The Databass club night (Glasgow, Edinburgh, London) not only raises much-needed funds for the magazine, but allows the work of underground of artists to be seen and heard. Nights usually include live musicians, DJ sets, readings, performances and an excellent chance for the readers of the magazine to meet each other in person.

Guests have included Being (signed to Andy Weatherall's Emissions label), Pure's DJ Twitch, Jason from Pussypower, Panic from Tangent, Guy, Data Collectiv artists Re:Search and Esoferric (about which more below), The Association of Autonomous Astronauts, The Society For The Termination of Art and the enigmatic Future Sound of Joppa.

The Collectiv has launched it's first venture into music publishing with a compilation cassette entitled 'Databass: Eclectic Audio'. The cassette is available at cost price and features tracks from unsigned musicians across the UK who exist outside the mainstream of the music industry. True to form, the cassette cannot be regarded as 'easy listening' - the sounds are deliberately uncompromising and challenge existing ideas of what 'music' truly is.


Both Re:Search and Esoferric have played a large part in shaping the sounds of the club night, perhaps only because data collectiv activists are involved in some way. Audio extracts will be online soon.

At some points a tangled, layered electronic sound, related to techno, electro and hard house but somewhere above and beyond simple monodimensional dance music. At other points a haunted, deep soundtrack, experimental but elegantly melodic. At no time is Re:Search about names and faces, photos in magazines or personalities outside of the sound. Maybe we are pretentious, but it is justified as long as we are willing to explore and experiment.


Currently available from Re:Search:

How to avoid the self destruct mechanism
on the 4 disc compilation album
Out There: A Thread Through Time
Pi Recordings pi002
also features: Coil, PWOG, Black Dog, Abraxas, Chris and Cosey, Zoviet France, Ø.

Re:Rise
a remix of the Chris and Cosey track "Rise"
from the remix album
 Twist
T&B Records TB003
also featured mixes by: Carl Craig, Fred Gianelli, µ-ziq, Vaporspace, Coil and Cosmic Connection.


Esoferric are / is / and may well continue be Stuart B and a randomly assembled collection of electronic musical instruments. They have been exploring their own limitations for a number of years and have assembled a new compilation of work entitled "Music For Dogs" [described by various as "Ennio Morricone discovers jungle" or "a bit electro-goth for my liking, thanks very much"]. In the future, Esoferric may well change their name or they may well create psy-phi soup choons with the Nomad Association of Autonomous Astronauts or they might just split themselves up.
Interested ears may contact Esoferric via email.


K2 PLANT HIRE / THE K FOUNDATION / KLF
Having fucked the millennium and terrified the lower echelons of the British charts, Drummond & Cauty's K2 Plant Hire bring you the definitive plans to build The People's Pyramid - a lasting testament to the 20th century. Meanwhile, you may or may not find other K related propaganda here including the text of The White Room movie and The Manual.

COIL
An excellent archive of Coil-related articles and discography.

ORBITAL : The Official site and the Unofficial one with good links to Rephlex, Global Communications etc.

KRAFTWERK
lazy old German blokes or genius Techno godfathers... the choice is yours.

BJORK
Much as you would expect - wonderful rambling nonsense. Strangely, the unofficial site, featuring Homogenic samples is far more interesting.

MUTE LIBERATION TECHNOLOGIES
All Mute artists included, with dedicated pages for NovaMute, Laibach, Cave, Non, Panasonic etc

FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON
Beautiful graphics mixed with nonsense text. Better to check out the links to the unofficial sites and to Buggy G. Riphead's online gallery

HYPERREAL
A massive site about dance music, dance culture, drugs and groovy stuff.

WARP RECORDS
Features on-line videos and sounds inc. Jimi Tenor, Autechre, Weatherall etc.

4th WORLD
An excellent Stirling based record store, specialising in esoterica and electronica. Home-grown articles and links to labels & Data-esque web sites.

BEASTIE BOYS SCREEN SAVER
so this is an old one (very old...) but it's a classic. the old skool beastie's screen saver, available (bless 'em) on both mac and pc. worth it for seeing ad rock bounding kung-fu style across your screen when you go for a piss.

M/B INTERACTIVE JUNGLEMATIC 747
this allows you to pick and choose breaks and samples and mix your own jungle tracks live on-line. needs various plug-ins, but if you don't have them already, now is the perfect time.

HAYWIRE
Home of the UK's electronic underground with publications, Jockey Slut, Magic Feet & Herb Garden alongside independent record labels (e.g. Emissions) and record shops (inc. Fat Cat).

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Radio 3 sent a package of tapes to KhS, music by Aphex Twin, Plastikman, Scanner and Daniel Pemberton. Dick Witts travelled to meet Stockhausen and ask him for his opinion on these four "Technocrats".

BJORK MEETS IDIOT BOY !

John K., inventor of lunatic organisms Ren & Stimpy, made the video for another lunatic organism, Bjork. Features downloadable video (RealVideo & QuickTime) of the censored Rubber Nipples Director's Cut. Phuckin' essential.