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December 2009

Some new and old news - catching up on some new I may have missed

www.babssantini.com has two new Steven Stapleton prints available. Cooloorta Moon and The Tumultuous Upsurge are now available in a limited and signed edition of 30 prints. Cooloorta Moon has been fully restored and printed in its originally intended panoramic format. The Tumultuous Upsurge has also been beautifully restored and is a sister image to The Schmürz, both of which were featured artwork on Nurse with Wound's Homotopy to Marie LP.

www.blrrecords.com has issued Nurse With Wound "Space Music" on CD in two different packages.

The film "Katalin Varga" directed by Peter Strickland incorporates pieces of Nurse With Wound music

The All Tomorrows Parties DVD has been released and may or may not contain some Nurse With Wound footage. Further information available here www.ourtrueintentisallforyourdelight.com

November 2009

Paranoia In Hi Fi hits the shops 30-NOV-2009 - if you can find it!

October 2009

dirter reports:

NURSE WITH WOUND : Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella DPROMDLP71

Regular edition of the long awaited re-issue of the timeless NWW debut release from 1979. Described by "Sounds" at the time as a record that "makes The Faust Tapes sound like Carousel". Nothing has changed to alter this view over the last 30 years, and to say that this work is the "Sgt. Pepper of the avant garde" would not be hyperbole.

2LP set in beautiful gloss laminated sleeve, including printed inners with the legendary "NWW list" as well as sleeve notes by Steven Stapleton. Includes the extra track "Strain, Crack, Break" (never previously available on vinyl) on side three and an etching on side four.


www.andrewliles.com reports on a new release "Paranoia in Hi-Fi"

A release to celebrate 30+ years of NURSE WITH WOUND whilst simultaneously being a homage to browsing, searching, chance finds, spending our last penny, random buys, BIG mistakes, best finds ever and to commemorate and thank all the wonderful wonderlands around the world that were and still are (in some cases) RECORD SHOPS...coming to all GOOD record stores... and hopefully a few bad ones as well is -

NURSE WITH WOUND - PARANOIA IN HI-FI

ONLY AVAILABLE IN RECORD SHOPS.
PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL, BEG OR PLEAD FOR A COPY VIA MAILORDER - WE DO NOT HAVE ANY (and nor do I).

GO AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RECORD STORE BEFORE IT CLOSES... FOREVER.

PARANOIA IN HI-FI WILL COST YOU 99p.

RELEASE DATE : TBC - LIKELY TO BE EARLY NOVEMBER

Paranoia in Hi-Fi collects 30 years of Nurse With Wound recordings in one easy to swallow CD.
This CD confirms what all Nurse With Wound followers have known for many years, and will open the ears for new listeners to the fact that Nurse With Wound have always been an outstandingly innovative and ceaselessly creative force. Never staying still NWW are unpredictable, disconcerting, humorous and always original. With a flagrant disregard and disinterest in musical styles, cliques or fashions the uniquely independent and autonomous NWW have made over 50 albums with no regard and no interest in their critical or commercial reception. Mixing the sublime with the ridiculous Steven Stapleton and NWW uncompromisingly carve their own distinct style that has a musical language and visual landscape entirely of its own. Drawing inspiration from far flung corners including DaDa, Perez Prado, Surrealism, Krautrock and whole cascade of other ideas NWW have created a diverse back catalogue of material from ambient classics (Soliloquy for Lillith) to the disturbed (Homotopy to Marie) and many other easy listening nightmares. NWW is an idyllic and fascinating tropical island way out there on a limb, the visitors who make it to their shores seldom ever want to leave. Paranoia in Hi-Fi covers almost all of NWW's wild and eclectic sinister whimsy and shows that in Steven Stapleton's world everything is possible...possible, possible.

September 2009

Robot Records has re-issued Steven Stapleton and Tony Wakeford's "Revenge Of The Selfish Shellfish". A special edition 2xCD with fully restored original artwork and a bonus disc with previously unreleased mixes by Steven Stapleton and new mixes by Tony Wakeford, Andrew Liles, Irr. App. (ext.) and Brian Conniffe.

August 2009

www.vinyl-on-demand.com reports

VOD66: Nurse With Wound "Flawed Existence" 4Lp-Box / 10" / SoundChip / T-Shirt (add. 2-Track 5" for members)
Almost 5 hours of sheer insanity by the ingenious music-alchemist Steven Stapleton and his project Nurse With Wound which has been active now for 30 years. Box contains early Nurse With Wound-Material produced from 1982-85! Two hours of their official tape-releases Scrag, Nylon Coverin and Mi Mort, more than one hour of compilation-tracks only released on tape-compilations and not available as Vinyl and more than one hour of their first 2 live performances in 1984 plus a 37 minute 10" with unreleased material from 1983 plus a one exclusive NWW Track on a Soundchip/Greetingcard. All in incredible packaging with T-Shirt. Members will furthermore recieve their edition with a 2-Track Bonus 5" Vinyl, all housed in a silkscreened velour cushion.

July 2009

Note from NWW Booking Agent
Please note the NWW show in Athens has been cancelled
But confirmed dates are:

29/08/2009 @ Avantgarde Festival, Schiphorst, Germany

23/09/2009 @ Il Sacro Attraverso L'ordinario c/o MiTo, Torino, Italy, "Soliloquy For Lilith" with Blind Cave Salamander + Larsen & z'ev, TICKETS

www.blrrecords.com reports
Nurse With Wound "Space Music"
The CD will be packaged in a full color book bound gatefold sleeve with the first 500 copies in a hard bound slip case, numbered and signed. The LP will be packaged in a full color book bound gatefold sleeve and pressed on 220 gram vinyl. The first 200 copies will also include a bonus LP picture disc with numbered and signed art insert. (Note: This edition is only available to Records are not for Baking Subscribers). This release will be the most lavishly packaged release since the issue of NWW "Images/Zero Mix" book/cd. Space Music is a return to classic ambient/avant-garde Nurse.

Currently planned for a very late 2009 release will be Vol. One of Shipwreck Radio as a 4xLP vinyl set housed in a custom made wood box with a special edition containing a bonus LP and signed, numbered insert. Vol. Two will appear in 2010 also as a 4xLP vinyl set housed in a custom made wood box and a special ed. with bonus LP and signed, numbered insert.

www.andrewliles.com reports
Andrew Liles and Steven Stapleton are thrilled and somewhat astonished to be invited to play two concerts with the legendary Mali musician Boubacar Traoré. We are immensely looking forward to working with Boubacar on such a remarkable and unlikely collaboration.

More about Boubacar can be found at the following links
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmm63_boubacar-traore-je-chanterai-pour-t_music
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Boubacar+Traore/video/xmmaz_boubacar-traore_music

Andrew Liles - Steven Stapleton and Boubacar Traoré play the following shows in France -

Sat, Oct 31, 2009, 20.00, 14 € / 10 €
Online ticketing www.centrepompidou.fr/billetterie
Festival in famous carousel
Paris Centre Pompidou,
Adress : Place G. Pompidou, 75004, PARIS
Phone: + 33(0) 33 0 1 44 78 12 33

http://www.centrepompidou.fr

Thursday, Nov 5, 2009, 20.00
14 €
Festival Musiques Volantes
L'arsenal
Adress: Avenue Ney, 57 000, METZ

Phone : + 33(0) 3 87 39 92 00
http://www.musiques-volantes.org/



ICR are selling a gatefold edition of "disconnected".

News from dirter:

We are very pleased to announce that we are now taking pre-orders for the first in the United Dirter series of Nurse With Wound vinyl re-issues.

It will be a 2 LP set with the extra track "Strain, Crack, Break" (never previously available on vinyl and appearing for the first time in any format in its intended unedited form) on side three and an etching on side four. There will a special edition and a regular edition of this release.

The special box set will be limited to 500 numbered copies only. Advance subscribers via this website ONLY will have a chance to order one of the first 250 copes, which will come with a signed fine art print.

It will consist of:

The double LP.

A T-Shirt with the legendary "NWW list" in luminous ink on a black shirt. All shirts will be in size "Large". The sets will be shrink-wrapped at factory level, so it is not possible to vary the sizes to order. However, we are offering a chance for anybody to purchase an extra shirt in another specific size, at cost price for the next two weeks. Please email info@dirter.co.uk and (important) state only "nww shirt" as the subject if you are interested.

A die cut pin badge of the front image

A beautiful fine art print of the iconic front sleeve on the highest quality art paper. The prints will be made using the original artwork, kindly entrusted to us by David Tibet from his personal collection. Each print will be signed by Steven Stapleton and numbered. It will be a faithful reproduction of the original art down to the finest detail. This is the closest we will get to owning the original artwork.

The collection will be housed in a superb printed matt laminated box, each individually numbered.

We are aware that many of you have been patiently waiting for this for some while now. The delay has been caused by us receiving prototypes of the intended polypropylene box and not being happy with them. So, we had to change the whole design and we're now delighted to offer a set that we feel is really special.

Please note that the shipping on this is very expensive. The packages will weigh well over 1.5 kilos and no copies will be sent uninsured. The cost price to us is far too high to take any chances. So, the shipping charge to your area will include either shipping via insured courier, or insured mail. Either way, the package will have to be signed for.

The pre-order subscriber's price for the set is £45 + shipping. We expect to ship this week beginning August 3rd. If this moves in any way, the website will be updated.

Orders will be accepted for the regular edition in two weeks time.

June 2009

Jnana Records have reissued Alice the Goon. This version replicates the 2000 reissue with a 4 panel digipak.

May 2009

WARP X ANNOUNCES THE UK PREMIERE OF
ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES DOCUMENTARY
FEATURING BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, PORTISHEAD, SONIC YOUTH, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, GRINDERMAN & MORE AT EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL ON JUNE 24 & A MULTI PLATFORM RELEASE THIS SEPTEMBER THROUGH WARP FILMS

Warp X is pleased to announce the UK premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties at the Edinburgh International Film Festival screening on 24 and 25 June. All Tomorrow's Parties is a kaleidoscopic journey into the parallel musical universe of the cult music festival of the same name.

All Tomorrow's Parties is a DIY concert film featuring performances from an eclectic mix artists including: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Akron/Family, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Battles, Belle and Sebastian, Boards of Canada, Daniel Johnston, David Cross, Dirty Three, Eye (Boredoms), Fuck Buttons, Gossip, Grinderman, Grizzly Bear, GZA, Iggy and the Stooges, Jah Shaka, John Cooper Clarke, Les Savy Fav, Lightning Bolt, Mogwai, Mars Volta, Micah P Hinson, Mr Derry, Nurse with Wound, Octopus Project, Patti Smith, Portishead, Roscoe Mitchell, Saul Williams, Seasick Steve, Shellac, Slint, Sonic Youth, Two Gallants and Yeah Yeah Yeah's.

The film is a semi-found bricolage made from Super8, camcorder and mobile phone footage contributed by over two hundred filmmakers, fans and musicians over the festival's recent history, with key contributions from co-director Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation) and cinematographer Vincent Moon (The Take Away Shows, Arcade Fire).

Future Cinema, in association with Warp Films, ATP and Synergy, will present the premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties as part of a unique live cinema event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 24.  The film will be screened and brought to life in an immersive and 360 degree musical experience, including live performances from very special surprise guests.

For information and for ticket details: www.ourtrueintentisallforyourdelight.com

News from dirter:

Coming very soon.

We are very pleased to announce that we will shortly be taking pre-orders for the first in the United Dirter series of Nurse With Wound vinyl re-issues.

Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella

It will be a 2 LP set with the extra track "Strain, Crack, Break" (never previously available on vinyl) on side three and an etching on side four. There will a special edition and a regular edition of this release.

The special edition will be limited to advance subscribers only.

It will consist of:

The double LP.

A T-Shirt with the legendary "NWW list" in luminous ink on a black shirt.

A beautiful screen print of the iconic front sleeve on the highest quality art paper. The prints will be made using the original artwork, kindly entrusted to us by David Tibet from his personal collection. Each print will be hand numbered and signed by Steven Stapleton and will be a faithful reproduction of the original art down to the finest detail. This is the closest we will get to owning the original artwork.

The collection will be housed in a custom made polypropylene box

April 2009

News from dirter:

The new full length CD from Nurse With Wound 'The Surveillance Lounge'

'The Surveillance Lounge' comes in two versions. Version one being the regular CD digipack with spot varnishing. Version two 'The Memory Surface' being the aforementioned CD in a polyprop box with 2 extra CDs. The content on the two extra discs are in part studio out takes, historical documents, the sequential evolution of an album and a primitive version of 'The Surveillance Lounge'.

'The Memory Surface' will ONLY be available mailorder from - www.dirter.co.uk and www.andrewliles.com

NURSE WITH WOUND playing 'The Surveillance Lounge' were and are Steven Stapleton, Andrew Liles, David Tibet, Nadja Belabidi, Lynn Jackson, Ollie Mathura O'Keeffe, Freek Kinkelaar, Miranda Kinkelaar, Melon Liles and Maude Swift.

RELEASE DATE: May 2009
PRICE: TBC

March 2009

News from Matt Waldron via the nww yahoo newsgroup:
Two new NWW CDs ('Ød Lot' and 'The Fleas of One Thousand Camels' were debuted at the SF show the other night and will be available in the online shops of Matt Waldron, Colin Potter, Andrew Liles in the next few days.
They are not limited editions or show exclusives.

News from dirter:

We are very close to announcing the start of the NWW vinyl re-issue series and pre-orders for the first one will be being taken very soon.

In the meantime, "The Bacteria Magnet" has had its final re-press in the shape of a picture disc, each record being individually "decorated" by Steven and Andrew. Info here:

NURSE WITH WOUND - THE BACTERIA MAGNET - PICTURE DISC
RE-RELEASE OF THE NOW SOLD OUT AND DELETED MINI LP FROM 2008.
THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION (500 COPIES) RE-PRESS OF THE BACTERIA MAGNET AS A PICTURE DISC.
BEFORE PRODUCTION THE PRINTED PARTS THAT FORM THE IMAGE ON THE PICTURE DISC WERE SIGNED AND DRAWN UPON BY ANDREW LILES
AND STEVEN STAPLETON. SOME DISCS ARE SIGNED BY ANDREW AND OTHERS STEVEN, OTHERS HAVE DRAWINGS. IT IS POT LUCK WHICH COPY
YOU RECEIVE. NO TWO ARE THE SAME - EACH DISC IS UNIQUE.
PLEASE NOTE THIS ITEM WILL SHIP 30TH MARCH 2009
PLEASE GO TO THE SHOP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM.

available from dirter and Andrew Liles

Restyled the site

February 2009

From the babssantini myspace page:

Confirmed and coming from Nurse With Wound this year....
The Surveillance Lounge - Nurse With Wound - CD
The Bacteria Magnet - Nurse With Wound - Mini L.P Picture Disc
Huffin' Rag Blues - Nurse With Wound - Double L.P (one side engraved)
Paranoia in Hi-Fi - Nurse With Wound - CD
Also... at the Andrew Liles SHOP there is some very rare NWW discs for sale.

Also keep an eye out for "Faust At Schiphorst" CD - the last track of which presents the finale of Nurse With Wound's festival set and features Jean-Hervé Peron and Steven Stapleton duetting on "Rock 'n' Roll Session".

The site will be subject to a makeover in the coming weeks - content should remain the same...don't get too excited.

January 2009

Jnana Records have added two new Nurse With Wound download albums to their list - along with a number of previously release albums. The new albums are More Automating and Lumb's Sister. It is understood that there maybe be more unreleased tracks in the pipeline in the near future.

December 2008

http://www.babssantini.com
"Four new fine art prints are now available featuring a selection of early favourites from the Babs Santini archive.
They have implemented a new printing method and these latest editions are absolutely beautiful. Great care has been taken in the proofing process and the finished prints are virtually identical to the original artworks. As before, the featured prints are conservation grade.
Framing is highly recommended to maintain image quality and long-term preservation of the printing process.
Select pieces are also available as large format mega-prints. Please visit our store for more details. ts are also available in a larger format limited to 5 copies each."
Prints available are: The Schmürz, Sugar Fish Drink, The Missionary and Psilotripitaka.

Matt Waldron has announced that a Nurse With Wound show has been confirmed at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco for Thursday, March 26th 2009. Tickets are already on sale at http://www.gamhtickets.com. The intention is to arrange a short series of shows up the California coast following the Mexico City performance on March 20th, with Los Angeles and Big Sur presently being investigated. Only the SF date has been confirmed so far.

Some news I missed - Steven Stapleton appeared on WZBC http://wzbc.org doing a guest DJ spot on Friday November 21st.

October 2008

Nurse With Wound have entered into an audio/visual collaboration with Julia Kramer to produce a piece called "The Continuous Accident" The collection contains ten 12 " x 16 " archival photographic works and a full length studio album of recently recorded material specific to THE CONTINUOUS ACCIDENT ( United Dairies U.D.1164 ), unavailable elsewhere, housed in individually crafted handmade gatefold sleeves. All original artwork, signed and numbered by both artists. In addition, each set in this collection will also contain an original 12 x 16 inch painting by Steven Stapleton. Limited to 50 sets. Price 485 EUR (incl worldwide registered post). here

September 2008

The following NWW show is now confirmed:
15-FEB-2009 Kyttaro Athens Greece more info here: http://www.myspace.com/alterground
21,22,23-NOV-2008 Boston US more info here: http://brainwavesfest.org/ - Steven Stapleton will appear as a DJ.

Also NWW contribute two tracks to a recent (JUL-08) release called "Trunculence". It is a compilation of locked-grooves. First edition limited to 333 copies. 7" translucent red vinyl in 10" pro-print metallic silver and black jacket. Inserts are 8x8, two-sided black and white on Gilbert Bond Stock from the 1960s.

August 2008

The following NWW shows are now confirmed:
23/10/2008 @ DEAF, Dublin, Ireland
08/11/2008 @ Industrial Festival, Wroclaw, Poland + Andrew Liles + Blind Cave Salamander
20/03/2009 @ RADAR, Mexico City, Mexico


Nurse WIth Wound play at the opening of the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival http://deafireland.com/ on Thursday 23rd October. Tickets are on sale now.

May 2008

www.dirter.co.uk have had issues with the production of the "Canned" special edition of Huffin' Rag Blues so there will be a delay in there distribution.

More interestingly they also report "the NURSE WITH WOUND vinyl re-issue series on United Dirter. This will kick off (obviously) with the seminal Nurse With Wound LP "Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella", expanded and beautified."

May 2008

www.dirter.co.uk are now accepting pre-orders for the following:

FAUST / NWW - DISCONNECTED SPECIAL DOUBLE VINYL LP

Available for order now after what seems like an eternity. The first 1000 copies of this will be a 2 LP set. This contains the "Disconnected" album on sides 1 & 2, and sides 3 & 4 contain exclusive previously unreleased Faust and NWW material. Side three is pure Faust, from the "Disconnected" session, three tracks totalling over 20 minutes. Side four is pure Nurse With Wound, one long track, clocking in at almost 10 minutes. The double LP will also be pressed in clear yellow vinyl and be housed in a beautiful gloss laminated gatefold sleeves.

NURSE WITH WOUND - THE BACTERIA MAGNET MINI LP, VINYL ONLY

This record is available as a black vinyl edition through the retail shops.
There are also 300 white vinyl copies being pressed. 100 of these will be distributed randomly with the black vinyl copies. The remaining 200 are available exclusively mail-order only. In addition to this, the mail order copies will be personally signed by Steven Stapleton and Andrew Liles.

NURSE WITH WOUND - HUFFIN' RAG BLUES ETC "CANNED" LTD EDITION CD BOX SET. 100 COPIES, MAIL ORDER ONLY.

This screen printed metal box set comprises the following:

Huffin' Rag Blues CD in digipac.

Exclusive CD of 23 minute remix of "The Funktion of the Hairy Egg (Scrambled)", this track appears on the full length CD in a different guise, this extended version is exclusive to this set.

"Huffin' Rag Blues" Handkerchief - your very own huffin' rag.

"Huffin' Rag Blues" badge.

Personally signed Nurse With Wound photograph.

NURSE WITH WOUND - HUFFIN' RAG BLUES CD

Regular edition in beautiful 6 panel gloss laminated digipac

More information on Wet Sounds can be found here: http://www.newtoy.org/wetsounds.html. Tickets for the Nurse With Wound performance go on sale soon.

Some news from Colin Potter

Nurse With Wound will be making an appearance at the Avantgarde festival at Schiphorst. The festival runs from 4-6th July and they play on the 4th. Faust will also be playing. For more information: www.avantgardefestival.de

The swimming pool event has now been moved to the 19th July

The Faust/Nurse With Wound Disconnected album will be out soon on vinyl, via Dirter Promotions, and will come with an additional 12", with new tracks from both bands. www.dirter.co.uk. They now have listed "Huffin' Rag Blues (CD/LP)", "Disconnected" (LP) and "The Bacteria Magnet" (12" MLP). Pre-orders soon.

Also Nurse With Wound will be working on a split album with Italian band Larsen,to be released by Important Records

March 2008

Jnana Records and Dirter have announced they will be both be releasing 'Huffin Rag Blues' around June on CD and 2LP. Jnana for US and Dirter for the rest of the world. Dirter also have a new Nurse With Wound 12" listed 'The Bacteria Magnet'. They say they will be accepting pre orders for the 12" very soon. This will feature 4 tracks of exclusive re-mixes, only available on this record.

February 2008

ICR reports that "'Man With The Woman Face' is now with the manufacturers. In theory it will be available in 2 week's time,but as we all know, theories do not always prove to be true.The release will be available packaged with an a CD of bonus material.The bonus material will also be available separately".
"Colin Potter will be joining 93Current93 Unveiled to mix & manipulate in Moscow (April 12th) & Berlin (April 14th). Steven Stapleton & Andrew Liles will also be joining the band, in versions of early Current 93 albums. Colin Potter will also be playing a NWW based solo set at the Rhiz Club in Vienna on April 15th. This evening, presented by Walter Robotka, of Klanggalerie, is called 'I wanna be a registered Nurse' & is devoted to NWW.
NWW will also be playing at the annual Schiphorst festival,organized by Jean-Herve Peron of Faust. The festival line-up is very interesting & will feature Faust themselves. More details at : www.avantgarde-festival.de"

January 2008

Available now from Jnana Records "Nurse With Wound: Two Shaves and a Shine remix project CD" -

In issue 288 page 8 of The Wire magazine comes the following report "London Field Lido in East London is to play host to a live event this summer featuring Nurse With Wound, Chris Watson and Andrew Liles. Wet Sounds take place on 6 July 2008, and promises to see the audience "float in the pool immersed in sound". It will the first performance in a nationwide tour of swimming pools taking in ten cities."

Nurse With Wound + Blind Cave Salamander play at the Industrial Festival, Wroclaw, Poland 08-NOV-2008

Beta-Lactam Ring Records have announced new reissues/re-packaging and a book:
Images/Zero Mix (Deluxe Ed.)
Deluxe Edition (The book, the album "Zero Mix" plus the bonus album "Requital for Lady Day" packaged in full color heavy book bound cases, numbered and signed insert by S. Stapleton and all presented in an embossed hard-bound box, limited to 400 copies). Available late March 2008.

Images/Zero Mix (Standard Ed.)
STANDARD EDITION (Book plus the album "Zero Mix"). Hardbound book featuring paintings created to celebrate the release of the albums "Angry Eelectric Finger". The book also contains the album "Zero Mix" packaged in a book bound cd case.

The Musty Odour Of Pierced Rectums
Available late Feb-early March 2008 on 220 gram dirty brown vinyl and a book bound LP sleeve.

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