Ariel Kalma - An Evolutionary Music
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An Evolutionary Music (Original Recordings: 1972 - 1979) compiles unreleased recordings from the archives of multiversal artist Ariel Kalma. Concerned as much with musicality as spiritual facility, Kalma’s work vibrates aside fellow travelers along the great rainbow in curved air of the 1970s avant-garde.
Directed by Matthew McGuigan
David van Tieghem x Ten - Fits and Starts
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For the tenth volume of RVNG's FRKWYS series, composer, percussionist and sound designer David Van Tieghem alongside ten younger artists from across the avant spectrum become a bulletin of Fits & Starts.
Directed by Jordan Kinle
Night Flight - Craig Leon Video Profile
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Producer on The Ramones and Suicide’s debut albums during the downtown NY zeitgeist of the late 1970.
Night Flight - Helado Negro Video Profile
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The sonic world Helado Negro builds an aura vivid enough to be seen.
Night Flight - Kate NV Video Profile
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Minimal electronic abstraction and '80s Japanese-inspired pop from Kate NV.
Night Flight - Greg Fox Video Profile
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The ‘intuitive gesture’ of action painting in drum form from Greg Fox.
Night Flight - Sign Libra Video Profile
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Latvian composer and artist Sign Libra's Sea of Islands and Sea Of Nectar.
Night Flight - Ka Baird Video Profile
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“intertwined etymologies of spirit and breath” from RVNG Intl.'s Ka Baird.
Night Flight - Peter Ivers Video Collage
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RVNG Intl’s 2019 release "Becoming Peter Ivers" collects 25 songs transferred from a survey of over 500 reels and cassettes along with an incredible amount of unseen photos and ephemera.
Ether Antenna
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Inspired by Buddhist tales and set to the tune of Pauline Anna Strom’s astral electronic soundscapes; Ether Antenna is a short film following the journey of some 10 robot characters through Nepal. Fusing spirituality with robotics this cybernetic tale exploits humanity’s fascination with technology and religion.
Designed and built on residency at RAN (the Robotics Association of Nepal), all robot characters were developed to act specifically as puppets and carry out precise interactions through different scenes and scenarios. The film begins as robots are birthed from a sacred tree into the pure streams of water at Muktinath and follows their journey toward the polluted rivers of Kathmandu.
Tunnel Vision (New Restoration)
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It's the year "1985" and the proprietors of new television channel called "Tunnel Vision", which is notably free of censorship) are under a government investigation led by a Senator who wishes to shut down the network due to its widespread negative effects on the population. During the hearing, the committee examines a typical day or programming which includes shows, programs, commercials, news, and much more, and what they discover will surely crack you up in this outrageous and irreverent spoof of 1970's movies and television in the tradition of Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon!
Night Flight - X Ray Pop Video Profile
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X RAY POP are the French synth-pop duo that began as part of the no wave art group Bocal 5 in 1981. Referring to their sound as “minimum naive new wave” their songs feature rich textures on concise but relentless arrangements with playful lyrics and a general tongue-in-cheek of humor that’s as catchy as it is eccentric.
Night Flight - Executive Slacks Video Profile
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Executive Slacks was spawned in Philadelphia by three restless art students in the early 1980s. Starting out with performance art in subways, they soon took their angst-ridden act to galleries and nightclubs. Dripping in nihilism, Executive Slacks' unique brew of primitive electronics, harsh guitars and aggressive vocals inspired many bands like Ministry, Front 242 and Skinny Puppy.
Night Flight - Borghesia Video Profile
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Borghesia is an electronic music group from Slovenia formed in 1982. Borghesia is one of the most successful bands from former Yugoslavia known for turning sexual freedom into an important political issue by creating the New Slovenian Art scene.
Night Flight - Belaboris Video Profile
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In early 1980s Finland, Belaboris were in their own peculiar, undefinable no-woman’s-land between the Finnish Futu and Gothic scenes.
Night Flight - Borusiade Video Profile
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Born and raised in Bucharest, Romania, Borusiade aka Miruna Boruzescu started DJing in 2002 as one of the very few female DJs in the city’s emerging alternative clubbing scene.
Night Flight - Lena Platonos Video Profile
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Born on the island of Crete and raised in Athens, Platonos was one of the pioneers in the Greek electronic music scene of the 1980s, and remains active today.
Night Flight - Xymox Video Profile
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Xymox, later known as Clan of Xymox, was founded in the Netherlands, in 1983 by Ronny Moorings (Vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers) and Anka Wolbert (Vocals, Bass). In 2014, Dark Entries reissued the band's pre-4AD EP, Subsequent Pleasures, a unique fusion of lush psychedelia and dark, angular atmospherics.
Night Flight - Ski Patrol
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Ski Patrol were a band formed in 1979 in the Brixton area in response to the darkwave and post-punk bands that were gaining popularity in England at the time.
Night Flight - Philippe Krootchey Video Profile
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Born in 1954 in Versailles, France, Philippe Krootchey was a musician, DJ, radio and television host at the forefront of the gay liberation movement in France.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dark Entries
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Resuscitating The '80s Underground. Inspired by the DIY nature of the 80s underground, Dark Entries founder Josh Cheon launched the label in 2009 to release out of print and unreleased underground music as well as contemporary bands, with a mission to preserve sound quality and respecting the aesthetics of its artists. With over 100 releases under our belt from Severed Heads, Crash Course In Science, Patrick Cowley to the Dark Entries Editions series focusing on hard to find Italo Disco and Synthpop 12”s.
And yes, Josh took the name from Bauhaus's first 7″release,
Night Flight - Altres Video Profile
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Altres are an electronic band from Dundee, Scotland originally formed in 1983. With influences ranging from Faust to Philip Glass, Altres’s unique brand of instrumental, improvised electronic music was all recorded live, with no overdubs.
Night Flight - Suzanne Doucet Video Profile
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Suzanne Doucet got her start as a successful pop-star in Germany before moving to the US and embarking on her new-age career, releasing over 40 records in the states.
Night Flight - Red Axes Video Profile
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Red Axes are the Tel Aviv-based electronic duo of Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi whose sound is heavily influenced by the music of post-punk and new wave bands from the 80s.
Night Flight - Bezier Video Profile
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Bézier is the moniker of all-live-analog electronic wizard Robert Yang from San Francisco. Yang’s studio set up includes a variety of vintage Roland and Korg synthesizers as well as the Italo Disco favorite LinnDrum.
Night Flight - Patrick Cowley Video Profile
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Patrick Cowley was an innovative American disco producer and composer originating from Buffalo, NY. Best known for his production on Sylvester’s explosive hit “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)” as well as his own chart topping dance tracks.
Night Flight - From Nursery to Misery Video Profile
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From Nursery to Misery were three teenagers who grew up together on the same street in Basildon Essex. Formed in 1987, the band was comprised of vocalists (and identical twins) Gina and Tina Fear, along with keyboard player and producer Lee Stevens.
Night Flight - Drab Majesty Video Profile
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"An experiment in the identity of creativity…" Tune in for an exclusive visit to Night Flight from Drab Majesty's Deb Demure: a unique delight and another timeless entry to Night Flight cultural canon.
Night Flight - Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Video Profile
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“Anti-hero, artist, and Pandrogenist.” Genesis P-Orridge was an icon of experimentation.
Night Flight - Them Are Us Too Video Profile
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Tragic beauty from Dais-signed duo from the Bay Area.
Night Flight - SRSQ Video Profile
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SRSQ (pronounced seer-skew), is a synesthesia of sound and feeling taking cues from the delicate miasma of Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, and Dead Can Dance.
Night Flight - HIDE Video Profile
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Chicago-baed electronic / dark industrial duo HIDE on Dais Records.
Night Flight - Tor Lundvall Video Profile
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Soft-focus sounds from painter and an ambient composer Tor Lundvall on Dais Records.
Night Flight - Pod Blotz Video Profile
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Suzy Poling's latest record uses sounds and samples collected from the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Oakland, CA.
Night Flight - Death Bells Video Profile
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Brooding romanticism expressed through unforgettable hooks and expansive sounds from Dais Record's Death Bells.
Night Flight - Body Of Light Video Profile
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Warped tape loops, aging VHS home-movie samples, and processed vocals tinged with harmonic specters from Body of Light on Dais Records.
Night Flight - The Cakekitchen
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Art rock outfit of multi-instrumentalist Graeme Jefferies.
Night Flight - Drekka Video Profile
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Haunting folk noise and cinematic textures from experimental producer Michael Anderson.
Night Flight - Riki Video Profile
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Dark-synth pop act Riki from Dais Records.
Night Flight - Death of Lovers Video Profile
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Philly post-punk outfit Death of Lovers on Dais Records.
Night Flight - Stephen Mallinder
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Stephen Mallinder, co-founder and frontman of the iconic Cabaret Voltaire, returned with his first solo album in over 35 years: Um Dada, for Dais Records. Laced with leftfield house and cut-up sound collages, Um Dada is a melding of energies that are an exercise in simplicity and motion.
Night Flight - Spice Video Profile
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Spice shares the authoritative drive of Jawbreaker, J Church, and Fugazi, but set in their own world of unrest.
Night Flight - Drew McDowall Video Profile
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Drew McDowall's work mines the hallucinatory spaces that exist between reality and celestial otherness.
Night Flight - Cold Showers Video Profile
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A Shoegaze pedigree with smoky compulsions of post-punk and no-wave influences.
Night Flight - ADULT. Video Profile
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Dark analog dance songs for the post-modern era.
Night Flight - Choir Boy Video Profile
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A potent blend of nostalgia-laced romantic pop from Choir Boy on Dais Records.
Night Flight - High-Functioning Flesh
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Los Angeles, CA-based Electro-punk act on Dais Records.
Night Flight - VR Sex Video Profile
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Audio/visual provocateurs who transpose the identifiers of death rock, synth punk, post-punk, ambient, and ethereal soundscapes. Aka, VR Sex.
Night Flight - Tempers Video Profile
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Tempers is a New York based synth-pop duo whose rigorous electronic production is paired with instinctual, unleashed vocals. The pair released their debut album Services on the cult German imprint Aufnahme + Wiedergabe and quickly became staples in both European and American synth-pop scenes.
Night Flight - Xeno and Oaklander Video Profile
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Xeno & Oaklander is an American electronic group from Brooklyn regarded as a key act in the coldwave and minimal electronic revival of the 21st century. The duo combine crisp analog synths with poetic lyrics to weave dark synth-pop soundscapes that are ultimately greater than the sum of their parts.
Night Flight - Harassor Video Profile
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Harassor are a Los Angeles based metal band influenced by Southern California’s rich history of distinguished metal acts. Fronted by Pete Majors, the group evokes the consummate hallmarks of black, death and doom metal without surrendering to any established order.
Nothing Here Now But The Recordings
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A conversation with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge discussing he/r friendship with William S. Burroughs and the original creation of the album "Nothing Here Now but the Recordings." Dais Records reissues of William S. Burrough's experimental works are available now.
Night Flight - Drab Majesty Video Profile II
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Drab Majesty, the project of Deb DeMure, blends New Wave and early 4AD sound into a “hypnotic and futuristic originality.”
Night Flight - SRSQ Video Profile II
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SRSQ is the moniker of Oakland singer and musician Kennedy Ashlyn, who has steadily honed her songcraft to create a “music of tumult and triumph.” Her 2022 LP “Ever Crashing” is an “aching, reverent” dream-pop creation.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 8
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Today we’re looking at DAIS Records, whose roster of emerging and influential artists include AURAGRAPH, Cold Gawd, and Body of Light.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 7
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Welcome to Night Flight’s DAIS Records Video Profile, highlighting the New York and Los Angeles based label featuring artists such as Cold Showers, Merzbow and Space Afrika.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 6
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Today we’re covering DAIS Records, who focuses on artists “new and old,” including SPICE and Stephen Mallinder.
Night Flight - Tor Lundvall Video Profile II
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Over time, through his vast collection of pure and cinematic ambient hymns, Tor Lundvall has steadily established himself as one of ambient music’s most familiar faces.
Night Flight - High Vis Video Profile
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High Vis, led by enigmatic front person Graham Sayle, play “aggressive, gripping, and artful punk” that is sonically beyond the parameters of any single genre or scene. On their second album Blending, they bring a more introspective focus to their political lyrics.
Night Flight - Death Bells Video Profile II
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Death Bells is the longtime musical collaboration of Will Canning and Remy Veselis, two Australians who moved to Los Angeles in 2018. Their music blurs the lines between post-punk and grunge, and their latest EP “Take My Spirit Now” explores “love, paranoia and destiny.”
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 4
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“Take Off” to independent label Dais Records featuring music videos from Riki, Private World, SRSQ, and SPICE.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 2
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“Take Off” to independent label Dais Records featuring music videos from ADULT., Choir Boy, Body of Light and Getting The Fear.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 1
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“Take Off” to independent label Dais Records featuring music videos from Space Africa, Choir Boy, Xeno & Oakland and Death Bells.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 3
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“Take Off” to independent label Dais Records featuring music videos from Death Bells, SPICE, Choir Boy, and Death of Lovers.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Dais 5
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“Take Off” to independent label Dais Records featuring music videos from Cold Showers, Pierce with Arrow, ADULT., and Xeno & Oaklander.
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