News & Interviews from Kracfive Summer Ought'3 !


Hello all .. It's been awhile since one of
these, and there's loads to tell you about,
so here goes .. !!%&@^@*(

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FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY! ! July 18th.

Concert - electronic listening music +
animation! Live Colongib from Kracfive
Records & Special Guest at the Mattress
Factory in Pittsburgh, PA. doors open at
8pm. $5 or less, all ages.

Colongib is aka Chris Graves and will be
accompanied by Ipagos on violin.

www.kracfive.com has sound samples + more
info + flyers, www.mattress.org has other
info. Directions can be found at both.

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FOR SALE
Our latest is now available at the website,
an EP by Colongib & Octopus. This is on cd &
12", yes, our first vinyl release ! !#!*($!&
CD version has datatrack with videos, games,
secrets, while the 12" version  has that warm
snappy analog etc.

Next up will be Kettel's new one, "Look at
This! Ha ha ha!" You can expect the gnomey EP
in late August or September. CD & 12" versions.
More info!? check out www.kracfive.com/kettel
or www.kracfive.com/numan .

Octopus Inc (both solo & with Kettel) and
Innerwhale (Octopus, Miragliuolo, Colongib)
each have tracks on a new compilation from
Japan's G2PRODUCTS. Our friend Suezawa put
this one together and I'm not sure if you can
buy it or what, but his webpage is here -
www.absorbdesign.net

Other projects in the works are new full
lengths by cgib, octo, a posse compilation
kinda thing, a fabulous & fun 7", much more.

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PEOPLE!
Everyone's got a webpage?? Yes! There's space
for all. Check out www.kracfive.com/pacman,
/kettel, /chris, /joe, /dop, /slinky AND MANY
MORE!! This is amazing!

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CHALLENGE OF THE MONTH
Which is better?

Right person, right place, wrong time..
Right time, right place, wrong person..
Wrong person, right place, wrong time..
Right person, wrong place, right time..
or ..?

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Haruo Ishihara at Obtain Freedom just did an
interview with Chris & Noah, the only one
since way back in Grooves #1 (!) . It should
be online any day now over at Obtain Freedom,
so go take a look @ www.obtainfreedom.net

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IRON CHEF OF MUSIC, a new improv/extreme
deadline composition kind of game, has been
well underway in the month or so. If you've
seen the hit tv show, you probably get the
idea. It's Iron Chef, with MUSIC.

www.kracfive.com/ironchef has the results of
the matches thus far. Look for LIVE Iron Chef
tournaments coming in some months!!

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MP3 ROTOR PICK OF THE MONTH
It's the enigmatic EMPTY HEAD! Isn't there
a rock band with that name already!?!

NO

check back next month for more.

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OK that's all. See you on friday


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--- doc mystery <docage@k...> wrote:
>Date: Mon, 14 Oct 7002 23:19:16 -0700 (PDT)
>From: gammalammalon <shenlong@k...>
>Subject: post from the future, fwd it
>To: kracfive@yahoogroups.com
>
>hallo all
>here's a headsup to tell you about three free things
>of interest
>
>
>free thing#1 * os tron - only visiting this planet
>
>our first mp3only release is this fabulous +
>psychedlic autobiography of os tron. his k5 debut
>features five free mp3s that you should soon be
>enjoying. pay attention to this boy, he's going places
>like sun ra on mushrooms
>
>
>free thing#2 * live music
>
>thursday, october 17th - tonic with olives in manhattan
>
>octopus is playing this thursday at dj olive's weekly
>phonomena night at subtonic lounge. it's free as in
>mp3s and, hopefully, qpe from theagriculture will drop
>in to play too ..
>
>subtonic is in manhattan on norfolk street, off of
>houston. parking is ample, check www.tonic107.org for
>more see you there
>
>
>free thing#3 * more mp3s
>
>this month's mp3 from the rotar is suitcase, an
>unreleased one by marumari.
>
>
>coming soon#-- kfat012
>colongib & octopus inc 12" and CD.
>not as free, but will have some free bonuses like motion pictures,
>stickers, more mp3s, giant crab.
>
>
>peace
>kracfivezzz


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surely not me. however here we are, so, check it out

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OBTAIN FREEDOM RELEASE INFORMATION 08/2002
PACMAN AND COLONGIB 2 IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Artist: PACMAN | COLONGIB
Title: PACMAN AND COLONGIB 2
Cat: OBFM002
Label: OBTAIN FREEDOM
Format: CD
Price: $7.00 (for distributer and record shop)
Tracks:
01) FARMPLANT
02) BLASTPFF
03) CITY BUILDER
04) DOCTOR GANFO'S SYMPHONY
05) WICKED SLOW
06) LIKE LIKE REMIX
07) TOUCH FUZZY REMIX
08) JAWS'N CLAWS
09) CALIBRATED EYEBALLS
10) BASKET OF GROOVE
11) qilip plimilq REMIX
12) MAGIC JOPEM BOY
13) A ZOO
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The 2nd step of the collaborate remix project by the elite
crew "PACMAN"(a.k.a.OCTOPUS INC) and "COLONGIB" of an attention
label "KRACFIVE" of U.S. electronica scene!
The tracks selection from the long unavailable "PACMAN|COLONGIB" CD
(released by the 1st work of KRACFIVE in 1998) and an excellent
unreleased collaborative effort called "Farm Plant". This collector's
CD of a total of 13 tracks!

The sound in early works of them consists of the simple and complex
bright melodies and breakbeats which are associated with BGM of an
initial video game!

Artist who has developed into an unprecedented new electronic
breakbeats style and who continues to be expected!

::Noah Sasso (Pacman, Octopus inc) was born & raised on the east
coast of the us. In between psychedelic public high school
experiences, he managed to record a series of four Pacman cassettes,
parts of which were used to compile the 2x cd release, Pacman - This
is the End. Currently, Noah is living in southern California &
northern New Jersey, and has recorded two albums for Kracfive as
Octopus Inc - 1999's Mere Things & Mindless Creatures and, to be
released in summer of 2001, Fluid Freedom. Octopus music was praised
recently in the LA Times as 'kinetic' and 'ebullient'. (ebullience is
good)

::Chris Graves (Colongib, Christopho Graves) was born and raised in
backwoods New England coast (USA). While growing up he was surrounded
by robots, which influenced his music in strange and unpredictable
ways. Despite being influenced to do general stuff by the mother, he
had to start having sonic adventures. He started K5 with Joe and Noah
out of some weird masochistic urge to spend vast $ and time. And it
worked! Really, the old imagination vs suck; and imagination is
coming out on top. I'm going to go lift some weights. what?!

::Kracfive(www.kracfive.com) is independently operated from several
headquarters and offices over the east coast of the US.

Contact:
Obtain Freedom
c/o Haruo Ishihara
1-14-4-201, Miyamae, Suginamiku, Tokyo, 168-0081 Japan
Tel/Fax: 81-3-6761-8552
E-mail: obtainfreedom@...
URL: http://www.obtainfreedom.net

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←∟╪

here's more news -- tuesday will find me (noah) and chris (colongib)
on route to the far east .. that is the FAR FAR east, that is, tokyo,
japan, to play a show at starpine cafe. here's the specifics:

kracfive japan tour! appearing ''warszawa might''
8.10.2002 at starpine's cafe, kichijoji.

starring:
colongib (kracfive)
octopus inc (kracfive)
original instrument (kracfive)
joseph nothing (planet mu)

open 24:00
adv:2500yen(2d) door:3000yen(2d)
ticket:
warszawa call:0422-42-8520
starpine's cafe call:0422-23-2251

www.warszawa.co.jp
www.mandala.gr.jp/spc.html

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this is the first live show of original instrument!!
be there!! marry it! we'll have pacman shirts!

/ć~▀

this month's mp3 pool features lordx , a school chum
.. download its wonder from the mp3pool section
of the site - www.kracfive.com. next month?!? i don't know?!
it could be anything

also you can go grab a mix of kracfive tunes, its about
an hour and it's called the hour hour. at
www.kracfive.com/content/mixes02

there's a good # of things in there you've not heard
already.. indeed

⌂π┘

octogib 12" is still at the pressing plant. COMING SOON

╟█▄▌

finally, look what my friend did today -
http://www.kracfive.com/noh/images/statichead.jpg

thanks
noah

hoi

its been awhile , sorry to be out of touch etc. this summer
will see loads of activity, and since we don't have spring anymore
summer starts early now and never ends, there will be ceaseless
action. sincerely, noah.

and here's an update -

1) one week tour of octopus inc & colongib starts yesterday

here are the dates -

	 7/6 - Big Orbit Soundlab in Buffalo, NY ** you missed it
	 7/7 - Analog Shock Records in Rochester, NY (still time!)
	 7/8 - The Fuze Box at 12 Central Ave in Albany, NY
	 7/9 - Berwick Institute in Boston, MA
	 7/10 - AS220 in Providence, RI
	 7/11 - Subtonic in Manhattan, NYC, NY
	 7/12 - The Local in Brooklyn, NYC, NY
	 7/13 - The Rotunda in Philadelphia, PA

we'll be playing with xanopticon and girltalk and manherringbone.

soooo, come out and say whats up. or if you can't come to that
because you're too busy watching the powerpuff girls movie, maybe you
can make it to our show in japan on august 10th! we'll be appearing
at 'warszawa might' at star pine's cafe, kichijoji, tokyo.

2) even though he is organizing the tokyo concert, our good friend
haruo ishihara still has time to release a sequel to the long
unavailable pacman|colongib cd. pacgib2 will be available in august
and along with our favorites from the original pacgib it will have
tunes from the first pacman and colongib albums AND an excellent
unreleased collaborative effort called Farm Plant. this will be
coming out on haruo's label Obtain Freedom, check them out at
www.obtainfreedom.net.

3) octopus/colongib 12" is out in the world being duplicated for
yall. look for it at the end of this month or the beginning of
august. there will be a CD release of this one shortly after the
record is out.

4) misc - um, what else. check us out in the new xlr8r and grooves
and vice, there are reviews or props in those. at www.notype.com ,
there will be a free octopus inc EP thing with some fuckin weird
tracks that make you be high. im not sure when it will be there, but
we'll let you know.

5) did you like reading that?? check this out - www.kracfive.com/noh

6) you can download a colongib song made with a gameboy tracker from
our mp3 download page now. its not made by nanoloop and it's not on
that nanoloop compilation BUT it's really good and you'll wish you
were playing a gameboy game like metroid but with larger aliens and
stranger weapons that turn the enemies into cookies and beats.

7) send us demos, the addresses are on the webpage

8) reimer's Neo Ouija album is out. it's called Kettel - Smiling
Little Cow. You'll have to buy it..

9) that's all

peace
noah + the kracfive shaolin justice league featuring colongib and
kettel and miragliuolo gueststarring Doc

HELLO kracfive kin,

We can offer you some notifications about what we have been doing for a
measly five months. Oh what! We didn't update you for that much time? you
might have grown 120% taller. as a result, there is a lot of information
here. you may wish to print it out and read it during drink breaks from the
spring rototilling of your gardens.

>> SONIC GIGS

April 3 NYC @ Andrew Kreps Gallery afternoon
516A West 20th Street, btw. 10th & 11th in Chelsea. gallery hours: Tues -
Sat, 11 - 6:30pm. Colongib & Octopus Inc are playing as Original Instrument.
"Perfect if On" green-house exhibit by Peter Coffin. He has invited friends &
musicians to play to the plants. Here is schedule
(http://www.kracfive.com/content/coffin_sched.txt) of the series of small
gigs, including DJ Olive, Marumari, etc.

April 4 NYC @ NEU big event. night. FUN, 130 Madison St. look at flyer:
(http://www.kracfive.com/content/neu_flyer.gif). summary:
sound: Simplex, Moniker feat. 73(0)N (wordsmith friend of our's), Colongib &
Miragliuolo, Stewart Walker, Indolering... video: Institute for Applied
Autonomy, Crimethinc, Critical Art Ensemble performance artists, dancers,
beatboxing segment... organized by James Knopf.

April 19 Pittsburgh @ Masonic Temple theater at Univ of Pittsburgh 7th Floor.
8pm. Colongib & Intergalapagos (on violin) following screening of performance
video artist Miranda July. Organized by Melissa Ragona.

Hey. these shows- expect to seehear live improvisational songs where computer
is not the one in control. we'll remix our songs sometimes. exciting _yes_


>> LATEST RELEASE

KFAT009CD 'Original Instrument' came out on 15 Jan 2002. it's a collaboration
by Colongib, Kettel, Miragliuolo, and Octopus Inc. the human vocal tracts are
utilized and tampered with. There are reviews around
(http://www.kracfive.com/content/reviews.htm#009cd). If you need a copy, you
can order (http://www.kracfive.com/content/order.htm) it right this minute if
you want! or if you think you'll help us sell copies, you can ask us for a
promo by way of credentials or at least a clever ploy.


>> NEXT RELEASES

KFAT012.12" 'Octopus Inc & Colongib' 12". 33 minute EP. our first vinyl.
    coming soon. mp3 clips up at kracfive.com now.
KFAT011CD   'Octopus Inc & Kettel' CD album. (3 collabs in a row!)
KFAT014CD   'Vincent Bergeron: Celebral Divisions' CD album.


>> NON K5 RELEASES BY OR INVOLVING US THOUGH

OBTAIN FREEDOM (Japan) - http://www.obtainfreedom.net
obfm001 'Shaman Efforts - Dedicated to all Pioneers' compilation includes
exclusive tracks by Colongib and Octopus Inc (along with others you may care
about). out now.
obfm002 'Pacman|Colongib 2' re-vamped re-release of kfat001cd, includes songs
from that, Colongib's first album KFAT002CD, and Pacman's first double-CD
album KFAT005CD, plus one unreleased collaborative track from that era
(95-98). let's thank our Japanese friends, Haruo at Obtain Freedom, and
Masakatsu at Breakcore/Electro-violence. if you see them treat them to
milkshakes.

PHTHALO - http://www.phthalo.com
'Ocean Man: Evil Live'. the evil half of live sessions by kracfive peoples
and mates. these improvs have been intensely edited down from hours of
material into the most intense + cohesive 51 minutes. participants: Zaha,
Miragliuolo, Colongib, Octopus Inc, Intergalapagos, Shiv. coming out in some
months thru dimitri (phthalocyanine)'s label Phthalo.

QUATERMASS/SUB ROSA - http://www.quatermass.net
The followup to Freeform's 'Audio Tourism: Vietnam & China' album is 'Audio
Tourism Vol 2 - Remixes & Sources'. A double album, one containing a collage
of sound recordings made on the journey and the other reinterpretations of
the sources and tracks by Autechre, Atom(tm), Bisk, Tal, Colongib & Octopus
Inc, Bill Laswell, Masht'a, Kid606... out in 2 weeks (April 14 or so)

CARPARK - http://www.carparkrecords.com
Colongib, Octopus Inc, Kettel each have a track on Marumari's remix album
'The Remixes', along with some of his other comrades: casino vs. japan,
lackluster, greg davis, electric company, robert lippok, l’usine, stars as
eyes, vim, thug... will be released on May 22.

NEO OUIJA, DUB, CIVIK, PLANET-MU
our busy busy dutch friend Kettel has out a 7" and 12" on Planet Mu some time
ago, a recent Neo 12", an upcoming album on Neo, and upcoming album on DUB,
and an upcoming 12" on Civik Records. he keeps track of these at his gnome
home http://www.kracfive.com/kettel/

SSS RECORDS
Circuits of Steel: a new double-CD compilation of 30 Pittsburgh electronic
artists, coming out April 19 featuring an exclusive Colongib track.

NO TYPE - http://www.notype.com
No Type: The Freest of Radicals compilation includes an exclusive Octopus Inc
track "Knife Takes Blood". Out now (since Jan 2002).

SCRATCH THE NEEDLE
Octopus Inc remix of Books on Tape for the Books on Tape 'Bossy Cow' remix
EP. out soon.


>> WWWWW
We've added an mp3-rotator robot to kracfive.com. she changes which free song
you can download each month. snag the one that's up right now before it
changes in the next few days. Otto's keeping things together. www.tpolm.org
birth made more wwww progress than us :D


>> SOME OF THE REST
XY could be seen attending a glorious international symposium, the highlight
of which was her yelling at the senior economist of the World Bank.
Zaha is still running http://www.thestudentunderground.org .
Dop is still designing functional emergency escape routes for large
buildings.
Cgib celebrated day of his own birth a few days ago whereupon someone built
him a cake to eat, with red icing, not unlike the blood-filled egg (ketchup)
trick invented by the same someone (ipagos you little..).


Hope things are going well with you
christopho & noah



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here we are. ok! the collaboration album 'Original
Instrument' (KFAT009CD) will be officially coming out
Feb 16 2001 - some distros and stores may get it
sooner - with Green Galactic promotion company helping
us get the word out with this release!  see
http://www.greengalactic.com/kracfive.html
but sshh - we have it now and it's available directly
from us through the web site. we added paypal to the
ordering page to give you the option of making it
cheaper for you and more convenient for us. there are
mp3 clips there too.

'This album sees Colongib, Miragliuolo, Octopus Inc,
and Kettel collaborating with all sound sources being
human vocals. Constructicons use a wide range of real
human instruments, the result being funky, unexpected,
surreal, sexy, "emotional", dynamic. What a load of
fun these guys have! Real songs! Human emotion! Human
voices! They must be crazy to imagine such songs as
these! The beginning and end of music at the same
time? Vocal cutups and distortions are taken to
extremes - not woven in, they are the music. It will
be a marvelous, completed album with the pointed
upward precision the Scherapparates arrange of the
blow of the axe the voices to bring around the
Vergngen and make you suprised.'

noah's 'Octopus Inc: Fluid Freedom' (KFAT010CD) came
out this past August . it's for sure his best yet, so
please try a dosage and order it through us or your
favorite shop.

"[Noah] combines acoustic and electronic
instrumentation to make this journey very mellow, and
very sweet .. [he] occasionally slips in hip-hop
loops, but the whole picture is more downtempo
reminiscent .. a nice venture into slow rhythms and
summer afternoon pleasantness."
-Nirav Soni, Ink 19

we've been busy adding more and more distributors to
our list. if you still can't find copies of our stuff,
tell us where you are so we can get our teeth into a
distro nearby.

we forgot to tell you about shows we did. but it's ok.
there are some more coming up.

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Date:  Sat. Dec. 1 9:00 pm
Artists: I-Sound+Scud (duo), Kracfive Crew (Colongib &
   Friends - live rumbly improvization), Aero,
   Brooklyn Beats, Optic, Jah Wrench, Nico Mazet,
Ripley
Location: Free 103.1 (Live radio broadcast)
           97 South 6th St. Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
here is the site for the venue/radio station:
http://www.screwmusicforever.com/free103/freemenu.html

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Date: Mon Dec 3
Location: CMU McConomy Auditorium
Who: Hrvatski, Greg Davis, Kracfive (Colongib &&)
There will be a Hrvatski+Greg Davis live session
and possibly an all-three live session
** ah this just got cancelled! but might happen
elsewhere in pittsburgh - check kracfive.com news page

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forgot to notify, but thanks to those who came a
couple saturdays ago:
Saturday 11.17.01 9:00pm - "Best Friends Show"
performers: Kracfive Crew (Colongib, etc.),
xanopticon, Grand Buffet,
Girl Talk, Andriu
live @ the asterisk gallery - 2393 professor st,
cleveland, Ohio
$5 all ages - members.aol.com/astrozine/ninflyer.swf

kracfive.com/chris and kracfive.com/kettel and
kracfive.com/noah have all been constructed by their
human counterparts so take a look at them!

all at
www.kracfive.com


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Happy may fifth, Kracphibian

28 apr 2001 - "Kettel's Dreim is finally back from the presser and it has
been worth the wait. i just tore the transparent shrinkwrap off the first
copy and listened to it in the car ride in the sun."

Dreim is available from all over the place ; forced exposure, safety,
breakcore in japan, staalplaat in netherlands, soujain in finland, baked
goods in uk . & of course direct from www.kracfive.com . also check reimer's
APM 7inch on planet-mu if you can still find it.

some live shows coming up ..

may seventh - Dingo & Miragliuolo & Colongib free improv set. they plan to
perform and manipulate sounds including & not limited to: a violin, and a
dingo. this is in pittsburgh. all ages

may twelve - Miragliuolo & Cgib in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
this is also free, at or around 1:45-2:30pm. also appearing are Hrvatski &
Marumari & Parallel & Asterisk & many More.
flyer and directions here: http://www.c-fom.com/live/squash/

that's it for now. check us this summer for lots of more shows, web stuff,
mp3s, the usual. and even a couple more releases  !!  see below

hahaha or maybe we'll just spend the money on food & rent. just kidding.
probably. see below.

summer -
kfat009 - original instrument
kfat010 - octopus inc
out now -
kfat008 - cg & cg
kfat006 - dreim
kfat003 - penguin mechanics

go play in the sunheads
peace
noah
http://www.kracfive.com/feelfree/
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hi

just a quick note about some live octopus inc this monday-

    kinetic magazine presents:
    CALCULATOR
    an evening of experimental electronics, beats, blips, and bleeps

    live performances by:
    Furby™ Philharmonic Orchestra
    Octopus Inc (Kracfive Records)

    incidental soundscapes and beats provided by:
    Agent Webb (Austin, TX)
    pulse.code (LA, CA)
    Oblivia Neutron Bomb (LA, CA)

    Monday, March 19, 2001
    Fold@Silverlake Lounge
    2906 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
    21+, $7 at the door, doors 9pm

so
come to see & be seen. if you have one of those zoob tubes, or something,
feel free to run up during the performance and we can mic it and make some
noise together.

in other news, kettel's Dreim album is being cut and burnt & all that, and
will be available sooner then ever. it's worth the wait, but if you can't,
he's got a 7" on planet mu that is worth tracking down, as well as mp3s on
http://www.kracfive.com .

if you want off this list, reply and say Unsubscribe, or so.

noah
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hey all; this is noah|octopus inc & im playing this saturday at my man
alland's house. it's his birthday. want to come? there's a flier at
www.humbledesign.com/bday , but i'll duplicate the info here since you're
too lazy to click it.

24649 spruce street
newhall, ca  91321

(5 freway N to 14 N
exit san fernando
left on 12th st
right on spruce st)

starting around 9-10, performances by
octopus inc
michael rains
alland
wutana

bring your own whatever (but there may be a keg)

come out and say hey
noah
www.kracfive.com
www.calarts.edu/~nsasso
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Hi all .. first things first; new Colongib album is hot off the press.  Hear
the mp3 clips @ kracfive.com. Read about it below.

"480% better than his last album! 20 years in the making, this album hears
Colongib collaborating with life-long soul-mate Chris Graves. Songs and
soundscapes are assembled with great detail and changing nonrepetition, yet
not 100% abstract: still accessible and with 80% more funk. This album has
personality. A sense of humor from an odd kracfive land. Colongib and
likeminded fellows (elsepeople de Kracfive, Bisk, Freeform, Ae, Atom,
Phthalo, Hrvatski, Sonig camp) seem to be building a new language in music -
sourcing sounds from all walks of life (microphones in hand at all times,
electronic synthesis, sampling, altered often beyond recognition and fitted
together as if originally from the same world) and composing with them in a
technically impressive manner while retaining an organic feel. A beautiful
and appropriate machineplant mess for artwork, built by Tpolm and Graves."

Get Special Rumble for $10 direct from www.kracfive.com or $more elsewhere
in a few weeks when it hits the retailers. This first k5 release in 2001
looks and sounds beautifully dense intense indeed. Comes with a bonus
magnetic disapearing phase melody.

West Coast ! January 27th is the date of the first k5alive show in 2001.
Come to the Roy O. Disney hall at CalArts, in Valencia California (20
minutes north of LA off the 5) at 8:30 or so for some live Octopus Inc,
among others. Should be a trip. This is an all ages free show with free
drinks and lots of freeform starry eyed college students, so come prepared.
Prepared for fun!

best
noah chris joe & the rest
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kracfive news 27 oct 2000>

hello wicked men & naughti women, been awhile since an update,
and now (last minute, of course) is a good time for that.

1. colongib plays at sinfestival show tonight in new york
fri 27 october (night 3b). http://www.sinfestival.com
it's here: The Saint - 104 Stanton - 9-3 AM
ticket info and stuff at the www.com site.com
solenoid & so takahashi & isophlux guys & etc same night.
if you come, say hello, for sure. you'll hear stuff that
you haven't heard before. unless you've been stealing
from our music production pipeline (we have all our music
built in minor countries and shipped here)
the next night freeform, phthalocyanine, mike paradinas
(kid spat), jega, etc are playing, so come to that too.

2. he plays again at mr roboto project in pittsburgh, pa on
11 nov 2000 as part of some sort of series of 10-minute gigs,
like a short festival. apparently there will be some lovely
gener ickrock bands playing there too, so even more reason to
stroll on by. more informations about that when known.

C. upcoming releases:
kfat006> kettel album
kfat008> colongib album
kfat009> 100%-vocals collaboration album
kfat010> octopus inc album
kfat011> md album
we aren't used to announcing them ahead of time, so if you're
also not used to it, it'll be okay. we'll all grow accustomed
to it together. or just ignore it. it might not even be 100%
correct. vinyl releases also on the horizon. half of these
will possibly be in your hands by year's end. spread the word,
get excited, practice fasting: listen to nothing for weeks
before purchase.

www site has been updated and will get more updationarization.
that's all for now i believe. if you find this to be wrong,
or know anything about the whereabouts of this character, please
email us with your whereabouts.

christopho http://www.kracfive.com
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Kracfive (Colongib+Octopus Inc) & Marumari
Summer 2000 World Tour>

---tour starts---

June 29 Thurs
Name: youyouyou
Location: 56 Walker St. (3rd floor),
between Church/Broadway,
NYC, NY
Live (10:00pm):
Colongib and Octopus Inc. [Kracfive]
Marumari [Carpark]
Cex [Tigerbeat6]
So Takahashi [Carpark]
Blitter [Rkk] w/visuales by Miau-Miau International
Performances:
Criterion and Leslie Lopez
Lukasz and Erin Hirsh
Dynamo-Ville
DJs (8:00pm):
Aura [Schematic, Cochlear Project, Element]
Shad T. Scott [Isophlux]

July 2 Sun 9:00pm
Barrister Hall (near downtown)
560 South High St.
Columbus, OH

July 3 Mon 4:00pm
Bassmint
2309 River Rd
Reading, PA
off Rt 12 (take Rt 12 East off 422 West)

July 4 Tues 10:00pm
Hypervinyl electronic festival/party
Millvale Industrial Theatre
The MIT is located in the Millvale Industrial Park / 2100 East Ohio Street
(Route 28) / The venue phone number (for the day of the
show) is 412-321-MITT (6488). The information line for the MIT is
412-422-8864 (GAB-TUNG.) http://mit.telerama.com/
Pittsburgh, PA

July 5 Wed 9:30pm
Mockingbird
580 King Street West. (downtown west toronto.)
on the north side, between Spadina and Bathurst...
toronto, canada
6 bucks at the door.
You gotta be 19+ to get your ass in.

July 6 Thurs
Blizzarts
3956-A St Laurent,
Montreal, QC
(514) 843-4860

July 7 Fri
the Voix
19 Central St.
Lowell, MA
For directions, call (978) 458 - VOIX
or go http://www.tiac.net/users/deftlyd/voix.html

July 8 Sat 1:00am
Deep Heaven
Chinatown
Boston, MA
77 Beech St.
1:00am-6:00am
we play at 3:00am or so.
artists:
Colongib & Octopus Inc
Marumari
DJ C
Tube
Cactus Tribe
Flowchart

July 9 Sun
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street
NYC, NY
Doors open at 9:00pm
artists:
Marumari
Kid606
Zammuto
Colongib & Octopus Inc (Kracfive)
Cex
http://www.knittingfactory.com/calendar/index2.cfm

---tour ends---

http://www.kracfive.com/drago/tour.htm will be updated with any more
information that comes crawling along. please pass this info along.
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Kracfive (Colongib+Octopus Inc) & Marumari
Summer 2000 eastlyUSA+someCanada Tour>

---tour starts---

June 29 Thurs
Location: 56 Walker St. (3rd floor),
between Church/Broadway,
NYC, NY
Live (10:00pm):
Colongib and Octopus Inc. [Kracfive]
Cex [Tigerbeat6]
Marumari [Carpark]
So Takahashi [Carpark]
Blitter [Rkk] w/visuales by Miau-Miau International
Performances:
Criterion and Leslie Lopez
Lukasz and Erin Hirsh
Dynamo-Ville
DJs (8:00pm):
Aura [Schematic, Cochlear Project, Element]
Shad T. Scott [Isophlux]

July 1 Sat*
Afterfest
Columbus, OH

July 2 Sun
Barrister Hall (near downtown)
Columbus, OH

July 3 Mon 4:00pm
Bassmint
2309 River Rd.
Reading, PA

July 4 Tues 10:00pm
Millvale Industrial Theatre
http://mit.telerama.com/
Hypervinyl electronic festival/party
Pittsburgh, PA

July 5 Wed*
Element
Toronto, ON

July 6
Montreal, QC

July 7*
Voix
Lowell, MA

July 8
Deep Heaven
chinatown
Boston, MA

July 9
instore at Mondo Kims, NYC
Knitting Factory (?)

---tour ends---

http://www.kracfive.com/drago/tour.htm will be updated with more information
and confirmations, or get it to it from the news section.

The three will be traveling around in automobiles, playing music when called
on, most often on those dates and times. Sometimes with friends. It is very
important that you listen and say hello, and first, tell everyone you know
to go to these shows. Please copy+paste+post this message to all sorts of
places. Print it and fold it up and put it under your neighbor's
windshield-wiper like a parking ticket. Then you and all these people you
either know or don't know will experience some extra fun that night while
taking in our music. We're working hard to make every show different, having
unheard music & improvisation for each in addition to the songs you love and
live by. It's ok to dance. You won't be bored, for sure, or your time spent
back.


Later>
Part of a 3-day electronic music festival
JULY 18 - Fennesz, Pita, Marcus Schmickler, *Colongib/Octopus Inc.*, Keenan
Lawl, Spencer Luxe / The Millvale Industrial Theater INFO: The MIT is
located in the Millvale Industrial Park / 2100 East Ohio Street (Route 28) /
The venue phone number (for the day of the show) is 412-321-MITT (6488). The
information line for the MIT is 412-422-8864 (GAB-TUNG.)
http://mit.telerama.com/ Pittsburgh, PA


Then>
New records (discos compactos) being released. Keep the eyes peeled.
And--we've built an MP3s section onto the web-page, http://www.kracfive.com.
For free you can hear many new and exclusive songs by us and friends of
our's, and old ones from past albums.


thanks,
Chris+Noah
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Kracfive (Colongib+Octopus Inc) & Marumari
Summer 2000 eastlyUSA+someCanada Tour>

---tour starts---

June 29 Thurs
Location: 56 Walker St. (3rd floor),
between Church/Broadway,
NYC, NY
Live (10:00pm):
Colongib and Octopus Inc. [Kracfive]
Cex [Tigerbeat6]
Marumari [Carpark]
So Takahashi [Carpark]
Blitter [Rkk] w/visuales by Miau-Miau International
Performances:
Criterion and Leslie Lopez
Lukasz and Erin Hirsh
Dynamo-Ville
DJs (8:00pm):
Aura [Schematic, Cochlear Project, Element]
Shad T. Scott [Isophlux]

July 1 Sat*
Afterfest
Columbus, OH

July 2 Sun
Barrister Hall (near downtown)
Columbus, OH

July 3 Mon 4:00pm
Bassmint
2309 River Rd.
Reading, PA

July 4 Tues 10:00pm
Millvale Industrial Theatre
http://mit.telerama.com/
Hypervinyl electronic festival/party
Pittsburgh, PA

July 5 Wed*
Element
Toronto, ON

July 6
Montreal, QC

July 7*
Voix
Lowell, MA

July 8
Deep Heaven
chinatown
Boston, MA

July 9
instore at Mondo Kims, NYC
Knitting Factory (?)

---tour ends---

http://www.kracfive.com/drago/tour.htm will be updated with more information
and confirmations, or get it to it from the news section.

The three will be traveling around in automobiles, playing music when called
on, most often on those dates and times. Sometimes with friends. It is very
important that you listen and say hello, and first, tell everyone you know
to go to these shows. Please copy+paste+post this message to all sorts of
places. Print it and fold it up and put it under your neighbor's
windshield-wiper like a parking ticket. Then you and all these people you
either know or don't know will experience some extra fun that night while
taking in our music. We're working hard to make every show different, having
unheard music & improvisation for each in addition to the songs you love and
live by. It's ok to dance. You won't be bored, for sure, or your time spent
back.


Later>
Part of a 3-day electronic music festival
JULY 18 - Fennesz, Pita, Marcus Schmickler, *Colongib/Octopus Inc.*, Keenan
Lawl, Spencer Luxe / The Millvale Industrial Theater INFO: The MIT is
located in the Millvale Industrial Park / 2100 East Ohio Street (Route 28) /
The venue phone number (for the day of the show) is 412-321-MITT (6488). The
information line for the MIT is 412-422-8864 (GAB-TUNG.)
http://mit.telerama.com/ Pittsburgh, PA


Then>
New records (discos compactos) being released. Keep the eyes peeled.
And--we've built an MP3s section onto the web-page, http://www.kracfive.com.
For free you can hear many new and exclusive songs by us and friends of
our's, and old ones from past albums.


thanks,
Chris+Noah
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Hello.. A bit of news for everyone:

First! Our beautiful new webpage is up and running at
www.kracfive.com .. the mp3s aren't up yet, but sometime next week
they should be all set so check back for lots of new and free k5
tunes. If you're using Netscape reload the page right after it loads for the
first time (for an evil reason the balls do not like to roll on that first
load).

Second! Tonight, Friday June 2nd, Philadelphians and others should
come see Octopus Inc perform a laid back & completely improvised set
at his friend Joe's artshow/ambientnoisehouseparty thing. Should be a
nice place, and I *think* it's free but not sure about that.
Directions are below. Noah's playing at 9 or 9:30ish with more music
to follow.

| From Rt.76:

Take Walt Whitman Bridge ($3) and stay on 76 West, take University
Ave exit over the bridge and past the children's hospital. Left onto
Spruce Street, take it up to 46th st. Left onto 46th and continue
straight through Baltimore Ave light. Right onto Springfield.

BEESPACE
4610 Springfield Ave |

Come on in and get friendly with the natives. =)

And, if you can't make this show, that's kind of okay because the
marumari/kracfive east coast tour is kicking off at the end of june.
more info on that soon.

till then
k5mailinglistupdatatron
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Ah, for people who were going to try to find Brownies this Wednesday and
catch our show, looks like I gave you the wrong address. !

the ACTUAL address is 169 Avenue A, between 10th and 11th. And, for those
who were wondering, Brownies is in New York City. Sorry about that.

noah
______________________________________________________

Hello, list.. This Wednesday, the 12th, Colongib and Octopus Inc are
playing live and alive at Invisible Cities night at Brownies.. should be a
good show, but it is 21+ so if you're not of age, bring your fake ids. :)

Also! we'll have copies of the brand new mecha compilation, feat the likes
of chris colongib graves, myself (octo inc), miragulio, proem, vvm,
freeform, phthalo, and other able mechanics. so, feel free to approach
before or after the show and take a few copies off our hands, or just say
hey.

Brownies is at 106 Avenue A between 10th & 11th streets, and the show
is free. Musics start at midnight..

peace
noah
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Advertisement to read:

Released 29 December 1999--

[KFAT003CD] 'V/A: Penguin-Mechanics Vol III' compilation 1xCD

The mechanics were given nearly complete freedom, with the rough guideline
of constructing a track that resembles the machine, combining recorded /
synthesized sounds of -- klankgrinding, motor whirring, metallic collisions,
beeps and buzzes -- into rhythmic components. Resultant mechanical devices
complement one another: warring machines, lighthearted apparati, anxious
robotics, mighty bomotractors with wide loads, thumping gadgets ready for
inspection... all in the genus groovemechanismi. Features these artists:
brothomStates, Freeform, Colongib, Versh Gear Choir, Bauri, Octopus Inc,
V/VM, Proem, Pacman, Chaircrusher, Phthalocyanine, Lackluster, Miragliuolo,
Cex.

Packaging and artwork is special [and time-consuming! ;] different cover
artwork and piece-of-machine for each] -- no 2 copies are the same (but all
look lovely). Later on, for extra $ there will be an even more special
packaging option (a custom-built mechanical, metallic canister).

http://www.kracfive.com for mp3 sound clips and ordering ($10 direct). Also
available from forcedexposure.com, skimo, bentcrayon.com, hopefully your
local store, etc.. Other stores and promoters and reviewers make contact
now. Quick big yard thanks to the contributing musicmakers.

Please copy this message to all tank factories,
thanks, Kracfive.
______________________________________________________

'evening k5 listed--

there're these large slices of paper tacked up about locally. some use
adhesives to stay on walls while some, like the one i was given, is pinned
up spread flat against the wall with thumb-tacks. they say:

Trans Am (Washington.DC)
-with-
The Champs (CA.instrumentalists)
The Control Group (CD.release.party)
Colongib (Reykjavik, Iceland)

-Carnegie-Mellon-University-
-in-UC-Connan-Room-8:00-PM-
-$4-with-CMU-ID-$6-without
20-November-1999

looks like i am opening for Trans Am on that day (a week from saturday)!
please d-stop by to hear some power and hang out if you get the charge.
q-what sort of a d-sentience issz y-thattifattownyqenishQ3wf#?arrggh. cmu is
in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. oh and the iceland thing isn't for real. i'm
don't live there now. in those parantheses it really reads "cmu's own idm
superstar" or some such bologna.

www.kracfive.com has more text in it than before. this text is in the
section for KFAT003CD, the mechanics compilation -- also you can hear the
first minute of each track in mp3 audio -- and in the links section. 9 dec
is the release date for #003. if you are a store please get in touch for
ordering. if we forgot you in the links section then let us spispopd. oh,
links is under 'xtra audio', not links, of course =).

spreadtheword & gamble,
christopher

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/=======[ Message to kracfive ]==========\
From: YOUNGQUOTA@...
To: kracfive@egroups.com
Subject: Event in New York City
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:37:33 EDT

      This is an update to the Oct. 28th show. The show will be held at 92
Allen Street.(between broome/delancy) The show will start at 7pm and run
till midnight or so. The line up goes as follows: Octapus ink., Colongib,
Erion, & So Takahashi. The art work will be provided by David Dresden, Ease
& Pablo Powers. Soundlab will be doing the audio and panOptic will be doing
the visuals. Hope to see you all there and don't forget to jump on the
microphone! Contact us (Ozzy/Joel) for more info.

Safety in Numbers
70 Orchard st.
New York N.Y 10002
212-375-8568
cowco@...


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From: YOUNGQUOTA@...
To: kracfive@egroups.com
Subject: artist and computers
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 13:01:13 EDT

	 Artist and Computers
	 [10.28.99 7-12]
	 92 Allen st.
	 between broom/delancy

Octopus Inc & Colongib [kracfive]
Erion [Broklyn Beats]
So Takahashi [Carpark]

David Dresden [Pop Iconic Infusion]
Ease & Pablo Powers [Ink Heads]

Soundlab [Audio]
panOptic [Visual]

cowco@...

\==================================/

______________________________________________________

hello Pietro and rest of mailing list.

about this:
Noah and I are playing at an event in NewYorkCity next Thursday. Oct 28th.
We're doing a live set. mix of preseq/knobtwiddling and improv. It'll be
real fun. You all should come.

Here are details. They organizer guy is on this list so if his computer is
not in the shop being repaired still he can give more.

It is part of his Artist+Computer series of events. He being Joel from
Safety in Numbers, record shop in NYC. On Thursday you'll want to go to 92
Allen Street. in Lower East side Manhattan. The building is on the corner of
Broom & Allen, a block away from Delancy. tall red brick building that says
EZRA on it, so i hear. contact the store at 212-375-8568 if you get lost.
The show starts at 8:00pm, and we're doing our thing at 10:00 or so. As far
as I know, other people who will be performing are Hrvatksi, Erion/Broklyn
Beats, graffitimakers downstairs, and breakdancers. Ya! Pan Optic and
Soundlab are doing stuff too. And Toshok? We hope to see some of you there.
More cool peeps to hang out with. Please jump at us and grab a microphone
during our set if you think it's a good idea.

Part II of this message is an update on KFAT003CD - V/A: Penguin Mechanics
Vol III. We are going to ship the master off to be pressed within a week.
More on that when it's on it's way back =). End of Part II.

Take care.
Kracfive out.
Christopher/Colongib
www.kracfive.com


>From: p i e t r o <mbm@...>
>To: kracfive@egroups.com
>Subject: k5 clan
>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 12:29:13 -0400
>
>
>Just curious to see if this list is
>active...
>
>So i hear there's an event going
>on in New York. What's up?
>
>Pietro.
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--- sfwd <brap@...> wrote:
>
> : . THE INTEGER RING: 10 Ringmodulated by 26 [IDMList Remix Chain]
> -Kracfive : <cdr>
>
> was wondering if anyone might tell me how to go about getting
> a copy of this? chris g? anyone...? much apprecitaed

since you were involved in that, chris, you gets a free copy. most everyone
else involved has sent me their address. anyway, for those who want to buy
it, you can order direct from us (go to http://kracfive.apex-it.com) or PJ at
S://KIMO carries it (skimomusic@...).  it is that project started by
multsanta a long time ago, copycatting the endlessnessism compilation. we are
only handling the packaging and sales and stuff.

  chris
  kracfivr
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: . THE INTEGER RING: 10 Ringmodulated by 26 [IDMList Remix Chain] -Kracfive
: <cdr>

was wondering if anyone might tell me how to go about getting
a copy of this? chris g? anyone...? much apprecitaed

Forgot to post this up, since i played
some K5 that night. Is this list still
active? . . .

>>
Here's the playlist for "Audio-Nimbus".
A program featuring experimental and
abstract electronic brain music on CJAM
91.5fm. (Windsor / Detroit)

Saturday August 8th, 12mid-2am

. FIZZARUM: Ursa Majoris [Block 002] -City Centre Offices <7">
. NEUTRAL: Sinew [Enter The Monkey] -Mad Monkey Records <cd>
. THE BOY WITHOUT HANDS: Cavity [The Automated Hygienist] -Sensory
Expansion <cdr>
. PROEM: 3rd Shift [Burn Plate No.1] -Hydrant <cd>
. LACKLUSTER: Otk:Eklan (Lackluster Mix) [CDR#2] -Monotonik <cdr>
. SOLENOID: Feb_9 [Various 99 Trax] -Solenoid <cdr>
. COLONGIB: Dr.Ganfo & Cousin Dextah Chillin' in the Basement [Mapping
Music] -Kracfive <cd>
. ASPEN: Trk#1 [Involve Comp] -Involve <cdr>
. FUNKSTORUNG: Fat Cat v.a. #9 [Additional Productions] -!K7 <cd>
. LO PHAT HI FI: Space Fritters [A Watching Wilder Edit] -OMW <cd>
. AUTECHRE: Slip [Amber] -Warp <cd>
. PATIO: Trk#9 [Involve Comp] -Involve <cdr>
. SQUAREPUSHER: My Sound [Music is Rotted One Note] -Nothing <cd>
. DUNDERHEAD: Pink Beanie [Alt.Freq Disco Moonlight] -Worm Interface <cd>
. APHEX TWIN: Analogue Bubblebath [Analogue Bubblebath] -TVT <cd>
. PHOENECIA: Y-Intercpnkt [Randa Roomet] -Warp <cd>
. BOARDS OF CANADA: Orange Romeda [We Are Reasonable People] -Warp <cd>
. PLEX: Pom Gratis [Dated:Compilation] -Toshoklabs <cd>
. PLAID: Dang Spots [Rest Proof Clockwork] -Nothing <cd>
. AROVANE: Occer [Block 001] -City Centre Offices <7">
. THE INTEGER RING: 10 Ringmodulated by 26 [IDMList Remix Chain] -Kracfive
<cdr>

Pietro.
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::: Grooves Magazine :::
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http://www.insound.com/zinestand/grooves/

hi. self-promotion isn't much fun =). some things:

(+)
first, Noah Sasso has a new full-length CD out just now:
Octopus Inc - 'Mere Things and Mindless Creatures' [KFAT007CD]
it has been pressed, and looks nice, and sounds nice, so you should check it
out. once we get the artwork back you can buy it from our web site and other
stores. there are sound samples on the site. very soon. <--same for
KFAT003CD (V/A: Kracfivian Mecha-penguins).

(+)
a few of the kracfive brothers will be playing music in a live (improv?)
fashion at a show in gloucester, massachusetts, usa tomorrow night (Aug 5).
information and directions here:
http://www.toneburst.com/upcoming.html
it starts at 8pm and costs $5.00 and there are a lot of acts (some really
great ones too). we are going near the early side. we are billed as 'Eva
Frick', which is the trio of Colongib, Miragliuolo, and Zaharia. and there
is rumor that Hanson might be making a guest appearance!

that's all for now. no, wait!

(-)
we have been told that http://kracfive.apex-it.com is out of order.

(+)
well it was a second ago, but now it's back. gah. so if it ever is taking a
break, just try again in a few hours. it gets sleepy sometimes. but kourakos
is a great man. anyway, we'll be at www.kracfive.org or .com soon and
another redesign, so look for that. also http://www.kourakos.com/grav/music
always works.

thanks.
bye
KRACFIVE.


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Here are a few tracks i played last night on
Jill Grant's "The Doomsday Machine". I'm
working on getting a time slot for myself, so
stay tuned for more!!

1. COLONGIB "Giraffunkedgazz" (Mapping Music-Kracfive cdr)
2. SOLENOID "You Can't" (10-trax-Solenoid cdr)
3. LOWFISH "Martin C. Martin" (Fear Not the Snow..-Suction cd)
4. LOWFISH "Rossbit" (Fear Not the Snow..-Suction cd)
5. JACK RUSSEL + LOU FRUTIGER "Keeping Up with the Infinites"
(Dated-Toshoklabs comp. cd)
6. QWERTY "Spodoba" (Enter the Monkey-Mad Monkey Rec. comp. cd)
7. SYBARITE "Identity #2" (Emanated-Emanated Rec. comp. cd)

Pietro.
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Grooves Magazine ...
http://www.rain.org/~audio/grooves/
Insound (Grooves) ...
http://www.insound.com/zinestand/grooves/
The Circular Cosmic Spot ...
http://www.sdriver.com/spot



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Yooooooo, new news from the kracfive krew; first off, we've got a revamped
website that is looking pretty slick, check it out at
http://kracfive.apex-it.com. On the page you'll notice that new albums from
Colongib and Pacman are now available! They are as follows..

	 =+%

	 :new stuffs:

kfat004cd - Colongib: Mapping Music

&

kfat005cd - Pacman: This is the End

The former is the second longplayer from kracfive's evil genius, Colongib. This
release has the distinction of being the first k5 release to be pressed on
actual silver cds, rather than green or blue cd-rs.

The latter is a double cd-r by kracfive's master of dead languages, Pacman. Disc
one contains Mr. Pacman's final tracks, and disc two is full of remixes,
collaborations and extra bits that have gotten buried over the years.

You will also see that we are manufacturing and distributing this:

idmcdr002 - V/A: IDMList Remix Chain

That project was started by Multsanta and a good while ago now!  The tracks have
been ready for release for a while and it is finally available on CDR.  Official
page is at http://multsanta.home.sprynet.com/idmremix.htm.  MP3's of the tracks
will be available at http://www.mp3.com/idmremixchain/ soon.

	 :still available:

kfat002cd - Colongib: Upgrade [to v2.0]

&

kfat001cd - Pac|Gib split cd

	 :coming "soon":

kfat004cd - v/a: kracfivian mecha-penguins vol III

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Those are the goods, and that's the news. More information on all of the above
is available at the webpage, as well as ordering, and you can write us at
kracfive@....  Online stores like S://KIMO (skimomusic@...) and
some others will have copies of stuff. Seaweed makes progress.

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---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999, 9:46 AM -0500
From: Chris T Weller <weller+@...>
Subject: LIVE ELECTRONICA @ CMU
>
> This weekend:
>     .
>     .... the Electronic Media Organization will be holding a concert to
>          showcase the talents of six electronic music producers from CMU.
>
>
>                   Parsec (chris weller) - trance, light techno
>            Johnny Fingers (john arroyo) - house, experimental
>                 Colongib (chris graves) - kracfivian beats
>   Soulphistifunktication (john sweeney) - drum 'n' bass
>                    E-Tek (spike katara) - breaks, trance
>                   Dingo (roger ruzanka) - electronica
>
>
>          Where and when to support these fine artists:
>
>          Saturday, April 3rd
>          7 - 10pm
>          Connan Room of the University Center
>
>          Admission is $1.oo
>
>     ....
>     .
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Kracfive Records Press Release [1 Feb 1999]


There is a column about Kracfive Records artist Colongib in the latest
issue of Interface Magazine (version 14; display until March 1999
issue) on page 14, described as being part of "a new domain of
electronic artists pushing alien bleeps in new, quirky directions"
with their "squished Atari beats and distorted Polyrhythms.." blah
blah Schematic, Chocolate Industries, Isophlux, Suction, Phthalo, Plug
Research blah blah Autechre great bleh "no 4/4" and other Colongib
quotes aghblah Noah Sasso etc and so on.

Mr Graves (Colongib) is also scheduled to play live at an electronic
music concert at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh in April.
More such appearances may happen in Boston over the summer.

KFAT003CD, 004CD, and 005CD are all upcoming Kracfive releases to see
shelves within the next couple months.  The order may not be
sequential, but 003 will be a compilation with such artists as
Colongib, Pacman, Bauri, Freeform, Phthalocyanine, Versh Gear Choir,
Octopus Inc, Lexuanculpt, V/VM, Brothom States, Miragliuolo and others
who have used their machinery's Mechanical abilities to their fullest;
004--a brand new LP by Colongib and his brother's feret; and
005--Pacman's "This is the End" limited-edition double CD(-R). The
formats of 003 and 004 should be CDs pressed from a plant.

002, Colongib: Upgrade to v2.0, his first LP, is now in more
sufficient production, available direct from Kracfive, or
Phthalo/TheBarrio (www.phthalo.com / www.thebarrio.com), and soon
S://KIMO (skimomusic@...), etc.

Snipped from a review of both 001 and 002, here is the 002 part:
   _Colongib: Upgrade to v2.0 (Kracfive,US KFAT002 CD-R)
   Colongib's very autechre influenced sound, except with a dab of
   "drill n' bass" (with clanging metal replacing the pneumatic 'drill'
   breaks...). More sharp new skool electro from Mr. graves.  Featuring
   all hits from his old 'colongib 1' demo tape: "Thumb Machine", "Imp
   Containment Unit", and so on. Plus several sweet new joints. Static
   bursts and metallic beats over oh so sweet melodies.  I could go on
   for days about every intricate detail, but i won't bore ya. So let's
   make it short and sweet: buy these discs, at ten bucks a pop you will
   not regret.
   [mLT--ostian/mele]

001, the Pacman|Colongib split remix CD-R, is sold out. We might be
able to whip one up for you if you trade us 2-3 old cassetes or
records distinctly from the 80s, or $10 like before.

000 was never for sale. So pay people loads of money when you find it,
ok?

The world wide www web (dubbadubbadubba) pages will be updated soon.
http://kracfive.apex-it.com

Thanks

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