Wednesday, 24 June 2015

The End of The Digitariat

After 15 years of recording and performing as The Digitariat the time has come to bring it to a close. There will be no new recordings intended as material for The Digitariat and no new live shows.

'Are You Afraid of the Poor? Why Not?' is available for free download from Saturday 27th June 2015 via Bandcamp. This is the final collection of recordings as The Digitariat.

Thank you to all who have appreciated and enjoyed the recorded work and performances, and all who have arranged shows and releases.

Saturday, 11 April 2015

'Are You Afraid of the Poor? Why Not?' forthcoming 4CDR set

'Are You Afraid of the Poor? Why Not?' will, at last, be coming out this June 2015.  This 1st edition will come as a 4CDR set.

The pro printed CDR will be housed in a 4 way jewel case with 3 more CDRs of previously unreleased material.

The tracklist for 'Are You Afraid of the Poor? Why Not?' is
1) Cries Real Office Tears
2) Eierlegende Wollmilchsau
3) Neo Victorian Workhouse
4) One Sodding Thing After Another
5) Shithole
6) Rien Manger
7) Sensualist
8) Towards Clearer Skin
9) Rosacea Eruption

The 3 other CDRs will include:

'Two Faced and Materialistic'
an album of multi tracked recordings from a crudely circuit bent Walkman and pre-recorded tapes.

'Pluto Gang'
a collaboration album with VEX (Ian Liddle.)

'Sweet Agony'
a mini album inspired by themes from a documentary on Wakefield boxer Paul Sykes.

plus other miscellaneous archive recordings.

More updates to follow as June 2015 approaches.

Sunday, 28 December 2014

The Digitariat live 30th December 2014, Ryan's Bar, Stoke Newington, London

Ryan's Bar, 181 Stoke Newington Church Street, London, United Kingdom

Tues 30th December 2014. 7pm - midnight.


Manchester's sadly defunct post-punk, synth and experimental night, Dancing and Laughing, does a one-off night in London, in honour of its founder's birthday.

Entry by donation.

Start New Year's Eve early! Come down early too as we can't stay open late. Get some food and that. Drink all afternoon. Fun will happen!

Live acts:

SOFT RIOT

Soft Riot is JJD; a former Vancouverite who has clocked over fifteen years of musical output in various bands and projects. Moving from Vancouver to London UK in the late 2000s, Soft Riot came into full being. Having now released a couple of acclaimed albums and EPs and staging numerous tours around Europe. Soft Riot has set up camp in Sheffield, a city with a strong his...tory of innovative synthesizer music.

Drawing inspiration from synthesizer-based film soundtracks of yesteryear, drones, early EBM, minimal synth, a dose of psychedelic synthpop and a heavy dose of throbbing appregiated rhythms, Soft Riot is a science-fiction heavy soundscape that narrates the listener through today’s fractured, excessive landscape with hints of black humour.

http://softriot.com/

The Digitariat

Post PE solo vocal belligerence before a cascade of noise, digital glitch, analog filth, free electronics around a new structure of rhythm measure.
Job, sex, money (or lack of); misandry/misogyny conflict; the truths behind constructed reality; the tragedy of pornography (for viewer and viewed); how technology is used against the people rather than for the people, pursuit of absolute joy against the negative influences; all these are recurring matters explored by The Digitariat.

https://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/

DJ's Blackdeath 1334 and Gertrud Stein will make you dance with music genres such as post-punk, synthpop, minimal wave and EBM.

Preview online sampler of 'Umbrella' Limited edition CDR album

Sampler of approximately 20 second long samples from each piece on 'Umbrella' limited edition CDR album. Full album length: 51 minutes. Titles: 38/Houdini/Half a Bells/Isya/Umbrella/Pssing Down. Release on 30th December 2014 on Verbesserungsvorschlag.

https://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat/umbrella-sampler

Sunday, 21 September 2014

Want to know me?

https://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat/want-to-know-me-version-1

Live in Bristol, 28th September 2014

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_DAVE PHILLIPS
dp re/searches and ponders existences and behaviourisms humanimalistically via audio de/construction, psycho-acoustics, sonic rituals; sound as communication in direct and primal form, a tool of metaphysics, a conscience, an unrestrained language. sound as a means to activate primordial shared emotions otherwise hidden by civilised experience. dp's work engages, invites rumination, endorses sentient and environmental e/quality and encourages intervention and action; therapeutical stimulation is acknowledged. a form of release is evoked, a liberating cleansing, a sound catharsis that opposes the omnipresent reduction of existence, that puts us in touch with our sentient origins as well as with the realities of our times. dp rings in the era of humanimal..
dp has been sonically active for over 25 years, has appeared on more than 150 releases and has played around 400 concerts in 40 countries.
psycho-acoustics. composition. field recordings. sonic rituals. audio exorcism. humanimalism. voice. body. organics. electronics. video. performance. interdisciplinary. multimedia.
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dave phillips - zürich - switzerland
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www.davephillips.ch
www.soundcloud.com/dave-phillips
www.dave-phillips.bandcamp.com
www.schimpflu.ch


_THE DIGITARIAT
"Any fool can believe in what's self-evident, it takes genius to believe a palpable lie"
Para-noise, Post-Power electronics, solo vocal belligerence before a cascade of noise, digital glitch, analogue filth and free matter around a new structure of rhythm measure.
Job, sex, money (or lack of); misandry/misogyny conflict; the truths behind constructed reality; the tragedy of pornography (for viewer and viewed); how technology is used against the people rather than for the people, pursuit of absolute joy against the negative influences; all these are recurring matters explored by The Digitariat.
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Paul Knowles - Islington, UK
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http://thedigitariat.blogspot.co.uk/
https://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat
http://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/


_SILVER WAVES
Drones and noise from 18 year old child prodigy whiz kid Dylan Malett
"Revelatory instrumentals that pull together disparate strands of downtown NY guitar minimalism with something of his hometown's signature ambient dub. Decidedly non-rock guitar grandeur. It goes without saying, he's one to watch." - The Quietus
"Mallett's hypnotic, industrial beats and skip-stop guitar trills on ‘I’ incorporated a quiet-loud dynamic that was infectious yet discerning, all the while emotionally captivating. Completely original and inventive pieces of music." - Wax Music
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Howling Owl / bulb - Bristol
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http://ssilverwavess.bandcamp.com/album/ep1
http://ssilverwavess.tumblr.com/


_TIPEX ORCHESTRA
featuring Henry Collins, Robin Foster, Cementimental & Uiutna
Chahut : bedlam, ruckus, uproar, commotion ; heckling, disturbance ; racket, din ; disruption for soul sound harsh delectation, and Accident and Emergency
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http://henryliamcollins.co.uk/
https://megawhatrecordings.bandcamp.com/
http://www.cementimental.com/
http://www.zamzamrec.org/Uiutna.html


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_EWA JUSTKA
Optoelectronic Power produced by hand-made electronics, hacked cathode ray tube and erratic phosphor.
Ewa Justka is a polish electronic noise artist based in London. She currently studies BA Sound Arts & Design at London College of Communication.
Ewa completed an internship in physical computing at STEIM, Amsteram, where she was working on documentation of Black Box modular system.
Justka’s main field of research is based on exploration of materiality of objects, vibrant, ontological systems (human bodies, plants’ bodies, electronic circuits: varied range of micro and macro environments and relations between them) and an investigation of modes of quasi-direct perception through noise performance actions, interactive installation, DIY electronics, hardware hacking, plant-molesting, breaking, deconstructing and collaborating. In her artistic work Ewa attempts to explore the concept of materiality of objects through creation of prompt interactions between them.
Ewa has performed at Network Music Festival, Birmingham, UK; Supernormal Festival Oxfordshire, UK, Club Transmediale Festival, Berlin; Explodin Cinema, Goldsmiths College, London, UK; STEIM, Amsterdam, NL; Moving Forest, Chelsea College, London, UK; Colour out of Space, Brighton, UK; Beam Festival, Brunel University, London, UK and more.
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http://ewajustka.tumblr.com/


_DUAL
Dual is a video artist and film-maker who enjoys collaborating with music artists on A/V projects and music promo videos. Her work explores the boundaries between dance, performance and the visual arts. Drawn to a dark and dystopian, yet elegant aesthetic, she often finds inspiration in the granular textures and analogue patterns of low resolution CCTV, VHS and CRT monitors. Her purist approach to her work has led her to experiment with organic glitches and errors found using analogue techniques. In contrast she works with filmed footage captured from a variety of sourced content, processed through low resolution monitors and then reworked into compositions which create a language through symbolic imagery. This passion is also the reason behind the array of CRT monitors and TVs stacked in the corner of her studio.
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http://vimeo.com/dual


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_INFINITE LIMITS
International mail-order supplying underground and experimental music on vinyl, CD, and cassette.
→∞ experimental →∞ underground →∞ private pressings →∞ art editions →∞ avant-garde →∞ sound-art →∞ noise →∞ drone →∞ free-jazz →∞ free-impro →∞ avant/free-rock →∞ electronic →∞ pyschedelic →∞ avant/free-folk →∞ weirdo/outsider pop →∞ musique concrète →∞ sound poetry →∞ industrial →∞ synth-pop →∞ garage rock →∞ avant-blues →∞ abstract →∞ lo-fi →∞ punk →∞ no-wave →∞ new age →∞
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http://www.infinite-limits.com/


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Tuesday, 11 March 2014

The Digitariat live in Manchester. Saturday 15th March 2014. First show in over a year!



Dancing and Laughing presents another edition of the experimental live special, Standing and Listening. Due to the fully booked Saturday night nature of the Castle Hotel, we are this time moving to their sister pub, the Eagle Inn, in Salford. Don't let that location bother you, it's fifteen minutes' walk from Northern Quarter and you'll get served at the bar more quickly than the Castle.

Entry is only £4!


The Eagle Inn, 18 Collier Street, City of Salford, M3 7DW.

...
The Digitariat

We know what it is to live in a rich man's house, because we live in it, like a slave lives in a rich man's house.

Post-PE solo vocal belligerence before a cascade of noise, digital glitch, analogue filth and free electronics around a new structure of rhythm measure.

Job, sex, money (or lack of); misandry/misogyny conflict; the truths behind constructed reality; the tragedy of pornography (for viewer and viewed); how technology is used against the people rather than for the people, pursuit of absolute joy against the negative influences; all these are recurring matters explored by The Digitariat.

https://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat
http://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/

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The Bristol-based artist says of her work:
"Depths ritualist dream ▲ musique de peur + dragons 7
Hologram monogram entity, H is planet. She practices mesmeric audio gestures. ((Ceremony , shell and other Secrets - to unleash RITUALIST DREAM ▲ MUSIQUE DE PEUR
Enter PYRAMID >< dephts souls sound levitation 4D dragon dragon dragon dragon dragon dragon dragon"

http://h-owl.bandcamp.com/
http://www.zamzamrec.org/


Rosanne Robertson

"I am obsessed with improvisation and its relationship to deviance. I work with objects, often metal objects, arranged into installed self made instruments­ -I use tools, implements and devices to extract sound from these arrangements in a live situation­­. Arrangements reworked live take the body into it and then remove it leaving something touched. The voice is heavily featured in my current approach­ with my main experiments being producing noises from the throat­ the internal voice before projection. My work often aims to reveal a boundary of what we are all comfortable with in terms of being in the same room together whilst something is created and then decides whether to cross it or not. Live works build from meditative rhythmical patterns into violently disjointed moments and brutal repetitive heavy noise making."

http://rosannerobertson.com/


Danny Saul

Danny Saul is an experimental musician, performer and composer of electroacoustic music. His primary interests are multi-channel acousmatic composition, sound diffusion, space and the exploration of abstract sound materials. His involvement in a variety of projects over the past few years have included collaborations and live performances with notable contemporary experimental musicians including Ben Frost, Machinefabriek, Greg Haines, Jasper TX, Xela and Simon Scott. Danny also plays guitar for Manchester black metallers Wode, having previously occupied positions as member / correctional-catalyst for units including Easter, Stranger Son, Polythene, Tsuji Giri and several other noise-based Manchester rock bands. Danny will be performing a 2-channel laptop set of semi-improvised acousmatic music / live electronics.

http://dannysaul.blogspot.co.uk/


Evil Man

Not THAT evil but evil enough to warrant the name Evil Man. For fans of evil and that. EVIL!


With Dancing and Laughing DJ's to play post-punk, minimal synth and other interesting music and sounds, between and after the bands.
 

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Live onstage at Discipline, London, 18th January.

The first live show of  2013 for The Digitariat!!



NEW YEAR, NEW NOISE, SAME GREAT PRICE

This is going to be a fucking harsh one.


THE DIGITARIAT
http://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/

SPITE HOUSE
http://www.facebook.com/spitehouseband

TO THE LOVERS, FAREWELL
http://redvenicerecords.bandcamp.com/album/harshcore-blush

BRUTES
http://exterminatethebrutes.bandcamp.com/


Discipline at The Bunker Club, 46 Deptford Broadway, London, SE8 4PH

Friday 18th January 2013
doors 10pm, music starts at 11

£2 entry

cheap cheap drinks
 


Wednesday, 26 December 2012

2012 Live performance round up.


23rd February. Hope & Anchor, Islington , London. (with Xithi Chasm, Goren Dal, Cementimental.)

25th February. Power Lunches, Dalston, London. (with Daniel Menche, Liberez)

31st May. Dusk Til Dawn, Islington, London. (with Skat Injector, M.A.C. of Mad, BBYB)

7th July. Union, Vauxhall, London. (with Roger Rotor, Jamka, Jahiz, Killabomb)

25th August. Dusk Til Dawn, Islington, London. (with Daughters of God, Cousteau Twins and Winnie The Poof)

1st September. The Windmill, Brixton, London. (with Cementimental, Binnsclagg, Shirt Lifter, Christmas Gimp, Trans/Human, Miles and Miles and Miles)

12 October, Wharf Chambers, Leeds. (with Con-Dom, Michael Nine, Cementimental, Cremation Lily and Content Nullity)

Many thanks to all the organisers: Caroline, Upset The Rhythm, Zsa Zsa la Trine, Oli Schafer-Davies, Trixie, Tim Drage, Max Leonard Hitchings, Ferdousur Rehman and Pete Cann.

Looking forward to more shows in 2013. Lots of exciting things planned!

Saturday, 14 July 2012

New album 'Barefaced Truth'

Download album.

http://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/album/barefaced-truth

1) Lela Star
2) I Blame Jerome
3) Sta Gna Nt
4) Came First
5) Inner Peace
6) Colin

"Jocularity is the third-best camouflage, the second-best is sentimentality.... But the best and safest camouflage is the pure, naked truth. Oddly enough, no one believes it."
- from "Biedermann und die Brandstifter" by Max Frisch.

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Live in London, Friday 6th July.

Live at Noise Corruption at Union, Vauxhall.

Live sets:

... Roger Rotor - rhythmic noise

Killabomb - brutal mashup breaks

Jamka - modular synth electronics

The Digitariat - working man's power electronics

Jahiz - microtonal midi tape tape loops



DJ's sets: noise / speedcore / industrial / breakcore / hardcore / gabber


DJ Pete

NO ALIAS

Mark Pitchless

Meus Deus (Pokora SS)

belliDJarunt Pitchless

Atman (Pokora SS)



£6 on the door all night...


Friday 6th July 2012 - 10pm-7am

get here early to catch all the live acts, starting from 11pm



http://noisecorruption.com/
 

Saturday, 2 June 2012

The Digitariat official Myspace

The new official myspace of The Digitariat: http://www.myspace.com/thedigitariatofficial

The old one is still up there, but it is not possible to update it for reasons of naivety when setting up that account. If you can find that one you will find entertaining material there of which I am still proud. However this new official myspace better represents the current direction of output and is more relevant.

Saturday, 19 May 2012

The Digitariat LIVE at Active Nihilism, London. 31st May.

ACTIVE NIHILISM Presents an alternative to the alternative.

Grindcore and Harsh noise live acts from:
M.A.C Of MAD, BBYB, The Digitariat & Skat Inector

... Dj sets from:
K-Tron, DJ Nurvuss & Zsa-Zsa La-Trine.

Playing Witch House, Electro, Grindcore + Oddities.



M.A.C. OF MAD (CZECH)

Industrial/Electronica/Powerdance/Grindfloor
 
BBYB (BABA YABA) (CZECH)


Cyber Grind / Digital Hardcore

http://www.myspace.com/BBYB
http://www.bandzone.cz/BBYB
http://bbyb.bigcartel.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/BBYB
https://www.facebook.com/babayaba

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The Digitariat (London)

Angsty & poetic harsh noise

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Digitariat/233118685485
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SKAT INJECTOR (LONDON)

Drag Queen Cyber/Speedcore Black Metal

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skat-Injector/96141371296
https://www.myspace.com/skatinject0r





Entry £3 before 9pm £4 after

Absolutley VILE mince pies saved from Christmas that have been rotting under the stairs for the first people through the door!

Dusk Till Dawn
Archway Tavern, Archway Rd, London N19 3TD 020 7272 2840 , London, United Kingdom


Wednesday, 9 May 2012

'Its a Fix' New album on ltd ed CDR.

Comprising six new studio recordings and a full live performance (recorded at London's legendary Hope and Anchor) this is an insight into some of The Digitariat's work so far this year.

Multi layered noise songs. This time on the themes of glass ceilings, affected nonchalance as a poor defense mechanism, "you've never had it so good" mentality and more.

PREVIEW TRACK 1: 'Wheres the Advantage' http://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat/wheres-the-advantage

PREVIEW TRACK 2: 'A Flash of Smile'  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tytD0AkWuqc

PREVIEW EDIT from the live recording: 'Caught You Looking' http://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat/caught-you-looking-live-at-the

Released on 1st May 2012. Limited to 50 copies.

As of today (9th May 2012) 25 copies are still available.

£5.00 (UK), £6.00 (Rest of the world)

contact: thedigitariat@yahoo.com

Saturday, 28 April 2012

PREVIEW TRACK #2: 'A Flash of Smile'

Preview track on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tytD0AkWuqc

From the limited edition CDR album 'Its a Fix'

Release date: 1st May 2012. 50 copies only, hand assembled by The Digitariat.

Full track listing: A Flash of Smile / Wheres the Advantage? / Grab Bag / Fix / You Don't Know What Skint Is / live at the Hope and Anchor 23rd February 2012 / Horn of Plenty

Saturday, 21 April 2012

PREVIEW TRACK: 'Wheres the Advantage'

Preview track from forthcoming ltd edition CDR album 'Its a Fix' can be heard here:

Wheres the Advantage

Release date 1st May 2012. Edition of 50 handmade copies.

Six new studio tracks and a full live recording.

Friday, 20 April 2012

'Its a Fix" New album, 1st May 2012.

New album by The Digitariat ‘It’s a Fix” to be released on 1st May 2012. In a Ltd edition of 50 copies, CDR in handmade packaging.

Six new studio tracks and a full live recording.

Track listing:
A Flash of Smile
Where’s the Advantage
Grab Bag
... Fix
You Don’t Know What Skint Is
live at the Hope and Anchor
Horn of Plenty
 

Sunday, 1 April 2012

'Full of Advice' CDr edition


'Full of Advice' was intended as a universally available album and in my naivety I believed that a release as a free download would make it so.

I have since encountered a few people who still don't have internet access for downloads.

To widen the albums availablility even more I have made the silver card cover edition on CDr. This is now available. Contact The Digitariat for details.

NB: The material on this release is exactly the same as the free download version available here: http://www.mediafire.com/?bx8lll8n37gz36j
http://thedigitariat.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/the-digitariat/sets/the-digitariat-full-of-advice/