comfortnoise

comfortnoise podcast 054-1114 w/ lcp (luana, re:st; be) & new.com

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– ambient afro dub over 2h/38m/34s
– by lcp (luana rec., re:st; bern) & new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh)
– video live streamed on saturday november 29th, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)

our friend lcp (luana rec., re:st – soundcloud) from bern has been chasing records for one and a half decade now, and there seems to be no end in the foreseeable future. always into the cushy mind bending stuff, he’s also a part of the semi-monthly radio show


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comfortnoise @ kkc, riga (latvia) streaming comfortnoise podcast 053-1014 w/ dj snobo, bombey & selffish (riga, lativa) & new.com

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– 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 (


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comfortnoise clubnight w/ COMFORTNOISE PLOY @ klub kegelbahn, luzern

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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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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


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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!


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fischenthal in dub – dubtechnodub by comfortnoise ploy (deeptakt podcast 012)

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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/


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comfortnoise ploy @ lethargy 2014

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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


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comfortnoise podcast 052-0714 feat. zweikommasieben w/ simian keiser, marc d’arrigo & guy joshua

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– 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


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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


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COMFORTNOISE CLUBNIGHT: bass leaning techno w/ gaspard de la montagne & new.com @ kegelbahn, luzern

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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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kornhaus festival w/ guyus, comfortnoise ploy & many more

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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 –


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comfortnoise podcast 051-0514 w/ new.com saying goodbye to tree park studio

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– advanced dubwise electronic music over 2h/45m/51s
– by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
– video live streamed outta tree park studio on friday may 16th, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link

tree park studio has to be cleared by end of may 2014. as we explained in our threepart interview for zweikommasieben magazine, its adress was from november 2012 a preliminary opportunity to join all kind of artists in a building with – believe it or not – 120


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comfortnoise podcast 050-0414 feat. various artists!

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– eclectic electronic music over 3h/28m/23s
– it’s the 50. edition featuring d_u_bious (live), lil’ziska, guyus, crazeebo, dj populist, taiken, xeed, dave eleanor, r-kive, luki, marc d’arrigo, marc schwegler, nik! & uhuruku
– hosted by luki (luki music, lovestream; zh) & new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh)
– video live streamed outta tree park studio on sunday april 6th, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link

forty-nine editions of comfortnoise podcast means four and a half years of producing monthly radio shows with altogether 53 amiable


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dis ya wot (digiversion) – digital roots, ragga & early dancehall by new.com

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– digital roots, ragga & early dancehall
– total playing time: 2h/15m/39s (mp3/320kbs/310mb)
– compiled & mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh/switzerland)
– published on march 10th, 2014
– hand crafted w/ 100% vinyl, a pioneer djm800 mixer & a rigsmith dub siren
→ tracklist (txt-file)
→ soundcloud link 
→ remember the dis ya wot mi gon’ likk now rub-a-dub mix!

tracklist
01 – 000:05 – midnight riders – me a no gunman (version) – tasha
02 –


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comfortnoise podcast 049-0314 w/ heiko & new.com

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– from drone through techno to house over 2h/32m/00s
– by heiko (ir/or, bern) & new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh)
– video live streamed outta tree park studio on saturday march 1st, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link

hailing from the swiss capital berne, heiko (ir/or; bern – soundcloud) got involved with its lively underground culture scene a couple of years ago. together with his friend jeremias, he’s currently running the ir/or event label.


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comfortnoise podcast 048-0214 w/ dave eleanor & new.com

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– bass music & foundation dubstep over 2h/31m/07s
– by dave eleanor (subtrakt; zh) & new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zh)
– video live streamed outta tree park studio on sunday february 2nd, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link

dave eleanor (subtrakt; zh – home, facebook) is an upcoming young producer with already 3 releases and a fistful of remixes. he is part of a younger generation of producers who are free of fears of contact with


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comfortnoise podcast 047-0114 w/ gaspard de la montagne & new.com

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– techno-bass over 2h/31m/45s
– by gaspard de la montagne (creaked rec.; la chaux-de-fonds) & new.com (comfortnoise, dxm; zh)
– video live streamed outta tree park studio on sunday january 19th, 2014 over livebeats
→ full timecoded tracklist (pdf)
→ soundcloud link

gaspard de la montagne (creaked rec.; la chaux-de-fonds – home, soundcloud) is the producer of the much-loved and everything else than run-of-the-mill “pôle ep“, released on creaked records. his provenance lies in bass music, but


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10 YEARS COMFORTNOISE in the interview w/ zweikommasieben magazin: 1/3 – 2/3 – 3/3

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jetzt sind alle 3 Teile des Interviews online:

10 JAHRE COMFORTNOISE

Comfortnoise ist ein Internet-Radio-Format aus Zürich.Live werden monatlich aus dem schönen Tree Park Studio im Zürcher Seefeld via Videostream ein Abend lang Dub-, Techno-, House-, Bass- sowie Dubstep-Vibes in allen möglichen Varianten in die Welt hinaus geschickt. Vor zehn Jahren gegründet, wird das Format seither mit viel Herzblut von Marius Neukom alias new.com, ein DJ, Veranstalter und – natürlich! – Dub-Head aus Zürich, betrieben. Nun feiert Comfortnoise dieses Jahr sein zehnjähriges Bestehen.

Das Jubiläum nahmen wir als Anlass um bei new.com nachzufragen, worum es bei Comfortnoise geht.

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