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MP3/VIDEO: Black Dice Sign To Ribbon Music, Share “Pigs” Single

Black Dice have revealed the details behind their sixth album, Mr. Impossible. Due out April 10th, it’s their first release through Ribbon Music, the new label responsible for John Maus and Laura Marling’s last records.

Here’s what you can expect, according to the band’s press release:

The album is the soundtrack to a substance-fueled teen basement show on Mars. It explores the uncommon ground between The Seeds punk primitivism, extra-terrestrial throbbing of Funkadelic, and discordant rebelliousness of Royal Trux. The record is informed by countless live performances the group has done worldwide, over its long lifetime. Band highlights from past eras were re-germinated, and grew into a new mutation called Mr. Impossible. Consistent to every era and all of Black Dice’s material is an irreverent, aggressive, hand-made aesthetic that simultaneously revels in and reconfigures the whole of popular culture.

A hand-numbered, screen-printed LP pressing is now available for pre-order here, and you can check out an MP3 and video for its first single, “Pigs,” below alongside our lengthy Black Dice feature from the first issue of self-titled

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Modular Reveals Two-Disc Reissue of The Avalanches’ ‘Since I Left You’ LP, F/ Remixes By MF Doom, Black Dice, El Guincho & More

As the downright comical delay of the Avalanches’ second album continues, Modular Records has decided to placate fans with a proper reissue of the collective’s classic Since I Left You LP. Here’s what they had to say:

The Since I Left You 10-Year Anniversary Re-Issue will feature the original classic album accompanied by a bonus disc of material including remixes from the original album campaign, new reworks from the likes of El Guincho, MF Doom, Canyons, Black Dice, Jackson and his Computer Band, some exquisite Avalanches remixes of other artists, plus unreleased early b-sides, demo tracks and other such rarities.

Follow us on Facebook for the first word on the full announce of details including release date, deluxe packages and pre-order info.

For now to help prepare you to rediscover Since I Left You and experience its timeless trip around a world of wonderous sample-based pop one more time, we have uncovered a rare Stereolab Remix of the album’s title track for your enjoyment.

The original master has long since disappeared from the vaults, but we have this lovely, dusty, promo-only vinyl rip for you to enjoy, which in a strange way seemed perversely appropriate.

Check out that remix below, along with the priceless Buzz Bin video for “Frontier Psychiatrist”…

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TEST PRESSING: Stream Eric Copeland’s ‘Waco Taco Combo’ LP

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DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: A Mix From Animal Collective’s ATP Festival, Featuring Zomby, Grouper, and More Than Two Hours of Free Music

More details about Animal Collective’s All Tomorrow’s Parties bill are available here. Check out a killer two-hour mix that starts with Orthrelm and ends with Zomby below…

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The Final Chapter of Our Interview Between Genesis P-Orridge & Black Dice

Black Dice live; photo by Turkishomework

Interview moderated by Alan Licht

Before we get into the long-awaited conclusion of our rather epic Black Dice/Genesis P-Orridge interview (see also: Part One and Two), here’s a reminder of who’s who here:

GPO: Genesis P-Orridge

BC: Bjorn Copeland

EC: Eric Copeland

AW: Aaron Warren

AL: Alan Licht

And a taste of what’s discussed this time around: The Soft Machine, Incredible String Band, vengeful drummers, flamboyancy in music, seeing the Sweet in a sports bar, Wax Trax, cadavers, sound-induced seizures, talking to William S. Burroughs about alchemy, the definition of reality, Jesus as a hermaphrodite, Second Life, Genesis’ years as a dominatrix, plastic surgery, homophobia, Cruise and Kubrick, money, Coachella, reunion show politics, near-death overdoses, Pussy Galore specials, Tony Conrad team-ups, DFA-endorsed black sheep, the Grateful Dead, drug tolerance, rude fans, magic, and much, much more…

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PEEP SHOW: Watch Some of Black Dice’s Secret Project Robot Set

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Photos by Andrew Parks

As brutal as Secret Project Robot’s sweat box show was on Wednesday night, we were relieved to find Black Dice in top form around the halfway point. Having seen them countless times, we can safely say that their current sound—a manic but strangely melodic meeting of prog-rock, techno and nihilistic noise—is a couple fine-tunings away from their best album in years. Here’s a sampling of what we saw, and while you’re at it, why not check out our extensive Black Dice feature from the first issue of self-titled? It’s available for free right here.

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MICROWAVE ONLY: Devil’s Night With Black Dice & Lightning Bolt

Photos by Turkishomework

Each week we send Turkishomework out to capture a sliver of our city’s blurred-vision nightlife. This column was a no-brainer: Lighting Bolt, Black Dice and a rowdy crowd of costumed buffoons at Brooklyn’s new “Above the Auto Parts Store” spot.

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AND THAT’S HOW WE GOT DEPORTED: Part Two of Our Exclusive, Never-Ending Interview Between Genesis P-Orridge and Black Dice

Photos by Lloyd Bishop

Interview moderated by Alan Licht

Before we get into the next chapter of our rather epic Black Dice/Genesis P-Orridge interview, here’s a reminder of who’s who here:

GPO: Genesis P-Orridge

BC: Bjorn Copeland

EC: Eric Copeland

AW: Aaron Warren

AL: Alan Licht

A taste of what’s discussed this time around: Lightning Bolt, Auto-Tune, lepers, Arctic Monkeys, borrowed equipment from a certain Beatle, William S. Burroughs, holophonic sound, Winona Ryder’s dad, Steve Winwood’s brother, getting “psychedelicized,” TG’s breakup, “Discipline,” and getting paid in cigarettes.

And now, we resume our feature presentation, which was previously in-progress here

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DUDE, WHERE’S YOUR DRUMMER?: Part One of Our Exclusive, Never-Ending Interview Between Genesis P-Orridge & Black Dice

Photos by Lloyd Bishop

Interview moderated by Alan Licht

“Here it is,” wrote Alan Licht—a widely-respected experimental musician in his own right—as he delivered his unedited Black Dice/Genesis P-Orridge interview to us, “All 68 pages/23,000 words of it.”

It goes without saying that such a sprawling Q&A far exceeded our expectations for a chance meeting between Brooklyn’s reigning noise-rock band and the legendary frontwoman of Psychic TV and Throbbing Gristle . To be honest, we were worried it would ever get off the ground at all. You see, things were awkward at first, as everyone met up at P-Orridge’s Queens apartment for a quick photo session and glasses of Raki, an anise-flavored liquor brought back from Turkey by P-Orridge’s daughter. It’s not that Black Dice’s three members (Aaron Warren, brothers Eric and Bjorn Copeland) were sitting in lock-jawed awe of an icon that greatly influenced the experimental music scene they now inhabit.

Okay, maybe they were; which would explain why no one could talk about anything but P-Orridge’s pudgy dog, Big Boy. For the first 15 minutes, at least. Then something happened, right around the time P-Orridge shared the original, framed “indecent collaged Queen postcards” that pissed off England’s royal highness more than any Sex Pistols song ever could. Standing here, amid African idols and the meaning-infused ephemera of lost counter-cultural eras, Black Dice and P-Orridge quickly realized what they share in common beyond music—a drive to create boundary-breaking, button-pushing art.

self-titled left the pair and Licht to their own devices at this point, only to find out that everyone ended up talking well until midnight—a good four hours in total. Normally, we’d cut huge chunks of an interview that’s as massive as the one you’re about to read. The problem with that is the loose conversational tone that P-Orridge and Black Dice kept throughout. Frankly, we feel this is one of the most thorough, and insightful, interviews we’ve seen with either artists in years. With that in mind, we present you with Part One, a paean to tonight’s show at Brooklyn’s Masonic Temple—Throbbing Gristle’s first ever NYC-area appearance …

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BUY IT, BURN IT, SKIP IT: Bat for Lashes, Micachu, Black Dice

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[Photo by Leonie Purchas for The Fader]

By Andrew Parks and Aaron Richter

As we all know by now, new releases hit record-store shelves and digital-download services each Tuesday. That’s why self-titled presents the following every week: a new release you’d be stupid not to own (Buy It), one worth checking out if you’re the curious type (Burn It) and something you might have heard about but probably should avoid (Skip It). Simple, ain’t it?

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