COOL FEST XIII - NYC BENEFIT

All proceeds from this event will be donated to benefit Typhoon Haiyan relief; all donations are matched by the Canadian government.


NOV 29 at FITNESS $8

Bradford Kessler installation
and performance "Ever Renewed and Renewing" at 8PM
plus

DREAMCATCHER (montreal)
UNITED WATERS (Mouthus ny)
EOLA (ny)
HIGH RISE II (Tonstartssbandht montreal/nyc)
ZAC DAVIS (ny)
SADAF


NOV 30 at SILENT BARN $10

Sarah Butler installation
and livestream performance 'Hoodoos Walk' from Banff, Alberta at 4PM
plus

downstairs 1:00 TONSTARTSSBANDHT (ny)
downstairs 12:30 MARK MORGAN (Sightings ny)

downstairs 12:00 WEIRDING MODULE (Ithaca ny)
downstairs  11:30 STEVE JR. (montreal)
upstairs 11:00 SICK LLAMA (detroit)

downstairs 10:30 METALUX (ny/baltimore)

upstairs 10:00 BUFFALO MRI (montreal)
downstairs 09:30 THE 696 BLUES BAND (Wolf Eyes detroit)

upstairs 09:00 ZAIMPH (ny)
downstairs 08:30 XARAH DION (montreal)
upstairs 08:00 TARPIT (detroit)
downstairs 07:30 DAVID LAFRANCE (montreal)
upstairs 07:00 R.A.F. (ny)
downstairs 06:30 PRIVILEGE (ny)

Home cooked Guyanese food will be sold for $5 a plate
vegetarian and non-vegetarian options

Silent Barn is at 603 Bushwick
No BYOB and no drinking in the yard of The Silent Barn
Door time TBA
All ages!

COOL FEST is a cool festival of music, art and other sensory delights that encourages healthy heavy partying and intuitive artistic exploration. Cool Fest is about connecting different artistic communities and putting disparate creative people alongside each other to share their vision and discover new approaches and ideas, in a bilingual space.

COOL FEST XIII NYC will take place at Fitness NYC and Silent Barn. This will be a meeting of minds and souls from all over, but specifically a Montreal/USA fusion project. The best in new weird music from all over the area will come together to howl at the resulting Brundlefly and celebrate. Home-cooked food will be served, and each night a different NYC artist will open each space with installation and performance.

This is the second Cool Fest event to take place in NYC, the first being a show at Silent Barn in 2010 curated by Blake Hargreaves and Nat Roe featuring Twig Harper, Chaw Mank, MV Carbon and others.

For more info on Cool Fest XIII NYC contact Blake at blakehargreaves@gmail.com
Historical info about past Cool Fests: http://blakehargreaves.com/?cat=37(navigation menu on the right)

COOL FEST THIRTEEN/TREIZE still kickin'/encore donnant des coups de jambe

La Briquestre
May 3 - 4
$10 day/jour - $15 fest
BYOCANS ONLY NO BOTTLES / INTERDIT LES BOUTEILLES
SMOKE-FREE LIVE ROOM / SANGFROID
HOMEMADE VEGETARIAN FOOD FOR SALE / BON BOUFFE A VENDRE

lineup subject to change/le line-up ca peut peut-etre changer finalement

SATURDAY/SAMEDI/SATURN
12:45 RAVEN CHACON (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aykc0e8JGf0
12:15 WOLFCOW (Toronto) http://vimeo.com/62739731
11:30 FAT WORM OF ERROR (USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq5ixJDl8iI
11:00 MONDAY MORNING ERECTION feat Blake Hargreaveshttp://www.myspace.com/mondaymorningerection
10:30 PIRANHA
10:00 GASHRAT www.gashrat.bandcamp.com
0̶9̶:̶4̶5̶ ̶T̶I̶R̶E̶D̶ ̶

FRIDAY/VENDREDI/VENUS
12:45 GHOST TACO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwiwsuHwgk4
12:15 ESSAIE PAS (oh my god ys sont de retour ♥♥♥ one year anniversary)http://essaiepas.bandcamp.com/album/tout-est-jeune
11:30 PINK NOISE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUER31aQz4
10:45 CHICKEN PET
10:15 CRABE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltyBgSIP2BA
09:30 THE/LE WAXATHON "dinner barf/bouffe barfe" http://thewaxathonbyblakehargreaves.bandcamp.com/

FOOD/BOUFFE by/par DEVO GHOST TACO
BOTH NIGHTS/SHAQ SOIREE
spinach salad, yam dip, probably that vegan shepherd's pie again but with better potatoes

Special event promotion lancement du nouvele art zine BEURK BANK
http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/548394

"Cool Fest is the best fest, I'm obsessed" -Muhammad Ali
"Don't miss a true Canadian jamboree" -Pat Quinn
"Ca va torcher vraiment, j'arrete toujours pour Cool Fest" -Gaetan Boucher
"Y'en a qui savent se faire du fun . . ." - Marie Davidson

ZZ POT
THE BEST OF ZZ POT I + II
FF 004 LP
Release date: December 21, 2012

Reissue of two 2003 CD-R releases from Providence, Phode Island. ZZ POT is a party-ready mashup of heavy metal, techno, punk and q-tip synth sounds created using CDs found in the street and produced by Mat Brinkman. Pressed on black vinyl in a limited edition of 100. Unique hand painted jackets by Fluorescent Friends.

Dear Friends:

We have reached the end of the year of many Cool Fests, and the launch of our Edition of 100 LP series. How Cool it has been! Here's how we're celebrating the last event in the solar calendar of 2012, the winter solstice. It has three parts:

COOL FEST XII.IV.I

Dec 7th
Casa Del Popolo

Pypy (members of Redmass, Duchess Says)
Drainolith
+guests

Pypy is a Montreal supergroup. Ca va torcher vraiment!
Drainolith is finishing off a huge year, with an LP on Spectrum Spools and several tours.
Join us for a fun evening in an establishment with a liquor license!


COOL FEST XII.IV.II

Dec 15th
La Brique

Normal Love (USA)
+guests

Food by Devo Ghost Taco

The final installment marks one year of quarterly dates at this burning furnace of Montreal talent. The night will be full of surprises! As usual, BYOCans! And no smoking.



and finally...

12/20/2012
BEST OF ZZ POT I + II LP

ZZ POT is the best music you have ever heard made using CDs found in the street. ZZ POT was the inaugural project of the Found In The Street CD series, a series of releases made on CD DJ mixers with found CDs, produced by Mat Brinkman, that were by design all longer than one hour.

Your trusted curators at FF have put together an LP of non-stop party action using the best of the first two of the seven ZZ POT releases. In an edition of 100, it is a special unique object celebrating a moment in the early 00's when it seemed music artists could work on so many cylinders simultaneously and have something come out that was clean, crisp, and fun. Is it metal, is it techno, is it contemporary art? Wrap your arms around ZZ POT and smile your way into 2013 when six decades of pretense will be shattered once and for all.

COOL FEST XII.III

COOL FEST XII.III

21 + 22 SEPTEMBER 2012

Autumnal Equinox Edition

FRIDAY 21 SEPT

WHILST

MARCIE BASSETT JENNY GRAF DUO

HOLY COBRAS
http://weirdcanada.com/2011/07/new-canadiana-holy-cobras-forever/

EOLA
http://eola.bandcamp.com/

BARRY WEISBLAT (USA)

GAMBLETRON
www.gambletron.ca

ROYAL PALMS
http://www.myspace.com/royalpalmmusic

SATURDAY 22 SEPT

DKMD
https://www.facebook.com/dkmd1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwB1lHTnGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J94JwIukpiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU-_LNRtTFc

JENNY GRAF (USA)
http://jennygrafsheppard.com/

COTTON MUSEUM (USA)
http://www.tastysoil.com/
http://vimeo.com/16398341

ZAIMPH (USA)
http://www.zaimph.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyXySpExHl4

CARNAL VEIL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThNazdKl3s&feature=relmfu

NAPALM JAZZ
http://www.notype.com/drones/bio.e/napalmjazz_/

TAR PIT (USA)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUTYPpgfuUQ

BABI AUDI

PLUS
QUARRY WORLD by DOMINIQ ALEXANDER
EXCLUSIVE TV by JESSE HICKS & JON SHAPIRO
COOL ZEN TAROT INSIGHT DEPTH READINGS BY KITTY
COOL FEAST BY JOSHUA BASTIEN

$10/day
$15/both days

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/458848530812521/

INSTITUTIONAL PROSTITUTION «KU$HI $HI $HI» LP IN STORES NOW

LISTEN TO THE NEW LP HERE http://fluorescentfriends.bandcamp.com/

LIMITED EDITION OF 100 AVAILABLE AT THESE FINE STORES:

CHEAP THRILLS
http://cheapthrills.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/cheapthrillsMTL

ATOM HEART
http://www.atomheart.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Atom-Heart-musique-alternative/178861512152940

SOUNDCENTRAL
http://soundcentralstore.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SOUNDCENTRAL/12715516831

L'OBLIQUE
https://www.facebook.com/Boutiqueloblique

AUX 33 TOURS
http://www.aux33tours.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Aux33Tours

PHONOPOLIS
http://www.phonopolis.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/120326732953/

Fluorescent Friends Anniversary Party in Montreal

FF turns 10 so we're throwing a party.

friday

tomorrow
at la brique
6545 Durocher #402
22h00
pay what you can,
all proceeds help artists travel.
xo

ZODIACAL LIGHT sound and projectison of cosmos and psyche by leyla majeri + katherine kline

CHRISTIE WATSON of aum sahib, ejaculation death rattle, sin o the east, luscios johnson, smoke judo, three time member of dreamcatcher, OG fluorescent friend

XARAH DION of les momies de palerme, leopard et moi, land of kush, our lady of la brique

NEW ERA

BIG CHANGES COMING

FIRST UP

NEW LP

INSTITUTIONAL PROSTITUTION
"KU$HI $HI $HI"
LP

RELEASE PARTY AUGUST 24th
at PHONOPOLIS Montreal

http://youtu.be/FqPzfsjb__M

MORE FF JAM CAMP

Cool Fest XII.II
23+24 June 2012
Summer Solstice Edition
$10/day
$15/weekend
BYOCANS

6545 Durocher #402 Montreal

Subject to change:

SATURDAY
Cousins of Reggae
Mort
Klondike
ManyMentalMistakes
Deep Space Niles
Tranz Defonce (TO, Wintage)
Jef Barbara
Joseph Gabereau
Weirding Module (NYC)

SUNDAY
YOGA CLASS with music by Prime Cuts/Hammond Ri
Selfish Implosions
New Small Dog
Caverns
Steve Jr.
Nadine Thouin
Minibloc
Illegal Bodies
Ghost Taco
Pre Prom Post Prom (Mexico/Atlanta)
Gen Heistek
Maussade

Back by popular demand:

Cool zen tarot insight depth work by Kitty.

"general guidance, a 'here and now' reading. let the cards tell you what you ought to know: right here, right now. how can you align this holographic fragment of time-space with the greater movement of the whole? zen tarot can help you with that. 3$

insight into a particular issue, or relationship. let the cards reveal the karmic patterns and unconscious dynamics at work in your reality. zen tarot insight fosters deeper awareness of the forces within you, and points the way to higher vibrational frequency aka greater joy in life, work, play and love. 5$


each reading comes with a smudging of sage, to cleanse the vibe and clear the space for illumination.

confidentiality ensured.
irony not recommended."

QUARRY WORLD installation by Dominiq Alexander

Food will be served both days stay tuned for menu

SPONSORED BY:

BYOCANS

COOL FEST XII

This year, for the first time ever Fluorescent Friends and Ample are bringing FOUR Cool Fests to La Brique in one year. Celebrating the year 2012 with an event on or around each major event in the solar calendar, the solstices and equinoxes.

March 23-24 is the SPRING EQUINOX Cool Fest

$10 a day, $15 for both days

FRIDAY

Isa Christ (USA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFJq9P4ISI

Jason Sharp http://www.jasonsharp.ca/

Hot Tits http://dirtybeaches.blogspot.com/

Caymans http://tinyurl.com/7wg8zwy

Essaie Pas http://essaiepas.bandcamp.com/album/essaie-pas

Crude Hill (USA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdijT5E9nPI

Hobo Cubes http://hobocubes.bandcamp.com/

Maria 010 http://youtu.be/loIjWvGo9io

KHF (USA)

Food Served at 8, sets begin at 8:30

SATURDAY

Labios http://youtu.be/-zcOFN_VBVo

Dead Wife http://youtu.be/6ojl6i4wfbw

Fat Worm of Error (USA) http://youtu.be/_A-GEBF4fTU

Léopard et moi http://leopardetmoi.bandcamp.com/

Small Bong

Country featuring Beaver Sheppard http://vimeo.com/37656933

Le Fruit Vert

Piranha

Food served at 7, sets begin at 8

Late afternoon activity zone

Lizmax yogazone Saturday 3PM: A Yoga Class led by Liz Lima

Charity Chan mind opener piano

Gourmet food served by: Natasha Li Pickowicz (http://natashapickowicz.com/)

Installation art

Exclusive television

VHS audio djing from DJ Proud Father

BYOCANS! no bottles pleeease

ALSO EXCLUSIVE: Portrait Studio on location!! We will be offering free portraits with a scenic backdrop to all Cool Fest attendees. Come dressed to make some memories.

Come join us for Cool Fest!!

March 23-24

$10 a day, $15 for two-day bracelet

MAYAN SCARIFICE

HUGE NEWS

FOUR COOL FESTS IN 2012~!!!!

FOUR IS THE NEW TRINITY... FOUR FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_interaction GOD ETC.

ALL AT LA BRIQUE

ONE FOR EACH SOLAR CALENDAR EVENT -- SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES.

MARCH 23-24 CONFIRMED!

Crude Hill
Isa Christ
Fat Worm of Error
KHF
Dirty Beaches
Hobo Cubes
Essaie Pas
Jason Sharp
Caymans
Small Bong
Le Fruit Vert
Dead Wife

+more TBA

French cuisine will be served
Installation art
VHS audio djing

ALSO EXCLUSIVE: Portrait Studio on location!! Come dressed to make some memoreees

JUNE, SEPT, DEC DATES TBA

HIGHLIGHTS:

JUNE WILL FEATURE A 12-GUITARIST SOUL CIRCLE ON THE ROOF OF LA BRIQUE, ONE GUITARIST OF EACH SUN SIGN

DECEMBER WILL FEATURE A FULL PERFORMANCE OF THE EPIC MONTREAL MASTERPIECE CRONUS

Empire of Deep Children opening for Wolf Eyes at Sala Rossa

EDC is:

Alexander Moskos

Katherine Kline

Leyla Majeri

Edouard Laroque

Blake Hargreaves

March 2006, Leyla's Birthday methinks it was

Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindspell/sets/72057594078086923/with/109891464/

ALAZKA RULES OK

We at FF have very fond memories of a year of peak activity know to most of you as 2007. It started with a concert at the Darling Foundry with a movable wall of amps, with performances by some of the best to-be and beings of the age. It was a vernissage for an art show called Get a Life which featured some of our favourite people and future collaborators. At midnight we started selling wine by the bottle, and things just got really... special. Only FF event with a bona fide fight, smashed bottle, and very bloodied performer (it was Zukerman so he probly deserved it). It was a Nuit Blanche all-night event so nobody was going anywhere.

One part of that night you might not remember if you were there was the bizarreness that was Alazka's opening DJ work prior to the cage-dancing Fynal Glayze set. Set the scene for the rest of the, uh, activity that night. Alazka, ALZKA etc is currently experiencing peak activity with a fresh new record which is the collaboration of her band YT // ST and the intrepid Psychic Handshake recordings. In celebration of their touring of this game-changer of a project and all things ALZSKA (her video in the Get a Life show was my introduction and its memory is palpable and top notch) I present you with the peak of her DJ work as I know it, an hourlong masterpiece of a bounce mix. Aside from the inclusion of that wretched piece of trash Single Ladies it is totally, totally flawless, and I know I'm in the minority on that call anyway but get back to me in 20 years and we'll see who's right. This thing is a no joke work of art, with a beginning, middle and end, and like DJ Shadow's Minute Mix it stands for me as a testament to the (North) American experience and how awesome it can be, in that most American of forms, some say the 20th century's most dynamic or meaningful contribution to art (I'll have to look up the Schjeldahl quote on this one), collage.

http://www.mediafire.com/?a1fbq6hf6hl3jhi

My play count on this thing is in the low triple digits, and that's all the way through honkeys, just to let you know where I'm at. It is conviniently tagged in such a way that it's always top of the list on my device. I never, ever get tired of it. So I hope y'all will enjoy this piece of history as you listen to that LP and find yourself wanting more.

More pics later - Blake

COOL FEST 11

Here's what went down:
FRIDAY 7PM - 2AM

Pon De Replay (ex-MTL/now-Toronto, Pleasance records)
Simon Delage

Man made Hill (Toronto new LP on Pleasance)

O Voids
Framboos (QC)
Metalux (NYC/Baltimore)

Omma Cobba (Toronto / Sweet Rot Records)

RAAS (Ottawa / member of the Unireverse)

The Pederast (Toronto)

SATURDAY 2PM - 7PM
Screening of Xavier: Renegade Angel
Lizmax Yogazone w/ Music by Prime Cuts Hammond Ri
Bataille Solaire
Eternalife (Kyle Fostner)
Body Count Dracula (Brian Mitchell, Mat Oxley)
Self Surgery (Ottawa / Bruised Tongue CEO)
Steve Jr.
Frasier Crane

DJ battle using sound from VHS tapes only
DJ Proud Father vs. DJ Rod Duchamp

7PM-2AM (with Djs Mister Caffery and Daisy)

Pon De Replay
Institutional Prostitution

Roman Pilates (Toronto / Wintage Records and Tapes CEO)

ISA Christ (NYC)

16mm Film by Leyla Majeri with live sound by Katherine Kline
Films by Joshua Bastien

Chansons D'amour
Gastric Female Reflex (Toronto / Beniffer Editions)

United Waters (NYC / member of Mouthus)
Flatgrey

COOL FEAST: Natasha made

Hortchata

Pork posole

Ropa Vieja

Cotija Tacos
and inside-out burritos