http://www.ubuprojex.net Ubu Communex is the publicity arm of Ubu Projex, the art and business affairs directorate for the band Pere Ubu and related projex. en-us communex@ubuprojex.net (Directors) communex@ubuprojex.net (Directors) Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0000 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.ubuprojex.net/ubutique.html#rftt The new Rocket From The Tombs album is now available in cd and vinyl formats from Ubutique. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/ubutique.html#rftt http://gareauxoreilles.free.fr The two make a special concert August 27 in Troy France. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://gareauxoreilles.free.fr http://www.ypsigrock.com Pere Ubu is a last minute replacement for Spiritualized at the YPSIGROCK FESTIVAL 2011 near Palermo in Sicily Friday August 5. The band will play The Annotated Modern Dance in the Piazza Castello. The 2pbs played this event some years ago and it's a stunning location. Fabulous food. Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.ypsigrock.com http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/david-thomas-chris-cutler-john-edwards.shtm The trio returns to Cafe Oto in London after last year's acclaimed debut. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Details on European tour dates for "The Annotated Modern Dance," May 11 to May 27. Germany, Belgium, Holland, France, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Fri, 6 May 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.hearpen.com/hr159.html The March release from hearpen.com is the latest installment of the demos from the next Pere Ubu album. Mon, 7 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Pere Ubu with Tom Herman playing guitar repeat last year's performance of The Modern Dance in its entirety (plus added related songs) at The Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, on Saturday March 19. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/david-thomas-carnival-of-souls.shtm David Thomas and two pale boys play a live underscore to the 1962 B-movie cult classic "Carnival Of Souls" at Cafe Oto, London, Saturday Feb 12. Wed, 9 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000 http://www.hearpen.com/hr156.html The working title for the next Pere Ubu album is "Lady From Shanghai." Three demos from the early sessions are available at hearpen.com. Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.hearpen.com/hr155.html The illustrated script for "Bring Me The Head Of Ubu Roi," the radical adaptation of Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," has been released in the iBook/eBook format at hearpen.com. The PDF format is also provided. Tue, 9 Nov 2010 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html David Thomas appears in a solo performance of Ghost Line Diaries at Magic Room Gallery, Boston, Saturday October 23. He will be playing melodeon and electronics. Showtime is 9:30pm. See http://www.magicroomgallery.com. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0100 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html David Thomas gives his lecture performance of "The Geography Of Sound" at the Copenhagen Main Library on Friday, October 8. He appears at Lillely Live in Copenhagen Saturday, October 9 - it's an intimate solo concert and for information contact Lars Kjelfred, larskjelras@gmail.com. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.cafeoto.co.uk For the first time in a long time David Thomas and two pale boys will make a concert. The date is Saturday, September 11, at Cafe Oto in London. The venue is great though located in what we would call a remote section of east London. Be on time. It's London and show will end promptly at 11pm so David can catch the train back to Brighton. Address: 18-22 Ashwin St, Dalston, London E8 3DL. Doors: 8pm. Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.beachlandballroom.com David Thomas is appearing at the Harvey Pekar Benefit at the Beachland Ballroom, Saturday, August 7, Cleveland OH. Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/DavidThomas.shtm David Thomas with Chris Cutler and John Edwards plays Cafe Oto in London on May 29. Sat, 1 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Pere Ubu plays Lincoln Hall, Chicago, on March 24 with The First And The Last program, one set of songs from Long Live Pere Ubu! and one set of The Modern Dance in its entirety. See http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html for details. Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Pere Ubu plays Le Poisson Rouge, New York City, on March 28 with the American premiere of The Spectacle. See http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html for details. Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html To celebrate the Beachland Ballroom's 10th Anniversary Pere Ubu will perform The Modern Dance in its entirety. Wed, 3 Feb 2010 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Following an appearance at the Sydney Opera House on Jan 28 in the Rogue's Gallery concert, David Thomas will appear with the backing of The Holy Soul on Jan 31 in Sydney. See http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html. Note that the Australian work visa has yet to be officially extended to include the Jan 31 concert but it seems, at this point, likely. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Pere Ubu will do a week of dates in the UK at the end of February. Five dates are confirmed: Glasgow, London, Blackheath, Bath and Leamington Spa. The Garage, London, is a new program called "Pere Ubu: The First And The Last" which will consist of two sets - The Modern Dance in its entirety and the songs from "Long Live Pere Ubu!" as a concert set. The other four shows will be the "Long Live Pere Ubu!" - The Spectacle show with Quay Brothers animations. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/ubutique.html OK, you've been a fan for years. You've tried to convince your friends, wife, girl friend, boy friend, husband... that Pere Ubu is the band that will transform his/her/its life. Do they listen? Like hell they do. Send them a Gift Certificate to Ubutique. Any single cd, including postage, for $14. MAKE THEM LISTEN! Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubudance.com/documents.html Charlie Dontsurf has updated the documents section of the only complete Ubu reference site out there, www.ubudance.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://agitreader.com/features/pere_ubu-11.09.html David Thomas interviewed by AgitReader. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.ubuprojex.net/llpushow.html European reaction and photos of "Long Live Pere Ubu!" - The Spectacle, the concert tour in support of the new Pere Ubu album. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.ubuprojex.net/hearpen/inwardcity.html For advance copies of Inward City go to http://www.ubuprojex.net/hearpen/inwardcity.html and do the obvious thing. Or better yet buy from Bob! Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100 http://www.ubuprojex.net/ubutique.html Selected items are on sale at Ubutique for North American addresses ONLY. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/calendar.html Pere Ubu will perform "Long Live Pere Ubu!" in Reims (F) on Dec. 16. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net Utica PA - Mankind only has 50 days to act in order to prevent the sun from exploding, according to the Institute Of Applied Pataphysics, a preeminent think tank attached to Utica Imperial College. According to Dr. Foss Tirol, director of the Institute and winner of 3 Nobel Prizes in Applied Pataphysics, the modern use of mercury amalgams in the manufacture of mirrors has resulted in the transformation of the earth from a reflectose-negative into a reflectose-positive celestial body which has, in turn, de-stabilized the sun's peridentive iono-sphere. Unless immediate and urgent action is taken now it will soon be too late to reverse the damage, resulting in the sun going super-nova within 10 years. "Only 'Pere' Ubu, the father of Pataphysical Science, has known and warned of this day," Dr. Tirol says. "He requires phynance to save us all - phynance that the governments and universities have been too blind to provide." Dr Tirol urges every citizen of the planet to send $500 immediately to: Pere Ubu, c/o The Royal Palace, Warsaw, Poland. Those in richer countries will, of course, be expected to send more to compensate for those living in poverty. Pere Ubu will not comment himself - the issue is too urgent and documentation would take too long to fabricate, Dr. Tirol says. For more information and access to the relevant Pataphysical Mathematics go to www.ubuprojex.net. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/londontexas.html Chris Cutler's RERMegacorp label released a live Pere Ubu cd of tracks selected from the hearpen.com download audio releases Waltz Across Texas and Waltz By The Sea. The cd is called London Texas (ReR U01). Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200 http://www.homeandgardenmusic.com Scott Krauss and Tony Maimone bring their Home And Garden band to New York City on October 24 at The Charleston (174 Bedford Av, Brooklyn, New York 11211) as part of the Exit Stencil CMJ Showcase. Showtime is 8pm. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://tiny.cc/Kfe94 Sam Adams interviews David Thomas about "Long Live Pere Ubu in the LA Times. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0200 http://blog.timesunion.com/jericsmith/long-live-pere-ubu/858/ The political spectrum is a horseshoe, where extreme left-wing behavior and extreme right-wing behavior manifest in essentially the same ways, indistinguishable from each other to the victims suffering under them. Perhaps art and culture are similar: the most extremely high-brow art and the most extremely low-brow art may well be indistinguishable from each other. I suspect that Pere Ubu's members intuit that, and have thereby found the sweet spot where those distinctions become meaningless. It's a jaw-dropping spot to sit, watch and listen... There's a look, a sound, and a feel to Pere Ubu's works that's impossible to match, and I'm glad that with all the new elements they've added to their already impressive palette, that they didn't drop or alter those core concepts and conceits. "Long Live Pere Ubu!" is one of the most audacious pieces of new music that I've heard in ages. Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0200 http://www.roomthirteen.com/cd_reviews/10255/Pere_Ubu__Long_Live_Pere_Ubu.html "Long Live..." is an intellectual piece, musically and due to its subject matter. But it's also bizarre and freakish, classically grotesque and downright silly at times. Like a Roald Dahl book come to life: full of monsters and hideously unpleasant characters. All set off to a dynamic, winding soundtrack which veers off on its own and back seemingly of its own accord. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0200 http://www.hearpen.com/hr149.html "Long Live Pere Ubu!", the new album from Pere Ubu, is on sale as a download at hearpen.com. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:00:00 +0200 http://www.musicomh.com/albums/pere-ubu_0909.htm Make no mistake, this is an album that requires an awful lot of investment of time and understanding from the listener to fully appreciate the scale of what has been achieved. But it is more than worth it. Long Live Pere Ubu is a challenging, difficult and incredibly rewarding listen. Uncomfortable at times, but always controlled, intelligent and due to the subject matter, often outrightly childish. It represents a considerable achievement both musically and intellectually. Pere Ubu deserve widespread recognition for a wonderful piece of work that needs to be heard by as many people as possible. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:00:00 +0200 http://beardedmagazine.co.uk/wp/?p=1234 Lurching and angular, as well as being creepily fascinating, this latest studio album... is refreshingly ambitious. There's a slow-building feel which matches the arduous methods used by Thomas and co, as crashing rhythms and jerky guitars alternate on the album opener, while time changes are negotiated like an F1 driver taking a hairpin bend at breakneck speed. One of the most interesting aspects of the record is the twisted narrative which is woven throughout... The addition of Sarah Jane Morris' vocal - particularly on centre-piece "Bring Me The Head" - brings an extra dimension to the storytelling dynamic of this hugely intriguing record... With such a dazzlingly inventive and idiosyncratic streak - witness the recurring sombrero image - you begin to wish more bands dabbled in such creative flourishes. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/diyz.html Cooking Vinyl will re-issue the box set October 5. They have license rights in territories outside North America. The booklet and packaging have been redesigned by John Thompson. It is now a 4-cd set, including all songs from the studio albums from The Modern Dance to Song Of The Bailing Man. The original 2-track, quarter-inch analog mix tapes of all the albums were re-transferred to digital at 192khz / 24 bit resolution and re-mastered, after, of course, having been baked in the Suma oven to dry them out. Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/culturecrammer/28fa8e9e37331fae997471298cc41273 Along with the signature electronic dissonance and stabbing, post-punk guitar, there's a touch of the gallows theatricality of The Birthday Party and the dust bowl holler of Tom Waits at his scratchiest. Most of all though, "Ubu!" resounds with the influence of Captain Beefheart circa Doc at the Radar Station or Ice Cream for Crow. As a bold experiment in fusing spoken word with post-rock, post-punk and ambient electronica, "Long Live Pere Ubu!" is an unqualified success... it's trippy, twisted genius. http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/culturecrammer/28fa8e9e37331fae997471298cc41273 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKhqjTnhsno The Quay Brothers animation for "Song Of The Grocery Police" from Pere Ubu's new album, "Long Live Pere Ubu!", is up on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKhqjTnhsno Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/llpu.html Ric Rawlins, Artrocker, October 2009, says of LLPU, "The closest thing I could compare it to is the soundtrack to The Nightmare Before Christmas, with lyrics by William Burroughs... yet another case of Pere Ubu charting a map of their own unique design." http://www.ubuprojex.net Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/llpu.html Mick Houghton, Uncut October 2009 says, "Jarry explored the notion of a "horrible beauty" - conveyed amply here by dark humour and discordant music, reminiscent of Beefheart or Zappa's early sound collage, Lumpy Gravy. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0200 http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6750 Mark Rowland, pennyblackmusic, says of LLPU, "Menacing and visceral combination of punk energy and drama, comedy and art... The music mixes glitchy ambient electronics, spidery post rock guitar, dissonant jazzy passages, semi-Birthday Party tongue in cheek horror, contemporary opera, and at one point, a chorus of belches. There is a sense of camp drama about many of the tracks that brings to mind some of the more ambitious 70's prog albums. But this album is brimming with gritty power, a punk menace..." http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Review.aspx?id=6750 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubudance.com "I cannot, I dare not listen too often to this album. I fear that it will make me crazy. It is incredible. I cannot accept it. It is stunning, quite simply a masterpiece. The sound is a pure wonder. It envelops you. It gets in your head and won't let go. Press STOP! A musical earthquake. I cry about it. I shiver about it. Long Live Pere Ubu!" http://www.ubudance.com Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/llpu.html The new Pere Ubu album is available for pre-release ordering in North America. http://ubuprojex.net/llpu.html Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0200 http://www.ubuprojex.net/faqs/llpufaq.html Now that the interviews have begun, it's time for the "Long Live Pere Ubu!" Frequently Asked Questions page to be added to the wilderness that is the Ubu Projex web site. http://ubuprojex.net/faqs/llpufaq.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +0200