UPCOMING BCO 30-Year Anniversary Festivities

Greetings, Friends!

Just a reminder that this weekend, Sunday January 31st is the big
night of NOISE and FUN at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco where
BIG CITY ORCHESTRA will be celebrating the official 30 Year Anniversary!

If ever there was a BCO show to see-- this would be the one!

Doors open at 8pm, show starts promptly at 9pm

Cafe Du Nord is located at:
2170 MARKET STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94114

Tix are $10 and can be purchased at the door night of show or in
advance via the Du Nord website http://cafedunord.com/

The roster of players for the evening:

Damara Arrowood
Jesse Burson
Andy Cowitt
dAS
A.L. Dentel
Anka Draugelates
Mike Dringenberg
Evolution Control Committee
Cyoakha Grace
Alan Herrick
Aurora Josephson
Cheryl E. Leonard
Melissa Margolis
Phineas Narco
Cliff Neighbors
Suki O'Kane
Kerri Pidnow
Ninah Pixie
Robo
Jonathan Segel
univac
Rob Wortman
wobbly

ALSO as part of the celebration, a few other events this week to catch:

LIVE DFM SPECIAL
UB RADIO SALON featuring Drew Dobbs aka ROBO
http://mindwrecker.blogspot.com/
27 January, 2010
4-6pm (US Pacific) 1.00-3.00 Europe CET (GMT/UT+1)
live stream: http://dfm.nu/dfm_1.m3u

LIVE KFJC SPECIAL
30 January, 2010
5-9pm (US Pacific) 2.00-6.00 Europe CET (GMT/UT+1)
live stream: http://www.kfjc.org/netcast/
featuring over 15 members of BCO!

BCO Europe/UK 2009 Slideshow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninahpix/sets/72157622412972209/show/
be sure to click the SHOW INFO link in upper right corner to see the photo titles/descriptions.

Big city Orchestra 12-9-09 DFM Benefit OT301 - Amsterdam

2009 Euro tour ,Big City Orchestra, in Amsterdam at OT301, Benefit for DFM radio,12 -09 09, Special guest The Silverman; Phil Knight. Video by Astrid

Big city Orchestra 18-9-09 Incubate Festival

Big City Orchestra on Incubate festival 18-9-09 in Tilburg, Nederland. With special guest The Silverman, Phil knight. Video by Astrid

15-Sept 2009 BCO at NK / BERLIN (from NK blog)

via the NK blog

Tuesday, 15th September 2009
Big City Orchestra/G. Angiuli & R. van Alebeek/Hati

30 years anniversary-tour of
Big City Orchestra

"…Big City Orchestra has existed as a sound-making entity for so long now that no one remembers exactly how long ago it was formed.^^^^^^^^^ A token birthday celebration of the founding of BCO is held but no one attends…they are imaginary, be-webbed, obscured. Their grandchildren and great-grandchildren will sometimes talk to the underground music press and internet snooper sites, but in general little is known of the fate of the thousands of cassettes that the band prepared for oddball UNDERGROUND LABELS.

When one member was found buried under crates of tapes in his peculiar cottage, the other band members of the late 7o’s withdrew from the public eye and focussed their activities around the Big City area of Los Angeles.^^^^^^^^^^ In a strange house run on pirated electricity their white-noise-slavery ring was created to satiate the nearby swingers cabal in Hawthorne. In order to drown out the screams and crazed laughter a front ‘band’ was created (so the story goes) to distract the neighbors with a high-decibel smokescreen………. There followed a pastoral section during which life vibrated at peculiar rate, unlike anything felt previously; probably induced by an improperly-closed circuit…………. The failure of popular incumbent Mayor Gak in a 1980 election led to a shift north for the unruly experimenters. Traces of the band appeared on radio and cassettes and compact discs for years, always under a new name to elude the public, never titling the music to codify it, somehow they existed, yet were NOT THERE AT ALL. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The phenomenon spread outward, like a mail-order virus, a trail of unsolved cat murders in it’s wake. And always the FISH clue. But now perhaps the elusive underground pop stars had gone TOO far, as they were confronting the long lamb of the law FATTY WOLVERINE; famous for solving the CAMP TOM-TOM murders, among other tough cases……However, the vast membership of the cult-like Orchestra made investigation difficult for those on the trail, and bizarre clues to unusable crimes, made of fish, were the order of the day. The sound of these public massacres was broadcast live on nearby college radio, thus banning all present and future members of the BCO from the airwaves. This didn’t stop them from mounting a soon-thriving 700-Club-like noise-worship marathon, which though it only featured a black screen every week, made enough money to be investigated by the tax authorities. A brisk mail-order business kept up the steady flow of unfortunate audio and visual material, and now with their SATELLITE TRANSMISSION STATION, paid for through years of pirating Beatles songs, they are in a position to disrupt the world’s entire communication systems."

BCO at INCUBATE Festival (interview + pics)

interview in VPRO:
Big City Orchestra: the 'oldies' are slightly eccentric
"Two hundred cassette tapes to send labels has its charm"
(translate the text using Google Translate from dutch to english, for fun results!)

The Californian duo Big City Orchestra is probably the smallest band of all time and one of the most experienced acts on this edition of Incubate. Founder Dass (he is only his middle name worthy of publication) began thirty years ago in the Bay Area with his mini orchestra with electro and noise together with elements of classical music. Now the senior with an impressive gray ponytail along with fellow member Nina Holland and Pixie Pink Dots on stage. A good time to 'mature' company to ask for their wisdom.

BCO + Rinus van Alebeek + HATI at NK - Berlin

BCO at Staalpaat Working Space - Berlin

hanging out front of the space with Rinus van Alebeek, Markus Schwill, Stefan "Baraka H" Knappe and dAS before the BCO radio performance (we will post archived audio soon, thanks to Rinus!)

BCO + Xyramat at Hörbar - Hamburg

OT301 Amsterdam - DFM Benefit

some great pics from our friend Astrid, who was along for the ride with BCO and The Silverman for the event at OT301 to raise funds for the awesome DFM RTV INT...

more soon! we are in Berlin now at the NK with fabulous HATI from Poland, the infamous and adorable Rinus van Alebeek with Ninca Leece for what looks to be a spectacular event.

25-Sept 2009 BCO at Cafe OTO / LONDON

23-Sept 2009 UB RADIO SALON #89 / DEVON UK

JOIN US TODAY FOR ::: >>
ubRadio SALON on DFM Radio Television International !!! :::

::: THE UB CREW IS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM DEVON, UK :::
at OIMA Studio
w/ hosts Oiio + Ma Smadga

WEDNESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER
from 4-6PM (US Pacific Standard Time)
for Europe: THURSDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER
01.00-03.00 (Central Europe Time CEST/GMT +1hr)

:::: ubRadio SALON episode #89 ::::

LIVE STREAM

LIVE CHAT on IRC on channel #DFM
more info: http://dfm.nu/help/chat/

18-Sept 2009 BCO at INCUBATE / TILBURG

16-Sept 2009 UB RADIO SALON #88 / AMSTERDAM

JOIN US TODAY FOR ::: >>
ubRadio SALON on DFM Radio Television International !!! :::

::: THE UB CREW IS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE NETHERLANDS :::
at DFM RTV INT Studio in Amsterdam
w/ host JT
special guest: The Silverman (Phil Knight of LPD)

WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER
from 4-6PM (US Pacific Standard Time)
for Europe: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER
01.00-03.00 (Central Europe Time CEST/GMT +1hr)

:::: ubRadio SALON episode #88 ::::

LIVE STREAM

LIVE CHAT on IRC on channel #DFM
more info: http://dfm.nu/help/chat/

15-Sept 2009 BCO at NK / BERLIN

14-Sept 2009 RADIO STAALPLAAT / BERLIN

more info TBA...

13-Sept 2009 BCO at Hörbar / HAMBURG

12-Sept 2009 BCO at OT301 / AMSTERDAM

9-Sept 2009 UB RADIO SALON #87 / SLEEUWIJK

JOIN US TODAY FOR ::: >>
ubRadio SALON on DFM Radio Television International !!! :::

::: THE UB CREW IS BROADCASTING LIVE FROM THE NETHERLANDS :::
w/ special guest host NOOTSKI

WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER
from 4-6PM (US Pacific Standard Time)
for Europe: THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER
01.00-03.00 (Central Europe Time CEST/GMT +1hr)

:::: ubRadio SALON episode #87 ::::

LIVE STREAM

LIVE CHAT on IRC on channel #DFM
more info: http://dfm.nu/help/chat/

BCO 30 Years of NOISE Tour - Europe/UK SEPT 2009

BIG CITY ORCHESTRAE: 30 YEARS OF NOISE
(1979 - 2009 + continuing...)

2009 marks the 30th year for the Orchestrae, who will embark on
another tour this September to Europe and the UK.

TOUR SCHEDULE
sept 9 / wed
sleeuwijk
ub radio salon w/ nootski from dfm rtv int

sept 12 / sat
amsterdam
dfm benefit / ot301
bco guest: phil knight
with: xyramat
feine trinkers bei pinkels daheim
dj marcelle
the magisterium
dj ramses
t03k

sept 13 / mon
hamburg
b-movie
bco guest: stefan knappe
with: xyramat

sept 14 / tue
berlin
radio staalplaat
bco guest: stefan knappe

sept 15 / tue
berlin-neukölln
DIENSTbar / NK
bco guest: stefan knappe
with: hati + rinus van alebeek

sept 16 / wed
amsterdam
ub radio salon / dfm studio
bco guest: phil knight

sept 18 / fri
tilburg
incubate festival
bco guest: phil knight

sept 23 / wed
devon
ub radio salon / oima studio

sept 25 / fri
london cafe oto
with: pardon my early exit; hope you survive!
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