Oct 31st to Dec 1st - UK and Europe Tour - RUSALKA / MK9 / THE RITA
THE RITA will be touring with RUSALKA & MK9 November 13-17
Venue information will be updated as soon as they are confirmed.
All of the dates are set, just waiting for final confirmations on some venues (in process).
(https://mk9.org/images/2018/card1a.jpg). (https://mk9.org/images/2018/card2.jpg)
RUSALKA / MK9
31.10 Birmingham, UK @ Wagon & Horses with Khost, Steckdose
https://www.facebook.com/events/348693792202142/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/348693792202142/)
02.11 Gateshead (Newcastle), UK @ The Old Police House with Plastiglomerate/SW1N-Hunter
https://www.facebook.com/events/253640305283682/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/253640305283682/)
03.11 Leeds, UK @ Wharf Chambers with Mondo Sadists
https://www.facebook.com/events/954242884775468/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/954242884775468/)
06.11 Brussels, Belgium @ Cafe Central
http://lecafecentral.com/ (http://lecafecentral.com/)
07.11 Dusseldorf, Germany @ WP8
https://web.facebook.com/events/271900856977556/ (https://web.facebook.com/events/271900856977556/)
08.11 Antwerp, Belgium @ Laagzwart with Praying For Oblivion
https://www.facebook.com/Laagzwart-354948278307684/ (https://www.facebook.com/Laagzwart-354948278307684/)
09.11 Cologne, Germany @ Halle am Rhein with Wince, Absterbende
https://www.facebook.com/events/2135582349849196/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/2135582349849196/)
10.11 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Mayhem with Knækkede Stemmer, Carnal Exhibition, Clinical Trails
https://www.facebook.com/events/269415150339750/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/269415150339750/)
THE RITA / RUSALKA / MK9
13.11 Berlin, Germany @ Ausland
https://www.facebook.com/events/664733180535251/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/664733180535251/)
14.11 Zurich, Switzerland @ Kochareal
http://www.kochareal.ch/ (http://www.kochareal.ch/)
15.11 Bologna, Italy @ Freakout Club with Vomir
https://www.facebook.com/events/1767894449996673/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/1767894449996673/)
16.11 Milano, Italy @ Macao with Vomir, Fecalove
https://www.facebook.com/events/2197834283600667/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/2197834283600667/)
17.11 Casso (PN), Italy @ Nuovo Spazio di Casso (Venue Change) with Fukte vs Molestiaa Auricularum
https://www.facebook.com/events/240535296607391/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/240535296607391/)
RUSALKA / MK9
20.11 Trbovlje, Slovenia @ Delavski dom - Sound Chambers Series vol. VIII
http://www.dd-trbovlje.si/ (http://www.dd-trbovlje.si/)
21.11 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Cirkulacija 2 - Sound Chambers Series vol. VIII meets C2
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/ (http://www.cirkulacija2.org/)
22.11 Ostrava, Czechia @ Antikvariát a klub Fiducia
https://www.facebook.com/events/386833378517042/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/386833378517042/)
23.11 Prague, Czechia @ (A)void Floating Gallery
https://www.facebook.com/AVOIDFloatingGallery/ (https://www.facebook.com/AVOIDFloatingGallery/)
25.11 Dresden, Germany @ Club|Debil
https://club-debil.com/ (https://club-debil.com/)
26.11 Bytom, Poland @ Wolne Tory
https://www.facebook.com/wolne.tory/ (https://www.facebook.com/wolne.tory/)
27.11 Lodz, Poland @ Club DOM
https://www.facebook.com/klubDOM/ (https://www.facebook.com/klubDOM/)
28.11 Warsaw, Poland @ Pogłos
https://www.facebook.com/klubpoglos/ (https://www.facebook.com/klubpoglos/)
29.11 Sundsvall, Sweden @ Galleri Granen
https://www.facebook.com/Galleri-Granen-273771922749348/ (https://www.facebook.com/Galleri-Granen-273771922749348/)
30.11 Oulu, Finland @ Tukikohta
https://tilaakulttuurille.wordpress.com/ (https://tilaakulttuurille.wordpress.com/)
01.12 (CANCELLED) Helsinki, Finland @ Hard Rock House (CANCELLED)
https://www.facebook.com/Hard-Rock-House-441470332569508/ (https://www.facebook.com/Hard-Rock-House-441470332569508/)
RUSALKA
Kate Rissiek is an artist based in Vancouver, Canada who has performed under the name Rusalka since 2007. Employing theremin and other electronics, Rusalka achieves visceral and, at times, abrasive sounds in her exploration of subconscious states and the dark recesses of human nature. A struggle between filth and transcendence occurs which stirs together crude electronics and an ethereal electromagnetic grasp for emergence. Her recent work often features subtle, yet profound, shifts in mood, timbre, and focus demonstrating a fervent refusal to clearly delineate between introspection and observation.
http://rusalka.org/index.html (http://rusalka.org/index.html)
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1129917-Rusalka (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1129917-Rusalka)
THE RITA
"With his flagship project, THE RITA, Sam McKinlay has, for over two decades, explored and distilled into sound various permutations of fetish and vice. He is recognized as the creator of the harsh noise wall, but that sound — massive and rich textural layers of relentless, monolithic fields of distortion — was nothing new, in and of itself. It was McKinlay's conceptual intent and the singular intensity of his focus that established it as something novel and profound. One recognizes in McKinlay's unwavering approach to his body of work the obsessiveness of the fetishist. McKinlay's compulsive reverence for noise — for the unyielding, deliberate weight of wall noise — is a fetish of sound. There is an aesthetic rigor often associated with the fetishization of form or object. Seen through the eyes of the most focused and obsessed, fixations often manifest in a manner that is highly refined, sculpted, concentrated, and even artistic. The line distinguishing the artist from the fetishist is always blurry and often non-existent.
Though his musical approach has remained more or less consistent, the subject matter inspiring McKinlay's work has periodically shifted through the years, mapping out the constellation of non-musical obsessions that occupy his mind: sharks, drag racing, Giallo cinema, skateboarding, and snorkeling, to name just a few. Frequently, McKinlay utilizes field recordings and other sounds sourced from the objects of interest before encrypting them in an opaque shell of noise. Listening to McKinlay's recordings, it's often difficult to determine whether one actually hears the sounds of the source material or if the power of suggestion is so strong in McKinlay's presentation that the listener extracts phantom sounds from the chaotic rumble.
Harsh Noise Wall is arguably the terminal point of music itself, beyond which it's impossible to achieve greater or more effective minimalism and abstraction. It is a pure, visceral sound, untethered from intellectual and emotional composition."
https://www.discogs.com/artist/212478-The-Rita (https://www.discogs.com/artist/212478-The-Rita)
http://bakurita.blogspot.ca/ (http://bakurita.blogspot.ca/)
MK9
A sound and visual therapy project by Michael Nine that began in the latter half of 2001. Preceding the end of the controversial and confrontational performances as the renowned project Death Squad. Originally from San Francisco, California he now resides in Vancouver, Canada.
This ongoing project seeks to understand the irrational nature, behavior and motivation of the human species. Performances include pre-constructed sound, video and live frequencies. Video, voice, sound and handouts will be offered. Attempting to continually offer insights and investigate society on this planet.
https://mk9.org/ (https://mk9.org/)
https://www.facebook.com/neuralops/ (https://www.facebook.com/neuralops/)
Was just at Ausland tonight with Dave talking about how much we are looking forward to this Nov 13th gig!
Halloween in Birmingham, ideal
No Rita in the UK? Sad times
Good to see Leeds on the list.
Having a look into a London one but don't really know who is doing proper noise gigs there right now.
Any suggestions I might be unaware of plz speak up!
Thanks, just got confirmation from Gateshead (Newcastle), UK @ The Old Police House.
Had a few contacts in London but nothing panned out.
Good to hear. That'll be a good show in a great venue at TOPH.
Shame as it is that the south is increasingly bereft of good, unadulterated noise shows I'm ultimately happier that touring folk from a long way out score the better shows in the superior North.
** Important Lineup Change ***
THE RITA will be touring with RUSALKA & MK9 November 13-17,
Instead of November 13 - 24th
Thank you,
Michael
I'm sorry to say I'm abroad when this hits the UK. Had I not been I would have liked to try and find a venue in London. Small venues are few and far between there now though.
TOPH is the best thing to happen in this neck of the woods in years. A real hub.
Recently confirmed shows
November
6 Brussels, Belgium @ Cafe Central
9 Cologne, Germany @ Halle am Rhein
Thanks, Michael
info@mk9.org
2 more recently confirmed shows
Nov. 10 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Mayhem
Dec. 1 Helsinki, Finland @ Hard Rock House
Thanks,
Michael
info@mk9.org
Will have to try to make it to the Helsinki gig, MK9 was pretty brilliant last time.
Two more shows confirmed this week
also waiting on final confirmations from
Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland.
07.11 Dusseldorf, Germany @ WP8
08.11 Antwerp, Belgium @ Laagzwart
Thanks,
Michael
Here's a link to the Facebook page for the Birmingham UK date on 31st October;
https://www.facebook.com/events/392531777908287/?ti=cl
Quote from: radiumk9 on October 01, 2018, 07:37:59 PM
Thanks, just saw my mistake.
Sorry just realised you put links on the first entry, I think I will go to Birmingham and Nottingham.
A few new confirmations.
Slovenia and Milano added last week.
16.11 Milano, Italy - Macao with The Rita, Vomir, Fecalove
www.macaomilano.org (http://www.macaomilano.org)
20.11 Trbovlje, Slovenia @ Sound Chambers Series vol. VIII - Delavski dom
http://www.dd-trbovlje.si/ (http://www.dd-trbovlje.si/)
21.11 Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Sound Chambers Series vol. VIII meets C2 - Cirkulacija 2
http://www.cirkulacija2.org/ (http://www.cirkulacija2.org/)
Venue change in Italy, Please see event page for further information, thanks
17.11 Casso (PN), Italy @ Nuovo Spazio di Casso (Venue Change) with Fukte vs Molestiaa Auricularum
https://www.facebook.com/events/240535296607391/
Anyone with knowledge about ticket prices and timetable for the Helsinki show? The FB link just takes me to the top of the venue's FB page, and there's no way in hell i'm digging through all that garbage for the info.
Help requested:
The Hard Rock House in Roihuvuori has double booked the venue for Dec 1. Although we agreed on this event almost 6 months ago, they have now booked some jazz band that they are giving priority to over us. Presumably because they believe the jazz group will bring more people.
So if anyone think of an alternative venue, please let us know, either via PM or in this thread. All we need is a place, I can bring a PA system. Spread the word pls!
Thanks.
Sadly, the December 1 show in Helsinki has had to be cancelled, because I was unable to find an alternative venue. My apologies for this to everyone who was looking forward to it.
Thanks for all your hard work. I know you tried as best as you could.
MK9 / Rusalka
thanks for the nice show in Berlin!
The gig in Milano, with neat Harsh Noise presentation/lecture/argument before, was also brilliant. Wish i could make it to Sundsvall tomorrow as well, but can´t get off work this time unfortunally. I´m sure it will be great in the Galleri Granen basement!