on friday november 7th, 2014 from 12pm to 04am @ longstreet bar, langstrasse 92, 8004 zürich
– OTIS ANGO (files rec., kartel klub/lausanne)
– NEW.COM (dubexmachina, comfortnoise, bold; zürich)
free entry
new.com
comfortnoise @ kkc, riga (latvia) streaming comfortnoise podcast 053-1014 w/ dj snobo, bombey & selffish (riga, lativa) & new.com
– bass music & beats over 3h/9m/17s
– by dj snobo, bombey & selffish (rasols; riga, latvia)
– hosted by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich, switzerland)
– video live streamed on october 17th, 2014 @ kkc (riga, latvia) over livebeats
→ soundcloud link
→ fb-event
still homeless, we travel in order to produce our upcoming podcast and stream this show live from a club event at the kaņepes kultūras centrs (kkc) in riga/latvia. we proudly feature our good friends from the rasols collective: dj snobo (blog – soundcloud), bombey (
landscapes @ bikini test, la chaux-de-fonds w/ oram modular, new.com, julien aubert & gaspard de la montagne
on saturday november 1st, 2014 from 10pm @ bikini test, la chaux-de-fonds
landscapes w/
– oram modular (orm/ge)
– new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold/zh)
– julien aubert (creaked/vd)
– gaspard de la montagne (creaked/ne)
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comfortnoise clubnight w/ COMFORTNOISE PLOY @ klub kegelbahn, luzern
on friday october 24th, 2014 from 11pm @ klub kegelbahn, baselstrasse 24, luzern
comfortnoise clubnight w/
COMFORTNOISE PLOY
a.k.a. djs xeed & new.com, mc/singer iyah ranx & echomaster rjega (zh)
techno – dubtechno – dub
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comfortnoise ploy is live sonic carpet weaving somewhere between dubtechno & dub at its roots: with two turntables, a microphone, a legendary vintage roland space echo re-201, an elektron octatrak sampling/sequencing device, a multi-band radio, a dub siren & other useful gear to do the dub.
>>>
dubexmachina / dxm soundsystem / BOLD
guyus & new.com are busy djs, promoters, radio hosts and vinyl freaks from zürich, both dedicated to underground bass music. together they run the night dubexmachina, which in automn 2012 celebrated its 5th birthday.
as dxm soundsystem they often play back to back sets, selecting the gems of their record collections, stretching from early dubstep to today’s bass music, including grime, garage, uk funky, jungle, house, techno and reggae/dub: vinyl pressure!
>>> see the past & current dxm-events
>>> see history
dxm & cmfrtns september-14-charts
presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guyus (zh), jurkhands (zh/bs), lcp (be), lil’ziska (nürnberg), marc schwegler (bs), new.com (zh), nik! (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)
new.com (dj)
“advanced dubwise electronic music” is what new.com (comfortnoise, zero g sounds, dubexmachina) valuates above all things – be it in techno, bass music, reggae, digidub, steppers, (foundation) dubstep, (instrumental) grime, (leftfield) dancehall or (ambient) reggaeton. he is basically handling with vinyl records as a consequence of a well-developped quality consciousness (see basslines column #3).
as dj, producer, promoter, radio host, writer, club- & label operator (as well as owner of the former vinyl store p45 records), new.com
advanced dubwise electronic music
comfortnoise podcast is operated by new.com (zürich/switzerland) featuring national and international guests.
cutting-edge club events
comfortnoise clubnight is a label for cutting-edge club events featuring advanced dubwise electronic music.
>>> see the related blog entries
COMFORTNOISE : TECHNO @ umbo on fri september 10th, 2021:
comfortnoise clubnight @ umbo on sat october 24th, 2020: cancelled due to COVID-19!
comfortnoise clubnight @ umbo on fri september 25th, 2020:
r u a robot? – techno/acid by new.com
– techno/acid
– total playing time: 1h/26m/21s (mp3/320kbs/200mb)
– compiled & mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh/switzerland)
– published on september 22th, 2014 over www.comfortnoise.com
– hand-crafted w/ 100% vinyl
→ tracklist (txt-file)
à discuter: simon reynolds “retromania: pop cultures addiction to its own past”
another book (besides mark fisher’s “ghosts of my life”) we recommend because of its stimulating and in the same time offending richness of disparate ideas on music and the development of music culture from the 60ties until now.
below, we present a couple of quotes that we recognise as reynolds’ conclusions. (not that we necessarily agree -)
>>> see also basslines column #1: poltergeists
fraction 5 open air w/ ham-e, kephas & don pedro, comfortnoise ploy, taiken & flexible
on saturday september 6th, 2014 from 3 to 12pm @ private & open air by tengu collective; st. gallen
tengu collective presents:
– dj ham-e (classic & fresh hip hop)
– kephas & don pedro (roots reggae dub)
– comfortnoise ploy (live dub techno)
– taiken & flexible (subloaded bass music)
>>> send us a message if you wanna join – we’ll provide you with a personal invitation!
dxm & cmfrtns august-14-charts
presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guyus (zh), lcp (be), lil’ziska (nürnberg), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)
fischenthal in dub – dubtechnodub by comfortnoise ploy (deeptakt podcast 012)
title: fischenthal in dub
mixed by: comfortnoise ploy
style: dubtechno / dub
length: 1h/57m/39s
label: deeptakt records
catalog#: dtpod012
release: august 17th, 2014
image by: comfortnoise ploy
artwork: deeptakt records
→ tracklist (txt-file)
→ soundcloud link
dörflifäscht opening w/ d_u_bious & new.com
on friday august 29th, 2014 from 7pm @ dörflifäscht, open air: hirschenplatz zürich
from 7 to 10.30pm, D_U_BIOUS & NEW.COM are going roots-reggae-bass-wise !
>>> check the dis ya wot & the dis ya wot (digiversion) mixes by new.com
>>> …and for the advanced listeners: 051-0514.
BOLD #04 w/ RON MORELLI, asic (live), guy joshua, new.com, unda & shoudelistix
on saturday august 23rd, 2014 from 12pm @ club zukunft, dienerstr. 33, 8004 zürich
zukunft:
– RON MORELLI (l.i.e.s., hospital productions; usa)
– ASIC live (anorg sound.sys; zh)
– GUY JOSHUA (zweikommasieben; lu)
– NEW.COM (dubexmachina, comfortnoise, bold; zh)
bar3000:
– UNDA (beatfreacks, boyoom connective; sg)
– SHOUDELISTIX (sg)
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BOLD is a series of raves on the seabed in the intersection of techno & bass music. it’s resting upon a collaboration of hula honeys,
dxm & cmfrtns july-14-charts
presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guyus (zh), ink! (zh), jurkhands (zh/bs), lcp (be), lil’ziska (nürnberg), marc schwegler (bs), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg) & uhuruku (zh)
comfortnoise ploy @ lethargy 2014
on saturday august 2nd, 2014 @ lethargy 2014; rote fabrik, seestr. 395, zürich
the line-up & our playtimes at ziegel:
– COMFORTNOISE PLOY: 22:00-00:15
– NONE OF THEM live (signup & michal ho; zürich)
– DISTANCE (chestplate; london)
– BRAINTHEFT live (berlin – home)
– FOREIGN CONCEPT (samurai, critical, shogun audio; brighton, uk)
– COMFORTNOISE PLOY: 05:30-07:00
>>> check out the full line-up of lethargy 2014
comfortnoise podcast 052-0714 feat. zweikommasieben w/ simian keiser, marc d’arrigo & guy joshua
– deeper houss music over 2h/49m/03s in a collaboration w/ zweikommasieben magazin (luzern)
– by guy joshua (zweikommasieben; luzern), simian keiser & marc d’arrigo (schall & rauch; berlin/zürich)
– hosted by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
– video live streamed on saturday july 12th, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link
this show is a special event, because we’re streaming inside a collaboration with our good friends from the zweikommasieben magazin – live from a cozy living room in the middle zürich! the
à discuter: mark fisher “ghosts of my life: writings on depression, hauntology, lost futures, capitalism & the surface noise made by vinyl”
we recommend the following book (besides simon reynolds’ “retromania”) because it makes us reflecting on what we like and what we do, in a clever and at once provoking manner.
below, we present quotes/assumptions that we recognise as crucial for this book. (not that we necessarily agree -)
>>> see also basslines column #1: poltergeists
dxm & cmfrtns june-14-charts
presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), jurkhands (zh/bs), lcp (be), lil’ziska (nürnberg), marc schwegler (bs), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)
DXM FLIPSIDES #13 w/ guy joshua & new.com
on friday july 4th, 2014 from 12pm to 04am @ longstreet bar, langstrasse 92, 8004 zürich
– GUY JOSHUA (zweikommasieben; luzern)
– NEW.COM (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
free entry
comfortnoise ploy
comfortnoise ploy is live sonic carpet weaving in the field of dub at its roots, influenced by bass music, steppers, dancehall & dubtechno: with two turntables, microphones, a legendary vintage roland space echo re-201, dub siren, melodica, blues harp, flute, rattles & other useful gear to dub out what has to be dubbed out.
new.com (comfortnoise; zh – dj & producer) & rjega (freunde elektronischer musik; zh – echo master & producer) play out what comfortnoise passionately pursues: bass, drum & time.
COMFORTNOISE CLUBNIGHT: bass leaning techno w/ gaspard de la montagne & new.com @ kegelbahn, luzern
on saturday june 28th, 2014 from 11pm @ klub kegelbahn, luzern
we're indeed happy to return to klub kegelbahn after a couple of thrilling dub/roots/digital gigs lately – but pay attention: this time we gonna do it inna di true #BOLD styleee, what means by delivering severely bass heavy techno oriented grooves all night long. it's nothing than brilliant to do this with our good friend gaspard de la montagne from creaked records, coming down from la chaux-de-fonds!
– GASPARD DE LA MONTAGNE (creaked rec.; la chaux-de-fonds)
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vor der hour IX – chapter 2: zürich
on saturday june 14th, 2014 from 4 to 10pm @ museum bärengasse, bärengasse 22, zürich
"vor der hour" is the release ceremony of the wicked printed, bilingual (ger/e) issue #9 of the zweikommasieben magazine: an unlikely & lucky combination of people, art, food, clubculture, beer, philosophy & music.
– el tigre sound (twoets, zweikommasieben; luzern)
– leisure options (korsett, zweikommasieben; basel)
– marc d'arrigo (schall & rauch, zweikommasieben; zürich)
– new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
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