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regular nights of experimental, electronics,
radiophonics, diy, lofi, noise
weird pop, randomness ...

experiments and inventions from the underground since 2001
in cambridge, uk

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news: 15/4/13

Thanks to all who braved the cold to come to 'material sources' and see us play in and with the Aid & Abet building as well as Benedict Drew's selected artists.

Until the end of May we are very pleased to announce we will be working on a range of projects with a small artspace in Gwydir St, Cambridge called The Frontroom, as they launch their 2013 exhibition programme of installations, workshops and other activities. Bad Timing will be programming events and other activities starting on Friday with 'House Music' and continuing during the possible area 'sole possession' installation and residency 20 April-31 May. More details soon.

Confirmed events:
19/4/13: kleeep-a-kleeep present 'House Music', Liam Wells, Holly Rumble and John Boursnell present music, sound and performance, The Front Room, 7-9pm, free/donations

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15/06/05

ariel pink
(paw tracks)


The Portland
129 Chesterton Road, Cambridge
Price: £5/£4 (advance/concs)
Start: 8:30

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Ariel Pink makes warmly and timelessly weird lofi pop/psych at home in LA, capturing his unique and impassionedly randomised take on the history of popular and unpopular music on his worn-out tape-deck using old keyboards, fuzzed-out guitars and drum sounds often made using his mouth.

The sound of Ariel Pink has been compared to many things recently including Soft Pink Truth, Bobby Conn, Guided By Voices, Fall demos and `tapes that've warped in the sun'. His first Paw Tracks release The Doldrums (2004) was the warm, confusing but sweetly addictive sound of crooned classic Lite FM pop tunes shining through the lofi haze. The current album Worn Copy reaches further out to take in everything from 60s psych to 80s rock/AOR, from The Beach Boys to Amon Duul to The Gong Show.

After mutual friends passed his tapes to Animal Collective, Ariel Pink became the first artist to be signed up to Animal Collective's Paw Tracks label. They are linked by an approach which includes using arrays of cheap machines, voices, instruments and objects to create a warm and highly personal music which is unconcerned with genre boundaries.

> www.paw-tracks.com (downloads and video clips)
> www.arielpink.com
> www.angelfire.com/la3/zanna/

um
(strange lights, tripel)

UM has his own take on the vocal/lofi crushed pop idea. Traces of Mark E. Smith combine with digital fragments and tightly off-kilter rhythms. Also supporting The Magic Band this month in Cambridge, he has previously shared bills with Panda Bear, V/Vm, Hot Chip and Kevin Blechdom amongst many others.

> www.umbusiness.co.uk

john maus & gary war
(ariel pink's haunted graffiti)

John Maus (no relation to the Walker Brothers) and Gary War are part of the ever-shifting collection of players making up Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti project. Longtime Ariel Pink collaborators, tonight they will play as Haunted Graffiti as well as doing a supporting set (as another incarnation of Haunted Graffiti did to great effect with Panda Bear in January). Their music has the same timeless, AM radio sensibilities as Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti itself, making for an intense evening of warped pop.

> www.ballbearingspinatas.com/bbp6.htm (John Maus/Ariel Pink collaboration, with clips)