Comfortnoise is dedicated to leftfield bass and dub research: inspired by techno, bass music, foundation dubstep, garage, grime, roots reggae, digital dub, steppers, dancehall, and amapiano.
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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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.
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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
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)
“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
comfortnoise podcast is operated by new.com (zürich/switzerland) featuring national and international guests.
comfortnoise clubnight is a label for cutting-edge club events featuring advanced dubwise electronic music.
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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:
– 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)
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
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!
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)
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
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/
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.
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,
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)
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
– 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
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
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)
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)
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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.
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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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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presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guyus (zh), ink! (zh), jurkhands (zh/bs), lil’ziska (nürnberg), marc schwegler (bs), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)
on sunday may 25th, 2014 @ kornhaus festival, langstrasse 113a, zürich
the kornhaus festival features art, visual & musical performances from friday may 23th to sunday 25th
>>> official website >>> subscribe on fb here >>> get your ticket here
the musical schedule from sunday 25th is hosted by blaublau, hula honeys & dubexmachina:
02.00pm – guyus – lcp – uhuruku (djs)
04.45pm –
