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The Women Take Back the Noise project is a showcase collection of over 40 women artists worldwide who experiment with sound in various ways - ranging from ambient-organic to quirky-glitch-beat to harsh or extreme noise (and other categories yet to be defined...) Brisbane's noise artists Kunt as well as international artists such as Californinan bLevin bLectum and New Zealander Solanas, are featured on the release - keep an eye out for the custom-made circuit bent packaging release due out later this year. visit http://www.ubuibi.org/wtbtn/ for more details on the release. Kunt are also touring with Justice Yeldham and his Dynamic Ribbon Device and Nora Keys through Scandinavia and Italy from 21 October - 6 November, and with Scorpio Scorpio in November. read more for details or visit http://www.kuntnoise.com/

Bottom Heavy and Rude Bwoyz presents drum'n'bass Kings, Dieselboy & MC Messinian (USA) alongside locals Superfluid, Aniki, Erther, Brazen, Mr Gaunt & Cutloose. 1st September @ Shamrock Hotel

D-Ko have just returned to Brisbane from their tour of Sydney, Melbourne and Byron Bay with Melbourne drum'n'bass crew K-Oscillate. photos of the trip can be found at the band's website, http://www.d-ko.com/. read more for details of their upcoming Brisbane gigs at Moonbar, Tongue & Groove and Brisbane's first Earthcore in December

"Beatroot" (the edible root of the beat), Soup's new 14 track album will be released on September 11th on Invada Records. You can catch Soup performing at gigs around Australia on his tour from September - December. read more or visit http://www.sampology.com/ and http://www.invadarecords.com for more details.

Drum&Bass, Jungle, Ghettotech & Electro.. with an All Female line up including guest Adelaide DJ Cryptic!

DJ Cryptic played her first set at a ladies night alongside legendary DJ Storm (Metalheadz UK) over 3 & a half years ago.. Since then she has become one of the two top female DJs in Adelaide playing at many local events, including the wellknown winter & summer Enchanted Forest Festivals and has held a residency at Cumberland Arms' "Under The Influence" night for the past 12 months..

Femalehiphop.net is a platform and a network for all female hip-hop activists and intends to call females from all over the world to get in touch with each other, to exchange ideas and to support the movement. - Your participation is welcome! Just log in as a user and post dates, news, links. visit http://www.femalehiphop.net for details

ctrl_alt_del was the first sound-art festival realized in Turkey, in September 2003. It was a collaboration between NOMAD, Marres, Hedah, and Istanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Musical Studies (MIAM). ctrl_alt_del hosted by NOMAD and Istanbul Technical University - MIAM is being held in spetember 2005 and will be an experiment in aural stimulation and urban awareness. Taking the city of Istanbul as the ground for this experimentation, ctrl_alt_del seeks to observe, activate and cultivate a series of idiosyncratic possibilities this city provides, under the rubric of the 'buffer zone'. NOMAD and MIAM would like to receive interesting, provocative, experimental and sophisticated works. About 10 pieces will be selected among the entries by a jury to be performed during the ctrl_alt_del 2 festival on 22 September 2005, in front of an international audience. read more for details or visit http://project-ctrl-alt-del.com

This week, Frigid features two quirky local live acts with an ornithological theme and is hosting the launch of Sydney alt-pop outfit Sparrow Hill's debut album. Melbourne post-rock outfit Scissors For Sparrow also plays a live set. read more for details or visit www.cyclicdefrost.com

cajid media produces and distributes audio/visual and web-based works of art, concentrating on australan experimental sound and video. Their first releases are intimacy, by thembi soddell and static tones, by bruce mowson. They are looking for more high quality material to release (audio, video, dvd, web) and encourage interested artists, male and female, to contact us regarding submission of works. visit http://cajid.com or read more for details. CAJID tour melbourne, wagga, and bendigo this weekend

The self titled debut EP from 'DELILAH'S GOLD' has been released. The four track CD is available to buy from http://www.delilahsgold.com or from the iTunes music store. At 5 GBP including postage and handling, this is a deal you can't miss. The EP has been receiving positive reviews - "The first thing you hear when you put in this CD is the stunning vocals, although this band is not just about vocals, as they play some great guitar harmonys. (sic) . . . I really like this band and if you are looking for something that sounds unique and different then check this band out." -- Musicpress.co.uk

Check out Google Earth to view high resolution images from around the globe. Take a photo of your house, or where you last went for a holiday. Take a look in the Misc photo gallery via the link above, or check out this example. Visit http://desktop.google.com/download/earth/ to download the software.

Catfight is an all female graffmagazine that shows all aspects of grafitti. We hope to publish a new Catfight regularly to show you the best and most recent works. download the latest issue at http://www.catfightmag.tk/

Generator.x is a conference and exhibition examining the current role of software and generative strategies in art and design. The site also has many links to generative art works and studies. visit http://www.generatorx.no/ for more details

Basement Tapes is a documentary film about the future of music. Speaking with a cross section of talented musicians, brilliant thinkers, kids on trial and outlaw geeks, the film will move beyond the headlines and look at how the Internet has changed music forever, and where we're going next. read more or visit http://www.opensourcecinema.com/filmprojects/index.shtml for details and to view the interviews

Contemporary Music Review (Routledge) invites papers from writers reflecting on sound in relation to the body/technology; from anyone who attempts to define and/or crtically examine threshold conditions of instrument and performer; writers who are keen to challenge con- or discontinuities of instrument and performer, be it in the form of laptop improvisation, interactive sound environments, 3d cave installations, sonic architecture, or other performance situations.