comfortnoise is about bass & dub scholarship: dedicated to advanced dubwise electronic music on vinyl records as well as in club events, podcasts & texts.
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)
free entry
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 wednesday may 28th 2014 @ case à chocs, neuchâtel
la superette d’été presents:
mainfloor:
– DIGITAL MYSTIKZ; mala & coki (dmz; london)
– mc sun of selah (london)
– bit-tuner (hula honeys; zürich)
– guyus (dubexmachina; zürich)
– tomorrow is today all stars (tit; neuchâtel/bienne)
queen kong club:
– OPTIMO (rinse fm; london)
– ludovic b (b comme; neuchâtel)
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 –
– 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
on friday may 9th, 2014 from 11pm @ kiste club, baden
grundverschieden presents:
mainfloor
– alexander robotnick (hot elephant; florence)
– luki (lovestream; zh)
– babir (punkt; zh)
fumoir
– comfortnoise ploy aka djs xeed & new.com, mc iyah ranx & echomaster rjega (comfortnoise; zh)
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on friday may 9th, 2014 from 12pm to 04am @ longstreet bar, langstrasse 92, 8004 zürich
– LAZY MOOD (craive; zh)
– GUYUS (dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
free entry
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 saturday april 26th, 2014 from 11pm to 06am @ sommer casino, basel
glasshouse collective presents:
– OM UNIT (civil music, cosmic bridge, exit records; london)
– CALCULON (shoot recordings, rubik records; usa)
– GUYUS (dubexmachina; zürich)
– JURKHANDS (glasshouse collective; zürich)
– 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
on friday april 11th, 2013 @ klubi, wasserwerkstr. 89a, zürich
entart presents live shows from 9pm w/
– sframe live (zürich)
– cedric dambrain live (subjective slave, roughledge; brussels, belgium)
vandalizm & dxm take over from 12pm w/
– cosnost live (sas delemont; biel)
– zenit, faust & raphallus (bass vandalizm; biel)
– guyus & new.com (dubexmachina, bold, comfortnoise; zürich)
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)
– 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 –
on saturday march 22nd, 2014 @ kapan an (old bazaar) in skopje, macedonia
skopje vavilon presents:
– dxm soundsystem (aka guyus & new.com – dubexmachina; switzerland)
– 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.
on friday march 7th, 2014 from 12pm to 04am @ longstreet bar, langstrasse 92, 8004 zürich
– DAVE ELEANOR (subtrakt; zh)
– NEW.COM (comfortnoise, dubexmachina, bold; zürich)
>>> enjoy dave eleanor & new.com in comfortnoise podcast 048-0214!
free entry
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 friday february 28th, 2014 @ klub kegelbahn, luzern
swiss soul club presents: "a ruffer version" – roots & dub: ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub.
– raph the tough (we dare; zh)
– new.com (comfortnoise; zh)
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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
presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guyus (zh), jurkhands (zh/bs), leisure options (bs), lil'ziska (nürnberg), new.com (zh), nik! (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)
