Disinformation vs Strange Attractor "National Grid" 3

Disinformation vs Strange Attractor perform "National Grid", live at "Arcade", Westbourne Studios, Notting Hill, London, UK, 26 Sept 2006. Special thanks to organiser Ben Eastop. For more details see text and video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B13-09K-Ubc

"The city nears. My body crackles. I hear eruptions at the base of my skull." Ludwig Meidner, Leipzig 1918

This version of "National Grid" was first performed at The Royal Institution, alongside presentations by writers Sadie Plant, Ken Hollings and Prof Steven Connor (of Birkbeck and The London Consortium), Graham Massey (of 808 State) and Howard Walmsley, and sound artist Jo Thomas. The Royal Institution event was programmed by writer and artist Tom McCarthy (of The International Necronautical Society), and included (amongst others) inventor and artist Tim Hunkin and historian-of-science Patricia Fara in the audience. The Cargo show also featured Tetine, Cursor Miner and Ommm, with DJs Johnny Trunk, Mr Psyche and Jim Backhouse. The Westbourne Studios / ACAVA show also featured presentations by artists Alex Baker, Jordan Baseman, Alexander Costello, Phil Coy, Shezad Dawood, Andrew Dodds, Maria Fusco, Lizzie Hughes, Thorsten Knaub, Susan Pui San Lok, The People Speak, Michael Pinsky, Thomson & Craighead and Mark Titchner. The Bad Timing event at The Junction in Cambridge also featured Bugbrand Audio and Andrew Coleman. The original performance version of "National Grid" premiered at a Disobey club night, organised by Blast First Records in 1996, which also featured music by DJ Beekeeper (Bruce Gilbert from the band Wire) and a reading by Bill Drummond of The KLF, and which included (amongst many others) writer Kathy Acker in the audience. Other performance versions of "National Grid" were performed alongside composer Nic Collins and sound artist Janek Schaefer at Berlin's Volksbühne and Karlsruhe's ZKM, and alongside Add N to (X) at Disinformation's nuclear bunker event near Anstruther, Scotland.

Video filmed by Poulomi Desai

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[konroduz]

Nothing like good industrial music to cleanse the mind and calm the heart.

[DrPhillofthefuture]

wtf

[zurapDOR]

Great stuff..gonna book 'em..!

[damnsavage]

That's a heavy groove fo sho.

[Simonomates]

It's a low level urban funk campaign!