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NEWS - 2008

12.14.08

Tour EP

Keep on the lookout for a CD EP being sold on road at MBM live shows. It made its debut in NYC at the Highland Ballroom and followed the band to the west coast. Check the MBM shop for leftover copies (however at the time of this publication they were not there yet).

11.24.08

Brainwaves Artifacts

There are two previously unreleased MBM tracks on the Brainwaves 2008 3xCD set: "Apathetic Sympathetic" (an outtake from Autoimmune and "Reanimator pts 5-8". Leftover copies from the fest can be purchased in the Brainwashed shop.

10.19.08

Live and Direct

Jack Dangers and co. have four live dates coming up in November around the Brainwaves Festival. They'll be playing in NYC with Excepter, hit Brainwaves, and then head back to the West Coast for shows with Dub Gabriel.

11.19.08 - New York City - Highline Ballroom w/ Excepter
11.21.08 - Boston - Brainwaves Festival w/ Silver Apples, Matmos, Stars of Lid, etc
12.04.08 - Los Angeles - Knitting Factory w/ Dub Gabriel
12.05.08 - San Francisco - Independent w/ Dub Gabriel

03.15.08

Music for Planetarium

Released in a limited quantity to coincide with the release of Autoimmune is Music for Planetarium, recorded by Jack Dangers for the T.I.T. Planetarium in Budapest "under a quilt at night in Marin County, California." This is part 6 of the Brainwashed Handmade Series and can be ordered directly through us at Brainwashed Commerce. Brainwashed will have 500 copies and give some to Jack Dangers for the forthcoming MBM tour if they are done in time. The letterpress process isn't quick and easy. All text is hand-laid and all discs are hand assembled at home. To see images from the letterpress process (and the most recent Brainwashed Handmade release) by the same artist, go here: mp3 ringtones and verizon ringtoneshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/. All paid orders will be shipped immediately upon completion. Expected date: April 8, 2008.

03.04.08

Autoimmune Presale

meatbeatmanifesto.com is offering a presale special for Autoimmune. The album is now identical for both North American and European releases, 14 all new songs. Click here for the latest album information.

Digital Single

A pre-release digital single will be available at iTunes and other digital stores March 18 and features exclusive remixes of tracks from Autoimmune as follows:

1. Guns And Lovers Rmx
2. Guns And Lovers
3. Lonely Soldier Rmx
4. Hellfire Rmx

02.19.08

Bush of Lies

A non-LP track, "Bush of Lies" is now available for download at meatbeatmanifesto.com. We don't know if this was one of the tracks intended for a B-side or an additional album track from the originally proposed 20-track 2xCD release, but it's free entire song!

02.09.08

Tour Dates Announced

MBM are gearing up for the new release, Autoimmune, to be followed immediately by a string of US dates:

Wed-Apr-09 Seattle, WA Neumo's
Thu-Apr-10 Portland, OR Berbatti's Pan
Fri-Apr-11 San Francisco, CA Slims
Sat-Apr-12 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Sun-Apr-13 San Diego, CA Cane's
Wed-Apr-16 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Sat-Apr-19 Chicago, IL The Abbey
Mon-Apr-21 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Tue-Apr-22 Buffalo, NY Showplace Theatre
Wed-Apr-23 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
Thu-Apr-24 Boston, MA Middle East
Sat-Apr-26 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
Sun-Apr-27 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Mon-Apr-28 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Tue-Apr-29 Atlanta, GA Smith's Old Bar
Wed-Apr-30 Orlando, FL The Social
Fri-May-02 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Sat-May-03 Austin, TX Club Deville
Sun-May-04 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre

From the press release:

San Francisco, CA - Seminal electronic band MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO (MBM) has just announced live dates, supporting the release of its new album Autoimmune on Metropolis Records on April 8, 2008. Known for both its groundbreaking albums and dynamic and awe-inspiring multimedia live shows, MBM's 2008 kickoff will be quite the event. "The live performance has become an integral component of my sound and production," sound sculptor and producer extraordinaire Jack Danger explains. "The question is how to do it better than last time. And outbest himself, he undoubtedly will.

MBM is continually evolving, staying three steps ahead of the music scene. Its tenth album pushes musical boundaries further than it has before, creating a masterpiece of dubstep and electronica in Autoimmune. Kicking off with the aural collage "International," Jack assembles vocal samples and arranges them artfully atop a funky dub sway beat, creating a tapestry that hints at the sonic textures further within. On "I Hold the Mic!," guest vocalist Daddy Sandy's toasting weaves in and out of MBM's futuristic soundscapes.The techno-tinged "Spanish Vocoder" pushes his early techno roots, propelling the dance beats into mesmerizing heights. Bay Area rapper Azeem takes control of the mic on "Young Cassius", a perfect melding of urban hiphop and electronic jazz. "Every record is different," Jack explains, "and in this record I focused on what I like to do versus what other people like me to do: beats, bass and distortion."

An acknowledged innovator in the electronic music scene, Jack Dangers continues to stretch sonic boundaries and influence new generations of sound activists. As a premiere remixer, producer and sound designer, he has played a seminal role in defining tomorrows' music today. Past and current Dangers' production/remixing projects include: Public Enemy, David Bowie, Orbital, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Bush, Depeche Mode, Tower of Power, The Bee Gees and DJ Spooky & Dave Lombardo (Slayer). MBM also contributed the track "Suicide" to the top-selling soundtrack to Underworld: Evolution and Jack's remix of Tower Of Power's "What Is Funk?" was nominated for a Grammy in 2006.

"Intriguing and intimidating…Dangers' cultural osterizing evolves to the nth degree of studio sophistication... " - ROLLING STONE

"Without MBM's groundbreaking amalgams of hip-hop and industrial dance music, modern dance music genres such as Big Beat and Drum & Bass wouldn't exist...one of Britain's most inventive practitioners of sampladelic funk." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"A true innovator, MBM main man Jack Dangers helped lay down the rules for dub-inflected electronica, throwing down heavy breaks atop challenging experimental sound" - CMJ

"The sounds of futuristic riddims that both predate electronic genre nicknames and mock their ideals; one that may be defined purely by its sphere of influence on modern music…" - URB

NEWS - 2007

12.10.07

Autoimmune / Autoimµne

Automimmune will be released in the US & Canada by Metropolis Records on April 8, 2008. The European version, Autoimµne will be released Planet µ on April 7.

05.26.07

Archive Things

Archive Things 1982-1988/Purged is now available from the MBM shop. It's a two-CD set which collects music that predates the first Meat Beat Manifesto releases, nearly all of it previously unreleased. Check the music section here for more details on the release.

05.21.07

NEW MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO WEB SITE LAUNCHES

Check out the new look web site at www.meatbeatmanifesto.com! This is now the place to check for MBM and Jack Dangers news, photo galleries, sounds and links hand picked by Jack himself.

This site at Brainwashed will continue to host discography, various news items, and other archive things.

PERENNIAL DIVIDE / MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO DOUBLE CD NEW IN THE STORE!

Now available in the MBM store the long-awaited Perennial Divide / Meat Beat Manifesto - Purged / Archive Things double CD.

This is what Jack has to say about this project: "Prior to Meat Beat Manifesto there was Perennial Divide. Archive Things/Purged features unreleased tracks and*instrumental versions from Perennial Divide. Also*included are some of the original MBM demo tracks.*Some of these tracks are 25 years old and never before*available on CD. The original demos, to me, always had more*bite than the actual first release. So here they are...."

The double CD comes in two flavors - a limited edition of 200 each customized and autographed by Jack for $30 and the regular edition for $20.

SURROUND SOUND WORKS DVD NEW IN THE STORE!

Also now available in the MBM store the latest Tino Corp release "Surround Sound Works: 5.1 Audio DVD Volume 1" featuring all exclusive tracks from Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto), Ben Stokes (DHS), Mauricio Kagel and others.

Surround Sound Works Volume 1 is a collection of tracks mixed in 5.1 Surround Sound. This audio DVD is playable on any sound system, though for optimal experience we strongly recommend listening on a surround sound system with five speakers and a subwoofer. While this disc does contain imagery, its primary function is aural. - Ben Stokes

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO HEADLINE DETROIT INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT II FESTIVAL!

Coincident with the Detroit Movement Festival over Memorial Day Weekend, MBM will headline Industrial Movement II. Details are as follows:

Sunday May 27
THE ENTIRE ST ANDREWS/SHELTER/BURNS ROOM COMPLEX 431 E. Congress. Detroit 9PM-4AM | 18+ Limited $15 tickets available at Detroit Threads, Record Time Ferndale and Noir Leather. Also available online at Ticketmaster.com.

Also on the bill: Final Cut, Newlydeads, Daniel Ash (guest DJ), and more. Check out the flyer on the web site!

AND FINALLY THE NEW ALBUM!

It has a title (Autoimmune). It's a double CD featuring vocals from Jack, Oakland's own Azeem, Mr. C and Daddy Sandy and a guest appearance from Z-Trip. We're still working on how it'll come out - more news on that soon. But you can sample a track from the new album exclusively on the new web site!!!

01.12.07

New shop open!

There's a brand new Meat Beat Manifesto shop open at meatbeatmanifesto.shop.musictoday.com. Merchandise includes CDs, DVDs, shirts, and other goodies. We'll keep you posted when new things get added.

01.08.07

IN WITH THE NEW

Things look a little different around here. Thanks for your patience while discographies, sound samples, videos, old news, and other things are being ported over from the old world into the new world. In the meanwhile, feel free to look around at what's here already. Watch your step. Provide feedback where you see fit.

12.12.06

JACK CONTRIBUTES TO BRAINWAVES

Jack Dangers has contributed two unreleased songs to the triple CD set to benefit the Brainwaves Festival. "A Strange Case of Instrumentation" and "The Self Enjoy" were recorded in 1981 and 1982 respectively. Only 500 copies were made, and they were not distributed to stores. Remaining copies of the set are available directly through Brainwashed in the Commerce section.

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO "Travelogue: Live 05" DVD OUT NOW!

The Travelogue: Live 05 DVD, companion piece to the Live 05 CD, was released by MVD November 21, 2006. It features a five-camera shoot of the Chicago Cabaret Metro show from June 2005 directed and edited by Ben Stokes plus additional cool insider on-tour footage. Available at fine stores everywhere! (And soon in the Meat Beat Manifesto Official Store.)

UPCOMING FOR 2007

Look for a new Meat Beat Manifesto web site for 2007 and a special on-line only split 2 CD set of early material from Perennial Divide and Meat Beat Manifesto! More details early in the New Year!

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO WINS SAN FRANCISCO MUSIC AWARD

Meat Beat Manifesto won the award for best electronic act in the 17th Annual SF Weekly Music Awards. Congratulations Jack!

LATEST ON THE NEW ALBUM

Jack has just about finished recording the album. Last week he had Z-Trip up to the studio to guest on the album. Suffice to say given today's date it is unlikely that the album will now be out in the Spring as we'd hoped but early Summer is very likely!

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