A monthly video newsletter covering activities and perspectives from Praxis Records, Datacide Magazine, Molehill Publishing and other associated projects, presented by Christoph Fringeli.
We took a little break in the spring and summer, but now we’re back with monthly shows.
August 2023:
We present excerpts of an interview with Dan Hekate aka The Wirebug, there are two recent releases in the Praxis Digital Remix Series, Alex Buess has relaunched Skin & Speech Recordings, Controlled Weirdness presents his new podcast “Tales from a Disappearing City”, Stewart Home has a new book out and Sozialistischer Plattenbau has re-issued Kovert’s Hybrid Riddim.
Watch the full interview with Dan Hekate here: (Link will be posted shortly – the video will go online in the coming week)
Music: Base Force One: The Point of No Return (Remix by Nihil Fist) , PraxisX4
Base Force One: Welcome to Violence (Remix by Alex Buess), PraxisX5 Available now on bandcamp: https://praxisrecords.bandcamp.com
Artist: Base Force One Remix: Alex Buess Title: Welcome to Violence Label: Praxis Series: Praxis Digital Remix Series Catalog Number: PraxisX5 Release Date: 01-07-2023
Digital cover art for PraxisX5
Brand new remix by Alex Buess (16-17, Melx, Cortex) of the breakcore classic Welcome to Violence by Base Force One from 1997, originally released on Praxis 27. Yet another massive track in the Praxis Digital Remix Series!
A quick look at a couple of new vinyl releases in the Praxis Shop. Both of these you are at the time of writing unlikely to find in many other places. The first is the album Heart Blood Steel by Abelcain & Alexandra von Bolz’n which finally finds a release on vinyl via Abundanz Records from Berlin as a double LP. Abelcain will of course be a familiar name to many of you with his releases on Addict, Low Res and Zhark International. The latter released his classic Pantheon of Fiends album in 2005. Heart Blood Steel was recorded not so much later, but was at first only released as a digital release in 2015. Rather than the refined breakcore of Pantheon of Fiends, here we find hard breakcore fused with influences from dark ambient to grindcore on 14 accomplished tracks with the vocals of Alexandra von Bolz’n. Check it out!
The second record is 16-17’s Live @ Taktlos 1995 LP, co-released by Skin & Speech and Plattfon Records from Basel Switzerland. Hot on the heels of the first vinyl release of their classic album Gyatso originally from 1994, this is another milestone of 16-17 in the 1990s. While Gyatso had been a CD-only release at the time on Kevin Martin’s Pathological label, rereleased in 2008 also as a CD on Savageland – we finally put out the first vinyl edition in 2021 as a collaboration of Praxis and Skin & Speech. Live @ Taktlos in contrast has never been released before. Now available as a wild “official bootleg” with the then-new line-up of Alex Buess, Damian Bennett, Michael Wertmüller. Includes the three tracks that were included in the presale of the Gyatso digital album as part of the amazing live set.
NEW: In addition to the possibility to pick up your online orders by appointment, our shop/storage location was open to the public on Thursdays throughout May 2023 from 4-7pm, when you were welcome to stop by without an appointment. This was taking place May 11 / 18 [the 18th was a public holiday]/ 25 and was a bit of a test whether we’ll make it a regular feature.
Please make sure you have an account in our online shop – we also recommend to place an order ahead of time, so they can be prepared for pick up, but space & time allowing, you’ll be able to browse and listen to records as well (the location is very small!)
Update: Even though this was only a small test which we didn’t even promote on social media, to be honest simply because the shop space isn’t quite ready yet, the decision was taken to definitely continue the experiment later in June, and plan to continue throughout the warmer months. The next open days will be: June 22 and 29, July dates will be announced soon. We’re grateful for feedback. One of the questions: Is Thursday a good day of the week for this?
Artist: Base Force One Remix: Nihil Fist Title: The Point of No Return Label: Praxis Series: Praxis Digital Remix Series Catalog Number: PraxisX4 Release Date: 01-05-2023
Out May 1st, 2023 – Nihil Fist remix of Base Force One’s The Point of No Return from the 1997 EP Welcome to Violence (Praxis 27). Number 4 in the Praxis Digital Remix Series.
Written and produced by Christoph Fringeli. Remixed by Nihil Fist.
Mastered by Alex Buess and Nihil Fist.
Exclusively available on the Praxis and Nihil Fist Bandcamp pages.
re:focus @ Lauschangriff 05-10-2023 in Berlin
re:focus #15 takes place next Thursday
05-10-2023 in Berlin
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The line-up:
linxi
Vinyl Vandal
Kirdec
NC.N2O
.PK.
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Experimental electronics – breakcore – noise
See you there
Lauschangriff
Rigaer Straße 103
10247 Berlin
Doors open 8.30pm, sets start at 9pm. Until 2am+