November
New Ash website
Ash
October
RHK live in Montreal?
Not 100% sure on this, but I'll post it anyway: "Patricia Slade" <pslade99@hotmail.com> wrote on the Nag^3 list:
"This is what I know: RHK Montreal 10/15, tix on sale 10/7"
- Yes this did actually happen.
October
New Kirk album
Blackworld: "Subduing Demons (in south yorkshire)"
10 tracks
Alphaphone: alphaphone 7
Distribution through Kudos
1. its the truth
2. yorkshire ham
3. guncontrol
4. financial institution
5. this planet
6. europeanz
7. coup detat
8. pop-u-lation
9. guerilla war
10. cyber war
Info from: "jean-marc lawton" <jean_marclawton@hotmail.com> on 24th September.
July
Yorkshire Ham 2
A second edition of the fanzine "Yorkshire Ham" is now available:
Details: A4 format, 48 pages of news, reviews and articles including: a complete album discography, why you shouldn't mix
drugs and Cabaret Voltaire, the Kirk story part two: the Rough Trade Years, an article on Kirk's recording process and fans recollections.
Price: £3.00 / $5.00 in GB and Europe (including postage) £4.00 / $6.00 in USA and Rest of World
To order contact Jean-Marc on jean_marclawtonll@hotmail.com
November
No inertia
Richard is definitely not doing the Inertia Tour. And that's official. (Info from unitary).
July
Kirk live
29th September 2000 at "Elektronikaldia Festival" (Festival of Electronic Music) in San Sebastian (situated in the
Basque region of Northern Spain). Venue = "Gaztezena" in San Sebastian Also on the bill: S.N.D. (from Sheffield) and
Thomas Brinkman... plus others. (Info from unitary).
July
Kirk the DJ
RHK will be DJing at 'The Face's 20th Birthday party at Sheffield's National Centre of Popular Music on Saturday 15th July.
Invitation only though :-( (Info from unitary).
July
Heat electric
New Offworld Sounds compilation "Heat Electric" is released next week (quote from Sydney paper
"...The truly amazing compilation from Offworld Sounds "Heat Electric" which is one of the
classiest little packages you'll find anywhere this year!" (News from the irrepressible Ross - Gescom@aol.com)
July
Inertia losing inertia
Does anyone know if RHK has confirmed for the Inertia tour mentioned
below? There's been no news on this for a while, and some people are now mooting that this event isn't going to happen.
(E-mail me (nic) if you know anything).
July
Ku-Ling Bros LP
(Bit late with this one, sorry.) Mal's Ku-ling Brothers project gathers momentum with a full-lengther out now called Creach.
Non-Oz citizens should be able to find an importer easily enough.
April
Mute CV reissues (US)
In addition to the Hope/Kirk CD below, Mute are also intending to re-release much, if not all, the Cabaret Voltaire back catalogue
in the US later in the year. (Unitary PR)
April
Hoodoo Talk with extra tracks
Peter Hope and Richard H Kirk's claustrophobic classic, "Hoodoo Talk" is being re-released on CD by Mute in August 2000.
'The CD will feature extra tracks including the Master and Crash mixes of "Leather Hands" from the 1985 Doublevision 12"
(DV15) along with two previously unreleased tracks, "Sugar Can You Feel The Drums" and "Up Beat", both of which
were recorded soon after the "Hoodoo" sessions.' Unitary PR
tell us. (Marvelous news!)
April
RHK live in London
Callum Wright <c.wright@ucl.ac.uk> informs us that his Kirkiness will be playing the Queen Elizabeth Hall on April 15th.
Tickets available from: South Bank Centre (020 7960 4242). Support act is the
deafening: Disinformation vs T:UN[K] Systems vs Oubliette. Apparently this is all part of
State of the Nation 2000
March
Richard H Kirk - Loopstatic
Mike Harding informs us that there are two versions of this release. (Tone 12). 4 track 12" and 8 track CD. 12" contains
one track not on the CD. CD available today (13th March 2000). Vinyl next week.
March
Richard H Kirk - live in US and Canada (?)
"Greg Clow" <greg@stainedproductions.com> posted this to the brainwashed mailing list.
inertia tour 2000 is a tour covering the North American continent.
Richard H Kirk is listed as a participant, but is not "confirmed" yet. Enjoy, foreigners!
February
Richard H Kirk - Loopstatic
"jean-marc lawton" <jean_marclawton@hotmail.com> says that Richard's new album on Touch is called
"Loopstatic" and should be available in late March.
February
Electronic Eye - Neurometrik
Mark Fuller <Markf@lightwork.co.uk> wrote and told me that Electronic Eye "Neurometrik" (Alpha CD6) is now
available from Kudos. Woo-hoo! (It'll be available from
Touch on March 10th).
February
Nag Nag Nag update
I scribbled, "The NagNagNag (hollyfeld) mailing list appears to have died. Try NagNagNag 2.0 at http://nagnagnag.listbot.com "
but as Jon Whitney pointed out, I'm talking out of my arse. The proper NagNagNag list at hollyfeld.org is still alive and kicking - it's just
being firewalled at my site. Yours apologetically - nic 15.02.2000
February
Mal's new album
"Jean-Marc Lawton" <isaach@dialstart.net> and "TIM LAWLESS" <timlawless@hotmail.com> both inform us
that Mal's new album, as "Ku-Ling Brothers" is out now and is excellent. Called "Creach-elements of
dub/funk/electronica/scratchin'/breakbeat/etc"
February
Electronic Eye
"Jean-Marc Lawton" <isaach@dialstart.net> informs me that the new Electronic Eye album is pressed and soon to be available.
Touch say that you pre-order it from them now, and it'll be shipping on the 10th March.
He also informs us that the new (untitled) RHK album on Touch will be mastered on February 8th.