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just a quick note: argon floozy will be a six peice for the night intercome a 3 peice and naw well hes by him self all rocking laptops and other electronics...

FRIDAY APRIL 1st
NOISE FACTORY RECORDS PRESENTS
"naw and friends live"

featureing

NAW - [ noisefactoryrecords.com ]
INTERCOM - [ le-son666.com ]
ARGON FLOOZY - [ panospria..com ]
and special guest djnawpod

when:
FRIDAY APRIL 1 2005
where:
CASA DEL POPOLO,
4873 St-Laurent
time: 9pm
how much: FREE

APRIL 1st 2005 Noise Factory Records will be holding another
one of its artist showcase series at the Casa Del Popolo. This time around
Noise Factory
presents label artist NAW performing live along side 2 of his favorite
local Montreal electronic music making collectives; Le-son666's very own
INTERCOM and Panospria's ARGON FLOOZY.
The night will be a FREE no frills but all thrills type of evening and
promisses to feature all new material by these 3 local montreal electronic
music talents.
so make sure to come out and get your chin scratching, head bobbing,
body moving, feet shuffeling thing on FRIDAY APRIL 1 2005 at the Casa Del
Popolo 4873 St-Laurent, show time is 9pm.

FRIDAY APRIL 1st 2005

Noise Factory Records brings you another night of free live music

featuring live performances by:
NAW - gearing up for yet another new release this time on the newly
founded quebec city label pertin_nce, as well as an up comming appearence
at this years SONAR festival in barcelona spain, NAW will once again
showcase his own personal
take on post electronic dance music featureing all new never heard befor
material, so get ready to have your dancing feet on and your head ready
for some bobbing as you never really know what to expect from a live set
by this artist.

also appearing on this special night will be 2 of naws personal favorite
local artists:

INTERCOM - le-son666's very onw electronic trio will showcase new
digital beats and crunchy noises, dancing or trying-to-dance is recommended.

ARGON FLOOZY - panospria's newset sextet project will
construct and manipulate a sonic whirlpool of moody music and dense
soundscapes with their unusual instruments and strange techniques.

and rounding out the nigths entertainment will be last minute special
guest mp3 dj selector DJ NAWPOD
NAWPOD will be helping to keep the party going before, after and in
between the live musical acts for the evening with various selections from
canadian indie mp3 netlabels.

when:
FRIDAY APRIL 1 2005
where:
CASA DEL POPOLO,
4873 St-Laurent
time: 9pm
how much: FREE

bump... free night .. no techno for this one we decided to change things up...this one will be all pretty idm and ambient sounds... :)
see you all there

well I dont dj Im a live artist... we submitted a proposal for a stage so we shall see

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the phoniq collective sent in a proposal like last week...

HONIQ PRESENTS the second installment of

BETA_LAB

when: saturday march 26th 2005
where: cafe esperanza [in the back room]
5490 st-laurent, montreal, canada
time: 9pm-2am
how much: FREE

BETA-LAB is a monthly night of electronic music
collaberation and experimentation featuring phoniq resident artists: naw,
cyan, scant intone, various, anton along side a variey of monthly guests.

This month BETA-LAB will feature:

aidan baker - live - [ ] - toronto
des cailloux et du carbone - live - [natacha recodings] - montreal
naw - live - [ ] - montreal
djzeit - dj - [ ] - montreal
johnny ranger - vj - [ ] - montreal


for more info visit: [ www.phoniq.net ]

cool she helped to get the party going with her dancing... I know I looked up when i was playing and she was dancing motivating the first commers to the party to dance... :)

cool you guys should come out heart adn soul are amazing need to be seen...to be belived

Im going :) are you going?

well check out all the releases on there ;)
they are all good

I promiss you wont need the ark... ;)
thanks dude...

why not take a moment of your time and explore it will be worth your while...

[ www.phoniq.net ]
enjoy
enjoy it even more if you register...
:)

check it out [ www.phoniq.net ]
enjoy..

PHONIQ presents BETA-LAB

when: saturday february 26th 2005
where: la salle d'attente (the back room of cafe esperanza)
5490 st-laurent, montreal, canada
time: 9pm - 3am
how much: FREE

BETA-LAB is a monthly night of electronic music collaberation and
experimentation
featuring phoniq resident artists: naw, cyan, scant intone, various, anton
along side a variey of monthly guests.

This month's BETA-LAB will feature:
Heart & Soul - Live - esoterik
NAW V.S. Anton - live - [ antontrax.com ]
Bopp - laptop DJ - [ bopp.ca ]



for more info visit: [ www.phoniq.net ]
----------------------------------------------------

PRESS RELEASE

The PHONIQ collective brings you another twist on another year of
electronic music showcases. This time around PHONIQ is happy to present
BETA-LAB a monthly showcase of electronic music collaberation and
experimentation. BETA-LAB will focus on teaming up resident PHONIQ artists
with other members of the canadian electronic music community.
BETA-LAB is a space for experimentation to try out new ideas, for artists
to try out new ideas, projects, collaberations. a testing ground for
laptop artists, hardware musicians, djs and video artists a like.
every month a different project or projects will be presented. each of
these events are designed to act as an exploration into the different
intersections between technology and
music/art making. BETA-LAB is not designed to feature one artist in
particular but to act more as an equal testing ground for all, for both
the performer and the audience member.
the BETA-LAB series is about an ever changing creative process, each
months event details will be announced at [ www.phoniq.net ]

BIOS/INFO

PHONIQ
[ www.phoniq.net ]
phoniq is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge
electronic music/art in interesting variable environments, with an
emphasis on exposing aural and visual talent that has not yet been exposed
to the electronic arts communities of montreal and canada. we aim to
showcase upstart music producers, djs, and emerging visual artists all
working in electronic realms. our foremost goal is to showcase off the
wall and raw genres of music and visual electronic arts- not just those
that are currently "en vogue" or will be shortly.

the concept for phoniq came together through the chance meeting of 2
active members of the montreal/canadian electronic music and digital arts
community: ckut-fm dj/host cyan and dub glitch techno producer naw. phoniq
has grown out of the combined histories of these 2 individuals. naw brings
the clonk legacy that he created 6 years ago in toronto, which hosted such
artists as: monolake, kit clayton and sutekh. cyan brings her ongoing
involvement in community radio, event coordinating and
dj talents.

since then the collective has grown to include 5 core members
responsible for keeping things running. after 6 short months, phoniq has
grown from an idea of "how can we create a viable promotional vehicle for
canadian electronic artists", into a music series, a net-label, an active
community
mailing-list and a canadian electronic music resource.

HEART & SOUL
Humanity receives hundreds of cosmic signals on a daily basis. Of these,
certainly the most complex come from a place simply known as Planet
Nebula.Chief among the Nebular codebreakers here on Earth is the team of
Heart & Soul. Their working methods combine the pioneering inter-planetary
research of the eminent Dr. Blowfin, the study of subterranean, or
underground, wave-form activity, a careful monitering of circle makers, as
well as their previously established Solar Mist Approach. The H&S team are
working towards a comprehensive decryption program for the Nebular codes
and a better understanding of what they can mean for us.

BOPP
[ www.bopp.ca ]
Montreal based Laptop DJ Bopp currently plays the "Deep Fried Daze"
netradio show on [ netmusique.com ] every friday at 4 pm.


NAW
[ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
montreal native neil wiernik began his explorations in electronic music
making as early as 1988. known to push the boundaries of his musical form,
naws music is a blend of sound manipulation/design, experimental music and
dub-tech rhythms, which on the surface sound quite simple, but incorporate
a number of touches that steer this artist away from being simply another
minimal techno or experimental laptop artist. he combines post-house,
dubby minimal techno, microsound and thick ambience, to create his own
version of deep techno, house and other electronic laptop oriented musics.
neil has released music on various national and international record
labels, including recent releases on clever-music, and his follow up full
length to his 2002 noise factory release called green nights orange days.
he has recently returned from tours in france, germany, and canada.to
co-enside with his recent releases on these labels and plans to return to
europe this summer for more tours including a performance at the now
legendary sonar festival in barcelona, spain.

ANTON
[ www.antontrax.com ]
recently relocated to montreal from the west coast, anton has been
refining his sound since 1999.
in an era where most are abandoning their hardware to go the software
route, anton has taken advantage of cheap pawn-shop synths and samplers,
made obsolete by economic cycle, but still rich with potential.
his signature sound features emotive melodies,
lush minor chords, and distant textures. as somewhat of a reaction to the
clean computer-based sound prevalent today, antons music tends to be
rough, gritty, and deeply compressed. the influence of the environment of
the west coast of canada has certainly left its mark.

thanks :)
Im truely humbled by all your positive comments about the night. we are just happy that we are able to bring stuff like this to you ...
dont forget feb 26th next sat night we will have the first of our FREE monthly nights
[ www.phoniq.net ]
(new events site comming for phoniq in the next week) this one will feature:
dj bopp (netmusique)
heart and soul (deep detroit live techno - esoterick)
naw vs anton [ ] / noise factory rec)
location is the back room at cafe esperanza...

thanks for the wishes

make sure to come out early to this thing or youll all miss the live stylings of, bleupulp (quebec), FM_MAN (first time ever live) and naw (mtl's very own digitaldubtechmaster)
;)
not to mention all the rest of the nights entertainment... well worth the 5 donaros to get in...

acctually here are the set times ...
9-11 khanfucius
11-1145 naw
1145-1230 fm_man
1230-115 bleupulp
115-230 sarcastic
230-345 philgood
345-500 insomniak
500-600 cyan

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PHONIQ NETLABEL LAUNCH

FEATURING

NETLABEL ARTISTS:
bleupulp - live - Quebec City [ ] pertin_nce)
fm_man - live [ ]
insomniak - dj/live [ ]
sarcastic - dj [ ]

SPECIAL GUEST DJ:
philgood -special detroit set- (inbeat records)

PHONIQ RESIDENTS:
naw - live [ ]
cyan - dj (modular systems, ckut)
khanfucius - dj [ ]

VISUALS:
delray - (rx-tx/asphodel/reflective)
johnny ranger - [ ]

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19
le local
7154 st-urbain

2100 - 0600
$5 at the door

[ www.phoniq.net ]





*PRESS RELEASE*

The phoniq collective invites you to the launch of the phoniq netlabel.
over the past year phoniq has been active in canada's electronic music
community, coordinating live music series, initiating country wide
dialog through our mailing list and web portal and involving artists
in projects and collaborations.

now we are happy to announce the the launch of the phoniq netlabel
as well as the launch of the new [ phoniq.net ] website which will encourage
even more interaction and participation from electronic music artists.
phoniq netlabel will release material online in mp3 format
at regular intervals, giving exposure to the breadth of canadian talent.

the label kicks off with releases from 12 artists, featuring the sounds
of up and coming artists as well as those already known within the
electronic music community. the launch party on february 19th will
play host to 4 of these 12 artists. bleupulp of quebec city will make his
first live appearance in montreal with a minimal techno set. montreal's
fm_man will perform a live set of his dancefloor rocking beats,
insomniak brings his techno infused breakbeat sound, and sarcastic
will play his signature blend of cutting edge tek.

also appearing at the launch will be guest dj philgood, well known in
montreal for his unique electro style. for this event he will delve into
the crates to bring us a rare detroit techno set - not to be missed!
phoniq residents naw, khanfucius and cyan will be rounding out the night
into minimal, deep, glitch and dub techno territories.

throughout the night, vjs johnny ranger and delray will stimulate and
intrigue with their diverse visual textures and techniques.

*BIOS/INFO*

PHONIQ [ www.phoniq.net ]

phoniq is a collective working to foster collaboration and communication
between electronic music artists in canada. [ phoniq.net ] is a web portal
where artists are invited to join our growing community by participating
in our mailing list as well as ongoing projects. projects include live
music series, file sharing collaborations, and the phoniq netlabel.

BLEUPULP [ ]

maxime tanguay aka bleupulp is an active member of quebec city electronic
music scene he fisrt started dj-ing jungle music in rave parties around
2000, then opened up for various electronic music style such as techno,
house, idm, minimal ... his love for electronic music pushed him to
start creating his own music, since about 2002 you can hear him playing
live with machines and laptop. his music could be described as colourful,
texturized and experimental. he is currently working on a few projects
such as a net label, cd-r, and cd album releases.
maxime is part of the syndroma colective and the pertinence crew,
organizations that focus on promoting quality electronic music.

PHILGOOD [inbeat records]

Having spent more than half of his life behind turntables, Philgood has
always given priority to music that takes the listener into new dimensions,
stimulating dance, excitement, and an escape from the rigors of everyday life.
Philgood has by now caught the ears and attention of electronica scenesters
the world over. Through appearances at such renowned Montreal clubs as Sona,
Circus, Red Lite or Playground, and via his performances overseas, Philgood
has dropped records alongside techno luminaries including Laurent Garnier,
Marco Carola, Richie Hawtin, DJ Rush, Sven Väth, Green Velvet, Thomas Krome,
Joel Mull and T-1000.

SARCASTIC [ ]

This amorphous being has contributed to the subculture’s cabalistic causes
on many levels for the past decade, performing at virtually all of Montreal's
clubs and coast-to-coast across the country alongside techno luminaries
including Frankie Bones, Thomas Krome, Slobodan or The Punisher, and minimal
experimentalists such as Andrew Duke, Kero, Algorithm, or Deadbeat. Possessed
since childhood with a needling drive to splice together discrete musical
compositions, first with cassette decks, microphones, CD players or 8-tracks,
it was only a matter of time before an unwitting companion introduced Sarcastic
to his destiny in the early nineties: the Technics-1200. Since, Sarcastic has
founded Level 4 Productions, a record label, artist collective and promotion
company synonymous with the cutting-edge of techno. His love for the chugging
repetitive nature of ghettotek, pure tek, acid house and hardcore genres
remains informed by an early appreciation for hip-hop, stoner rock, jazz and
psychedelia of all sorts. Equally at home behind two or three decks,
Sarcastic’s styles range from the abstract headiness of minimal and
experimental tek to his own tongue-in-cheek productions based largely on
recognizable samples from such disparate sources as movies, rap or funk.

INSOMNIAK [ ]

___ Base:: Montreal, Canada.
___ Weapon of choice:: a mashup of heavyweight breakbeats and funky analog
techno.
___ Releases:: two 12” singles (under the name Phreak) and numerous compilation
and independent cd releases. The single “Deep Phreak” was remixed by house
legend John Aquaviva and found its way on to DJ play-lists around the world.
___ Televison:: creation of breakbeat theme songs and cues for MTV’s “Blame
Game”
and “Crush” on the USA Network as well as station ID beats for the new
channel “MTV Jams”. Also heard on CBC "ZED TV" and soon on "Nerve".
___ Live performances:: have included opening for such international acts as
The Art of Trance, Spacetime Continuum, Misjah, Westbam, The Stickmen, Skylab
2000, Delta 9 and Kenny Ken.

FM_MAN [ ]

21 year old Montreal native Scott Philip has been producing electronic
music since 1996, covering a wide range of musical styles. Fm_man is
his latest solo music project, combining the influences of house,
techno, dub, jazz, synthpop, idm, industrial, and electro into a
fusion of dance floor friendly sounds. Widely respected in the
underground online music community, Scott's music has topped charts on
several music portals including [ mp3.com ] and [ rave.ca ]

NAW [ ]

montreal native neil wiernik began his
explorations in electronic music making as early as 1988. known to push
the boundaries of his musical form, naws music is a blend of sound
manipulation/design, experimental music and dub-tech rhythms, which on the
surface sound quite simple, but incorporate a number of touches that steer
this artist away from being simply another minimal techno or experimental
laptop artist. he combines post-house, dubby minimal techno, microsound
and thick ambience, to create his own version of deep techno, house and
other electronic laptop oriented musics. neil has released music on
various national and international record labels, including recent releases
on clever-music, and his follow up full length to his 2002 noise factory
release called green nights orange days. he has recently returned from tours
in france, germany, and canada.to co-enside with his recent releases on these
labels and pans to retunr to europe this summer for more tours including a
performance at the now legendary sonar festival in barcelona, spain.

CYAN [ckut, [ traktion.com ]

Montreal based dj, radio host and producer cyan aka Corina MacDonald has
been an active participant in montreal’s electronic music scene since 1996.
She currently hosts modular systems, an electronic music magazine show on
ckut 90.3 fm and is also involved in organizing phoniq collective events
and projects. Her sound can best be described as layered, dense and deep
rhythms intersecting the genres of techno, house and electro. Her
independently produced DJ mix ‘The Gravity Protocol’ has been received in
a very positive light by reviewers and techno fans alike.

KHANFUCIUS [ ]

Constantine has been active in exploring the electronic arts since the
early 1990s. He became involved in the BBS scene at a young age,
tracking music modules and drawing ascii art. By 1996 he chose the
alias Khanfucius and began as a DJ, playing an assortment of strange,
abstract and ambient music at local clubs, raves and other events
in the prairies. His active involvement in the scene spawned many
projects, including the event production company Uninhibited Sound
System with his fellow DJs and the artistic collective Panospria.
Musical side projects around this time included playing laptop
and synths in the improv electronic band Mandelbrot Set and co-producing
an album as Break Fluid with Sasafras of the hip hop group Isosceles.
His first solo album as Khanfucius, The Phuzzillogikal Basement Tapes
96-98, was compiled and released independently prior to moving to Dublin,
Ireland in 1999. This release caught the attention of radio DJ Keith
Downey who invited him to co-host his show on Kiss FM called Psychonavigation.
Keith would go on to start Psychonavigation Records and release music
by Constantine and his Canadian associates. Upon his return to Canada,
he took up residence in Ontario and studied in the fields of audio and
multimedia. Since 2001, his focus has been fixed on his experimental music
and sound-art project as Scant Intone. Currently living in Montreal, he
is working on upcoming solo and collaborative works as well as coordinating
projects for both Panospria and Psychonavigation Records.

DELRAY [rx-tx/asphodel/reflective]

Matthew Biederman’s (DelRay) diverse range of audiovisual performances
and installations find their common ground in themes of “cut-up”
electronic image delivery, media saturation, data systems and
electromagnetic spectrum scanning. Biederman, who has performed and
exhibited both nationally and internationally, has recently developed
his work via various prestigious artist-in-residence programs or
festival “laboratories” including the Center for Experimental
Television (New York), Makrolab (while situated at Blair Atholl,
Scotland) and SIGGRAPH. In addition to winning awards as Bay Area
Artist in New Media (New Langton Arts) and first prize at the Break21
Festival (Slovenia), his work has been exhibited in numerous festivals
including the 7 Festival Internacional (Lima, Peru) New Forms Festival
(Vancouver, Canada), the Chicago Underground Film Festival,
Paris/Berlin Recontres International, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Biederman also performs extensively in the US and abroad most recently
at such venues as Signal Sever! (Futuresonic04, ISEA, and venues in
Vienna, Ljubljana, and Paris) as well as the Museum of Contemporary
Art, Chicago where he works with a variety of sound artists to perform
Audio/Visual compositions.

JOHNNY RANGER [ ]

The artistic projects of Johnny Ranger include VJING, Interdisciplinary
Shows, Performances and Web art. He is the founder of Mindroots a
sensuous poetic laboratory of non linear creation. He has been a regular
at the SAT, he presented works at the Biennale d’art contemporain, the
New Museum of Contemporary art in New York, EspaceTangente and at
the Lachapelle theater amongs other. He is currently working on a new
live performance of open ended audio-visual narratives entitled: The
Dynamic Constellations which includes footages he has shot in Brazil,
India, Indonesia and Canada.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT: info@phoniq.net

saturday november 27 2004
phoniq hosts the montreal date of the U/CTRL tour

details:

U/CTRL MICRO-TOUR 2004 featuring:

ANDREW DUKE - BIP HOP RECORDS, COGNITION (HALIFAX)
NAW - NOISE FACTORY RECORDS (MONTREAL)
AKUMU - SPIDER RECORDS (TORONTO)
with special phoniq guest
CYAN [DJ] - CKUT RADIO (MONTREAL)

VISUALS BY HUGHES, SERIAL CONSIGN, NEIL WIERNIK

where:
La Salle D'attente / Esperanza
5490 St-Laurent Blvd

time: doors at 9pm
how much: $5 at the door
for more info visit:
[ www.phoniq.net ]
[ www.spiderrecords.com ]
----------------------------------------------------
PRESS RELEASE

The inaugural U/CTRL Tour (November 20- 27, 2004) brings live electronic
music to eight Canadian cities in eight nights. Showcasing three of
Canada^Òs top laptop artists,
U/CTRL presents cutting-edge electronic music ranging from
ambient/glitch to IDM to deep, dubby techno, accompanied by original
video works.

U/CTRL performers Andrew Duke, NAW and Akumu are each accomplished independent
electronic artists with multiple releases and remixes on labels around the
world. Live, they produce customized sound environments for deep listening that
incorporate a variety of techniques, and improvisations. For U/CTRL, they will
perform live solo sets highlighting fresh material from new and upcoming
releases.

U/CTRL takes electronic music out of the clubs and studios and into bars, cafes
and gallery spaces across Ontario and Quebec, bringing new sounds to new
listeners.
BIOS/INFO

PHONIQ
[ www.phoniq.net ]
phoniq is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge
electronic music/art in interesting variable environments, with an
emphasis on exposing aural and visual talent that has not yet been exposed
to the electronic arts communities of montreal and canada. we aim to
showcase upstart music producers, djs, and emerging visual artists all
working in electronic realms. our foremost goal is to showcase off the
wall and raw genres of music and visual electronic arts- not just those
that are currently "en vogue" or will be shortly.

the concept for phoniq came together through the chance meeting of 2
active members of the montreal/canadian electronic music and digital arts
community: ckut-fm dj/host cyan and dub glitch techno producer naw. phoniq
has grown out of the combined histories of these 2 individuals. naw brings
the clonk legacy that he created 6 years ago in toronto, which hosted such
artists as: monolake, kit clayton and sutekh. cyan brings her ongoing
involvement in community radio, event coordinating and
dj talents.

since then the collective has grown to include 5 core members
responsible for keeping things running. after a short 6 months phoniq has

grown from an idea of "how can we create a viable promotional vehicle for
canadian electronic artists", into a music series, an active community mailing
list/community forum, and in the coming months phoniq will relaunch its site
designed to act as a portal resource for the canadian electronic music
community which will include a net-label.

About the performers:

ANDREW DUKE
[ www.cognitionaudioworks.com ]
Producer, DJ and remixer (Chicks on Speed, Pink Floyd) whose international
releases have been praised in the Wire and Exclaim. His new CD is Dead Air
Alive on Montreal's PetiteSono Records.

NAW
[ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
a.k.a Neil Wiernik, joins the tour in support of his new full-length CD Green
Nights Orange Days (Noise Factory Records). Purveyor of experimental dub-tech
rhythms, sound design and manipulation, he has been a force in the Canadian
electronic, techno and ambient music scene for 10 years. A co-founder and
member of Montreal's Phoniq collective, he has just returned from a
European mini-tour.

AKUMU
[ www.spiderrecords.com ]
Ambient sounds and shadowy beats with digital video manipulations from
Toronto's Deane Hughes (Thrive/Alchemy). The latest Akumu CD, Fluxes
(Spider Records) was composed in Central America and has been compared to
Tim Hecker by Montreal's ICI magazine and called "soundtrack to an
imaginary David Cronenberg Movie" by Toronto's eye weekly.


CYAN
[ www.traktion.com ]
cyan has been a regular of montreal's independent airwaves since 1996 and
currently co-hosts modular systems on ckut 90.3 fm. one of the founding members
of the phoniq collective, her dj sets can vary from minimal, dub and
glitch sounds to deep detroit inspired techno rhythms.

interview with naw in this weeks hour mag (thanks steve)
[ www.hour.ca ]

interview with naw in the most recent edition of earshot
[ earshot-online.com ]

as a last minute addition to the nights entertainment we are happy to announce that your visual stimulation for the night will be provided by san francisco native DELRAY

DELRAY [rx-tx, Reflective]
newly transplanted to Montreal from San Francisco, DelRay spends most
of his time honing his video work and staying out of the cold. You'll
enjoy beautifully obliterated imagery delivered via his own custom
software. His performances have recently been featured at various
venues such as ISEA04, Nuspirit Helsinki, Nuit Blanche, and La Batie
Geneva to name just a few.

5 more days untill this happens nov 6th will be the only place to pick up this newest cd by naw untill it hits stores on nov 16th... hope to see you there at this free event...

opps thats what I meant outside, cargo is europe distro sorry...

oh yeah and one more thing phoniq is now monthly at cafe esperanza (st laurent and st viature)
the last saturday of every month...

dude I havent played a show on a week night in ages you missed one a few weeks ago your next chance is the cd reelase party on nov 6th info here:
[ www.rave.ca ]
and if not as part of the u/ctrl tour date rolling though mtl on nov 27th as part of a phoniq event... and like I said you want info about minimal stuff go to [ www.phoniq.net ] and subb to the phoniqlist...

they should be availalbe to order through cargo already... and if you cant wait you can be one of the first on your block to get one on nov 6th a few days befor they are in stores... :)

On Nov 6th 2004 at the Casa del Popolo in Montreal Noise Factory
Records will be holding a label night and CD release for NAWs newest album "green nights orange days." Playing this night will also be two new Noise Factory Artists HEXES & OHS - and our most recent signing
NYBBL
---
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6
2004

Noise Factory Records and CKUT brings you a night of free live music featuring live performances by:

NAW -
freshly back from his european debut, NAW will launch his newest
noise factory cd "green nights orange days" with live versions of his own
take on post electronic dance music from both his noise factory releases
as well as some new ones never heard before, you never really know what to
expect from a live set by this artist.

also appearing on this special night 2 of Noise Factory Records newest signings:

HEXES & OHS -
former members of: a vertical mosaic, show off their newest
electro-pop tuneage from their up coming noise factory release.

NYBBL -
rochester NYs own 8 bit IDM rocker makes his debut north of the border as a noise factory artist.

and rounding out the nights entertainment

KHANFUCIUS the mp3 dj selector for the night, will be helping to keep the
party going before, after and in between the live musical acts for the evening

when:
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6 2004
where:
CASA DEL POPOLO,
4873 St-Laurent
time: 9pm
how much: FREE

for more info visit: [ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
contact joe@noisefactoryrecords.com or naw@phoniq.net




PRESS RELEASE

Noise Factory Records brings you another fine evening, showcasing some of
its up coming releases for 2004 and 2005. These label showcases the second
for Montreal is designed to act as a sampling of the diverse sounding
talent this Canadian mainstay of a label has to offer. Each of these
label events is an assembly of some of the labels most interesting and
newest offerings its artists have to offer, all working to create an
Immersive deep listening experience. The evening will feature the release
of the latest offering from label alumni artist: NAW called "green nights
orange days". Over 2 years in the making the new NAW cd will be officially
released on this special night. freshly back from his european debut, NAW
will launch his newest noise factory cd with live versions of his own take
on post-electronic dance music. Performing a sampling from both his
noise factory releases as well as some new never heard before material,
you never really know what to expect from a live set by this artist. Also
appearing will be 2 of Noise Factory Records newest signings: HEXES & OHS
former members of: a vertical mosaic, show off their newest electro-pop
tuneage from their up coming 2005 noise factory release and NYBBL,
Rochester NYs own 8 bit IDM rocker makes his debut north of the border as
a noise factory artist and promises to help get the nights festivities
going with some deep introspective material. Rounding out the nights
entertainment will be none other then KHANFUCIUS the mp3 dj selector for
the night, who will be helping to keep the party going before, after and
in between the live musical acts for the evening with his own brand of IDM
left of centre sounds.

BIOS/INFO

NOISE FACTORY RECORDS
[ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
Taken from various interviews with Joe English, Noise Factory Records the
man behind the label: "All roads lead back to Joy Division. They were the
most influential band during my teen years. From that point, everything
else fell into place. At one point I was so into electronic industrial
music that I began adopting the anti-guitar philosophy of Test Department.
That didnt last long. The next major influence came with David Sylvians
Secrets of the Beehive. I suppose these two musical styles represent the
scope of what would become Noise Factory Records. As for the Noise
Factory, it began as a college radio show on CHRY during the early 90s.
The show played mainly industrial, electronic and ambient music. We had a
couple of parties under the Noise Factory moniker, but once we graduated
university it all kind of ended. Life began to play its cruel little game.
I got a job at IBM and hated every day. So I started the label in 1996. I
knew nothing about running a label, and I had no contacts but I had a good
friend that was in a band, and wanted to put out an album. It made sense
at the time and it still makes sense."
"The Noise Factory is not made up of musicians or former record
executives. The Noise Factory came into existence out of a need and desire
for something new. We truly believe the music we represent is some of the
most wonderful and beautiful music currently being made. Unlike many indie
labels we offer a different viewpoint, one of the music lover and
consumer."

NAW
[ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
montreal native neil wiernik began his explorations in electronic music
making as early as 1988. known to push the boundaries of his musical form,
naws music is a blend of sound manipulation/design, experimental music and
dub-tech rhythms, which on the surface sound quite simple, but incorporate
a number of touches that steer this artist away from being simply another
minimal techno or experimental laptop artist. he combines post-house,
dubby minimal techno, microsound and thick ambience, to create his own
version of deep techno, house and other electronic laptop oriented musics.
neil has released music on various national and international record
labels, including up coming releases in 2004 on clever-music, worthy
records and his follow up full length to his 2002 noise factory release
called green nights orange days due out october 2004 and will include
tours to co-enside with this release in canada and europe in
october/november
and through out 2005.

HEXES & OHS
[ www.averticalmosaic.ca ]
Oh no, not another "couple" band! Yes, they are a couple, but they dont
sing about being a couple. In fact, the former "a vertical mosaic" twosome
Heidi Donnelly and Edmund Lam have played in bands together for so long
that
that kind of thing would have gotten old pretty quick. Instead they sing
about alienation and despair, with the occasional tongue-in-cheek
optimism,
accompanied by synths, sequencers and guitars. They look up to bands like
New Order, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, Stereolab and
Tortoise. They end up sounding more like: the Postal Service, the Pet Shop
Boys and Belle and Sebastian. Their brooding, infectious and
dance-inducing
new album will be out on Noise Factory Records Spring 2005.
You'll dance and you'll cry.

NYBBL
[ www.nybbl.com ]
Combining sweet melodies, pulsating rhythms, field samples, and textures
culled from the world around us, nybbl interjects sweat and emotion into
the sterile landscape of digital music. Essentially a guitarist who was
courted by electronic music over the course of many years, nybbl attempts
to look past the accepted forms and genres of electronic music to a
boundaryless expression of heart and sound.

KHANFUCIUS
[ www.panospria.com ]
Local mixologist Khanfucius, has been providing various events in
Montreal, Winnipeg and Dublin, Ireland with a seamless blend of
IDM/ambient soundscapes and experimental music since 1996.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

saturday september 25 2004

phoniq brings you an evening of deep listening

featuring from toronto

akumu - live - [ www.spiderrecords.com ]

and the local stylings of

naw - live - [ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
scant intone vs. various - live - [ www.panospria.com ] / [ www.phoniq.net ]
cyan - dj - [ www.traktion.com ]

where:
la salle d'attente (esperanza)
5490 st-laurent, montreal
time:
9pm SHARP first live artist is on at 1030pm.
how much:
$5

for more info visit: [ www.phoniq.net ]
----------------------------------------------------

PRESS RELEASE

the PHONIQ collective brings you the third in our ongoing series of live
electronic music events. each of these events are designed to act as an
exploration into the different intersections between technology and
music/art making. this time around phoniq will feature an assembly of
artists all working to create an immersive deep listening experience. the
evening will feature: the first ever appearance of toronto's very own
AKUMU, whose recently released 'fluxes' cd on the akumu imprint spider
records, shows us a deeper, lush, dark ambient side to this artist as
opposed to his self titled debut from 2000, which exhibited his more dub
ambient side. for this montreal performance akumu will play a cross
section of his slow-beat dub found on his earlier release and the pure
deep ambience of his most recent 'fluxes' release.
akumu's performance will also feature some of the artists own video work
projected during his performance.

rounding out this evening of deep listening will be phoniq co-founder and
noise factory recording artist NAW, who will be presenting a very rare
live presentation of his microsound/idm experimental musings. panospria
label head and phoniq collective members SCANT INTONE and VARIOUS will be
performing a tag team live pa of glitchy/experimental shapeshifting music.
opening and closing the evenings activities will be modular systems host
and phoniq co-founder CYAN djing the less dance floor oriented
idm/quirky electro and other found rareties that find their way into
her vast music collection.

BIOS/INFO

PHONIQ
[ www.phoniq.net ]
phoniq is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge
electronic music/art in interesting variable environments, with an
emphasis on exposing aural and visual talent that has not yet been exposed
to the electronic arts communities of montreal and canada. we aim to
showcase upstart music producers, djs, and emerging visual artists all
working in electronic realms. our foremost goal is to showcase off the
wall and raw genres of music and visual electronic arts- not just those
that are currently "en vogue" or will be shortly.

the concept for phoniq came together through the chance meeting of 2
active members of the montreal/canadian electronic music and digital arts
community: ckut-fm dj/host cyan and dub glitch techno producer naw. phoniq
has grown out of the combined histories of these 2 individuals. naw brings
the clonk legacy that he created 6 years ago in toronto, which hosted such
artists as: monolake, kit clayton and sutekh. cyan brings her ongoing
involvement in community radio, event coordinating and
dj talents.

since then the collective has grown to include 5 core members
responsible for keeping things running. after a short 6 months phoniq has grown from an idea of "how can we create a viable promotional vehicle for
canadian electronic artists", into a music series, an active community mailing
list/community forum, and in the coming months phoniq will relaunch its site
designed to act as a portal resource for the canadian electronic music
community which will include a net-label.

AKUMU
[ www.spiderrecords.com ]
somewhere between the spacey soundscapes of dark ambient lounge
music and the scratchy breakbeats of downtempo drum n' bass lies the
wonderful world of akumu. the brainchild of deane hughes, founder of the
independent spider records label, who has previously recorded under the
names thrive and alchemy, akumu ranges from languid liquid synths that
feel like a drowsy summer afternoon, to hypnotic ringing and cascading
full-speed-ahead bass-plus-beats, to spooky synths and muffled electronic
planet-blips. "akumu" means "bad dream" in Japanese, and a lot of his
music has a dreamlike quality to it.

dark ambiences, shadowy beats, haunting microscapes, from electronic
artist and film composer deane hughes, akumu is an exploration of
atmospheres, moods and rhythms. deane is celebrating the release of his
latest akumu cd, entitled fluxes. this minimalist cd was written and
created in guatemala, honduras & mexico over a 6-month time span using
binaural field recordings to construct drone-based and loop-based
instruments. deane will be performing and improvising on material from
fluxes and other material with visuals projected from some of his abstract
video-work at this first ever montreal performance for this artist.

NAW
[ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
montreal native neil wiernik began his explorations in electronic music
making as early as 1988. known to push the boundaries of his musical form,
naws music is a blend of sound manipulation/design, experimental music and
dub-tech rhythms, which on the surface sound quite simple, but incorporate
a number of touches that steer this artist away from being simply another
minimal techno or experimental laptop artist. he combines post-house,
dubby minimal techno, microsound and thick ambience, to create his own
version of deep techno, house and other electronic laptop oriented musics.
neil has released music on various national and international record
labels, including up coming releases in 2004 on clever-music, worthy
records and his follow up full length to his 2002 noise factory release
called green nights orange days due out october 2004 and will include
tours to co-enside with this release in canada and europe in october/november
and through out 2005.

SCANT INTONE
[ www.panospria.com ]
constantine katsiris was born and raised in a strange little place called
saskatoon in the canadian prairies. after traveling and living abroad for
various lengths of time he has now settled temporarily in montreal. He has
been active in the electronic arts since the mid-90s as an artist,
designer, dj and producer of unusual musics. current projects include operating
the panospria label and recording experimental electronic
works as scant intone.

VARIOUS
[ www.phoniq.net ]
a new addition to phoniq, various works mostly at the broken edge of
feedback and digital distortion. ranging from ultra minimal drones and
glitch loops, all the way to dramatic bursts of textured noise and angry
everything. various' music can only be described as not really music at
all. or it could be described as music after all.
it's probably something,
anyway.

CYAN
[ www.traktion.com ]
cyan has been a regular of montreal's independent airwaves since 1996 and
currently co-hosts modular systems on ckut 90.3 fm. one of the founding members
of the phoniq collective, her dj sets can vary from minimal, dub and
glitch sounds to deep detroit inspired techno rhythms.

I dont...

any time guys...

there is the [ phoniq.net ] website but for now the phoniqlist info is not up there here is the basicas as to why this list came into being:

recently in a thread on the idm list it came to the attention of a few
montrealers that there are a lot of us on these electronic music mailing
lists but none of them are canadian specific, and none of them work at
helping to build and maintain the forever growing electronic music
community in canada. Canadian cities such as Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
and others have all in recent years made important contributions to the
electronic music "scene" internationally. From artists, to festivals to
labels and even one off events, some of these landmark contributions have
helped to grow Canada as a "hotbed" for this kind of music, but the one
thing missing is a fourm an open line of communication between the 4
corners of this vast country to help grow the scene and develope
communities both on an national and local level. That is where this list
comes in to play, when the phoniq collective first came about one of our
mandates of what we wanted to do was to help create community, and this
list has come to be one of many ways in which we hope to meet that
mandate.

the phoniqlist was created as an attempt to help creat, maintain and
develope the Canadian electronic music community. This list is not
moderated, so feel free to post what ever you like just use good judgement
when posting, try to make it related to the list If you want to add
yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: subscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever want
to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: unsubscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever
need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble
subscribing or unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself)
send email to .

the phoniqlist was created as an attempt to help creat, maintain and
develope the Canadian electronic music community. This list is not
moderated, so feel free to post what ever you like just use good judgement
when posting, try to make it related to the list If you want to add
yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: subscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever want
to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: unsubscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever
need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble
subscribing or unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself)
send email to .

the phoniqlist was created as an attempt to help creat, maintain and
develope the Canadian electronic music community. This list is not
moderated, so feel free to post what ever you like just use good judgement
when posting, try to make it related to the list If you want to add
yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: subscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever want
to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: unsubscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever
need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble
subscribing or unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself)
send email to .

the phoniqlist was created as an attempt to help creat, maintain and
develope the Canadian electronic music community. This list is not
moderated, so feel free to post what ever you like just use good judgement
when posting, try to make it related to the list If you want to add
yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: subscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever want
to remove yourself from this mailing list, you can send mail to
with the following command in the body of your
email message: unsubscribe phoniqlist (without the quotes) If you ever
need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble
subscribing or unsubscribing, or have questions about the list itself)
send email to .