Rob Theakston won't be the only Michigander gracing NYC with his presence this weekend. Burnlab favorites (and fellow art school freaks) Adult. and Ian MacKaye's favorite band Tamion 12 Inch will be performing with French "elektro prankster" Electronicat at The Knitting Factory Saturday, 12/13.
10pm, $15, buying advance tickets is a really good idea.

November marked the release of The Mitgang Audio's debut LP The View From Your New Home on Ersatz conspirators Suction Records. Listen to samples of this seriously top shelf synth-pop at the Suction website.

Contemporary master of electronic body music Terence Fixmer just released the first single from his recent collaborations with Nitzer Ebb vocalist Douglas McCarthy. Look for a full length album in early 2004, and for the pair to tour together, starting in Barcelona on January 23rd. No US dates yet, unfortunately.




If you missed The Kooky Scientist's live set in New York on Saturday (about a half dozen people immediately come to mind - you know who you are), you can listen to his recent Detroit performance here [RealPlayer required], courtesy of our friends at Paxahau. The Scientist's laptop and array of custom little black boxes move the sound from ambient, to tribal, to blippy minimal, to crushing 4/4 EBM, to pattern arrangements you've just never heard before... often colliding all at once with amazing clarity, like a fine synthetic torte. Not the same as being there, but definitely worth a good listen. Big thanks to Fred himself for the photo above.

Getting nostalgic, I've pulled up my copy of Mindblower for the next installment of Dorkwave. Seriously.


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