Hello.............We are Cog!
A mechanical manifestation of beats, bass and bastardised funk from Birminghams finest purveyors of underground House, Techno and electronic madness.
Expect bouncy, jacking, minimal glitch house engineered from within a grinding, hypnotic Techno workshop. Expect oil stained basslines welded to mangled vocals and grinding beats. Expect precision assembled rhythms transmitting successive motive force to corresponding melodies!!!
But most of all expect to get your filthy, little mechanised asses on the dancefloor!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY COG!!!!!!
The Wonder of COG will celebrate its first birthday on 1st of November in true style.
Cog are proud to have acquired the services of the one and only, House of God resident, SIR REAL to help us celebrate. And Thats not all.
We are proud to unviel the new Home of Cog @ The Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. A Bigger and better venue to house more of you wonderful people so you too can experience the madness of Birminghams finest electronic rave off!!
In the meantime check us here for the Component Series of Mix CD's from the Cog residents and upfront news of all the latest events and happenings we have planned for the year!
KEEP THE COG TURNING!
Connect Four: Magic 8 Ball is approaching. Its on the 9th October, check the flier below for the lineup. The BIG news is that Connect Four is now completely FREE OF CHARGE.
Saturday 20th September 3pm - 2am Taylor John's House ~ Canal Basin Coventry ~ CV1 4LY
£9 DAY ticket into ALL VENUES for ALL WEEKEND or £7 limited door ticket for Sonic Boom!
ANDY VOTEL is worldwide known electronic musician, producer and co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and 'B Music'. Residing in Manchester this extraordinary musically minded man has been at the forefront of the DJ remix scene with releases since 1996. As part of his summer and autumn festival tour 2008, ATAM welcomes Votel to Coventry as he performs a DJ set dedicated to our own electronic legend Delia Derbyshire, composed especially for A Thing About Machines.
"Buys old records - makes new records.
Teacher - triple label boss - graphic designer - acid-volk collector - microphone tormenter - bad-ass foreign psych DJ - snappy dresser." (Fat City Records)
"Everyone's favourite crown prince of psychedelic excess" (Boomkat)
Saturday 20th September 3pm - 2am Taylor John's House ~ Canal Basin Coventry ~ CV1 4LY
£9 DAY ticket into ALL VENUES or £7 limited door ticket for Sonic Boom!
ANDY VOTEL is worldwide known electronic musician, producer and co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and 'B Music'. Residing in Manchester this extraordinary musically minded man has been at the forefront of the DJ remix scene with releases since 1996. As part of his summer and autumn festival tour 2008, ATAM welcomes Votel to Coventry as he performs a DJ set dedicated to our own electronic legend Delia Derbyshire, composed especially for A Thing About Machines.
"Buys old records - makes new records. Teacher - triple label boss - graphic designer - acid-volk collector - microphone tormenter - bad-ass foreign psych DJ - snappy dresser." (Fat City Records)
"Everyone's favourite crown prince of psychedelic excess" (Boomkat)
Robot Vs Dinosaur returns to Island Bar on Friday July 18th, with a free-entry event!
We'll be DJing laptoptronica, indietronica, breakcore, drill 'n' bass, chipcore, abstract techno and other made-up genres from the likes of Aphex twin, Autechre, Battles, Boards of Canada, The Books, Broadcast, Cylob, The Flashbulb, Four Tet, Germlin, Holy Fuck, Hood, Kid 606, Matmos, Max Tundra, Mouse on Mars, the Postal Service, Prefuse 73, Squarepusher, Stereolab, Amon Tobin, Tortoise, Venetian Snares, Luke Vibert, Susumu Yokota and many more.
Doors open at 8:30, with a free badge on entry! Huge cocktail selection available! Dress code: robot or dinosaur! Please visit http://www. robotvsdinosaur. co. uk for more info.
IF you love going to Rootys so much, come down the next night too! 45's only this Saturday night. Dj's Al Mackenzie, Jem Atkins, Harrison Daniels and more playing their favourite old 45's. Expect a lot of funk, northern soul, ska reggae and a splattering of pop, indie and anything else that takes their fancy. Should be a blast.
10 til very late at the lovely Rootys in the Custard Factory, Digbeth, Birmingham B9
Free entry all night and drink promos 'til 12.
Anyone who fancies spinning their's, let me know!!
Thank you for the friendship! We would be honored if you read and comment the new artist interviews on our profile!
SEX AND CONSPIRACY! Swedish punkrocker and painter Karl Backman talks about his art, and the reactions to it from right wing christians, pee fetish girls and conspiracy theorists.
MYTHOLOGIES AND LIFE! French graphic designer and writer Laurent Rivelaygue discuss nightmares and a road movie in bumper cars.
GRACE AND ELEGANCE! American artist Betsy Jones talks about geometric landscapes, happiness and the arts of the geisha.
Very much a pleasure meeting some very cool people on saturday in a very cool,intimate & comfortable place. I will look forward to hearing, seeing or speaking to each of you very soon.
All the very best &, if not before, i'll see you on the 11th.
please, please, more of the same. & i promise not to bring you-know-who ;-)
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