Polymorphic news

Hibernation

2009-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

This site is now in a permanent state of hibernation.. The contributors have their hands full with other projects so it seems the only sensible option.

Polymorphic will stay live and all the music continue to be accessible despite the lack of updates..

Thanks to all those that contributed in one way or another :)

Ciao for now..

Matt Spendlove

[NETFILTERED] Error Broadcast :: Various Artists : Bag Of Nothingness

2009-02-19T00:00:00+00:00

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Yes yes! Error Broadcast opens for business in fine style rep’ing the somewhat underexposed genre of leftfield Hip Hop in the netaudio arena.

The quality of tracks on this comp is testament to the selecta abilites of the headz behind the project. Swen & Flip run 12rec and Zymogen respectively, two established vehicles for exacting netaudio.

Props :)

Netaudio at Club Transmediale

2009-01-19T00:00:00+00:00

The Netaudio gang will be hooking up with our Berlin partners and decamping to Club Transmediale for next weeks festival. There’s a wide and varied lineup of music throughout the festival which looks set to be an excellent event.

We’ll be showcasing our interactive Ping Pong game/performance and providing a selection of collaborations between associated London and Berlin electronic artists.

Full details of Netaudio at Club Transmediale

Come say hi if your attending!

[NETFILTERED] Alt Recordings :: Various Artists : Andriod Lubricated Tech-Funk

2008-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

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Solid slab of technoid funk from the excellent Alt Recordings crew.

This compilation release celebrates a year (give or take) since the labels inception.

The release is also available as a two part archive from the Alt site.

Essential digital DJ dancefloor fodder :)

[NETFILTERED] Stasisfield :: Kalte : The Lanthanide Series

2008-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The ever reliable Stasisfield return with an excellent dark and brooding piece of sonic art from Canada’s Kalte.

Check out the release page for John Kannenberg’s beautiful digitised artwork and a zip file of the whole package.

Atheistically, the label draws parallels to the superb Touch label, allbeit with a slight less organic approach to the artwork. An high accolade indeed..

Runsounds vs After Dinner 26 Sept at the Whipping House

2008-09-17T00:00:00+00:00

Tight little party in the Cable St Studios by members of the Netaudio gang. Come and check..

Andy Vaz [live] (Yore-records / Background Records / Sound Variation – Cologne)
Alex Fisher [live] (After-Dinner)
Chris Box (runsounds / rungrooves / Netaudio London)
Andi Sparks (After-Dinner / Netaudio London)
Russell Skellon (runsounds / motronic)

11:00pm – 6am
£7 conc b4 12 (email your name to info AT runsounds.com) / otherwise £9 on the door
The Whipping House, Butcher Row, London E14 9HB

Netaudio London 08 - lineup announced

2008-09-09T00:00:00+00:00

We’ve released the lineup details for the forthcoming Netaudio 08 Festival @ Shunt Lounge 22 – 25 Oct.

::: Festival Programme :::

Detailed artist info here

Wednesday, 22 October, doors 6pm-11pm, bar till 1am

Wednesday evening sees the festival kick off in fine style with a midweek Melodic IDM session from our hosts on the main stage: the prolific Kahvi Collective Netlabel.

Lackluster [live]
Abyssal Plains [live]
Brandy Alexander Project ft. vj Mutech [live]
Xurba [live]

Lounge Stage with the esoteric and eclectic sounds of:

Autistici [live]
D’Incise [live]
Mo Sauer
Sven Swift

Thursday, 23 October, doors 6pm-11pm, bar till 1am

Thursday night Last.fm Presents at Netaudio’08

A.R.E Weapons
SJ Esau
ddd
DJs from Ulterior
plus very special guest to be announced!

Lounge Stage will be hosted for the evening by Highpoint Lowlife

John Eden
The Village Orchestra and Production Unit [live]
last.fm DJs

Friday, 24 October, doors 6pm-11pm, bar till 3am

Our Germanic friends and Netaudio festival partners from Berlin take over the main stage for a night hosted by Netaudio Berlin

Quarion
Dr. Nojoke [live]
teaMore [live]
Cotumo
Liger [live]
The Passive Resistance [live]
VJ Duodroume
VJ ’81
VJ N’eye-yah!

The Lounge area will be playing host to CDr Special by Burnt Progress

Bring along a cdr of one of your own tracks (or submit online, details tba)
label it with your name, email, and track details
…and you could get the chance to hear to some of your very own productions played live on the night by the CDr team djs.

Friday night sees the Media Lounge open itself up to the unique Placard Headphone Festival night in the Media Lounge

Bring along your headphones and plug in!
Artists and acts to be announced closer to the time…

Saturday, 25 October, doors 8pm-12am, bar till 3am

Rounding off the celebrations on the mainstage – Netaudio London play host to a night of bass heavy beats:

Appleblim
Disrupt [live]
DJForensics
Mindlobster [live]
Audio Dependent [live]
VJ Oli Sorenson (aka VJ Anyone)

Deep, stripped back house and electronics are the order of the day on the Lounge Stage:

Tom Ellis & Leif
Steevio & Suzybee [live A/V]
Echonomist [live]
Lahara [live]
more tba

In addition to the different nightly events, throughout the festival, Netaudio’08 will also be presenting interactive audio-visual installations including:

Animate Objects
New Transmission Models
Isolated Response
Sonification of You
Motion on Sound
more tba

Not only that, but there will be spaces to chill, wander around or browse – simply go hang out in the Sound Cloud Media Lounge or take a stroll around the Netaudio Market open 6pm-11pm

Venue bound to sell out, arrive early to avoid disappointment!
All info subject to change.

Tickets:

Festival Pass costs £20 (plus £2 booking fee) and includes one complimentary raffle ticket!

Festival passes for Netaudio’08 at Shunt will be available form 8th Sept and can be bought at wegottickets.com.

Day tickets are sold on the door only:

Wednesday, 25th Oct: £5 – doors open 6pm-11pm
Thursday, 26th Oct: £5- doors open 6pm-11pm
Friday, 24th Oct: £10 – doors open 6pm-11pm
Saturday, 25th Oct: £10 – doors open 8pm-12midnight

Subject to availability – arrive early to avoid disappointment!

Entry to the Shunt Lounge, including the Netaudio’08 festival week is free for Shunt members.

[NETFILTERED] SEM :: Sublamp : Cathedrals of Gravity

2008-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

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Another fine minimal release form the SEM label.

The title really is beautifully apt for the sound.

Towards The Singularity @ Cafe Oto 31/08

2008-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

Highpoint Lowlife present Towards The Singularity in the lush surrounds of Cafe Oto this Sunday.

Lineup includes:

THE VILLAGE ORCHESTRA (Highpoint Lowlife, Stuff Records)
MANDELBROT SET (Highpoint Lowlife)
ERSTLAUB (Highpoint Lowlife)
FIGHTING KITES

Cafe Oto
18-22 Ashwin St
London E8 3DL
United Kingdom

Tickets

Full details at Last.fm

Check it.

[NETFILTERED] Sutemos :: Myrakaru : Tammetoru

2008-08-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Beautiful, warm, melodic electronica.

Sutemos hit the mark again, previously released on the excellent Expanding Records

No, I don’t really get how that works either but I’m just gonna enjoy it :)

Netaudio Taster at Freerotation Festival

2008-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

The netaudio crew will be decamping to Wales for the Freerotation festival this weekend. Full details can be found on the netaudio website.

Avant Garde Music Project

2008-07-29T00:00:00+00:00

A new archive of 20th century electroacoustic music is available online. These recordings are all high quality rips from LPs and have not previously been available on CD.

[NETFILTERED] Electronic Explorations :: Electronic Explorations : Net-Label Showcase

2008-07-07T00:00:00+00:00

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Netlabel showcase from the Electronic Explorations podcast.

Over two hours of music focusing on four labels:

Check Electronic Explorations site for full track listings, label and artist bios.

Great stuff. Particularly liked the Acroplane mix which is a label I hadn’t come across before.

Rungrooves: Alton Miller @ Gramaphone

2008-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

Runsounds offshoot focusing on the deeper side of House and Techno:

Alton Miller (Moods & Grooves / Peacefrog / Planet E / Yore / KMS / Trackmode Records – Detroit)
Juergen Junker (Neurhythmics / Smallfish)
Chris Box (run / Netaudio London)

Venue: Gramaphone (with new soundsystem!)
60-62 Commercial St,
Spitalfields,
London, E1 6LT
9pm-3.30am
Cost : £6 b4 midnight or mailing list / £8 otherwise

Remember to email your names to the £6 concession list or get down early as capacity is limited and the list is already filling up…

For more info please visit the Runsounds website.

Requirements of a modern

2008-06-23T00:00:00+00:00

The good people over at Highpoint Lowlife are organising a couple of events this week.

Highpoint Lowlife presents REQUIREMENTS OF A MODERN

with live peformances from ::::::::

Funckarma (Highpoint Lowlife, n5MD, Skam)
ikonika (Hyperdub)
Fisk Industries (highpoint lowlife, mush)

FUNCKARMA make two rare UK appearances to promote the release of their new 12" on Highpoint Lowlife records, the first of a series of dubstep influenced releases by the Funcken brothers. 12" EP should be available at the shows.

Both shows also feature support from Hyperdub's rising star of the wonky midrange, IKONIKA, plus Highpoint Lowlife's own bass-slung superstar FISK INDUSTRIES.

Plastic People, London, June 25th 2008

The Cube, Bristol, June 27th 2008

London tickets available from: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/30296

Full info and biogs over at Last.fm or the main Highpoint Lowlife site.

Gareth Dickson review at Phlow Magazine

2008-06-12T00:00:00+00:00

Find it over at Phlow Magazine.

Gareth Dickson @ Shepherds Bush Empire 10th June 2008

2008-06-09T00:00:00+00:00

Gareth will be supporting Isobell Campbell (former Belle and Sebastian) and Mark Lanegan on a short UK tour.

Full details and dates can be found on Gareth's website.

[NETFILTERED] Fallt :: Various Artists : Format

2008-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

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An interesting conceptual release spanning print and web in partnership that features a host of established musicians/graphic designers working across mediums. Think 12k/LINE/Room40/Fallt for music and design references..

[NETFILTERED] 12rec :: Various Artists : Boring Music Volume V

2008-05-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Latest in the excellent Boring Music series that blends Creative Commons material covered by Sven in the reviews section of his Blog.

Check the website for CD packs/artwork and detailed track info.

Netaudio 08 Incoming..

2008-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

So, watch this space.

Or, watch this one

Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law

2007-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Mr Creative Commons speaks out on TED Essential rationalism in times of increasing stupidity regarding digital copyright.

Smallfish closing down sale

2007-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

Sad news folks, the mighty Smallfish is set to close in Jan 08. We'd like to take the opportunity to thank them for their long standing service to all things leftfield and wish them the very best for the future.

The only molecule of goodness from this sad event is the massive 70% sale. Go show your support and purchase-a-plenty to send them off into the sunset smiling :)

Run Sounds 3rd birthday with Dan Bell

2007-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

Run celebrate their 3rd birthday with Detroit legend Dan Bell on the decks. Joined by a return visit from Andy Vaz and backed by the solid Run / After Dinner regulars it promises to be fantastic evening.

:::DANIEL BELL (7th City / Accelerate – Detroit)
:::ANDY VAZ [live] (Yore / A Touch of Class / background – Cologne)
:::Alex Fisher [live] (After-Dinner)
:::Chris Box (run / motronic)
:::Andi Sparks (After-Dinner / Netaudio London)
:::Russell Skellon (run / motronic)

11pm – late @ a private studio, North London £12.50 / £10 (adv)

365 Days Project 2007

2007-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

Yes yes! the fantastic 365 Days Project returns for 2007. The project releases a selection of weird and wonderful sounds DAILY for a whole year. A fantastic achievement that supplies the best in obscure audio selections.

The easiest way to keep up is to head on over to the WFMU hosted 365 days blog and choose one of the RSS formats for your podcatcher.

Whilst we're on the subject of the tireless Otis Fodder, we should mention the Comfort Stand archives that are available via the legal torrents site.

"Porn Music For The Masses" indeed :)

Will play Techno for food

2007-05-27T00:00:00+00:00

Run Sounds and the After-Dinner netlabel team up again for another session on Saturday June 16th :

::: Lump [live] (Future Dub / Rrygular / Karloff / Süd Electronic / Substatic)
::: Sebastian Russell [live] (Multi Vitamins / Telegraph / Enliven)
::: Alex Fisher [live] (After Dinner / Netaudio London)
::: Chris Box (run / Netaudio London)
::: Russell Skellon (run / Motronic)
::: Andi Sparks (After Dinner / Netaudio London)
::: Triggerset [visuals]

SHUNT Vaults, 20 Stainer Street, London SE1 9RL
11pm – 6am >>> no entry after 3am £10, please email info AT runsounds DOT com for £7 entry

http://www.runsounds.com/
http://www.after-dinner.net/

Save the Spitz

2007-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

Put simply - The Spitz is our favourite London venue.

We can't even begin to contemplate it's closure. If your in and around London then nows your chance to go support them :

Up until the end of September the most immediate way to support The Spitz is by making a donation to the Save The Spitz appeal and using The Spitz as much as possible. Whether you book a table in the restaurant for lunch or hold your party in the gallery or come and see a gig we would be delighted to see you. Please show your support by voting with your feet.

You can also sign a petition, cross your fingers, practice voodoo...

Smallfish Records Sale

2007-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

The good folks over at Smallfish are having a 50% OFF SALE !! Go support them and pick up some of those gems you missed.. They have a massive selection of exellent stock so they'll be bargins-a-plenty :)

Comment on content

2007-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

We've added the ability to comment on our news items, releases and mixes. Please let us know what you think of the content. It's always good for the artists to get a few props :)

Dubstep Squat Party in London 30th March

2007-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

Dubstep squat party, this Friday 30th March.

This current wave of U.K. dance is the most promising thing we've heard come out of the club scene in a long time. Underpinned by heavy old skool sub bass and half step dub rhythms that provide a canvas for sonic experimentation, the shear depth of sound gives producers the space to explore, re-invent and redefine a variety of influences from Jungle, Hip Hop to Techno, all punctuated by an undertone of urban decay and dystopian future.

You wanna find out if all the hype is deserved ? - Go check it out...Basssssss.....
Read below or check the e-flyer for details.


Abacus Sounds presents...
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D U B S T E P A F T E R H O U R S
FRIDAY MARCH 30
10PM to 10AM AND BEYOND
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DJs:

KODE9
LOEFAH
N-TYPE

T_! b2b R.Demon (Macabre Unit)
Rootsteady (Electrodub, reggae, dubstep)
HXW (Formerly Rivalry; dub, dubstep - Abacus)
Heva (Bashment, dubstep, grime - Abacus)
Bracket (Old skool, jungle, dubstep - Combat Recordings/Plex)
Mission Creep (Abacus)
$hy (Dubstep - afterdark)
Synthektik (Dub, dubstep - Abacus)
Easychord (Screwed & chopped hip-hop set - Vice/Do it!)
Pathfinder (Drum n bass, dubstep - Abacus)

MCs:

K9 (Macabre Unit)
...and a very special very favorite surprise guest mc...

Call 07974892670

£5 -- East London location -- £1.50 beers -- security tight but polite -- support the cause

Podcasts

2007-02-18T00:00:00+00:00

We've created a podcast of all our downloadable releases and mixes so you can keep up to date with the audio content from your favourite podcatcher. If your new to podcasting it's basically just on demand media content. You subscribe via a podcatcher (or aggregator) to podcasts from websites / channels that your interested in and the software downloads the content for you. The content is then available on your machine for playback at your leisure. Check this podcatcher list compatible software for your operating system.

Reactable

2007-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Next generation of synthesizer / digital audio performance tool anyone ? Reactable is a "state-of-the-art multi-user electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface" The video demo is fairly self explanatory to anyone with a basic understanding of synthesis. We were totally blown away by this kit and we'd love to get our hands on it ! Hopefully tools like this will help to advance the performance aspect of digital music which is often comparable and about as exciting as watching someone check their emails..

Bang !

2007-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Bang is a book about Pure Data - the free and Open Source real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. Bang was published towards the end of last year but you can download the chapters for free from the website. Chapters such as Pd & Synaesthesia, Basic Physical Modeling Concepts and Is Pd Art? No and Yes. Two Attempts ensure there is something for everyone. Go Consume..

Sepia Hours review

2007-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

We're a little late in picking this up but there's a nice review of Sepia Hours from the excellent Belgian musical webzine Derives.net. Derives.net specialise in reviewing intimate and atmospheric indie music of the finest kind and are a great source of underground musics.
Happy 2007 folks :)

Phoneme for Sunshinedna

2006-10-30T00:00:00+00:00

Sunshine is the new sci-fi film by acclaimed director Danny Boyle. The website has a selection of behind the scenes and promo videos, a few of which utilise and tiny excerpt from the end of HAL's "Phoneme" in their opening section. HAL even got paid ! Never let it be said that attention to detail in sound design isn't worthwhile ;-)

Openlab3

2006-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Group Show, 4/11-11/11/2006, 1-7pm
Opening Event and Private View 4/11/2006, 4 -12 pm
Closing Event 11/11/2006, 4-12 pm

Auto-Italia South London Gallery
82-86 Queens Road
SE152QX Peckham, London

OpenLab is delighted to present OpenLab3, an group exhibition with an opening and closing event featuring musical performances by more than 20 artists and musicians of the OpenLab collective. OpenLab engages in the aesthetics and politics of Free Open Source Software Culture. Free Software Culture seeks to emphasise transparency of the creative process by making all stages of development available to others, enabling them to learn how the creation works and alter it for their own purposes. When this idea is applied to artistic practices, the boundaries between the artistic usage of software tools and their collaborative development become blurred. The workings of the artist's tools are exposed, and the artists are actively engaged in developing media technologies. They can modify them to suit their goals, rather than creating works by using existing tools that impose "their way of doing things" on the artwork.

This group exhibition brings together interactive installations, sonic interventions, video works and animations which explore the audio-visual code of this network culture: computers start to paint pictures on their own, expose their internal circuits and "commit suicide"; birds will sing and fly around in multiple realities, the skylines of two cosmopolitan cities merge, language, meaning and time burst into fragments and recombine. The range of the combined works points to the strength of Open Source Culture – its increasing versatility as artistic playground essential to contemporary debates and its continued importance not just in the invention of new media realities but also in tackling themes of "real" time and space.

The two music events feature sound and multimedia performances of artists who use and develop open-source tools such as PD, Supercollider, Processing and Fluxus. They will perform prepared sets and code their music live in various programing languages. Musicians will also experiment with a set of live instrument swapping. By exchanging PD-Patches, they will challenge each other in an uncharted space of sonic manipulation. The performances will span from excursions into the symphonica, experimental noise and soundscapes to electronica and beat-oriented minimal techno-sets.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Rob Canning, Chun Lee, Claude Heiland-Allen, Carl Forsell, Sabine Gottfried, Karsten Gebbert, Paul Webb, Rob Munro, Chiharu Kaido, Evan Raskob, U-Sun, Ryan Jordan, Oli Laruelle, Robert Atwood, Luke Jordan, Rene, Monica Subrotova & Daniel Kordik, Michael Woelkner, Andy Farnell, Martin Aaserud, Ryan Jordan & Rachel Horne, Dave Griffith & Alex McLean

For more information please visit :

http://www.fexia.com/openlab
http://openlab.pawfal.org
http://www.midnightbluecollective.com

Netaudio Festival Report

2006-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

The Netaudio Festival is already a distant memory but there's a nice report [pdf] available in the press section of the site that gives a really good coverage of the event and successfully captures the spirit of the festival. Polymorphic hugely enjoyed being involved in this celebration of netaudio culture :)

Sepia Hours Release

2006-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

Debut Sepia Hours release available here

Netaudio 06 : Hyperlangauge preview

2006-08-30T00:00:00+00:00

This preview release of Hyperlanguage acts a precursor to the improvised sound installation at this years Netaudio 06 festival. It aims to give the listener an aural context for the project whilst introducing the fundamental themes of investigation with which the participating artists are concerned.

Level Release

2006-08-16T00:00:00+00:00

New Level release available here

Netaudio London 06

2006-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

Netaudio London '06 Festival takes place on 15-16th September with daytime sessions at the Candid Arts Gallery and evening parties at the Electrowerkz club next door. The programme is now confirmed with a wide range of performers, DJs and VJs. The daytime sessions include a knowledge fair, workshops (one on Pure Data by some of the Openlab guys) and coffee table discussions, one exploring the cultural impact of netaudio. Polymorphic will be participating with an sound installation by Level and a daytime performance by Sepia Hours.

This exciting event will bring together artists [pdf] from an international scene and provide a taster of the diverse sounds available form within this growing underground network of communities. The daytime sessions will be a more laid back affair covering many forms of electronica complimented by some guitar based and experimental audio whilst the evening sessions are dancefloor orientated including minimal techno and dubbed out beats.

Tickets can be bought for the event as follows :

Friday 15/09
- Daytime session FREE !
- Evening session £10 - tickets
Saturday 16/09
- Daytime session FREE !
- Evening session £10 - tickets
Earlybird discounted tickets for both evenings £15 - tickets

Real DJs Code Live

2006-07-06T00:00:00+00:00

Check this Wired.com article for an intro to Livecoding. About as improvised as you can get with a laptop..

Incoming..

2006-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

It's been a busy couple of months down here so the site has taken a back seat for a while. Rest assured we have quality releases lined up from Level , Gareth Dickson and Sepia Hours. We've also been getting involved in organisation for the Netaudio London '06 Festival which takes place in September. The line up is being confirmed as we speak and the event looks set to be a real success. Watch this space..

Lembrouille Mix

2006-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from guest DJ Lembrouille available here. This marathon 43 track mix is freely downloadable / distributable and features a variety of quality dancefloor music from the netlabel scene.

Frequenzen plays Remote_

2006-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

The excellent Frequenzen radio show has restarted on Resonance FM and featured a track from the Polymorphic Sampler CDR by Remote_ on the first session. Check out the show for the best in minimal sounds.

STFU Glasgow

2006-04-16T00:00:00+00:00

Check out the fantastic Hippocamp video download that covers the STFU event in Glasgow. The video provides a valuable insight into netaudio culture, copyleft aesthetics and the power of collaborative, decentralised organisation in it's coverage of the showcase event. A extremely valuable document with some great audio visual content. Very nice..

Gremlins squashed

2006-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

Jukebox working as normal... Enjoy !

Gremlins in the Jukebox

2006-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

We seem to be experiencing problems loading up the Flash movie that allows MP3 streams via our Jukebox. Looks like there may be problems at our remote host as another visitor reported strange DNS problems yesterday...

In the mean time you can still download material from the Releases / Mixes section and listen offline..

We apologise for any inconvenience :(

OpenLab2 - Post Mortem

2006-04-04T00:00:00+00:00

OpenLab2 was a great success and provided an interesting variety of aural delights for the adventurous listener ! Almost too much to choose from but some of the highlights were Rob Cs' processed toys, Rob As' purity through feedback, Andy-Gnomadics' low bit leanings, the fantastic drummer from Wojciechs' group and Chun-Sonicvariables' frenetic closure (couldn't resist kranking the volume for that one). Big thanks to ALL the artists involved, a good time was had all round..

For more info on the people involved be sure to check out the OpenLab site.

We dumped a playlist from the mixing software if your interested in investigating any of the music that was played between sets.

OpenLab2 - Open Source Digital Art

2006-03-28T00:00:00+00:00

OpenLab2 is happening 16:00 - 24:00 this Sunday 02/04/06 at the Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London :

"Sound and visual artists from the Open Source collaboration, OpenLab will take audiences through a stimulating journey through the sonic space.

The event builds on what is now an increasingly blurred line between artists and software developers. The broad expansion of the Internet and the democratization of computers have left audiences more than ever confronted with new, hybrid software conceived by a blend of artists and programmers.

As intellectual property is a fiercely debated issue, some people cling on to their little bits of territory, while others choose to share knowledge, art and collective work. This day will be a platform for OpenLabs digital artists, musicians and programmers, to present their collaborative works."

Full details www.pawfal.org/openlab

Netlabel 15

2006-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Wire magazine printed the following Netlabel chart submitted by Polymorphic in their April issue. The genre tags are largely culled from the Phlow directory and should be used as a guideline only ! Go check these guys out.

8bitpeoples - [Lo-fi Electronica, Retro Bleep, Games Console]
12rec - [Independent, Electronica,Post-rock, Hip hop]
Arcipel - [Experimental, Ambient, Minimal, Dub, Tech House]
Autres Directions In Music - [Experimental, Hip Hop, IDM, Pop, Post-rock]
Beat Is Murder - [Punk, Independent, Electronica, IDM, Post-rock]
Comfort Stand - [Experimental, Kitsch, Ecletic]
Nishi - [House, Ambient, Experimental]
One - [Techno, Dub, Ambient, Experimental, IDM, Post-rock]
Polymorphic - [Techno, Minimal, Guitar Based, Improvised]
Sijis - [Experimental]
Stadtgruen - [Ambient, Micro House, Tech House]
Stasisfield - [Ambient, Experimental, Minimal]
Sundays In Spring - [Post-rock]
Sutemos - [IDM, Techno]
Thinner / Autoplate - [Techno, Dub, House, Ambient]

Sampler CD charts with the Head Gardener

2006-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

The Polymorphic sampler release features in the March charts over on the Garden Of Earthly Delights radio show ensuring that material from the CDR will be featured weekly throughout the month. This highly successful alternative music session is set to go global with an Internet stream in the pipeline ensuring that the Gardeners weird wired sounds are as far reaching as possible. In the mean time you can download mixes form the site or tune in on the FM dial if your within range.

Radioactive FM #2

2006-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

Music from Polymorphic artists featured in another broadcast on Radioactive FM . The session featured tracks from our promo CDR and finds us in good company :) .You can find a full playlist here.

Polymorphic Sampler CDR Release

2006-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

New CDR showcasing the Polymorphic artists is available to stream here

Radioactive FM

2006-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Tracks from Polymorphic are to feature on New Zealands' Radioactive FM this Thursday 26/01/06 @ 08:00 - 10:00 (GMT) - that's 21:00 - 23:00 NZ time. You can catch the show online at Radioactive FM

Cycla lauch party

2006-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Smallfish are hosting the release party for Levels' "Cycla" this Thursday 26/01/06. It should prove to be a nice evening and a chance to hook up with a few people in the the physical domain !

Polymorphic will be giving away promo CD samplers on the the night to showcase the cross section of music we have available. Come down if you can, the night is free entry. So, that's a free live set from Level, BYO beer and a free CD sampler. What more can you want :)

Grounded Circle Release

2006-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

New Grounded Circle release available here

HAL Mix

2006-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from HAL available here. Dancefloor mix of quality sounds from the netlabel community.

Level - Cycla (Spekk)

2006-01-09T00:00:00+00:00

Spekk have released Levels' album Cycla on CD. It's a beautifully packed object that's already gaining a lot of well deserved attention. Check the Spekk website for more info or buy online at Smallfish.

Goto: here

2005-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

Wire magazine gave the site a few column inches in their current issue. Hopefully we can encourage more of the media to get behind the netlabel scene !

Impossible Flower Release

2005-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

New Impossible Flower release available here

Vibrö featues SI_COMM

2005-11-07T00:00:00+00:00

Sonic magazine Vibrö have included a SI_COMM track in their latest issue..
You can preview tracks online or purchase the issue from the their online store.

HAL Mix

2005-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from HAL available here. Second in the series, this mix is freely downloadable / distributable and features a variety of quality music from the netlabel community.

Level Interview

2005-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

With Levels imminent release on Spekk we thought it would be a good time to delve a little deeper into the mans psyche. You can find the interview here

There's also a pre-release review written by Mike from Smallfish. You can read it on his blog

Guessmen and Guests At the Head of Steam

2005-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Newcastle based event featuring a host of artists and an appearance from Elliot Little who has a release on Polymorphic comin soon..

HEAD OF STEAM (Opposite Central Station)
SUNDAY 16TH OCTOBER
8PM
£3 ADMISSION

THE GUESSMEN
ANDREW HODSON
CREATURES OF CONDITIONED REFLEX
MIKE PLUS

THE GUESSMEN
Hidden away in their dank laboratory off Newcastle’s infamous Bigg Market, the Guessmen have been constructing a world of sodden tracks infused with the unhealthy binge mentality of their surroundings; inhabited by a cast of dropouts, freaks and subhuman creatures. Influenced as much by Sun Ra’s extra terrestrial jazz as the vapid pop music polluting the air of every town, the Guessmen’s idiosyncratic style has left punters scratching their heads whilst trying to warn their ass to stop shaking and their shoulders to stop twitching.

Live shows combine precise digital beats with uncompromising freeform lunacy,deploying Edgeman’s unruly trumpet parps and virtuoso balloon squeaking, Squeaky Feet's bass clarinet abuse and BigToe’s beautiful Kazoo playing alongside their traditional laptop/decks/vocal combination.

ANDREW HODSON
He’s only nine years old _ but he is one of Newcastles most audacious expontents of experimental music.

The sounds he creates are beautiful and sublime, imaginative and always intriguing. Check out his 2004 release Map music also the limited edition In your heart you will find your dreams.

The nine year old hodson can do anything! Thanks to a fabulous electronic device which can transfer the brain patterns of those who are the greatest experts in their field. When he receives these brain patterns, Andrew, with the aid of a special pair of glasses which have built-in electrodes, becomes a man in thought and deed……can become the greatest of all astronauts, musicians, a dare-devil pilot a brilliant brain surgeon or whatever else may be necessary for him as the most daring of all agents attached to the World Intelligence Network of Electronic Music…. Yet he still looks what he really is a normal, healthy school boy. Every live show, audio release and assignment brings new excitement, new hazards and unexpected situations for Andrew, Audience and listeners alike!!!!! /

CREATURES OF CONDITIONED REFLEX
Trapped for seventy years in a labyrinthine maze of wires and gadgets Elliot Little and Richard Phipps escaped thanks to the bastardized souls of Bobby McFerrin and Steve Reich. There journey from this underground lair has led them through Norwich via Birmingham navigating both the M6 and spaghetti junction

On route the pair have aquired audio skills that both shock and awe. There live, improvised, sets combines vocal beat box, live sampling and techno warblings!!

MIKE PLUS
Whilst narrowly avoiding a collision with Halley's Comet in his specially adapted Renault Clio (trans-mat)Mike Plus encountered a distress signal emanating from the city of Newcastle, England, Earth on 16th October 2005. He responds and arrives with elektro bass sonic devices in tow. Expect techno sounds that will blow your head from here to the ice tombs oftelos!!!!!!!!!!!!Is it Man or Machine??

Netlabels and Open Content

2005-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

I found this research paper by dutch student Bram Timmers that investigates the culture of netlabels. Makes for interesting reading :
Bram's Website
Bram's research PDF

Free music

2005-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

In line with our new OpenSource netlabel compilations we thought we'd give you a heads up on how to get your hands on some free music. The netlabel community is absolutely vibrant and has a plethora of quality music available. A good starting point would be the Yahoo groups netlabel releases and netaudio or the netlabel section of the Internet Archive. You'll end up with more free audio than you know what to do with and we've been consistently impressed by the quality of what's out there.

For those of you that are in to podcasting, you can load up your portable player effortlessly using feeds from netlabel webzines like DE:BUG. Enjoy :)

Download tips

2005-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

A couple of useful tools for ya. If your not using one already, a proper download manager can make your life on the web much easier. You can queue, pause and resume your media downloads. For the Firefox users out there, you can integrate the manager into your browser using an extension such as Flashgot. This allows you to add and filter entire pages worth of links to your download queue. Very useful when browsing music download sites !

HAL Release

2005-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

New HAL release available here

Mr Ra Mix

2005-06-23T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from Mr Ra available here. This mix is part of the SI_COMM WHITE_LINE series.

HAL Mix

2005-06-23T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from HAL available here. This mix is freely downloadable and features a variety of quality music from the netlabel community.

SI_COMM Mix

2005-04-04T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from SI_COMM available here

Downtimes Sundays Mix

2005-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from Downtimes Sundays available here

Creamola Foam

2005-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

The first installment of a new series of events based in Newcastle UK kicks off this Friday 25th March.

The night involves 3 DJ's kicking up a cacophony of noise on portable turntables !

The event takes place at the temporary Bookville arts space.

Contact Chris for more info

Flavorpill

2005-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Flavorpill is a cultural filter in the form of a free weekly mailout across major five cities in the US / UK.

It includes localised arts listings across music, performance and exhibition. They have features section which has reviewed Polymorphic a couple of times and offered links to our streams.

If you'd like to sign up to their lists then please visit the Flavorpill homepage and choose your city.

You can find the current London issue here.

SI_COMM Mix

2005-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from SI_COMM available here

Media Lounge Live

2005-02-20T00:00:00+00:00

Free night of audio visual trickery from mp3 to 16mm.
featuring guest vj Micheal Heap and music from Power Sherlock

view flyer

more info

WHITE_LINE 5 | em:x

2005-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Featuring tracks from one of the UK's finest, and recently re-launched minimal ambient labels, em:t

To be broadcast on Garden Of Earthly Delights Radio CRMK UK, 10-Midnight, March 4th 2005

WHITE_LINE is curated, mixed, and edited by minimalist afficionado SI_COMM

This mix will soon be available for stream at Polymorphic..

J. Auer Mix

2005-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

New mix from J.Auer available here

Media Lounge Live - NAM2

2005-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

Free night of audio visual trickery from mp3 to 16mm.
featuring guest vj Micheal Heap and music from Power Sherlock

view flyer

more info

Level Release

2005-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

New Level release available here

Sintieron Release

2005-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

New Sintieron release available here

RSS Feeds

2005-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

We've added an RSS feed to the site so you can keep up to date with our releases from the comfort of your favourite news aggregator. RSS is a pretty straight forward concept. Consumers (that's you) subscribe to channels that are of interest to them via a piece of news reader software that runs locally on your machine (often called a news aggregator). You are then automatically informed when any of you chosen feeds are updated as a new headline will appear in the news reader. You can keep tabs on the activity of various different web sites all in one place.

You can find a more in depth primer here

If you haven't tried it already we recommend the free firefox browser for general purpose internet browsing. It has many advantages over Internet Explorer but one of the nicest features is tabbed browsing. An other nice feature is that you can add live bookmarks. This allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds and keep track of them from within your browser. Firefox will tell you when you've come across a page with an RSS feed available by displaying a special icon in the bottom right corner. You can install the sage plugin if you require more features from your aggregator.

New Hosting Server :)

2004-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

We've moved the audio content of the site on to a new server that's got a much faster connection. Hopefully this will resolve the audio playback problems that were being experienced. Now our server should be guaranteed to provide as fast a stream / download as your ISP can handle !

On another note, we've had a reasonable amount of interest from people wishing to provide audio content for the site. Now we just have to hope that the Royal Mail actually managed to deliver some post !

Watch this space.....

Server Performance Problems

2004-11-22T00:00:00+00:00

We are currently experiencing performance issues with the playback of the musical content of the site. From your perspective it may mean that the jukebox loads but the track playback is choppy, or, in the case of the larger files (i.e. the mixes) they may not play at all :(

We host the musical content ourselves to keep costs down so our bandwidth is very limited. This had proved fine initially but the MASSIVE increase in demand over the last couple of days has stretched the resources

We have decided to look for a professional hosting solution and aim to have this completed within the next few days.

We wholeheartedly apologise if your experience of the musical content of the site isn't great. Please bookmark us and check back soon or better still subscribe to the mailing list. We can then send out a mail when everythings back to normal.

Thanks for your patience :)

Polymorphic Launch

2004-10-11T00:00:00+00:00

Welcome to Polymorphic

This site is now officially live. Thanks for taking the time to drop by. You can use the links above to browse the content.

The primary goal of this site is to showcase the work of the associated artists. It is open ended in that we welcome contribution from any like minded heads.

The music on the site is available via a high quality MP3 stream. All that's required is the Flash plugin for your chosen browser. You'll need a decent connection speed though. 56k probably won't be quick enough for flawless operation but you could still download some of the files and listen offline.

We've put a lot of effort into getting this site together and we'll do our best to update it with fresh content. As with most independent outfits, we have to earn money elsewhere so time is always a battle but we endeavour to keep this site a desirable port of call. We hope you like the site and please get in touch if you feel you've got something to contribute.

Peace

Polymorphic

Skinned !

2004-08-19T00:00:00+00:00

Believe it or not, this site has actually been skinned three times now. Although the first two were by me so that doesn't really count !

After putting our thinking caps on and getting more than a little help from a professional (thanks to Fr?ya) we have settled on this design. I am extremely happy with it :)

Anyway, the sites now a step closer to being completed. Been a little caught up the last few weeks doing some paid web development and trying to get a real job so not had much time to spend here I'm afraid. I have also spent some time helping Fr?ya with her exhibition which runs until Sat 21st August.

I got a much welcome call earlier from a friend who has some tracks that he'd like to upload so I am looking forward to getting my hands on those in the near future. Watch this space...

Polymorphic music is finally taking shape.

2004-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

After what seems like and eternity since i had the idea to do this site i am finally managing to get some content up !

The main idea behind this project is to provide an outlet for myself and my friends to use to gain some exposure to their work. I have been sifting through archives, blowing off the dust with the intention of showing some of this stuff the light of day. The tracks initially available are older material but i am currently working on some newer sounds which i will put up as soon as they are ready.

I want to try and embrace the Internet as a means of distribution as well as exploring the more traditional routes. I aim to get an short run EP out in the very near future and back this up with other MP3s for free download .

Please enjoy the site and feel free to contact me with any feedback