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NEWS - 1996

12.27.1996

THE RUMORS AREN'T TRUE

There have been rumors circulating around that MBM are on tour supporting Porno for Pyros this January. MBM are in fact safe and warm locked away in some studio still recording the follow-up to this past year's triumph Subliminal Sandwich. They spent Christmas together (a day off from recording) and wish everyone peaceful wishes for the New Year.

The staff here at Brainwashed want to extend Holiday wishes to you and your friends and family personally from us and from MBM as well.

11.27.1996

MBM FINALLY FINISH THE TOUR

The four members of Meat Beat Manifesto have finally come off the road and are resting up briefly before the go into the studio to put together the next album. On this album, for the first time, MBM will include all members of the touring band. There is no scheduled release, title, or anything else yet, we will keep you informed however...

Also, check out It's the Music, the latest CD single - available only as a European/UK release from Play It Again Sam as well as the song "We Done it Again" from the new compilation In Defense of Animals, volume 2.

11.3.1996

San Francisco Bay Area fans get a treat

Not only has the single for "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" been added to the rotating playlist at Live 105 FM, BUT MBM are coheadlining a show with Chemical Brothers on Saturday, November 23rd at the Warfield Theater.

In other news, The Utterer (a little MBM newsletter) should be in the mail and on its way to those of you who wrote in to the MBM Info box listed on the inside of Subliminal Sandwich.

Also this week, In Defense of Animals has finally hit the shops.

And finally, this week's Melody Maker rates It's the Music as Single of the Week, calling it "their best offering since Radio Babylon. The single for "It's the Music is only a European/UK release from Play it Again, Sam with no plans as of yet to issue it in the US.

MBM Comes Back to the US for more Dates

US Dates now confirmed, following the current dates for the Euro-sweep...

Date              City                  Venue
Europe:
Tue, Nov. 5	- Manchester, England	Sankeys Soap
Wed, Nov. 6	- Bristol, England	Fleece & Firkin
Thu, Nov. 7	- London, England	Subterranea

US/Canada:
Thu, Nov. 14	- New York City		Irving Plaza
Fri, Nov. 15	- Rochester, NY		Waterstreet
Sat, Nov. 16	- Toronto, Ontario	Opera House
Mon, Nov. 18	- Cleveland, OH		Peabodies
Tue, Nov. 19	- Pittsburgh, PA	Metropol
Thu, Nov. 21	- Detroit, MI		Saint Andrews
Fri, Nov. 22	- Chicago, IL		Vic Theatre
Sat, Nov. 23	- San Francisco, CA	Warfield Theatre

Opening act is Freaky Chakra vs. Single Cell Orchestra
Support is Alex Patterson (DJ) on all dates except San Francisco.
The Chemical Brothers will co-headline the San Francisco date.

In Other-Band Related news:
Japanese artist, Ken Ishii has a new mix album featuring "Strapdown - Part 2" on his Sony released collection in Japan. Volume 3 in Ishii's Mix-Up series is import only in the U.S. Other artists "Mixed-Up" by Ishii include United Future Organization, Moby, Riuchi Sakamoto, and Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force.

The British group, Laika's next U.K. single, "Breather" will be backed with the MBM/Dangers remix (236 Mix) of Laika's song, "Looking for the Jackalope" which was originally recorded for and appeared on the Red Hot Organizations benefit album, Offbeat on TVT Records. Offbeat sported many notable artists (and tracks) which regrettably was only released in North America. MBM likewise produced an original song for the album "I Control (Audio Collage #2)" which was later remixed as a collaboration between Dangers vs. Skylab. Both of these remixes were packaged on a 12" in very limited numbers and serviced to radio as promos.
(I Control can be found as a bonus track on MBM's new single, "It's the Music" out now in the U.K. on Play it Again Sam Records.

And finally support act for the US tour, Freaky Chakra have a new album due out on Astralwerks soon.

OCTOBER 17

MBM Comes Back to the US for more Dates: US Dates now confirmed, following the current dates for the Euro-sweep...
Date City Venue Sat, Oct. 19 - Paris, France L'Arapaho Mon, Oct. 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark Stengade 30 Wed, Oct. 23 - Rotterdam, Holland Nighttown Thu, Oct. 24 - Aarau, Switzerland R.I.F.F. Fri, Oct. 25 - Neuchatel, Switz. Case a Chocs Sat, Oct. 26 - Geneva, Switzerland Nechatel Sun, Oct. 27 - Bern, Switzerland Reitschule Mon, Oct. 28 - Frankfurt, Germany Cooky's Tue, Oct. 29 - Hamburg, Germany Funky Pussy Club Wed, Oct. 30 - Berlin, Germany Loft Thu, Oct. 31 - Prague, Czech Roxy Sun, Nov. 3 - Brussels, Belgium VK Club Tue, Nov. 5 - Manchester, England Sankeys Soap Wed, Nov. 6 - Bristol, England Fleece & Firkin Thu, Nov. 7 - London, England Subterranea Thu, Nov. 14 - New York City Irving Plaza Fri, Nov. 15 - Rochester, NY Waterstreet Sat, Nov. 16 - Toronto, Ontario Opera House Mon, Nov. 16 - Cleveland, OH Peabodies Tue, Nov. 19 - Pittsburgh, PA Metropol With dates yet to be confirmed hopefully to follow for Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco.

OCTOBER 9
News from the MBM camp: The 30 Minute video program, Electronika presents a video homage to Meat Beat airing Wednesday, Oct. 16th at 9pm EST on the Manhattan Public Access station, Ch. 69. The program will feature early clips such as "Strap Down" alongside MBM's latest sci-fyish video excursion for the band's single, "Asbestos Lead Asbestos".
A new, exclusive MBM track, "We Done it Again" appears on the upcoming album fund-raiser, In Defense of Animals Benefit Compilation - Vol. 2 due for release on Caroline Records (I wonder how Suzanne Ronaldo is these days...) in North America on October 29th and on Play it Again Sam for the UK and Europe on October 16th. "We Done it Again" is one of the new MBM songs being performed in the band's live show during their current tour for Subliminal Sandwich. Proceeds benefit In Defense of Animals, a San Francisco Bay Area based animal rights organization.
In Addition to MBM, this compilation features music by White Zombie, The Orb, Chemical Bros., Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, Bjork, PJ Harvey, Belly, Elastica, Mike Watt, Beastie Boys, KRS-One, Morphine, Alice Donut, and Aleka's Attic (River Phoenix's band).
A brand NEW Meat Beat Manifesto track, "It's the Music" will be released as a single in Europe by Play it Again Sam Records later this month to coincide with the band's upcoming overseas tour with show dates in England, Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, and Holland. The tracking for the commercially available single will include two versions of the title track plus "I Control (Audio Collage #2)" and a Luke Vibert remix of Asbestos Lead Asbestos (Plug mix).
"I Control" which first appeared earlier this year on the Red Hot Organization's Off Beat benefit compilation in the U.S. has not been previously released in the UK/European market while the remix of "Asbestos" has only been available on 12" promo in the U.S. Once again, the cover design is from New York graphic artist Rich Borge.
Jack Dangers is doing a remix of the next Nine Inch Nails single, "The Perfect Drug". The original version is to appear in an upcoming David Lynch film soundtrack produced by Trent Reznor to be released on November 26th on Nothing Records. The NIN single goes to radio on November 4th, with remixes packaged together for a commercial release soon thereafter. Other original music on the soundtrack recording includes new tracks from Smashing Pumpkins and Barry Adamson. The film score is by Angelo Badalamenti.
Mike Powell, master of theremin and other instruments says regarding the new single "The NIN mix is slamming. A manifesto of meaty beats. Amazingly hard, rude boy, stylings. An epic in intensity. After 3 days all I could hear was the world swishing and sputtering in and out of break neck drum and bass passages. It took a whole day and a half of sleep to shake it. The mix was finished yesterday. Jack still had the editing to do. I can't wait to hear the final, it was monsterous when I stumbled out of Toast studios at 11 am( Toast was formerly the famous Coast Recorders, now owned and operated by engineering whiz Craig Silvy and Phillip Steir of Consolidated). We had only gotten back to town Sunday night. The mix was started Monday!"
The October issue of Spin has their own review of the Organic Fest as well as slight mentions of MBM. Perhaps the lack of MBM content might suggest the magazine holding information for a future feature. Maybe with enough response, they'll consider it... (I personally feel the article ignored MBM, but that's just me, go look for yourself.)

And finally, MBM pick up the touring schedule later this month for their Euro-sweep. There are rumors floating around about a return to the US, so keep your fingers crossed, America.
Date City Venue Sat, Oct. 19 - Paris, France L'Arapaho Mon, Oct. 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark Vaga Wed, Oct. 23 - Rotterdam, Holland Nighttown Thu, Oct. 24 - Aarau, Switzerland R.I.F.F. Fri, Oct. 25 - Neuchatel, Switz. Case a Chocs Sat, Oct. 26 - Geneva, Switzerland Cabaret De L'Usine Sun, Oct. 27 - Bern, Switzerland Reitschule Mon, Oct. 28 - Frankfurt, Germany Cooky's Tue, Oct. 29 - Hamburg, Germany Funky Pussy Wed, Oct. 30 - Berlin, Germany Loft Thu, Oct. 31 - Prague, Czech Roxie Sun, Nov. 3 - Brussels, Belgium VK Tue, Nov. 5 - Manchester, England Sankey's Soap Thu, Nov. 7 - London, England Subterranea

OCTOBER 1
The rest of North America and Europe now confirmed:
(If it's here, it's OFFICIAL.)
Date City Venue Fri, Oct. 4 - Seattle, WA Showbox Sat, Oct. 5 - Portland, OR La Luna Sat, Oct. 19 - Paris, France L'Arapaho Mon, Oct. 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark Vaga Wed, Oct. 23 - Rotterdam, Holland Nighttown Thu, Oct. 24 - Aarau, Switzerland R.I.F.F. Fri, Oct. 25 - Neuchatel, Switz. Case a Chocs Sat, Oct. 26 - Geneva, Switzerland Cabaret De L'Usine Sun, Oct. 27 - Bern, Switzerland Reitschule Mon, Oct. 28 - Frankfurt, Germany Cooky's Tue, Oct. 29 - Hamburg, Germany Funky Pussy Wed, Oct. 30 - Berlin, Germany Loft Thu, Oct. 31 - Prague, Czech Roxie Sun, Nov. 3 - Brussels, Belgium VK Thu, Nov. 7 - London, England Subterranea
Expect more dates for England on their way as they get confirmed...
In other news:
There will be a commercial single of a new MBM track called "Its the Music" released in Europe and England (only for now) to coincide with the MBM Europe tour. There will be three versions of the track mixed by Jack with a bonus track of Asbestos Lead Asbestos remixed by Luke Viebert. Cover design will once again be done by NYC graphic artist, Rich Borge who is profiled in a feature in this month's issue of Adobe Magazine (which is distributed to approximately one million users). Amongst Rich's pieces pictured in the publication's story is none other that MBM's Subliminal Sandwich artwork!

SEPTEMBER 21
"A Night of Nothing" hits MTV's 120 Minutes on September 29th
Hot from the CMJ convention in NYC, MTV will feature bits and pieces from some of the artists that night (see last news for more details). MBM should have approximately a 20 minute spot of music and interviews. SET YOUR VCRs... (Please - I don't have cable and could use a copy.)
LATE BREAKING NEWS ON THE MERCHANDISE FRONT
You spoke, they listened, and prices have been SLASHED on the merchandise a lot. Even if you don't get anything from MBM, at least you can write them a letter thanking them for the price changes.

The next dates:
(If it's here, it's OFFICIAL.)
Date City Venue Sat, Sep. 21 - Tulsa, OK Ikon Tue, Sep. 24 - Boulder, CO Fox Theatre Wed, Sep. 25 - Salt Lake City, UT DV8 (how appropriate) Fri, Sep. 27 - Los Angeles, CA American Legion Sat, Sep. 28 - San Francisco, CA Fillmore Tue, Oct. 1 - Vancouver, BC Starfish Room Fri, Oct. 4 - Seattle, WA Showbox Sat, Oct. 5 - Portland, OR La Luna The above dates are with: Electric Sky Church (supporting with the exception of San Fran and LA) Loop Guru (opening) DJ Spooky (DJing) Dr. Alex Patterson (of the Orb) (DJing now until Sept. 24)
(Keep your fingers crossed for a Euro-sweep.)
New on the site this week:
An updated sampleography from your friend and mine, Duncan Bradshaw.
Pictures of the huggable, lovable Chris Miller, pal of Brainwashed, MBM, and you for providing us those excellent discographies for both here and the GTO web page. (he rocks).
Not on this site:
The MBM T-Shirt archive. Go check it out...

SEPTEMBER 11
Success at "A Night of Nothing"
MBM played the hottest ticket at the CMJ Convention at a showcase for Nothing Records also featuring surprise Nothing artists, NIN and Marilyn (Cooper) Manson. MBM played a 45 minute set to a sold-out, captivated house which included Nothing ringleader, Trent Reznor. Coil was also in attendance and hung out with Jack Dangers at the Nothing Records aftershow party at the Spy Bar in New York City. (Hmm, Coil have time to fly out to NYC and hang out in bars and they don't have time to answer my email about the lost single I sent them money for... Email me privately for more of that story...)
Humble apologies from the MBM camp for North Carolina residents:
Meat Beat's show in Raleigh, NC was cancelled due to hurricane Fran and the resulting state of emergency called for that city. We hope all the residents in that city and effected areas are safe after all the natural disaster.
I just saw the show in Boston this week and was completely blown away. This tour, in my humble opinion blows all prior MBM tours out of the water. There's improvisations, old songs, new songs, new twists to old songs, and just an amazing sense of togetherness. This show RAWKS! :)
So, if you live in any of the following areas, you would greatly miss out by not seeing them.
...and as a final note: If you see John Wilson (the guitarist), tell him to call home, his brother misses him.

From MBM (grand) Central, the latest OFFICIAL dates:
(Please only trust the OFFICIAL dates.)
Date City Venue Thu, Sep. 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Theater Fri, Sep. 13 - Jacksonville, FL The Edge Sat, Sep. 14 - New Orleans, LA Howlin' Wolf Mon, Sep. 16 - Houston, TX Numbers Tue, Sep. 17 - Austin, TX Liberty Lunch Thu, Sep. 19 - Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live Fri, Sep. 20 - Oklahoma City, OK Star 7 Sat, Sep. 21 - Tulsa, OK Ikon Tue, Sep. 24 - Boulder, CO Fox Theatre Wed, Sep. 25 - Salt Lake City, UT DV8 (how appropriate) Fri, Sep. 27 - Los Angeles, CA American Legion Sat, Sep. 28 - San Francisco, CA Fillmore Thu, Oct. 1 - Vancouver, BC Starfish Room Fri, Oct. 4 - Seattle, WA Showbox Sat, Oct. 5 - Portland, OR La Luna The above dates are with: Electric Sky Church (supporting with the exception of San Fran and LA) Loop Guru (opening) DJ Spooky (DJing) Dr. Alex Patterson (of the Orb) (DJing now until Sept. 24)
(Keep your fingers crossed for a Euro-sweep.)
AND FINALLY,...
Keep your eyes glued to MTV for the next few days as to not miss the news including stuff about MBM and the Nothing show special yet to be announced (with bits from the Irving plaza showcase).

AUGUST 26
Brand new photos on the site this week:

Organic fest, California, June 1996.
Enit pictures - Boston Mass, August 20, 1996.
The video for "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" has just appeared on MTV's 120 minutes, and has apparently been added into rotation at M2.
Merchandise information is now available.
Press information - papers/mags with MBM articles in them.
A friendly little reminder about theft which everyone should read.

From MBM (grand) Central:
Meat Beat are on tour with Loop Guru officially opening for them (with the exception of Boston and Cincinnati), Moonshake joining up in Philly and D.C., and Alex Paterson (of the Orb) dj'ing from September 9th through the end, here are the latest tour dates available:
Date City Venue Sat, Aug. 31 - Cincinnati, OH Bogarts Tue, Sep. 3 - Philadelphia, PA Troncaredo Wed, Sep. 4 - Boston Mama Kin Thu, Sep. 5 - New York City Irving Plaza Sat, Sep. 7 - Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club Sun, Sep. 8 - Raleigh, NC Button South Mon, Sep. 9 - Atlanta, GA Masquerade Tue, Sep. 10 - Orlando, FL Embassy Club Thu, Sep. 12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Theater Fri, Sep. 13 - Jacksonville, FL The Edge Sat, Sep. 14 - New Orleans, LA Howlin' Wolf Mon, Sep. 16 - Houston, TX Numbers Tue, Sep. 17 - Austin, TX Liberty Lunch Thu, Sep. 19 - Dallas, TX Deep Ellum Live Fri, Sep. 20 - Oklahoma City, OK Star 7 Sat, Sep. 21 - Tulsa, OK Ikon Tue, Sep. 24 - Boulder, CO Fox Theatre Unfortunately, the following date has been cancelled: Tues, Aug. 27 - Portland Oregon Timber Bowl

AUGUST 17
Sonic Net bring you more tasty treats from Enit:
The following is extracted from a letter received just recently from sonicnet:
Hello, What: SonicNet (http://www.sonicnet.com) announces a very special live RealAudio cybercast of the ENIT Festival, a multi-media musical, sensory and communal touring experience. ENIT (earth knit) is a spirtual alternative to the usual summer festival circuit, brought to you by Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell. When: SonicNet will produce this cybercast live from the Garden State Arts Center NJ show on Saturday, August 17th. Doors Open at 4pm. Who: Featured artists include Porno For Pyros, Black Grape, the Dee-Liteful Lady Miss Kier, Meat Beat Manifesto, Rabbit in the Moon, Rebirth Brass Band, the Sun Ra Arkestra, the Flying Neutrinos, and the Orb; DJs Afrika Bambaataa & Andrew Weatherall and more will add to the beat. SonicNet will also be on the scene capturing the events with video and digital photos - and will upload them throughout the day. Main attractions that you can sneak a peek at include multi-media presentations, communal meals and cocktail hours, internationally acclaimed DJs, tree-planting, after hours attractions and more! Specific showtimes, special appearances, and prizes/giveaways will be posted as soon as the information becomes available - so we encourage you to check the site often. If you have any questions or for updated info, feel free to email enit@sonicnet.com Love, SonicNet
Boy, aren't we getting the treatment?
And furthermore:
You can still get to hear some of the real audio I believe from last weekend's broadcast at www.needle-drop.com.

AUGUST 11
Late Breaking News!!!
TONIGHT August 11, Meat Beat Manifesto go live on the internet:
Meat Beat Manifesto will have tonight's show broadcast live over the internet at the following address: www.needle-drop.com. Enjoy
Don't forget the Enit Chat Info:
ENIT FESTIVAL CHAT in SONICNET's Sonic Lounge August 16 at 6 pm est.....(http://www.sonicnet.com ) located in our CHAT area. HANG WITH PERRY FARRELL OF PORNO FOR PYROS, SEAN RYDER OF BLACK GRAPE AND JACK OF MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO! Its fun and its easy! All you need is GLOBAL CHAT SOFTWARE ( which can be downloaded from our HELP page located in the Chat section) or an IRC connection (just point your IRC CLIENT to SONICNET irc.sonicnet.com channel=lounge). Hope To see you there! feel free to email chathost@sonicnet.com for further info! AND KEEP CHECKING FOR SUPRIZE TOUR GUESTS!
News from MBM (grand) Central:
We have the first MBM headlining dates available:
Date City Venue Tues, Aug. 27 - Portland Oregon Timber Bowl Tues, Sep. 1 - Philadelphia Trocaredo Wed, Sep. 4 - Boston Mama Kin Sat, Sep. 7 - Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
We are still patiently awaiting the official word from the camp who the supporting act(s) will be for these and other dates to follow.

AUGUST 3
Meat Beat Manifesto with Dr. Alex Patterson:
Along with the Enit fest this summer (see http://www.teeth.net/enit/enitfo.html or last week's news) Meat Beat Manifesto are playing three gigs with dj Dr. Alex Patterson of the Orb.
The following dates are confirmed and tickets are going fast:
August 10th - Minneapolis - 1st Avenue
August 11th - Chicago - Cabaret Metro
August 12th - Detroit - The Sanctum

Enit Chat Info:
This information hot off the press:
ENIT FESTIVAL CHAT in SONICNET's Sonic Lounge August 16 at 6 pm est.....(http://www.sonicnet.com ) located in our CHAT area. HANG WITH PERRY FARRELL OF PORNO FOR PYROS, SEAN RYDER OF BLACK GRAPE AND JACK OF MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO! Its fun and its easy! All you need is GLOBAL CHAT SOFTWARE ( which can be downloaded from our HELP page located in the Chat section) or an IRC connection (just point your IRC CLIENT to SONICNET irc.sonicnet.com channel=lounge). Hope To see you there! feel free to email chathost@sonicnet.com for further info! AND KEEP CHECKING FOR SUPRIZE TOUR GUESTS!
News from MBM (grand) Central:
Asbestos Lead Asbestos has been remixed three times (by Charlie Clouser, Plug & Wagon Christ's Luke Vibert, and Mellow Trons) and will be released as a promo-only club 12" in the middle of August. So far, there are no solid plans for a commercial release. (This is the point where we all write nice little notes to Nothing records.)
Meat Beat Manifesto ARE headlining a tour immediately following Enit, so Strap Down, get ready for a US tour between August 29th and October 3rd (approximately). All dates (as well as supporting act info will be posted once they are official.
One final note from MBM Grand Central: The mail response has been overwhelming for the latest album, and they're excited and appreciate all the excellent feedback, as well as they're trying to catch up. Please be patient, everyone should get some kind of response soon.

JULY 27

The latest ENIT Fest info:
The ENIT festival is down to 7 dates, reasons for cancelation was not really given, but here they are
Aug. 14---Cleveland--The Meadow
Aug. 15---Pittsburgh--Starlake
Aug. 17---New Jersey--Garden State
Aug. 18---Philadelphia--B Center
Aug. 20---Boston--Great Woods
Aug. 23---San Francisco--Calaveras County
Aug. 24---Los Angeles--Bear Mountain
tickets for all the shows are now on sale throught ticketmaster. if you want to avoid handeling charges, try ordering thought the ENIT site www.teeth.net/enit/enitinfo.html. All the bands, djs, and events should still be going on (we hope).

JULY 12
The ENIT Fest:
It is now official. Meat Beat Manifesto are confirmed on the ENIT FESTIVAL TOUR which takes in 14 dates in the U.S., immediately following the tour, MBM are planning to do their own 3 week headline tour.
Tickets for Boston's ENIT fest for August 20th at Great Woods go on sale tomorrow morning (July 13th) through NEXT, and as soon as we have the information on the rest of the venues and dates, they will be posted.
And now, the info we've all been waiting for:
T H E E N I T F E S T I V A L 1996 Date City Venue On-sale Aug. 9 Cleveland, OH The Meadow July 19 Aug. 11 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek July 15* Aug. 13 Long Island, NY Jones Beach TBA* Aug. 14 Washington D.C. TBA TBA Aug. 15 Pittsburgh, PA Starlake July 20 Aug. 17 New Jersey Garden State July 13 Aug. 18 Philadelphia, PA E-Center July 26* Aug. 20 Boston/Providence Great Woods July 13* Aug. 21 Hartford, CT The Meadows TBA* Aug. 23 Detroit, MI Pine Knob TBA Aug. 25 Denver, CO Mountain Top TBA Aug. 28 Portland, OR Timber Bowl TBA* Aug. 30 San Francisco, CA Calaveras County TBA Sept. 1 Los Angeles, CA Bear Mountain TBA * = Enit Concert, which means you get the same line-up, but there's a curfew, so it won't be able to go till 6am, like the rest, which are 4pm till 6am. E N T E R T A I N M E N T Porno For Pryos Love & Rockets Black Grape Lady Miss Kier Meat Beat Manifesto The Orb Pharcyde Buju Banton Sun Ra Arkestra The Flying Neutrinos Rebirth Brass Band D E E J A Y S: Afrika Bambaata Andrew Weatherall Kool Herc Mr. Oz Joelectronic Tommy Tunes Three Gonzo DJ Monk SLH 1 F E S T I V A L A T T R A C T I O N S: Communal Meal ticket with admission Local Micro Breweries and Exotic wines Sunrise Yoga Happy Hour Nature and tree-planting happening with Treepeople

"Asbestos Lead Asbestos" will be the first U.S. single released to coincide with the ENIT tour. A video for the track was produced by H-Gun Productions out of Chicago and is a real stand-out. MTV Europe loves the video and has already shown it or scheduled it for several of their programs including 120 Minutes, Alternative Nation and it was debuted on the MTV Partyzone during a featured interview segment with Jack Dangers and MBM's guitarist,John Wilson in London.

JULY 7
New on this site this week:
Brian McDonald's thorough Review and Interview from the Organic fest on June 22nd in California.
Chris Miller's discography of Perennial Divide.

JUNE 22
Subliminal Sandwich, the best album of the year, by (of all people) MTV! Click here for proof. Do you think this will mean they'll actually play any MBM videos? I sure hope so.

The following is the tentative schedule for the concert tonight (June 22) in Los Angeles:
7:00 pm Loop Guru
8:00 pm Meat Beat Manifesto
9:30 pm Underworld
11:10 pm Chemical Brothers
12:40 am Orbital
2:30 am Orb
The following is an article which appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Top techno bands, The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers and Meat Beat Manifesto are among those set for a two-day festival at Big Bear, June 21-22 presented by rave producer, Chaotica. Meat Beat Manifesto meanwhile has signed with Trent Reznor's Nothing Records with the double-disc "Subliminal Sandwich" due June 4... However, this will be only a one-day festival with the aforementioned names plus Underworld and Zion Nation (tentative).
- And, to other news...
If you want some exclusive Meat Beat tracks now, pick up the Red Hot Organization's Benefit for AIDS compilation. The MBM track is "I Control Audio Collage #2" and I believe it's on TVT records.
Upcoming exclusive tracks on other compliations are:
In Defense of Animals #2, the track is "We Done it Again" Due out in the end of August on Caroline records in the US and PIAS in the rest of the world.
Volume #16, "Future Worlds" I guess this song itself is not exclusive, the the remix is so totally different that it almost is a whole 'nuther song. Some guest guitar work by Joe Gore who's done work with the PJ Harvey band and Tom Waits.
Johny Stevens is no longer with MBM. He has contributed bits to the new album, but isn't an official member anymore. :(
The US chunk of the Meat Beat tour will start sometime in June. The lineup that I know of so far, for those who want it: Jon Wilson - Guitar, Mike Powell - Samples and keys, Lynn Farmer - Drums.
So what happened with "Nuclear Bomb"? Well, Mute's downsizing happened right about at the same time that PIAS's contract with them was just about to run out. Unfortunately, this meant that the single never made it out. With any luck, now that things are going smoother, PIAS (and Nothing) will decide to put it out, even if a bit late. No definates yet. It would be a shame to have it never hit the shelves, being that there was about 6 - 7 tracks on the thing.
And for those still reading, you can catch the song "Reanimator" in the movie "Up Close and Personal." Also, the Chemical Brothers are remixing "Cutman" for their upcoming remix album "Live at Socialism Vol. 1".

JUNE 3
Jack is to return to the US on Tuesday having stayed behind to do some addtional press and a London hand with Orbital, Orb and the likes. He and John Wilson did an MTV-Europe program segment called Partyzone. It should run the first or second week in August and will premier the video for Asbestos Lead Asbestos assuming that is completed in time - though I suspect that based on the actual taping which announces this video, that MTV will be forced to delay airing unitl the video is availble.
The Europe gigs went very well for the most part. The band had so much fun in Amsterdam at Melkweg (MIlkyway) show that they played for 2 hours, the last 40 minutes being basically a series of jams. Good attendance especially at the London show which had over 600 punters, also on that bill was Autechre. A million friends of J. Dangers surfaced for that gig, along with a bunch of different bands in attendance and making the scene, which it definately was. High marks scored for performance. Perry Farrell also in attendance - very impressed, hung in backstage - long chat with Jack. The Apollo Festival in Meerhout Belgium also went very well- a number of big festival promoters on site and suitably impressed - hopefully to open the door to some other UK/Euro festivals later in the summer. Quite a few fans mentioning that they saw the MBM tour dates on a website (yay!).

MBM is confirmed for Chaotica organized U.S. one-off festival date in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 22nd. Please note the press clipping below that appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Top techno bands, The Orb, Orbital, Chemical Brothers and Meat Beat Manifesto are among those set for a two-day festival at Big Bear, June 21-22 presented by rave producer, Chaotica. Meat Beat Manifesto meanwhile has signed with Trent Reznor's Nothing Records with the double-disc "Subliminal Sandwich" due June 4... However, this will be only a one-day festival with the aforementioned names plus Underworld and Zion Nation (tentative).
- And, to other news...
If you want some exclusive Meat Beat tracks now, pick up the Red Hot Organization's Benefit for AIDS compilation. The MBM track is "I Control Audio Collage #2" and I believe it's on TVT records.
Upcoming exclusive tracks on other compliations are:
In Defense of Animals #2, the track is "We Done it Again" Due out in the end of August on Caroline records in the US and PIAS in the rest of the world.
Volume #16, "Future Worlds" I guess this song itself is not exclusive, the the remix is so totally different that it almost is a whole 'nuther song. Some guest guitar work by Joe Gore who's done work with the PJ Harvey band and Tom Waits.
Johny Stevens is no longer with MBM. He has contributed bits to the new album, but isn't an official member anymore. :(
The US chunk of the Meat Beat tour will start sometime in June. The lineup that I know of so far, for those who want it: Jon Wilson - Guitar, Mike Powell - Samples and keys, Lynn Farmer - Drums.
So what happened with "Nuclear Bomb"? Well, Mute's downsizing happened right about at the same time that PIAS's contract with them was just about to run out. Unfortunately, this meant that the single never made it out. With any luck, now that things are going smoother, PIAS (and Nothing) will decide to put it out, even if a bit late. No definates yet. It would be a shame to have it never hit the shelves, being that there was about 6 - 7 tracks on the thing.

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