CUT THE MIDRANGE, DROP THE BASS

FORECAST AND MACHINE.RECORDS PRESENT :

CYLOB / HIDDEN PERSUADER + INFO_CIFON / MANCHUKO

Thursday 26th January
Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby St, Cardiff
£7 8pm

 Oh yes indeed! Cylob is coming to town. No messin'! In the first of a regular collaboration, Forecast are teaming up with Cardiff-based Machine Records to satisfy their aching electro needs.

Another product of Richard 'Aphex Twin' James Rephlex stable, Chris Jeffs' releases as Cylob and Kinesthesia have numbered among the Cornwall-based imprint's most celebrated recent releases. Not nearly as prolific as his friends and sometime-labelmatesJamesand Mike Paradinas (u-ziq), Jeffs has nonetheless amassed an impressive catalog of releases in a relatively short period of time. Although he only began experimenting with electronics in 1991, within five years Jeffs released three EPs and three full-lengths — including the cheeky DJ double-pack "Loops andBreaks" (as Cylob) and the sparse ambient of Empathy Box (as Kinesthesia) — in addition to remixes for Aphex Twin,BochumWelt, and Immersion. Although focusing more recently on a refined brand of ambient breakbeat and techno, Jeffs' stylistic palette includes crunchy, industrial-leaning techno, beatless ambient, and new-school electro-funk.

Support comes from some of Machine Records' finest acts. Hidden Persuader and Info_Cifon are two members from the collective Access Tonal Communications who have been making waves on the electronica scene for some time now. Access Tonal Communications is a full blown movement of electro(nica) producers, video archivists and designers. And if you heard their recent session for Rob Da Bank's OneMusic show on BBC Radio 1, you'll know what an exciting live prospect they are. Founder members Info_Cifon and The Hidden Persuader each take electro to previously unexplored territory, while delivering a heavy sonic punch of angular rhythms, skewed melody and snatches of noise. Both maintain a refreshingly anti-purist musical stance, citing hip-hop, punk and jazz as jumping off points, besides their obvious familiarity with the Detroit origins of their beloved sound.

Lastly, Manchuko will be opening up the evenings proceedings with Aphex inspired ambient synth washes, kraut style guitar work and fierce drum and bass all played the traditional way, with drums and bass! Manchuko were recently the legendary Damo Suzuki of Can's 'sound carriers' for his UK tour - originally Damo Suzuki's policy was to play with a band resident to the city he was playing in only once for a spontaneous free jam but he was so taken with Manchuko that they toured together for some time. If that isn't reason enough to come early to watch these guys, I don't know what is.