
Warp20, Warp Records‘ 20th anniversary film and music extravaganza, is touching down in New York between September 3 and 6, after passing through Paris, Sheffield, London, and Tokyo. Taking place at Terminal 5, Winter Garden, and the New Museum, the multimedia experience will feature Battles, !!!, Prefuse 73, Clark, Pivot, and Hudson Mohawke, along with Warp films and DJs.
The Warp20 box set, which will be released in September, is available for pre-order and lovingly displayed above; get one for yourself here.
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Tyondai Braxton, he of Battles fame and offspring of avant-garde jazz musician Anthony Braxton, is releasing a solo album. Utilizing an array of sonic elements ranging from guitar and voice to looping and delay pedals to some found objects, Central Market, which sounds like it might sound like Battles, is dropping via Warp Records on September 15th. But for those of you out there that like your rock jams dizzied, there’s a stream waiting for you riiiigh chea.
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Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore described All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals recently as “the ultimate mixtape.” He’s better with words than we are. No, not really. Warp Films has announced today that on September 23rd, they’ll be releasing All Tomorrow’s Parties, a “DIY concert film” that features live ATP footage culled from the festival’s young history, one that includes performances by Daniel Johnston, Battles, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, Portishead, Belle And Sebastian, Animal Collective, Iggy and the Stooges, Mogwai, Grinderman, Slint, Grizzly Bear, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Gossip and The Boredoms. Directed by includes contributions from Jonathan Caouette, the film also features contributions from cinematographer Vincent Moon of Take Away Shows webfame.
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Ok, this is less of an exclusive (I think we got it up first), and more about me begging to post a track from Nisennenmondai’s upcoming long player (although only 5 songs, it’s 44 minutes) Destination Tokyo. Well, my persistence payed dividends, because today we can share with you the title track. This is the best thing I’ve heard all week.
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