Our last show/party of the year at our wonderful warehouse, The Low Fidelity Disconnect. Expect the usual eye-and-mouth-watering spread of music, arts and creative people. This time round we have sets from Djevara, Let Our Enemies Beware and Thumpermonkey Lives! 
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210716197745
Djevara/Genin have invited over their German friends Cut That City! for a couple of special shows in London (UK). The first was on Weds 4 November at The Jester with One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong and Tessellator, and the next show will be a special party at The Low Fidelity Disconnect with sets from Silent Front, Bleak and Pig With The Face Of A Boy, spoken word, plus the usual arts and magic…
(from LFD website – by Geoff)
So, we’re back. Our first showcase for 7 months. Why the break?
The showcases are about the music. And teh good tiome, of course, but primarily the music. Last year we managed to almost stick to our goal of one a month, but I became aware of the normal levels of antipathy towards them. As with anythig that occurs regularly, the impetus to get to the next one is diminished if you know that there will be another one along soon.
I am also very wary of making the events an excuse for a piss up. While we certainly want to give everyone who comes here the freedom to enjoy the night without the usual downers of door entry or a bar, there is a reason why we do it and it isn’t to give people a free hedonistic night out.
We have had many great bands in the past, and now it’s time for some more. I won’t go into detailed bios of each, you can link to them yourself. All are included because they have caught our imagination in some way.
for those familiar with the format, the usual applies. For thise not, we’ll open up around 8pm. We have no bar, so bring your own drinks, and a friend. There is no charge (though a £2 donation is recommended), and it exists to show the live bands in an appropriately rule-free environment.
For a location, click here.
Later
From this week The Low Fidelity Disconnect will be hosting “Art Jam” on Thursdays. To encourage and foster artistic expression we’ll be opening the doors for artists to come down and create! There’s no rules, no agenda, no judgement, and in fact no real specific aim other than to open a space within which to express yourself and have some fun with your creativity. The idea is very simple – if you get a few creative people in one place at one time, it’ll create an atmosphere conducive to creativity! We envisage it’ll start very small and grow slowly, but we aim to build up a community which will enthuse and encourage members and generate a warm, productive environment and stand in contrast to commercial or state-run institutionalized art projects.
So, bring your paints, pens, pads and tools, some music, something to drink and something to eat, whatever you need, and come join the fun.
Times: roughly midday to early evening. It’s loose ‘cos we’re artists not bankers.
LFD will also be putting on exhibitions of artists within the coming months, and other art projects are in the pipeline (ideas are also welcome!). The LFD space is also available on a hire basis for artists, teachers, film makers, etc on other days of the week. Contact us for more details.
Bass
PS by “artist” we don’t mean you have to have a degree or be a professional or anything like that. Anyone who wants to create ‘art’ (whatever that means) is welcome.
The Low Fidelity Disconnect is an arts project established by Djevara as an extension of the band and the label imprint Genin. Our aim is to promote and encourage music and art, and to provide facilities and services to artists, musicians, and film makers. Services offered are broad in scope and application; it acts as an art centre/studio/gallery, set location for music videos, rehearsal rooms, live venue, recording studio, film gallery – in fact, we are still to test the limits of what we do.
We also offer guitar setups, website design, filming and photography. In addition also enjoy a close association with Orange & Blue Studios in Lewisham, South London, for music recording and production.
Our work is based very much around the concept of freedom of expression. Our values rest very highly on this principle. Information is the most precious commodity we have, and any act that restrict freedom of information is a akin to a crime against humanity. The central tenet of what it is to be human is the ability to think and to question our existence. Without this, we remain trapped in a limbo, a prisoner of our our restricted consciousness.
Our showcases have been built around live music. We have exhibited art from a number of artists. Our own events have been free. Free because we believe in freedom of expression, and there should be no division between the freedom to express your ideas and the freedom to take new ideas and to learn and develop from them. If you have to pay to come and see a band, then the expression of the idea hasn’t been free.
The idea that it should be free to enjoy also means there is nothing in between you and the idea. When you pay to get into a club, there is almost an obligation, self imposed, that you must enjoy it because otherwise you have wasted your money. If you don’t pay, you have nothing material to lose, but everything to gain. Even if you don’t like what you see/hear, the point is it will affect you in some way, and whether good or bad you will take something away with you. It will have changed you, and forced you to view the world in slightly different terms.
All this is, however, almost incidental to the fact that what we do is music. Our goal is quite simple, and that is to get people to see and hear new ideas that they would never have normally seen or heard. We invite those artists who we know and respect and who we know feel at least as passionately about what they do as we do. Too often we come across ‘art’ that is no more than populist nonsense that has too little to say, that serves no other purpose than to appeal to the lowest common denominator for the broadest possible commercial appeal. It doesn’t make you question, and it doesn’t make you think.
Leary, when he said “Think for yourself, question authority”, wasn’t just asking people to challenge the social hierarchy, he wasn’t calling for anarchy. Authority is anything that represents the status quo, any idea that you take for granted. Question everything.
You can e-mail info@thelowfidelitydisconnect.org or message us here for any details about what we do and the services we offer. If you would like to hire our venue for filming, for an event or party, for a gig or showcase, or for an exhibition, just send a few words and we’ll get back to you. We offer technical services such as guitar setups, website design (ours is under in-house development right now) photography and filming, and we enjoy a close association with Orange & Blue Studios in South London for music production and recording services.