http://www.ashinternational.com/ Ash International - a haberdASHery audio project. R&D not A&R. Ash International was unleashed onto an unsuspecting world in early 1993 by Mike Harding who also runs the label Touch with Jon Wozencroft. He was initially aided and abetted by Robin Rimbaud (without whom...), but he departed to run his Scanner operation full time in early 1995. Electronic communications, radio emissions and other natural frequencies are an endless source of material... from the early Scanner releases to the Disinformation releases, - both eaves-dropping in their way. en Copyright 2012 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:44:01 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss “In Dreams” T-shirt [Ash International # Ash 8.3] has been received and documented by its dreamer, Philip Jeck, on 29th November 2011. Continue reading for photographic evidence.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_6_presented_to_philip_jeck.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_6_presented_to_philip_jeck.html announcements Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:44:01 +0000 Buy Purity Supreme's "Always Already" in the TouchShop Purity Supreme on YouTube]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/purity_supremes_always_already_on_sale_today.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/purity_supremes_always_already_on_sale_today.html announcements Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:27:07 +0000 "Interference" - Ash International # Ash 6.9, 2006]. Nordwall went on to play in various experimental music projects, spent time in Paris and London. Back in Sweden he formed iDEAL Recordings in 1998 and joined the sweaty avant punk rock group Kid Commando the year after, touring like mad, eventually hitting rock bottom in 2005. After the death of KC, he formed the ritual rock/drone band The Skull Defekts which has kept him busy ever since (recently releasing records on Chicago-based Thrill Jockey Records). In 2006 his first solo album was released under his 'The Idealist' moniker, entitled "I Am The Fire". A few years in the making, the album offered was a deep study of Nordwall's interior life, during a time when everything was pitch black inside. Today, Joachim Nordwall is very active curating his iDEAL label and organisation for festivals, concert series and sound art exhibitions. He is also the chairman of the legendary Stockholm venue for experimental stage art, Fylkingen. Nordwall is a man that lives and breathes sound. A few years have passed and "Ignition" is here, Joachim Nordwall's second solo album. Recorded under brighter circumstances but still with many shadows present. "Ignition" is on one hand a solid, highly electronic trip, on the other hand a very sensitive, analogue and warm drone symphony. "Ignition" was released (and is still available) on cassette - also on Ash International, in 2010, thus asserting the primacy of the analogue format. Buy Joachim Nordwall "Ignition" [CD] in the TouchShop Also available on cassette www.idealrecordings.com]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/joachim_nordwalls_ignition_on_sale_today.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/joachim_nordwalls_ignition_on_sale_today.html announcements Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:41:36 +0000 "6, we find our mode. On the other hand we play records all night & write unambitious 6 bad books of poetry in those disastrous last 8 years." Christophe Van Huffel & Leslie Winer are Purity Supreme. "Famous Inhabitants of Louth" is the third track on "Always Already" - released on 24.10.11 as a vinyl EP and a digital download. Video & images by Sébastien Chou & Anna Paola Guerra. This song is about someone. “If you want to call someone a thieving pig fucker, you’d better be prepared to produce the pig.” — Hunter S. Thompson Leslie Winer writes: "Purity Supreme is a project named after a particularly & spectacularly filthy supermarket that was near my grandmother's house in the 70s. Here's a little piece of honeybaked ham covered in hair and sidewalk salt jamming the wheels of your shopping cart. Purity Supreme."]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/is_that_english_sweat_on_you_is_that_english_sweat.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/is_that_english_sweat_on_you_is_that_english_sweat.html announcements Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:47:15 +0000 "At half past 7 element nor implement be seen & place was where the presence was – circumference between. (& the one trick pony you rode in on.)" Christophe Van Huffel & Leslie Winer are Purity Supreme. "Half Past 3 Cowboy" is the second track on "Always Already" - released on 24.10.11 as a vinyl EP and a digital download.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/this_ones_for_the_twisted_sisterlives_down_the_lane.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/this_ones_for_the_twisted_sisterlives_down_the_lane.html announcements Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:10:55 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_101_purity_supreme_always_already.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_101_purity_supreme_always_already.html editions Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:36:08 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_89cd_joachim_nordwall_ignition.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_89cd_joachim_nordwall_ignition.html editions Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:26:22 +0000 "The more specific you get, the more general you’ll be – what you notice is the flaw. 16 unexplained views & the partial skeleton of a small reptile – it’s nice." Christophe Van Huffel & Leslie Winer are Purity Supreme. "Milk St." is the first track on "Always Already" - released on 24.10.11 as a vinyl EP and a digital download. Video & images by Sébastien Chou & Anna Paola Guerra. Leslie Winer notes: "May or may not be of some interest: This was recorded on the same desk as Paint It Black. Nice."]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/its_nice_its_nice_to_see_you.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/its_nice_its_nice_to_see_you.html announcements Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_103_ash_international_on_twitter_ash10_3.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_103_ash_international_on_twitter_ash10_3.html editions Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:13:52 +0000 "They are visiting relatives. I want you to notice your hand me the glass. The felt presence of direct experience." Christophe Van Huffel & Leslie Winer are Purity Supreme. "Always Already" - vinyl EP & digital download - 24.10.11 Details soon… you got keys.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/always_already.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/always_already.html announcements Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:39:06 +0000 “In Dreams” T-shirt [Ash International # Ash 8.3] has been received and documented by its dreamer, Sandra Jasper, on 9th July 2011. Continue reading for photographic evidence.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_5_presented_to_sandra_jasper.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_5_presented_to_sandra_jasper.html announcements Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:12:52 +0000 “In Dreams” T-shirt [Ash International # Ash 8.3] has been received and documented by its dreamer, Leif Elggren, on 10th May 2011. Continue reading for photographic evidence.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_4_presented_to_leif_elggren.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_4_presented_to_leif_elggren.html announcements Tue, 10 May 2011 22:42:23 +0000 “In Dreams” T-shirt [Ash International # Ash 8.3] has been received and documented by its dreamer, Michael Esposito, on 3rd May 2011. Continue reading for photographic evidence.]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_3_presented_to_michael_esposito.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/ash_83_3_presented_to_michael_esposito.html announcements Tue, 03 May 2011 15:47:08 +0000 http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_99_leif_elggren_yellow_and_black_installation.html http://www.ashinternational.com/editions/ash_99_leif_elggren_yellow_and_black_installation.html editions Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:27:20 +0000 "Best Experimental Music of 2010" list, at position #4. They write: "This Dutch-born Berliner has produced a recording that perhaps sets a new bar for live electronic performance. While many drone or noise acts might fail to stimulate the non-converted, Live in Utrecht is intriguing enough as an artistic statement to attract those uninitiated to this kind of music." Buy "Live in Utrecht" in the TouchShop. www.thomasankersmit.net www.popmatters.com]]> http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/thomas_ankersmit_popmatters_albums_of_the_year.html http://www.ashinternational.com/announcements/thomas_ankersmit_popmatters_albums_of_the_year.html announcements Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:07:14 +0000