Colin Potter (icr/nurse with wound)
Colin Potter has been a key figure behind the scenes player in various scenes/bands and most famously in the shaping and production of steve stapletons brainchild, legendary uk avant garde act nurse with wound. Also a Frequent member and engineer on recordings by Ora, Current 93,Organum, Monos, Kiln. Paul Bradley, Jonathan Coleclough, Phil Mouldycliff, Bass Communion, Darren Tate.
Colin runs the IC studio and runs icr distubution which has put out releases by the likes of andrew liles and far black furlong among others. His last lp, bad light(2009),a collaboration with johnathan coleclough is available through october music..
Lin Zhang
lin zhang has previously played at black forest before in the avant noise unit diva abrasiva. Lin, a particle physicist like other members of diva, he runs the grind sight open eye night in edinburgh.
Expect abrasive drone attack!
www.myspace.com/divaabrasiva
Psychedelic DesertHailing from osaka japan and invokers of drone landscapes...Their debut lp' keshiki ' is out now on Italys pharmafabrik records. Psychedelic desert play black forest as part of their uk tour.
www.myspace.com/psydesert
Colossloth(doom mantra records)Colossloth hails from leiscester and has just released his debut lp on doom mantra records, home of the also great
blue sabbath black cheer. His style is unique, doom meets folk meets abrasive electronics meets what the fuck?
www.myspace.com/colosslothman
Cities prepare for attack!
Sci-fi stabs of sound coutesy of visceral guitar treated with fx..From minimalism to abrasive assault, cities.. is the project of Andrew , runner of birminghams 3rd program night which has been host to many prominent names in the noise/free jazz scene..
Dream dreams the dreamerMatt snowden having played earlier this year with the dream dreams the dreamer orchestra is actively engaged with several projects. Improvisation which can go through the realms of folk, noise to doom and beyond...
www.myspace.com/dreamdreamsthedreamer
VulturesHaving just recently collaborated with saranji master Sandeep Mishra and playing with nurse with wound the week after the event, vultures this time have recruited members of us band p.a.s. to broaden their sound.. For fans of z'ev and atonal based indust atmospherics..
TuskStuart Chalmers also known as skarabee and playing in the Ampersand trio(along with andrew and sam underwood aka
glatze) has evolved TUSK, utilisng looping technology, rhythmic patterns are improvised utilising raw electronic tones. Like early spk on a day outing to alton towers?Maybe not...
www.myspace.com/tuskk
HoofusHoofus is the alter ego of Norfolk based musician Andre Bosman, and his music is a collision of bleeping blooping 8 bit melodies; sine wave frequencies twisting and rubbing against each other, oscillators humming and purring in an electro drone rock soup.
.Previous gigs include shows with Max Tundra, Knifehandchop, Why? and Subtle .Hoofus has featured on two split singles, both of were played on BBC Radio One, and has also performed a live session on Resonance FM. His debut album has just been released by Twitchy Eye Recordings, and has so far received airplay on Resonance FM and BBC Radio's On The Wire show.
http://www.myspace.com/hoofusmyspace
http://www.hoofus.com/
NoonMoos
Alex and pez are the noonmoos.. Found objects are utilised with traditional percussion with a helping of garage rock bass in improvised madness...
www.myspace.com/noonmoos
Iron Fist of the Sun
Birmingham industrial music stalwart lee seafood has been gaining recognition in his latest guise, the sonic assault of iron fist of the sun..
www.myspace.com/ironfistofthesun
Fonik
The tireless purveyors of unpopular music, fonik ,return once more to black forest to inflict their aural psychedelic symphonics..
www.myspace.com/fonikfonik
There will be a special in-house guest band performing on the day too :) + maybe a couple of other suprises! :)