Malada Fronta live
with Mimetic
Sunday June 1st, 2003
Presented by TIK Distro with
Dj's Squid & Razorgrrl

My God! What an awesome night this was. Mimetic warmed up the crowds with am amazing rhythmic noise, tech, trance set. Totally hypnotic you just couldn't help swaying to it. Half way through his set I started to wonder how the lead band was going to better it. The sound was so clear, full and overwhelming. By 11.40 Savage was two thirds full and the crowd was all waiting for one thing, Malada fronta. How was it going to be live ?. The answer (for those that missed it) Unstoppable. A blistering set of immense power erupted from the stage, driving the crowds into an already packed dancefloor. People began to sway, dance, freak out to his sound. The moment came and xp33 (the now well known club hit) began to slide out of the thumping bass bins. The crowd lost it. I have never experienced a night like this before. It is the first time I have understood the full potential of rhythmic noise. Just like the crowds Sunday I now find I can't get enough. Toronto's best and brightest turned out and the room was filled with the names and faces that make up the Toronto industrial scene. The list read like a turn out of who's who (just take a look at the pictures). Between the bands, the crowd, the space and the sound it has to be one of the most amazing nights Savage has experienced yet. But its not stopping here. there's much more to come.

Thursday June 12th, 2003
Skeeter & Iszoloscope play at Savage as part of th continuing saturation bombing series by TIK. If you thought this show was outstanding come and see how our own local talent is expanding and bettering the industrial scene.

Dj Pale

Tickets $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Available every Friday at the IKD cd table, savage garden.

Malada Fronta Originating from France, Rémy Pelleschi as Mlada Fronta brings a variety of sounds to industrial electronics. Described as ranging from a haunting complex atmospheric sometime genuinely eerie creation to original techno-ish power noise with hard hitting unusual drum beats, Mlada creates beats and ambience that are irresistible to dance to and beautiful to hear. Every listen of a Mlada album offers new gems and subtle sounds that you didn’t hear the last time!

Mlada have achieved success from the start with the undeniable club hit (anthem even) XB-33, which can be heard at almost every club night. In 2002, Mlada Fronta branched out and started their own label Parametric, and have since released their latest Mlada album, a Mimetic album and a brilliant 3-CD compilation entitled “qfg”.

Their most recent release, Oxydes, is a gorgeous (superbly designed) double digipack following up their other double digipack release, Fe2 O3. Both albums have received high acclaim, with reviews of “brilliantly composed”, “superb albums of powerful and complex technoid noises with a top-notch production “, and “one of the most respectable act of the genre”. Mlada Fronta always explores new territories, and promises to be a show not to miss!

Mimetic, Also hailing from France, Jérôme Soudan heads up Mimetic, a project that changes its name slightly on each release, using Mimetic related pseudonyms -- Mimetic Mute, Mimetic Field, Mimetic Data and Mimetic Be-At.

Mimetic started his career with albums of a very experimental/electronica nature, leading up to his current release which leaves this sound behind for more flowing techno-ish sounds, some trance and a definitely EBM-influenced sound making rhythmic, dancey, powerful tracks. Mimetic is anything but just another rhythmic noise band, offering a hybrid sound to bridge EBM and more interesting orchestral dark atmospheric and technoid sounds.