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| After a three year absence, Broadcast are back. Their new album HAHA Sound was released to much acclaim in August, preceded by the ‘Pendulum’ EP in May. This is their first new material since The Noise Made By People in 2000 and judging by the response (see some of the reviews below), it is their best-loved work so far. As the band prepare for their UK tour, this warpmail rounds up all the information and activity surrounding Broadcast in 2003. | ||||
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| Read an excellent short piece by St Etienne’s Bob Stanley about the band and the new album HERE | ||||
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The new site with artwork by INTRO |
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| The band are currently on tour in the US during November and then return to the UK for nine dates in December. If you have never experienced Broadcast and their spellbinding live visuals, then now is your chance! | ||||
| November USA | ||||
| (Support: Manitoba) | ||||
| Tue | 18 | Washington DC | Black Cat | |
| Wed | 19 | Philadelphia | Unitarian Church | |
| Thu | 20 | New York | Bowery Ballroom | |
| Fri | 21 | New York | Bowery Ballroom | |
| Sat | 22 | Boston | Paradise | |
| December UK | ||||
| (Support: The Projects) |
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| Tue | 2 | Nottingham | Rescue Rooms | |
| 0115 958 8484 | Wayahead | |||
| Wed | 3 | Manchester | University | |
| 0161 832 1111 | gigsandtours | |||
| Thur | 4 | Aberdeen | Lemon Tree | |
| 01224 642230 | ||||
| Fri | 5 | Glasgow | King Tuts | |
| 0141 332 4864 | ||||
| Sun | 7 | Leeds | CockPit | |
| 0113 2455570 | Wayahead | |||
| Mon | 8 | Cardiff | Clyb Ifor Bach | |
| 029202 32199 | ||||
| Tue | 9 | Brighton | The Old Market Hove | |
| 01273 736222 | ticketweb | |||
| Wed | 10 | London | Islington Academy | |
| 0207734 8932 | gigsandtours | |||
| Thur | 11 | Birmingham | The Sanctuary | |
| 0121 246 1010 | gigsandtours | |||
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Broadcast have released a limited edition 3” CD that is only
available at the autumn/winter 2003 live shows. 'Microtronics' contains
11 instrumental tracks in the ‘library music’ style.
The CD will be limited to 2000 copies and is not available in shops,
but any left over will be available to buy from Warpmart once the
tour is completed. |
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| Broadcast recorded their first Session for John Peel
in August, joining other Warp artists Boards of Canada, Plaid, Autechre
and Mira Calix in contributing to this prestigious series. |
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| This summer Broadcast did a shoot for Elle Magazine UK, styled by Mark Eley for ELEY KISHIMOTO. In the picture Trish is wearing a signature Eley Kishimoto coat. | ||||
| Eley Kishimoto also contributed a customized and screenprinted version of the Pendulum 12" vinyl to an exhibition in Tokyo, and 10 copies were then given away in a competition on the Broadcast website. | ||||
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| HAHA
SOUND new album |
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| PENDULUM Recent ep |
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NOISE MADE BY PEOPLE Debut album from 2000 |
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AND NON WORK Compilation of their early EPs. |
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| There are several new Broadcast t shirts available, all with designs taken from the album artwork by INTRO. To find more Broadcast merchandise go to WARPMART | ||||
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Broadcast recently were number 20 in The Guardian’s list of “Top Bands in Britain Today”. GO HERE for the information and to see who else made the list! Links to Online Features and Reviews: Metacritic: round up of online and published reviews Some choice reactions to HAHA Sound: "(Broadcast) mess with preconceptions by embellishing sweet pop melodies with subtly executed electronic freakery… A delicate treat, and a potent tonic" The Daily Telegraph “It works beautifully…a vocalist who humanises the experiment: still, true, emotionally constant” The Wire “There isn’t space to do them justice… Like Birmingham’s answer to Françoise Hardy” 5/5 Hot Stars “Beautifully odd, as any band would be to unite Courtney Love, Bert Jansch and Radiohead in awe” GQ "Why settle for anything less than the best? HaHa Sound is a Mona Lisa of an album" 8/10 Vice Magazine "Can a passion for obscure Morricone soundtracks, European art-house cinema and junk shop electronics really be channelled into great pop? Drop your avant-guard, for there are few places better to while away an hour than with a Broadcast album" Word Magazine “the band apply sonic colour to pop basics in a way that
transcends pop and experimental music” The Independent |
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