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Foton and Les Halles present FOtones: Mutant Rock # 1 End (Ipecac, Hymen, Tigerbeat6 - US) Electronica virtuoso Charles Peirce and his guitar player Timothy Ströede create an extraordinary, schizofrenic mix of beats, mash-ups, lounge, white-trash jazz and rock-a-psych-o-billy. Simultaneously funny, funky, harsh and extreme, End quickly got discovered by Mike Patton who gave them a home on his infamous Ipecac label, laboratory par excellence for everything denying classification. End collaborated a.o. with Foetus, Messer Chups, Snog and V/VM's Speedranch. To be heard to be believed.Link: http://www.worldwentdown.com/end King Automatic (Voodoo Rhythm - FR) You heard about Rock'n'Roll, right? You heard about Electro Trash, right? And you are bored of it, right? King Automatic is the perfect medicine. He plays kick drum, snare drum, guitar and organ, sings, and adds a layer of sampled electronica on top, all at the same time. Although there's only one man on stage it sounds like Devo meets Hasil Adkins, like Kraftwerk meets The Cramps. Before going solo King Automatic used to work with Billy Childish, and was the drummer of Thundercrack. File under: Crazy. Link: http://www.voodoorhythm.com/king-automatic.html Assdroids (Cock Rock Disco, Valis - US) New revelation from the States, consisting of Pisces Motherfucker on guitar, electronics and vocals, and Big Daddy Mugglestone on drums, electronics and vocals. Together they build a bridge between ecstatic jazz and trashcore, to burn it down immediately afterwards. Their sound can be described as an unholy union between the Boredoms, Lightning Bolt and Tigerbeat666. Enfant terrible Jason Forrest aka Donna Summer recently added them to his mutant Cock Rock Disco roster. Don't forget your ear and brain plugs. Link: http://www.cockrockdisco.com/CRD2/artists-assdroid.html Antz (Foton - BE) Hans De Man aka Antz wears many masks: Foton founder, concert & party promotor, multimedia curator, installation artist and dj. Musically he likes everything extreme and out of the ordinary. As a dj he was one of the pioneers within the belgian drill'n'bass and breakcore-scene way back in 1998. Last year he started the "Go Psycho" nights, uniting rockers and ravers. In his "Mutant Rock" set electronics will be replaced by a deranged combination of contemporary high-energy rock mutants. Start stompin'. Link: http://www.foton.be/en/artists  Film screenings:Wolf Eyes - "Covered in bugs" (Hanson Records - US)Lightning Bolt - "The power of salad and milkshakes" (Load Records - US)Wolf Eyes and Lightning Bolt need no introduction. Both bands take the term energy to a new dimension, creating in-your-face live performances with the same intensity as punk in its glory days. 01.04.2006, 20:30h Les Halles de Schaerbeek / Hallen Van Schaarbeek 22 rue Royale Sainte-Marie, B-1030 Bruxelles Entrance fee: 8 EUR www.halles.be