More confirmed summer action for Bass Clef and Zun Zun Egui.

Bass Clef will return to Sonar in June, hit Fabric in July, play the Big Chill in August and visit Oslo in September.

Zun Zun Egui follow up their triumphant Royal Festival Hall appearance with another gig at a concrete modernist landmark, the Barbican (25 July).

More details in the LIVE section.

And more releases to come from both . . .

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This year's BAFTA for best short film went to the wonderful
'September', directed by Esther May Campbell. 'September' also won Best British Film at the Encounters Short Film Festival in November 2008, and has been screened at the London Film Festival, as well as Nova Scotia, Milano, and St Louis festivals.

You can read more here.

'September' features music by Bass Clef, Crescent, Paavojarju, James Blackshaw, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Richard Youngs and others. A very limited and very special vinyl edition of the soundtrack will be available shortly from Invada Records, so get ready.

More confirmed gigs for Bass Clef and Zun Zun Egui.

Bass Clef will be flying pirate flags in: Chelmsford (Feb), Bristol, Leeds and London (March) and Carmarthen (April). You can also see him at the BLOC Weekend, taking place at the Butlins in Minehead, 13-15 March.

Zun Zun Egui will be supporting David Byrne at the Royal Festival Hall on 12 April. This is a special one - they're the only support, and you can catch them for free if you get there early enough - stage time is 630pm, and they pokay in the Ballroom.



More details in the LIVE section

New dates to announce for Bass Clef, ZunZunEgui and Thee, Stranded Horse

Bass Clef will be appearing at the Bloc Weekend (14-15 March) with (among many others) Aphex + Hecker, Carl Craig, Afrika Bambaataa, Lee Perry, Skream, Benga.

ZunZunEgui play Bristol (24/1), London (20/2) Manchester (22/2) and Trowbridge (14/3). Full details in the Live section.

Thee, Stranded Horse plays l'Arsenal in Metz on 23 January.

gig news - ZunZunEgui will be making their Swedish debut on 13 December at Stockholm's Strand club.

Thee, Stranded Horse have announced three new French shows.

Sadly the Bass Clef/ZunZunEgui show scheduled for 6 December at Miss Peapod's, Penryn, has been cancelled. Apologies to all planning to attend.

A big news day. Four updates below to fill you in on, all at once: Bass Clef on TV - ZunZunEgui in Notting Hill - Blank Tapes DJs in Swiss Cottage - Bass Clef in Berlin and on Skull Disco - scroll down for details.

Channel 4 are to screen two shows covering last month's Concrete + Glass event, one node of which was hosted by Blank Tapes. The first is tonight (or tomorrow morning if you like) at 1.20am, the second will be on Friday 14 November, transmission time tbc. Keep your eyes peeled for Bass Clef.

For an excellent report from The Fader on ZunZunEgui and Bass Clef at CnG, click here.

Last minute: ZunZunEgui will be playing live in London this Friday.

Where?
Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate
London W11 3JQ

When?
Friday, 7 November 2008

What time, roughly, do you think they'll be onstage?
10pm!

How about a phone number in case I need more information?
Try 020 7460 4459

Someone from the Blank Tapes ranks will be playing records they like in between the bands at this Slowfoot event:

Crackle / Rothko / Rocketnumbernine / Blank Tapes DJs
Friday 14 November
@ The Adelaide
143 Adelaide Rd
London NW3 3NL
£7/5 adv.
Tickets!

Bass Clef will hit Berlin in early 2009 to perform at Club Transmediale, with help from Skream, Benga, Peverelis, Martyn and more.

Bass Clef at Club Transmediale
Berlin, Germany
Saturday 31 January 2009
club website


PIRATE, SKULLS AND BONES

The next big Skull Disco comp, 'Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated' will feature Bass Clef's massive remix of Appleblim and Peverelist's 'Circling', along with a treasure chest of Shackleton cuts. Out soon in all good etc etc