tonight, around midnight (NY time) the new 12k site will go active. in this site is a NEWS section which will function in the same manner as this blog, yet be integrated into the site in a much nicer way (this blog is not integrated at all).

after today (if all goes well) please get your 12k news directly from our website as this blog will no longer be updated. it will, however, remain active as an archive and as we transfer the many years of posts into the new site.

thank you for all of your support since February 13th, 2006!

Lawrence English on Sound Proector

You’ve recently been in Russia with Ben Frost at “Electromechanica” festival in St.Petersburg and gave a concert in Moscow. Tell us about your impressions. Did you like Russia? What was interesting while you were in our country?

I found Russia an entirely curious place, quite different to other countries I have visited. I guess both Moscow and St Petersburg are vastly different cities – historically, socially, architecturally etc – but I did feel they shared a certain sense of pace.

It was inspired to see so many people at the concerts, we had the chance to meet people described ‘fanatics’, which was truly a pleasure. It was also good to see that there’s such a thriving community of artists, labels and promoters all working to bring about more awareness of this music. In Moscow we had a chance to talk with Dmitry, the label owner of Monochrome Vision, and he offered some great insights into what’s happening in Russia presently.

I guess for me one of the most interesting experiences was visiting a flea market some way outside St. Petersburg – it was quite a vision…. beautifully chaotic!

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“Snow (Dusk, Dawn)” is an edition of 63 CDs and photographs presented at NADiff Gallery in Tokyo from April 15th to the 25th, 2010. Here is a PDF of all of the photographs in the edition. One original, black Polaroid and a color print of it’s original image come with each CD. Each edition is unique.

PDF OF ALL OF THE IMAGES

12k artist PJUSK launch a new website and blog.

http://www.pjusk.no/

12k is very happy to announce that the back-catalogue of Sheffield’s legendary SND is now available for the first time through our digital distribution network. Available now are the first three SND full length albums makesnd cassette, stdio, and tender love.

During the coming months we will be making available hard-to-find vinyl releases, live performances and other rare recordings from this influential duo.

http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/01/solo-andata-exclusive/

Kane Ikin (one half of Solo Andata) really has put some graft in for the upcoming mix this Saturday at 7pm containing unreleased material and a killer track list…

Paul Fiocco (b. 1984) and Kane Ikin (b. 1982) live and work out of separate states in Australia. Solo Andata began in 2006 with their debut album Fyris Swan on Chicago label Hefty records. Paul lives in Perth, Western Australia, and is a graduate in philosophy. Kane lives in Melbourne, Victoria, and is a graduate in sound from the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Solo Andata’s compositions are created through the collaboration of sound from organic materials, field recordings, and instruments. Their latest record was recorded in Perth, Melbourne, Yallingup, Mundaring, and New York between 2007 – 2009.

Track List:

Donato Wharton – The End of the American Century
Grouper – Invisible
Eduard Artemyev – Meditation (stalker)
Kevin Drumm – More Blood Than Guts -
Simon Scott – Spring Stars
Diane Cluck – Snake
Fennesz – Circassian
Joy Division – The Eternal
The Fun Years – My Lowville
Mogwai Remix – Drive
Solo Andata ( Ryuichi Sakamoto Remix) – Chorale (look for me here)
Jana Winderen – Live In Japan
Tomasz Bednarczyk – So
Svarte Greiner – Ocean Out Of Wood
Jonny Greenwood – Open Space
Paul Fiocco – Fingernails
Akira Soundtrack/Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Requiem
Fabulous Diamonds – Four
Taylor Duepree – Worn
Viktor Bermon – Unprepared
Solo Andata – Jetty On The Baltic (unreleased)
Solo Andata – Livid Walls Of Thought Possible (unreleased)
Kane Ikin – Atlantis Lost (unr

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