Placid Junction - launch night featuring Phuq,Tunefreak

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
9pm - 1am

++Downtempo/IDM/

Experimental/Ambient/Electronica/Trip hop++

Placid Box offers you an audio-visual journey towards the calmest sounds on the planet. What we bring you it's a Placid fusion of great producers, djs, visual artists and comfy seats!

For our launch night we are bringing you special guests.. featuring:

++PHUQ ++

Phuq is an English producer of Breakcore / IDM and various other styles of experimental electronic music based in London, UK.

He started producing improvised industrial music and noise music (around 1995), using found objects, tape loops and the like, under the moniker Destroy All Girls (amongst various anagrams of this name).

From 2000 - 2004 he produced more melodic / traditionally structured, experimental electronic music (amongst many other pseudonyms) as Kesaraporn Duangsawan.

Phuq has founded several independent record labels - Next Step (2000–2004), Bad Sekta (2005–present) and Elfkore (2006) and has also has released music under various pseudonyms for the labels Bad Sekta, Bit Crusher, Elfkore, Love Love, Munchkin, Next Step and Sociopath. He also initiated a small publishing imprint, Twenty Third, in 2009, covering "matters of subcultural interest", as well as writing for various independent publications.

Phuq has long held close ties to the UK Free Party scene, irregularly performing on several, mainly London & Essex-based, rigs. He often appears on the London based internet radio stations Ill FM and Pitchless Radio.

http://www.phuq.net/
http://soundcloud.com/phuq
http://badsekta.com/

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++TUNEFREAK ++

Tunefreak is a Polish producer based in UK.
IDM, Glitch, and Electronica meet classical and if it is not enough- it does have 8bit feeling towards it! Tunefreak innit!

Tunefreak expands and challenges the realms of genres. ''It’s a lot of breaking and smashing, that’s true, but listen close when the glitchy melodies intrudes your brain.''

Producing music since 1996.

Influences - Franek Kimono, Acid Junkies, FearFactory, Sodom, KAT,Jean Michel Jarre, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Future Sound of London, Kraftwerk, Clint Mansell, Autechre, Mokum rec., UK Jungle & Oldskool.

http://www.tunefreak.org/

http://www.acidhardwave.com


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++ TOMMY WALLWORK ++

Half English half Italian, London based musician and producer.
His sets range from downtempo/triphop/electronica to tecno/dub step/postdubstep and drum and bass, influeced by labels like Ninja Tunes or Shogun Audio...prepare to hear the full spectrum of audio...

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++DJ TOSTERRR++

Originally from Poland, living in UK and dreaming of Italian sun - Toster prepares for you selection of trippy, idm-y tracks on full chillax!

and more TBA!!!

LIVE VISUALS !!!

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LIVE GRAFFITI !!!

The best place to chill out in the middle of the week!

++ FREE ENTRY ++