one Jim slay from our stable. Bill Nace was in extreme effect at all times, and Fluorescent Friends would like to express their excitement at our introduction to this master.
Toronto was frequented with gigs featuring Thames and COusins of Reggae in July; and the launch of the new issue of ONE HOUR EMPIRE which has a brilliant four page feature on INTENS comp artist Margaret Haines (margareth.tv) and a blast of a dip in the outdoor pool at Dundas and Bathurst at é am one fine eve.
In August Dreamcatcher busted in many zones; graced with an unforgettable opener by Toddler Body in the porn basement they did bust, and later at West Nile with fierce locals Slasher Risk and others, Rhode Island Barbecue and a swi in the extreme waves of Hurricane Bill at Naragansett captured by Eyewitness News. Carelessly overlooked by Montreals Green Room and their renovation scheduler they found purchase at La Brique with two hours notice and dozens were in attendace; this gig brought Dead Bush back in to the summer space and it was hot.
Finally FF has a new venue in its control, unnamed as of yet (THE ZAPCAVE?) in our Nations Capital, and so we announce*
PANOPTICON EYELIDS
COUSINS OF REGGAE
THRASHED GENES
854 BRONSON AVE OTTAWA at fifth
SEPTEMBER twenty sixth, saturday
all ages
and further announce:
FLUORESCENT FRIENDS SUPER SALE
EVERYTHING DISCOUNT AND YEAH THAT MEANS EVERYTHING
AT PUCES POP RECORD FAIR AND GEAR SWAP
UKRAINIAN FEDERATION CHURCH BASEMENT ZONE
5213 HUTCHISON AND FAIRMOUNT
OCTOBER 3RD AND 4TH
ELEVEN AM TO SEVEN PM
FLUORESCENT FRIENDS COOL FEST WARM UP SESH
CASA DEL POPOLO
NOVEMBER 27TH FRIDAY
HOSTED BY TONSTARTSSBANDHT
new releases:
MINDFLAYER LIVE AT EARTHUNDER 6" 6MINS
WITH HANDMADE SLEEVE AND FULL COLOR PHOTOS
INTENS CMP CD 80 MINS FINALY DONE!
This comp features lots of new bands that sound great. Plus it has the best art work of any of our releases ever, by the incomparable Patrick Dyer and Margaret Haines<< learn more about them on the gallery page. It,s a really good buzz having them represented with this new music, in our area and we many more such collabs occur; theyve managed to teach us what we wanted the labels aesthetic to revolve around, this fun and intoxicating beauty business. It,s a cdr packaged in a power suit.
BUY BOTH!
FLUORESCENT FRIENDS ARE LOOKING FOR CONTIBUTIONS TO OUR UPCOMING VIDEOS PAGE
EMAIL US
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trutheatertheater is a collective of geniuses from Providence R.I.
they're touring their new play: The Unbroken Circle of Broken Things
this year's players include Leif Goldberg, Erin Rosenthal, Roby Newton and Peter Glantz.
Peter will also be showing some videos by his Imaginary Company, including this new USA is a Monster vid
the show will be opened by Littoral & Waisted Nymph
+ dj Deborah Harry
@ la brique
saturday june 13
donations accepted for travelers
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Pasalymany Tapes, Fluorescent Friends, & Suoni per il Popolo present:
Sick Llama + C. S. Yeh + Hive Mind + Incapables + Clinton Machine
@ Centro Gallego (4602 Boulevard St. Laurent)
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PROUD FLESH is an experimental western film by Jenny Graf (member of Metalux, member of Harrius, maker of music for plants, etc) and Chiara Giovando (member of Harrius, Animental I, collaborations with Nautical Almanac, Daniel Higgs, and so forth).
+ north american premier of LOST, animation by Nate Young and Alivia Zivich (AA records).
both screened on June 5 at labsynthese, supported by performances by:
Harrius(Baltimore)
Akisakila & Shoebomber
AGOR
***MOVIES START AT 9:15 SHARP**-----$6
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COOL FEST (08) dec 12-14th !
La Brique 6545 Durocher local 402
Download CoolFest07 compilation HERE
Friday Dec 12
François Simard
Perre-Hughes Doyon
Les Momies de Palerme
Karl Lemieux Films
Black Feelings
Chorum
PacPac
Black Mammoth
Disguises (Toronto)
Exhaust (Constellation)
Saturday Dec 13
Benoît Rolland/Jean-François Blouin
Grand Trine
Oxen Talk
Axolotl (New York City; Important Records)
Sun Circle (Burlington; Important Records)
Gmackrr
Bird Show (Chicago; Kranky)
Panopticon Eyelids (ex-Fly Pan Am)
Jenny Graf Sheppard (Baltimore; Ehse Records)
Tonstartssbandht (Orlando)
Mouthus (New York City; Important Records / Ecstatic Peace! / Troubleman Unlimited / Load)
MV Carbon (New York City; Shinkoyo Records)
Wax Attic
Sunday Dec 14
Seance: live international psychic experiences (Los Angeles, Berlin, Montreal) [runs thru the whole evening]
Molly Sweeny
Leopard et Moi
XsXiX
Your Highness
Monday Morning Erection
Holy Cobras (Ottawa)
Unda
Dreamcatcher
Rose De
Zaimph & Mattin (New York City; Double Leopards, Hototogisu, GHQ)
Ascension (Baltimore)
Yomul Yuk
Metalux (5RC, Hanson, Veglia, Load)
The COOL FEST 2008 is an opportunity for enthusiasts of all kinds of music to get a taste of the riches of the Montreal and North American music scene they might not normally see. About 35 groups have united to anticipate Winter Solstice, celebrating the darkest days of the year with creativity in music and fun.
This event will be held at Montreal's most exciting new independent venue, La Brique. Run by local musicians, the Ample collective, La Brique is an industrial loft whose tenants acquired the sound system from a local bar and have hosted musicians from around the world ever since in their vigorous concert schedule. For this show, La Brique is an all-ages, non-smoking family-compatible environment; they will be offering delicious vegetarian dishes and non-alcoholic beverages at affordable prices. Doors open at 5 PM each night. BYOB.
The event will also offer a large variety of work from the scene's rich collection of micro record labels. CDs, cassettes, pro-press and home-cut LPs carrying the work of fine musicians and other artworks, designed, decorated, packaged and promoted by these intrepid do-it-yourselfers will be on display and for sale.
Cool Fest is Dec 12-13-14 at La Brique, 6545 Durocher #402. Tickets are $10 per night, and $15 weekend passes are available for advance purchase, at local record stores and online through paypal at www.fluorescentfriends.org starting Saturday. Cool Fest is a benefit event for the Fluorescent Friends Musical Community Outreach Initiative, a program to bring music to disadvantaged youth.
Learn more about the out-of towners joining us this year below:
Mouthus: The best jazz band on earth today, with the best drummer in New York City. All other jazz bands are "historic" or "museum" jazz... Mouthus bring a jazz made with acoustic and electronic drums, piezo shakers et al., and a buzz-saw earthquake lawn mower engine guitar that's as melodic as it is warmly metallic and gasoline-powered.... a fuzz suppository eminates from Mouthus' double-tube live rig. They have been playing for 6 years and have a new record coming out on Ecstatic Peace!, their second on that label. Other labels touting the band are Troubleman Unlimited, Load Records, Important Records... this band has them all COVERED
Metalux: Grand witches of the electronic age, these two performers have a long history flying their brooms on the frontiers of experimental music, and their earth shattering debut Fluorescent Towers on Hanson records (the imprint of the second member of Wolf Eyes Aaron Dilloway) crushed all previous records with sublime musical genius deftly. Each is doing edgy-as-hell solo work and together they are highly conductive. Albums out on Hanson, Load, Troubleman Unlimited, and 5RC (subsidiary of Kill Rock Stars). Virtuosic tabletop electronics and laying out some of the best effected vocal and straight guitar work out here today is what Metalux are known for. Catch them each solo on Saturday, and then joined on Sunday.
Disguises: A chaotic mess of dudeness with drums, feedback loops, delectable abstract bass playing, and a lead singer who plays all manner of sampler, guitar, synths, and looks like Ozzy Osbourne; the crisis always resolves into a really good buzz, as you might expect. From Toronto.
Zaimph & Mattin: Zaimph is Marcia Basset, member of GHQ, Hototogisu, Double Leopards, all-around classic sandy satin barefoot zen musical master out of New York City. She'll be doing a collaborative piece with feedback artist Mattin.
Holy Cobras: Amazing punk band from Ottawa, a cross between the Ramones and the Velvet Underground, don't miss it!
GET DOWN TO THE COOL FEST
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Fluorescent friends & Pasalymany tapes @ Suoni del Popolo !!
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Blake Hargreaves's art show
May 19 - June 6
NOTA BENE 3416 av du Parc
more pictures
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dear music fans
in the springtime of 2004, dreamcatcher received the call of destiny and jammed for the first time. the fruits of this jam were captured on tape, and came to be EYES OF LEATHERFACE
in 2005, bidden by american tapes, they descended into the swamp and begat PROM NIGHT
while these works were originally distributed in limited numbers on cassette, they are now, thanks to the great mind(s) behind angle.REC, available to YOU in MASS numbers on CLEAR ARCHIVAL QUALITY 180 GRAM FATTY VINYL!!
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FLUORESCENT FRIENDS *COOL FEST*
Dec 15 16 at La Brique
There will be FF kiosk will plenty mas scwag ie goods for sale for your pleasure
Come find a find for your mind at the *COOL FEST*
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### benefit show ###
Siege Machine
Disguises
Cousins of Reggae
Dec 1 La Brique
music starts at 9:30
Pay what you can
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fall 2007
eqrthunder photos ^page below;; check it out
check out this french keyboqrd
new releqeses cousins of reggae quartx: and others
LP has arriced qnd is in qssembly
émilie est de retour de Tarbes
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out now: Métis Yéti 7" edition of 13
summer 2008
hi please see new shipping info
Earthunder products coming soon. Email blakehargreaves@gmail.com if you played at Earthunder and want to get some.
The tape duplicator has run into problems, so it has been supplemented with upgraded record priduction. Limited quantities available. or in some cases, unlimited; email for details. LPs graded "78" on the goldmine scale, and improving. FF compyLPs feature wiggle-locks and skip-overs as well as lecture loopers and slow-downs.
new ! FF splits ! Aum Sahib and Buttsavage grace the first. Aums are Middle Eastern alternative, theirs is Vol. 22. Buttsavage are guitars and drums jammin' out free improv for skatin' and beachin' in Orlando.
new ! FF DJ series ! First is Thames Vol VIII, a world music mixtape with each member of Thames taking a side. 90 min.
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MONTREAL NOISE SCENE
Contrary to popular belief and guru opinion, the noise scene is just the most exciting thing out there right now. Get into noise on the ground floor, brand new style of music, totally original.
Want to dig the Montreal noise scene at point blank range? you want Rumble Pack Attack 2007 CD/CASS/LP. Four rumble pack soloists, one show, Dave Bryant on soundboard. Dig the noise scene, faders. Samples available soon on the downloads page.
NEW Downloads page. Free music to feed your soul. Please take the time to consider making a donation for this free music. It may be possible to continue offering it for free indefinitely with frequent updates if donations are received.
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March 22
Welcome to the new site. Thanks Emilie Mouchous for making it happen. First of all sorry if we told you we didn't have any more copies of something and now you see it for sale here: we are a complex organization and our complexity is matched by our broad range and reach, so consolidating the company brought together all this stuff from wherever it was, too far away; before.
>>> Past events <<<
- COOL FEST 07
- GET A LIFE
- EARTHUNDER
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