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freq_out 9 at Sonic Acts fest in Amsterdam

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freq_out 9 will take place as part of the Sonic Acts Festival on Feb 21 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, in a room illuminated by light works by Dan Flavin. This is the fifteenth edition of the Sonic Acts Festival, subtitled The Dark Universe, and it runs from Feb 21-24 2013.

freq_out, now in its tenth year, is a sound art collective curated by Carl Michael Von Hauswolf. freq_out is a sound installation comprising 12 individual sound works, each utilising a specific frequency range, made on site, and amplified to act as a single, generative sound-space.

The participants of this version of the installation will be JG Thirlwell, Jacob Kirkegaard, BJ Nilsen, Jana Winderen, Maia Urstad, Kent Tankred, Finnbogi Pétursson, PerMagnus Lindborg, Christine Ödlund, Franz Pomassl, Mike Harding, Tommi Grönlund & Petteri Nisunen and Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

Also appearing at the festival will be The Bug feat Flowdan & Miss Red, Mika Vainio, Dead Fader, Pete Swanson, Cut Hands, Biosphere, Lustmord, Maja Ratkje, lectures, installations and much more.

JG Thirlwell New Year special on Radio Skug

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536139_10151338091604893_1531115913_nA two hour radio special about JG Thirlwell will blast off the new year in style on Jan 1 2013 at 20-22h Central European Time on Skug Radio, Campus & Cityradio 94.4 St. Pölten. You can listen via stream here, and there will be a rerun on Tuesday January 8 2013 at the same time.
The special includes an interview with Thirlwell conducted by Heinrich Deisl in Vienna in September 2012 when JG was presenting his composition for the Morning Line sculpture.

JG Thirlwell solo show at Art's Birthday Party in Stockholm

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In 1963 the French Fluxus artist Robert Filliou declared that Art was born one million years ago when someone dropped a sponge in a bucket of water. It was supposed to have happened on January 17 and therefore Filliou decided that January 17 is Art’s Birthday. That would mean in 2013 we will celebrate Art’s 1,000,050th birthday!

On Saturday January 12, 2013  JG Thirlwell will kick off the year by performing in his first solo concert in honor of the birthday of art. Thirlwell’s performance will be entitled Cholera Nocebo and will take place at Södra Teatern in Stockholm. All  four of the venues’ stages will be crowded with various performances, noise, electronics, visuals and DJ’s. The admission is free and the concert will be broadcast live on Swedish Radio P2.

Also on the bill will be Laurel Halo, Hype Williams, Byetone, Kiwanoid, Jelena Glazova, Sand Circles, Exotikdot, Invader ce, Systraskap, Pär Thörn och Ida Lundén, DJ Kärleksdöden and much more

 

Dorit Chrysler record release party w/JGT

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DC rec releaseOn Dec 27 2012, JG Thirlwell will make a rare DJ appearance in celebration of the new record release by Dorit Chrysler, Avalanche. The record is released on Anders Trentemøller‘s In My Room label and Chrysler will perform on the evening with Trentemøller. The event will take place at Otto’s Shrunken Head, 538 E14th street in New York City at 10.30pm, and Trentemøller will also be manning the decks along with Thirlwell.

Thirlwell in FM Einheit/Andreas Ammer radio opera

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JG Thirlwell has contributed vocals to the new radio opera Neuschwabenland-Symphonie, which was conceived and composed by the award-winning Andreas Ammer and FM Einheit. The opera is a symphony regarding UFOs discovered in the Antarctic, and among its movements explores the conspiracy that aliens helped the Nazis develop technology in World War Two, and had a civilization under the ice, among other things. JG Thirlwell plays the character of Admiral Byrd in the opera. It will be broadcast on WDR3 on Dec 17 2012 at 11.05 pm CET, and on einsLIVE on Dec 18 2012 at 11.00 pm CET.

Thirlwell contributes to Sandy Relief show at Reverse Gallery

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REVERSE and Aurelio Trinidad Valle present RESONATE and REBUILD, a silent art auction benefit and exhibition at REVERSE space at 28 Frost Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that will open on Friday, December 14 from 7-11 PM with works remaining on view until Friday, December 21. The focus of this benefit is to raise funds for the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, an organization dedicated to rebuilding one of the most severely affected communities by Hurricane Sandy.

REVERSE is delighted to include a portfolio of art prints for the silent auction called the “Peace Prints”, originally made in 1972 for the McGovern campaign. These prints will be available for bidding during the benefit exhibition, made possible by Patty Mucha and Julie Martin. Artists who participated  in the “Peace Prints” series include: Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Richard Anuskiewicz; Oyvind Fahlström, Marisol, Robert Whitman, and Jack Youngerman.

Artworks that have been donated to the exhibition alongside the Peace Prints include works by JG Thirlwell, Nick Zinner, Sebastian Mlynarski, Gabriel Shuldner, Erik Foss, Ben Brock, Alberto Cortes, Richard Alvarez, Damian Genuardi, a collaborative work by Brandon Friend + Jason Douglas Griffin and many more. All works will remain on view and those that are not sold during the opening event will still be available for bidding at REVERSE until Friday, December 21, 7pm.
For more information about the Rockaway Waterfront Alliance, go here

JG Thirlwell's Venture Bros soundtrack available once more

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VBs OSTThe long unavailable soundtrack album The Venture Bros : The Music Of JG Thirlwell has been repressed on CD and is now exclusively distributed by Thirlwell’s label Ectopic Ents. Thirlwell has been hard at work creating huge amounts of exciting music for the score of the fifth season of the Venture Bros, which will premiere in 2013 on Adult Swim / Cartoon Network. The network recently broadcast a season five teaser in the form of the hugely popular Venture Bros Halloween special.

JGT meets Vinyl Terror and Horror in NYC

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vinyl terror and horrorJG Thirlwell has been invited by EMS (Elektronmusikstudion / Electronic Music Studio of Stockholm) to participate in the second annual Swedish Energies festival, presented by Issue Project Room, iDEAL, EMS, and the Consulate General of Sweden NYC. It is a free two-night festival on Nov 30-Dec 1 2012, featuring a huge lineup of some of Sweden’s most exciting experimental musicians and artists. Performances include collaborations between U.S. and Swedish artists, as well as a cross-section of Sweden’s most pre-eminent experimental groups.
JG Thirlwell will collaborate in a performance on Nov 30 with Vinyl Terror and Horror, aka Camilla Sørensen and Greta Christensen.  Vinyl Terror and Horror have worked together since 2001 modifying, deconstructing and reconstructing turntables and vinyl records , resulting in amazingly detailed and well executed noise compositions, performances and kinetic installations.
The evening will take place at the Clemente Soto Velez Center at 107 Suffolk Street, NYC and will also will feature performances by Christine Ödlund (S), Mats Lindström (S), Rolf Enström (S) and Aki Onda & Lise-Lotte Norelius (JAP/S), and continue the following evening performances by Anastasia Ax, Hild Sofie Tafjord, The Gagmen and many more.

Manorexia in Australia

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adelaide festJG Thirlwell will be making his first ever live appearance in Australia on Mar 4 2013 when he appears with his Manorexia ensemble in a bill with Kronos Quartet (w/special guest Bryce Dessner) at the Adelaide Festival. The concert will take place at the Thebarton theater in Adelaide. For this concert, Thirlwell will travel to Australia with NY Manorexia alumni Peter Wise (percussion) and David Broome (piano), and the ensemble will be augmented by string ensemble Zephyr Quartet. At the moment this will be the only Manorexia date in Australia. Also appearing at the Adelaide festival will be Laurie Anderson, Deerhoof, Buke and Gase, Goran Bregović, Calder Quartet with Iva Bittova, Van Dyke Parks, Neil Finn & Paul Kelly plus an Unsound portion of the fest featuring Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), Demdike Stare, Lustmord, Emeralds and many more. More news when it becomes available.

Venture Bros Halloween Episode

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A new episode of The Venture Bros will premiere at 11.30 pm on October 28, 2012 on Adult Swim / Cartoon Network, featuring an exciting new score by JG Thirlwell. Though this Halloween-themed episode is part of season five, the rest of season five will not start airing until 2013. According to Jackson Publick : “Basically, when we did the math and figured out that we probably wouldn’t be able to premiere season 5 until the beginning of 2013, I got super-depressed over the prospect of a Venture-less 2012. Doc was already half done writing a spooky sort of episode that he wanted to take place on Halloween, so we made it official.” Entitled “A Very Venture Halloween”, the episode was created and directed by Jackson Publick and written by Publick and Doc Hammer, both of whom also provide voices for the special.