Wednesday 30 December 2009

Codex Europa download on Southwark Anthology of Noise

The recording of my selection for the Southwark Anthology of Noise is now online and can be downloaded here.

It's my personal selection of industrialised/structured noise - industrial, power electronics gabber, techno, techstep and more. I was interested in tracks that incorporate noise but don't surrender to or fetishise it...

Sunday 22 November 2009

Codex Europa CCIA Setlist 21-11-09

Part I was a planned programme and was the more 'serious' half of the set, the second half was an unplanned bonus in the festive spirit of the occasion...


Brief youtube clip of Part II here.


Part I: Produktionist

Esplendor Geometrico - Heroe del Trabajo - El Acero del Partido I (Geometrik)

Eva 3 – Isocele (Fich-Art)

Mono no Aware – Kiri (Hands)

Today I’m Dead – One For Me (L-White)

Xebox – Fabrikenwelt 1 (Pro-Noize)

The People’s Republic of Europe – Conveyorbelt (New Darkness Recordings)

Bourbonese Qualk – Qual (Praxis)


Part II: ‘Mentalist’

The Liquidator – Hartcore will Never Die (Control)

Bold Bob – Bold Bass (Control)

S.K.E.T. – Machina Slava (Hands)

Winterkälte – Nox Over Europe (Hands)

DJ Hell – Sprung aus den Wolken (Disko B)

Sonic Subjunkies – Destroy (Iris Light)

Szeki Kurva – Bond Averts World War III (Iris Light)

Laibach – War (Ultraviolence meets Hitman mix) (Mute)

Peter Mlakar & 300 000 V.K. – Compenetration (ŠKUC-ROPOT)

Wednesday 21 October 2009

Codex Europa Klub V.E.B. @ Connexion Bizarre webcast

My first Klub V.E.B. webcast for Connexion Bizarre went out a few weeks back. The download link has now expired but I'll post a fresh version soon.

The first half is a selection of tracks by artists from the London noise/electronic/industrial scene.

The second half is take one of my 'State Funeral' mix, a slice of post-Cold War gloom for the autumn:

Tracklist/running order:

Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Webcast identifier
[exclusive]

London Noise/Industrial Electronic scene selection:

ANTIchildLEAGUE - Only One Mother
[The Father - Hagshadow]
Special Victim - Blaue Bohnen v2
[Unreleased]
Ryan Jordan - Assisted Breathing
[Noise=Noise 25.10.2008 - Noise=Noise]
Sz. Berlin - Ringmaster
[Testphase CDR - Unreleased]
John Bowers - October
[Noise=Noise 25.10.2008 - Noise=Noise]
Gerechtigkeits Liga - Funeral March (Field Recordings, London 1987 At Coldstorage 4.Vauxhall, Studio Recordings London)
[Per Ignem ad Lucem - Vinyl on Demand]

Codex Europa State Funeral mix:

Kom-Intern - Ivy Bells
[Maschinenfest 2005 - Pflichtkauf]
Laibach - Jaruzelsky
[Rekapitulacija 1980 - 1984 - NSK Recordings]
Cabaret Voltaire - The Quarry (In The Wilderness)
[Johnny Yesno (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) - The Grey Area, Mute Records Ltd.]
Throbbing Gristle - Beachy Head
[20 Jazz Funk Greats - The Grey Area, Mute Records Ltd.]
Autopsia - Night Landscape III
[Radical Machines Night Landscapes - Illuminating Technologies]
The Caretaker - Friends Past Re-united
[A Stairway To The Stars - V/Vm Test Records]
Zilverhill - Unceasing
[Latent-Active-Descent - Adeptsound, Blind Shouter]
Test Dept. - Funeral
[Materia Prima - Ministry Of Power]

Tuesday 29 September 2009

Klub V.E.B. IV at The Fleapit. 24.10.2009.


Klub V.E.B. returns to action on 24th October and this time it's serious. Sz. Berlin will perform new tracks as part of a "DDR 60" performance and are joined by Ryan Jordan. I'll be DJ'ing alongside Genosse Kriegslok.

Sunday 30 August 2009

Codex Europa V.E.B. 40 Jahre Event Setlist

'Riot Dictator'

I have to admit that the following list may not be 100% accurate - I believe I played at least two more tracks, probably minimal techno. Even after two weeks I'm unsure what these might have been. Thanks to my fellow DJ's and to everyone who came for a superb night.

The Parallax Corporation – Whore of the Floor (Disco Sucks) (Disko B)

Sweet Reinhard – Stille Hände (Profan)

I-F – Envy (Viewlexx)

Genevieve Pasquier – Existence (Ant-Zen)

Welt in Scherben – Das Ende Vom Lied (Force Inc.)

Christian Wunsch – A1 (IM)

Nitzer Ebb – Let your Body Learn (The Hacker Remix) (Nova Mute)

[30 Minute Pre-recorded Nach Partei mix (secret formula)]

Olga + Josef – B1 (Olga + Josef)

Laibach – Les Privileges Des Morts (Kapital Cassette Version) (Mute)

Elektro – Perfect Body II (Fax)





Sunday 9 August 2009

Codex Europa at Klub V.E.B. '40 Jahre' Mix Night at The Fleapit, 15.08.09


Klub V.E.B./Codex Corporation Present:

‘40 Jahre’ : A.M./B.N. 1969 – 2009.

A unique event for the 40th birthday of one of the V.E.B. members.

Special tribute mixes from V.E.B. DJ’s and guests.

A sequence of half hour sets will span a range of electronic genres from dark ambient/electronica to electro, industrial/EBM, minimal techno, doomcore gabber, electro and some surprises.

Saturday August 15th.
19.30 – 23.00

The Fleapit
49 Columbia Road, London E2 7RG.
FREE

Techno – Industrial – Electro – Gabber and more….

Many thanks to Alex Nym for his work on the flyer.

Sunday 5 July 2009

Codex Europa Setlist, Klub V.E.B. II, 02.07.09

The view from The Others... the best feature of the place.


Black Spider Clan - Black Rubber Tease (Kommando 6)
D.A.F. - Die Luege (Superstar Recordings)
----- - Test Track (Unreleased)
Laibach - Wir Tanzen Ado Hinkel (Zeta Reticula Mix) (Mute)
Vincent Koreman - Yuppie Funk (Bunker)
ANC - In The Year 2525 (Restroom Records)

This was a mopping-up operation following Sz. Berlin's sabotaged but successful set on the hottest night of the year. Mostly dark electro but with a wild card at the end.

Saturday 27 June 2009

Klub V.E.B. II at The Others, July 2nd. FREE


Codex Europa plays at Klub V.E.B. II next Thursday. The full line-up:

LIVE

Sz. Berlin
(Extreme electronics from the Warsaw Pact)

www.virb.com/szberlin

Graan
(Granular synthesis meets ritualistic droning ambience)

www.graan.org.uk

DJ’s:

Codex Europa (Dark Electro Industrial)
Kriegslok (Power Electronics)
Floressas (Esoteric/ritual dark ambient)


Stage times:

2000 - 2030 - Codex Europa
2030 - 2100 - Floressas
2100 - 2145 - GRAAN
2145 - 2215 - Kriegslok
2215 - 2245 - Floressas
2245 - 2330 - SZ BERLIN
2330 - 0000 - Codex Europa

FREE

Thursday July 2nd, 20.00 – 00.00

Top Floor, 6 - 8 Manor Road,
Stoke Newington
London N16 5SA

Friday 26 June 2009

Codex Europa Setlist, ms café, Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź, 23-06-09.

This was an experimental set played in the unlikely minimal surroundings of the ms cafe. The list is reconstructed from memory but basically correct. The sound was excellent and I was completely unaware of the heavy summer storm raging outside as I played.


Henryk Gorecki – Miserere (Elektra Nonesuch)

Laibach – Industrial Ambients (Sub Rosa)

VO.I.D. – Siotrom (Membrum Debile Propaganda)

SRP – Der Letzte Angriff des Adlers (Membrum Debile Propaganda)

Sz. Berlin – Lied der Radartruppen (Unreleased)

ЯО 91404 Д - Untitled (Abgurd Subdivision)

Laibach – Koža (Sub Rosa/Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien)

Krzystof Penderecki – Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (EMI Classics)

MS Gentur – Feindsender (Hands Productions)

Legion Ultra – Relic (220N)

Disinformation - R&D Track Thirteen (Ash International)

Sektion B – The World Is On Fire (11.9.01 Remix) (L. White)

Portion Control – Le Crunch (portion-control.net)

Throbbing Gristle – Still Walking (Industrial Records/Mute)

Richard H. Kirk – Immaculate Riot (Mute/Grey Area)

Militia – Mikael Bakunin (Tactical Recordings)

Die Form – La Machine Moderne (Hyperium Records)

Starfish Pool – Lackland (Nova Zembla)

Henryk Gorecki – Szeroka Woda (Elektra Nonesuch)

Monday 23 March 2009

Codex Europa Setlist, Terradisco 21st Feb. 2009


This was a great night when I got to play at least an hour more than scheduled to cover gaps. The CD players were surprisingly flaky but the sound was great. As the Ill FM room was located by the entrance anyone coming into the place was exposed to the Ill FM virus. The extra time meant that even more innocent kids on their way to the dubstep room got probably their first (and only?) exposure to industrial, power electronics, gabber, Slovak minimal techno and more. I was exhausted by the end, but spurred on by the dedicated legion of the damned urging me on. The SCH track was played twice... but I didn't hear any complaints! Thanks to Tamon for inviting me.

Part 1

Gustav Holst - Saturn
Panacea - We Have Never Arrived
Evil MIXSN - DIE5NACH12GENERATION
Deutsch Nepal - Erotikon
Gerechtigkeits Liga - 7705
Sleeparchive - Continuous Tone
SCH - Nazi U.F.O.
S.K.E.T. - They Keep You In A Distracted Naive Bubble
Mindfuck - Power Luser
Ingler - C1
Rumenige - B1

Part 2 (Running order approximate)

Thomas Bangalter - Rectum
Alec Empire – Sieg Über Die Mayday HJ
XMF – Magnetic Storm
MS Gentur - Feindsender
Portion Reform - Shock Worker
Dazzling Malicious – Morphogenese
Tarmvred – Pulver
Cyberminds – Base Spatiale
Noize Creator – Nazis are a Waste of Flesh
MS Gentur – Self-construct
Tarmvred – Knarkoverdose
DJ Ogi - Bomper
Sz. Berlin – Produktionsfreude
SCH - Nazi U.F.O.
Gustav Holst - Saturn