[Rumori] autumnal greetings

[Vicki Bennett]

Hi,

After a summer of an ongoing commission with The Lux in London, 
watching French grandmas fry and receiving 60 viruses from the ICA 
New Media Centre, September arrives and everyone wakes up and wants 
something, and so glad they do.
Coming up between next weekend and beginning of November:

GIGS

Saturday 13 September 2003
PEOPLE LIKE US / ELECTRELANE at Centre Pompidou, Paris
Grande Salle, Level -1 tickets : 10 euros / 6 euros 8.30pm
Thursday 18 September 2003
MATMOS / PEOPLE LIKE US / DONNA SUMMER
BENEFIT for WFMU's Tuesday night DJ, OCDJ, at RARE in New York City
416 West 14th Street (between 9th and 10th Aves.), New York
$10 at the door. Doors open 8pm, showtime 9pm. All ages.
More info here http://www.peoplelikeus.org/rarewfmu.html
Also do check WFMU's website as the event nears: http://www.wfmu.org 
or feel free to call Music/Program Director Brian Turner at 
201-521-1416 x223  mailto:bt at wfmu.org)
Wednesday 24 October 2003
Cooking something up for Kenny G's show, WFMU - 3pm - check their 
website nearer the time.
Friday 3rd October 2003
Dissonanze Festival, Rome
http://www.dissonanze.it/HomeEn.htm
Featuring amongst others, Matmos, PLU, Goodiepal, Lesser, Mouse on 
Mars, Hrvatski and Soft Pink Truth, yayyyy!
Thursday 23 October 2003
Barcelona LEM Festival
http://www.gracia-territori.com
Saturday 25 October 2003
PLU play the Now Festival in Nottingham, UK. Venue to be confirmed 
next week. Felix Kubin will also be playing that evening, the timing 
being so you'll catch both shows.  The gig runs into my birthday too 
so the drinks are on you, thanks.
Saturday 8 November 2003
Symposium, Sample Culture Now at the Tate Modern, London.  
Participants will include sound-artist and cultural collagist blah 
blah Vicki Bennett (aka People Like Us), German art and music 
theorist Diedrich Diederichsen, sound theorist and cultural critic 
Kodwo Eshun, and celebrated artists Mark Leckey and Christian 
Marclay.  The plan is to perform a concert and speak - more news 
nearer the time.
Saturday 15 November 2003
PLU Concert at (Craig Baldwin's) Other Cinema, San Francisco.
Other Cinema, A.T.A. Gallery 992 Valencia Street. http://www.othercinema.com/
Doors 8, Show 8:30pm 415-824-3890 admission $5

RELEASES

People Like Us and Kenny G "Nothing Special"
http://www.peoplelikeus.org/PLUKG.html
Yes, it exists!  Well nearly.  The pressing plant got creative with 
the packaging and we are awaiting results from their second try.. any 
day now.
also...
Recyclopaedia Britannica has been re-pressed, hurrah!

REMIXES

We've just finished a 9 minute track for Ergo Phizmiz for his 
Gongexeva project. This will be released by Ergo in early October. 
http://www.ergophizmiz.com
PLU have also recently remixed the brilliant Messer Chups. This remix 
will be released in September on Solnze Records.

OK, that's all for now, happy falling,

Vicki
P L U