[g8-sheffield] [Fwd: [resistg82005] Infernal Noise Brigade coming to the G8 meeting]

Wed Mar 9 02:02:55 GMT 2005

if anybody in this list is in contact with Circa ...
*what about* also calling the INB?
can't this be a legal peaceful concert?

Peace

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Subject: [resistg82005] Infernal Noise Brigade coming to the G8 meeting
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 00:51:17 +0100
From: AnRo <anro at riseup.net>
To: resistg82005 at lists.riseup.net

This is a copy from u.k. indymedia

some of us know them already from prague and/or from seattle...

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/03/306327.html

*Infernal Noise Brigade coming to the G8 meeting*

The INB is coming to the G8 this summer followed by a tour of Europe. We
need help! (integrating into the G8 demos, booking shows, places to
sleep, etc.)

The Infernal Noise Brigade is a 15-piece mobile sound ensemble, a hybrid
marching band and drum corps, internationally active in the furtherance
of popular liberation for five years. First organized in 1999 to provide
the soundtrack for actions during the world trade organization meetings
in Seattle, the INB marched through clouds of gas and hails of rubber
bullets without dropping a beat. Not a year later the group visited
Prague in grand style, followed by both BBC and Dutch VPRO film crews.
The group prevailed through the violence that marked that event.
“Injuries are mounting; ambulances wail. Seattle's Infernal Noise
Brigade drowns the sound of concussion grenades with their drums.”
(Village Voice, 10/4/00) In addition to participating in these
international landmark events, INB members have inspired and organized
similar ensembles in São Paulo, Quebec, Paris, Berlin and Buenos Aires.

Since inception, Infernal Noise Brigade has been committed to free,
public performances. It is important to note that the INB doesn’t lean
on radical currency, and has the musical competency and the versatility
for a number of venues; street, nightclub, or festival. The ensemble has
a less visible history of ongoing performances, including years at the
Burning Man festival, club dates, raves, art events, fundraisers, and
even prisons. “The idea is to create an experience … the result, I
think, is not only liberating for the band, but also something more raw
for the audience, something truly interactive.” (The Stranger, 1/11/01)

The INB sound combines elements of drumline, taiko, Mughal and North
African rhythms, elements of Balkan fanfares, breakbeats, and just about
anything else. Some songs feature vocals and, between or during songs,
noise. “The virgin experience of the Infernal Noise Brigade in action
can be adrenaline boggling. The music explodes the senses like a
thunderstorm.” (Clamour Magazine, 05/01) All instrumentation is mobile;
the batería employs traditional marching band instruments like bass drum
and snare, with some more obscure metal instruments like the Moroccan
qarqbat or Chinese opera cymbals. A small horn section holds down the
melody, assisted by vocals and layered with sound collage. Amplified
sound is delivered via reverse-engineered car stereo amplifiers and
miniature FM transmitters. The same DIY philosophy is applied to all
Infernal craftwork, from custom welded drum harnesses to uniforms
fashioned from appropriated reflective roadsigns.

The first Infernal Noise Brigade recording, Insurgent Selections for
Battery & Voice, edited from a live radio show, has sold out of both
pressings. Subsequent recordings were tracked on location immediately
following major actions. Vamos a la Playa documents the Infernal Noise
Brigade at manifestations in Cancún, México, where the group played
daily as crowds stormed the police barricades that separated the city
from the beach resort zone, site of the WTO meeting. The newest release,
on orange 7” vinyl, features two songs recorded just hours after release
from the jails of New York City, following a brief incarceration during
the Republican Convention.

The Infernal Noise Brigade travels across the ocean this summer for
tours through England, Scotland and across the continent for the
duration of July.

An archive of text and graphic design, and music for sale:
www.postworldindustries.com
European booking contact: (UK)  contact at postworldindustries.com
(FR/BE)  flash at infernalnoise.org
(DE/NL/IT/etc.)  inphaseprod at postworldindustries.com

prof
  e-mail: finley_kropotkin at infernalnoise.org
  Homepage: http://www.infernalnoise.org

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