News -
31/06/10 - LIVE DATES & WORKSHOPS / ASCETIC REMIX
New live dates & workshops added to the live page - The Fez! & Phuq in Colchester, Freddy Frogs & Hue Jah Fink? in London, Ryan Jordan in Newcastle & at the Barbican London, Spitting Vitriol in Belgium, Bulgaria, Russia & Sweden, Fractional in the USA, Mexico & France...
Ascetic has recently remixed the Thermidor track 'Ecclesiastes', included on the Thermidor - '1929 Revisited' CD / download which is now available from Connexion Bizarre. All proceeds from the CD will be donated to Amnesty International.
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02/06/10 - TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ART / LIVE DATES
Temporary Autonomous Art London commences today - a celebration of D.I.Y. culture inna squatted venue, running from today until Sunday - Bad Sekta will be representing on the Friday night with workshops from Ryan Jordan & Tom Bad Sekta & live sets from Ascetic, Phuq, Ryan Jordan & Usedtobecool & there's more workshops, performances, art, visuals & everything in between going on throughout the duration. Be there or be non-euclidean!
More wicked live goings one at the weekend come courtesy of Cleggfu & The Fez! in Colchester & Randomoidz in London - check the live page for more info.
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20/05/10 - SOLE - 'PUSHIT (ASCETIC REMIX)'
Ascetic's excellent entry for Sole's remix competition is now online for free download - it's a remix of the track 'Pushit' & can be downloaded from Rapidshare or streaming permalink. Help Ascetic's chances by downloading & sharing it, big it up if you like it!
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11/05/10 - LIVE DATES / DISTROS PAGE
Finally updated the live page! Head over there for details of some rather interesting events, including the first London Temporary Autonomous Art for several years.
Also added a list of independent shops & distros where you can purchase some Bad Sekta releases - more to come / hit us up if you're up for stocking our stuff...
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07/05/10 - WE HAVE ARRIVED / PHUQ SET FROM MARCH'S PITCHLESS SHOW ONLINE / PHUQ WAFFLES
Oh my gosh! The well overdue Bad Sekta London HQ has now been initiated - just need to build some walls & we can crank it up into maximum overdrive - think wicked releases, shows, podcasts & more...
Thanks again to the crew at Pitchless radio for having Fzv, Phuq & Tom Bad Sekta on the show on the 24th of March - wicked sets from all concerned & positive feedback much appreciated! Download Phuq's set as 320kbps MP3 here.
We've also put up some stuff on the Media page that Phuq wrote a while back in response to some requests for help with a couple of dissertations; discussing independent versus major labels & the place of album art in modern music. Enjoy?
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24/03/10 - PITCHLESS RADIO : LIVE AS WE TYPE / RONIN INTERVIEW
Tom Bad Sekta is playing some of his favourite tunes tonight on Pitchless Radio, which has started as I type this! At some point this evening there'll also be a short pre-recorded mix from Phuq, featuring mainly demos from forthcoming releases... Tune in via Ill FM by clicking here now!
Hot off the presses over at Twenty Third we have a sneak preview from the forthcoming zine 'Maximum Perversion' - an interview with Ronin. Read it here first!
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21/03/10 - NEXT RELEASES / PITCHLESS RADIO / INTERVIEW / LIVE SETS / QUARTZ AWARDS
Apologies for the lack of recent updates - we currently have our hands full planning our imminent move to a London-based HQ (so we can really up the ante!) & getting the next batch of releases finished; "To Wound the Autumnal City" (a limited, hand-screened cassette from Ascetic), vinyl from both Usedtobecool & Ascetic plus MPFree eps from longtime cohort Shortfacedbear & new projects CL369 & Praetorius!
On the distant horizon we've some extra special limited CD compilations coming too - one with our friends at Bitcrusher, the other with the excellent Love Love (for which we've so far confirmed Burnkane, Dave Stitch, Dluded,
Freddy Frogs, Fzv, Hue Jah Fink?, Mochipet, Phuq, Randomoidz, Twocsinak &
Yann Hekate, with more TBC). Bear with us & we promise it'll be worth it!
Ascetic will be performing a short live set for our friends at Pitchless Radio, 8pm+, 24th March. There'll also be a short pre-recorded mix from Phuq, featuring mainly demos from forthcoming releases. Tune in via Ill FM by clicking here on the night.
In the meantime, fill some of your idle minutes by reading a recent interview with Tom & Will from the Connexion Bizarre site - click here to be blasted with information.
For a taster of our recent 'Moot Point' event, download Ascetic's excellent debut live set here & also an eclectic mix from DJ Bit Odd here. You can also download weyheyhey !!'s heavy duty set from Phuq's 27th Birthday Shenanigans here. Enjoy!
Fractional's wicked track "Tasnw" has been selected for the illustrious Qwartz Awards - click here & vote Fractional in the track category, or you can send your vote to track_6@qwartz.org.
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13/01/10 - WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
Well, that was another strangely eventful year, so we'll wish you a happy & productive 2010 & then get on with the usual blurb!
RELEASE SCHEDULE FOR 2010 -
Ridiculously provisional, as always...
JANUARY:
Phuq - "More Missed Worlds" - Another MPfree version of a mini-CDR from last year - ONLINE NOW!
Wave Chaser - "Midnight Butterfly" - Contemplative & shamanic, this MPfree album is the second of two released posthumously in memory of Wave Chaser - ONLINE NOW!
THEN:
Ascetic - "(TBC)" - Absolutely amazing quality vinyl release from one of our hush-hush "new" acts, we can't wait for this - electronic / bass / psychedelic / weirdness; "Bad Esoterica if you will"!
Ascetic - "To Wound the Autumnal City" - Concentrating on the more abstract / psychedelic side of Ascetic's output, this will definitely be a bit of a stylistic departure from some of our previous releases. Available soon, in cassette runs of 50 with hand-screened covers.
CL369 - "Crushed into Powder then Sold" - MPfree EP from another new experimental project.
The Fez! - "(TBC)" - will he actually pull his finger out & deliver us an EP this year? Wait & see!
Intonamori - "Ear Weevils 2" - MP3 release of this excellent release, likely via Juno Downloads - long promised & now very nearly available to all.
Shortfacedbear / Praetorius - "Knob" - The 'bear returns to the fold with another of his wickedly imaginative videos, this time for the track "Knob", taken from a forthcoming EP by Praetorius.
Usedtobecool - "The Independent Fallacy" (12" vinyl)
weyheyhey !! - "(TBC)" - He's assured us it's definitely happening at some point!
Usedtobecool - "The Independent Fallacy" - 12" vinyl version of their wicked MPfree album from 2009.
Various - "(TBC)" - Split CD release with Bitcrusher, more as it happens...
Various - "(TBC)" - Split CD release with Love Love, more as it happens...
+ loads more percolating away in the background.
Have a good year folks :)
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20/12/09 - PHUQ - "ASPHYXIATION" & "THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR MUM" - FREE MP3 DOWNLOADS
Free MP3 versions of some recent mini-CDR releases - more info via the sidebar.
Phuq - "Asphyxiation" - Click here for the free download link.
Phuq - "The Shit Out of Your Mum" - Click here for the free download link.
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10/12/09 - FRACTIONAL @ GINGLIK (NOVEMBER 2009) - FREE DOWNLOAD
The wonderful Fractional has kindly uploaded this wicked set from his appearance at London's Ginglik night on the 14th November. Don't know how permanent this link is, so grab it while it's hot!
Click here for the free download link.
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06/12/09 - WAVE CHASER - "PHILOSOPHIC MOMENTS" - OUT TODAY
:( We're particularly gutted to announce this mpfree release, coming as it does in upsetting circumstances. Philip Antoniou (Wave Chaser) was a very good friend to several of us here at Bad Sekta, in many more ways than we care to count.
He passed on peacefully in the last few days & so we thought he'd like us to make available the first of two magnum opus, his "Philosophic Moments" album (meticulously crafted in 200?). It's definitely worth a listen & contains a lot of careful thought. Here's to Phil!
Click here for the free download link.