Future Noise News Blog
Bastard Of The Skies and Undersmile to be released on Future Noise in April 2012
21st November 2011
We are very pleased to announce a dual assault to your senses next April, from Blackburn’s Bastard Of The Skies and Oxford’s Undersmile.
Bastard Of The Skies are currently putting together their third album to date at Full Stack Studio which is now at the mixing stage, and finally being handed over to James Plotkin (Khanate, OLD, Phantomsmasher, Scorn) for mastering, whilst Undersmile‘s debut album entitled “Narwhal” recorded at Studio 101 in Kidlington by Jimmy Hetherington and due to be mastered by Billy Anderson (Eyehategod, Sleep, Neurosis, The Melvins) both are pencilled in to be released on the 9th April 2012, plans are currently in the making for both bands to tour the UK.
Themes And Variations… Review Over At The Sleeping Shaman
16th November 2011
Praise for Paul Catten’s ‘Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics’ over at The Sleeping Shaman…
“In another life, Paul Catten would perhaps have been horribly disfgured during the explosion of a machine to communicate with the dead, brought about by his own flawed calculations, rescued by mysterious Tibetan monks and perpetually encased within a suit of armour in order that the world not see his scarred visage. He may then, perhaps, go on to terrorise the world from within the borders of his homeland of Latveria, his terrifying armour-clad steel visage being a recognisable symbol of universal fear and dread, holding humanity in contempt whilst wishing to crush and rule them with an iron fist…” Continue reading HERE!
Pombagira Join Future Noise Roster
11th November 2011
We are extremely pleased to announce the altra heavy UK duo Pombagira have joined Future Noise, plans have already been started to book a UK Tour in early March, with support coming from Bastard Of The Skies, get in touch if you’re interested in taking on a show.
You can check out their roster page HERE along with some video footage of a recent gig in Oslo.
Paul Catten ‘Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics’ CD 2011 Now On Sale!
9th November 2011
Future Noise are proud to announce that Paul Catten‘s latest opus entitled ‘Themes And Variations For Strings And Electronics’. For this release Catten has surrounded himself with his instruments of choice and morphed into the typical hermit (de)composer and has written his most haunting yet most beautiful music to date.
The album was written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Catten himself over the course of late 2010 to early 2011 resulting in a disturbingly dark amalgam of experimental noise and sumptuous classical compositions, recalling the likes of Ben Frost’s acclaimed By The Throat album and Brian Reitzell’s soundtrack for 30 Days Of Night.
Limited to 200 copies, hand printed on an original Victorian letterpress in a gatefold sleeve and is available now for £7 + shipping from our Big Cartel Store.
Here’s some initial comments from the press.
“Powerful and provoking.” ALTERNATIVE MATTER
“Demands repeated listens.” ONE METAL
“An eclectic mix of subdued beauty mixed with feedback and distorted noise. The mix works well, and the whole idea and presentation of the album gives the idea as this being a labour of love. An album that could easily be misunderstood as just noise, but when you take the time to listen to it fully (and through headphones), it is half an hour well spent, and you seem to discover something new on every listen.” THIS IS NOT A SCENE
“What Paul Catten is doing here is using over twenty years of experience in making music to take us on a musical trip.” FLUID RADIO
“Genius song titles (“The Jedi And The Selective Mute”) and bursts of Theremin created static that would burst a dogs eyeballs (“An Army Of Narcoleptics Swa! rm Among Us”)…A Jolly good record.” SITTING NOW
“A dark, isolating and yet exciting experimental record.” SONIC SHOCKS
“It’s an album of ranging textures and moods, making effortless transitions between delicate minimalism, sweeping orchestral majesty and punishing noise.” WHISPERIN AND HOLLERIN
“It is at times brutal, egotistical and wilfully obtuse. Even where it is outstandingly beautiful, it is a fragile beauty, hard-won and constantly threatened. That is why it is so inspiring and rewarding, and why the juxtaposition of strings/piano and electronic future noise is so apt. You can’t dance to it, but it may well inspire you.” TREBUCHET
Future Noise website gets a re-vamp!
8th November 2011
As you can all hopefully tell, our website has had a bit of an overhaul and with it we hope to update it a lot more regularly! We also have an RSS feed now which you can subscribe to HERE and we plan to use the social platforms of Facebook & Twitter to help spread the word, so like and follow us as we’ve got some nice surprises lined up for 2012 which will be announced over the coming weeks/months.
We’d also like to say a massive thanks to Lee of The Sleeping Shaman for all his hard work in putting this together and if you haven’t checked out his site, we urge you to do so!
That’s all for now
The FN Team
Future Noise At Damnation Festival with A Man Called Catten!
4th November 2011
It’s the Damnation Festival Tomorrow!!! So come and say hello to us on the ‘A Man Called Catten’ stall, we will be selling plenty of Future Noise goodies, which also includes the new release by Paul Catten entitled ‘Themes And Variations for Strings And Electronics’, and we also have the pleasure of distributing various releases from the Burning World / Roadburn Records.
Paul Catten – on his Damnation appearance.
“After listening to the Medulla Nocte albums for the first time in many years, I knew I had to play these songs one last time. A Man Called Catten is a tribute to this material, and my chance to do them justice…playing them as they were meant to be played; live, fast and very loud. I’m ecstatic to be able to perform them at Damnation where I have great memories from previous performances, and this is the one and only time you will hear a set comprising of nothing but Nocte tracks. Relive your youth…the fucking Cat is back!”
You can also check out a video below of A Man Called Catten ripping through ‘Spat On’ at a recent warm up gig, a nasty taste of things to come!
http://www.facebook.com/AMANCALLEDCATTEN
http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk
Orange Goblin Tickets Now On Sale!
28th October 2011
Tickets for Orange Goblin are now on sale priced £12 + booking fee from www.wegottickets.com/event/140883.
Orange Goblin Confirmed For 11th April 2012!
26th October 2011
The mighty Orange Goblin are heading back to Manchester and are bringing Grifter with um! Opening support comes from Blackburn’s Bastard Of The Skies and it’s all happening on Wednesday 11th April @ Sound Control.
Tickets will be on sale ASAP via wegottickets and ticketline priced at £12 Adv.
