No Wave book release party tomorrow w/ Kohoutek, Vapour Theories and more!

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Clavius Productions and Marc Masters present a celebration of No Wave,
Masters' recently finished book on the history of no wave. There will
be sets by Vapour Theories (the Gibbons Bros of Bardo Pond laying down
some mighty guitar drone), locals Kohoutek (performing a special cover
to honor the theme of the night) and Dark Sea Dream, plus DJ sets by
Mark C (of Live Skull) and Masters. Now's your chance to hear Mars and
UT blasting through club speakers!

Saturday, February 9
Velvet Lounge
915 U St NW WDC
http://www.velvetloungedc.com
202-462-3213
$8, doors at 9pm, 18+

Kohoutek (Music Fellowship/Sockets, DC improv psych)
Vapour Theories (mem. of Bardo Pond, guitar drone overload)
Dark Sea Dream (VA heavy psych, ex-VOG)
plus DJ sets by Mark C (Live Skull)

Flashing through the New York underground in the late 1970s, No Wave
was the ultimate anti-movement. Its bands consisted of artists and
poets untrained in music, looking to explode rock and disappear before
the smoke cleared. The primary perpetrators -- Lydia Lunch's Teenage
Jesus and the Jerks, James Chance's Contortions, Mars and DNA -- all
drew on primitivism, performance art, and the avant-garde.

"No Wave" traces the history of this noisy and uncompromising genre,
from forefathers like Suicide and Richard Hell, to forgotten treasures
like Red Transistor and Bush Tetras, to descendents like ESG and Sonic
Youth. The book also delves into No Wave cinema, where pioneers like
Amos Poe, Eric Mitchell, and Beth and Scott B. translated the
aggression of No Wave music to the screen. Illustrated with rare
concert photos, record covers, and other ephemera of the times, and
featuring exclusive interviews with key scene figures, "No Wave" is
the definitive guide to a genre whose sounds and ideas still vibrate
through alternative culture today.

"The No Wave scene has never gotten the overview it deserved until
now. Masters traces its wayward experiments and stylistic switchbacks
with critical engagement and thoughtfulness. Drawing on detailed
interviews with many of the scene's key players, as well as an
exhaustive amount of archival material, Masters brings this secret
history to vivid life. Even if your interest in punk history is merely
casual, the treasure trove of rare ephemera reprinted here is
fascinating."
-- Andrea Feldman, Village Voice

Some Links:
http://www.blackdogonline.com/all-books/no-wave.html
http://nowavebook.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/nowavebook
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47828-no-the-origins-of-no-wave

and check out this interview in the Post Express:

http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/02/express_5_no_wave_author_marc_masters.php