Things we did last year: TWEE and SNAPS compilations

In 2009 we had a year off for various "life pursuits"...

And yet we still managed to release songs on a couple of compilations:

SNAPS vol 2 - The Primitive Compilation was released in November 2009 by Snaps Music Italy.

Miss Pain's 'Kiss Cuddle Torture' opens proceedings and there are 14 more nuggets of filthy-dirty NOW! garage from all over the place.

You can preview the whole album on myspace, and you can buy it from most online music download stores including emusic, itunes, amazon, etc.

Twee By The Sea vol. 2 was released in December 2009 by Jimmy from The Bobby McGees in association with Twee As Fuck

It features 8 Brighton bands: each one recorded live, round one mic, doing accoustic versions of their lovely songs. Miss Pain recorded a battery-powered version of 'Shelf-Location ROM' on giant Stylophone 350s, battery-amped guitar, casio VL-TONE beats and noise box.

It was available FREE from Twee As Fuck... and also from Brighton Record shops and in Limited Numbers in ROUGH TRADE & PURE GROOVE in London. It is probably sold out, but maybe if you ask Jimmy he will have a copy for you to buy.

taxi driver

We had a strange taxi ride on the way to L'Amour Electronique last month.

Our driver picked us up and was very excited to see we had proper vinyl records. He told us all about his Dansette and how he gets out his old gramaphone to play Bing Crosby every Christmas.

Somewhere near Seven Dials he asked if we would be doing any singing tonight. The conversation followed something like this:
Us: "No, but we do sing."
Taxi driver: "Are you in a band then?"
Us: "Yes, we're all in a band together"
Taxi driver: "You're not in the Miss Pain band, are you?"
Us: "Er, yes... we are."
Taxi driver: "I thought I recognised you. I gave you a lift once, you gave me one of your demonstration discs."
Us: "Blimey, you've got a good memory. Have you still got the record?"
Taxi driver: "Yes I have. Very pleasant it was too."
Us: "We're not sure if we've ever been described as pleasant before, but glad you liked it."

Maybe we'll be the subject of one of those "I had that Miss Pain in my taxi once, you know" stories.
Hello Warren, if you're reading.

Press-Stud Vendetta [revisited] - new recording to break the silence...

greetings Pain-fans, it's been a while (a year this Sunday, in fact).

I have come to break the silence with this news:

Go to our myspace and look at the myspace music player. There is a NEW song on there, well a NEW recording of an existing song, a NEW mix by our NEW producer.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you a hefty slab of brutalist, wall-of-synths pop:

PRESS-STUD VENDETTA [revisited]

(mixed by Woodie Taylor at Milou Studios)

enjoy it, and we will be back soon.

Dom Pain x

a quick Hand Shandy and some Organ action

Those naughty types at Hand Shandy zine have given us some rabid and unwholesome praise in the Spring issue of their dirty little pamphlet. Here's what they said about that single what we released last year...
[click the pic to make it BIG >]

Also, we're pleased to announce an end to the Miss Pain airwave drought*: Kiss Cuddle Torture was played on the Organ show on Resonance 104.4FM back in May. Looking at the playlist we were in the illustrious company of Genesis and Todd Rundgren, as well as The Low Anthem, and the endearingly named Gay Beast.

they said this:

"They’re a rather pointy electro garage punk band from Brighton, two girls, one boy, and all kinds of synthy fetishy things - fair games written on backs and lo-fi Flying Lizards and bedroom Devo and home-made Roxy and scratchy pop, a kiss in the face, torture is good..."

It's worth mentioning that there are still a few copies of Shelf-Location ROM/Kiss Cuddle Torture seven-inch in the Brighton record shops (Rounder, Resident, Borderline), in case you hadn't got one yet. Or you can buy it direct from us via our palatial online boutique, which also has links to buy mp3 versions and remixes.

*there may not have been a drought, I just stopped looking in a bid to improve my general well-being.

keep it pain-ful
xxx

better late than never

Blimey, looks like The Source finally found the single we sent them for review (released November 2008). They say nice things too!

SINGLE: MISS PAIN Shelf-Location ROM
We always knew that Miss Pain had it in them but Shelf-Location ROM’s pop is more polished than the band’s past. The arch-cleverness has taken a backseat to great melodies, a sing along chorus and tight riffing. Anyone looking for electronic craziness are well served by the 8-bit computer style bleepery of MC Fashion’s Kiss Cuddle Torture, the original of which is also chaotic fun. (JK)

Trommelmann: The Resurrection

Back in the "early days" we took perverse pleasure in opening our sets with what, in hindsight, could only be regarded as an obtuse, bloody-minded, but totally artistic statement of intent. It went by the name of Trommelmann. It was 4 minutes 36 seconds of martial drums and Psycho strings, with a flash-gun popping in the audience's eyes, all underpinned by the dog-bothering whine of a detuned radio.

At least that's what the audience heard.

There was a foreboding deep-bass melody picked out by Sarah on the Jen SX1000, but unfortunately every sound engineer who ever had the (mis)fortune to encounter Herr Trommelmann failed to bring this vital melody to the forefront. The result: the unsuspecting punters had their ears bashed by a relentless 4 and a half-minutes of belligerent clattering drums and not much else. There would be a smattering of polite applause at the end, and a thinned-out crowd as the dry ice lifted.

It took us quite some time to realise that this wasn't the best way to win a crowd - we heroically debuted it at our second gig at the Lounge Bar, Worthing on 03 May 2002, and its last recorded airing was at The Freebutt, Brighton on 23 October 2003. And the Trommelmann only lived on when we took to naming our rhythm section, of drums&bass in a metal box, after it.

Until now... There has been talk of late in the Miss Pain camp of resurrecting Trommelmann and knocking it into shape. So I powered up the old 8-track and took Herr Trommelmann to task. It emerged re-arranged, still brutal, and a little rough around the edges.

We will hopefully be putting Trommelmann on tape in our next recording sessions, but for now, here's a relic from those "early days":

Trommelmann (live! at The Red Room, Brighton, 14 Feb 03)

MARCH WIDE!

Look Mum! We're in Plan B!

The keen-eyed Plan B readers among you will have noticed, in the current issue (Feb 09), a (short) live review of a gig we did with The Chap last June!

Better late than never we say.
Apologies for the bad scan.
Thanks to kicking_k for his kind words...

Lux Interior R.I.P.

He's gone to join The King in the goth-a-billy graveyard in the sky...

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7871971.stm

LUX INTERIOR WE SALUTE YOU

New Single out today!!!!!

Good Monday morning,

Today sees the official release of our latest record ‘Shelf-Location ROM / Kiss Cuddle Torture’ **CROWD CHEERS** which means (if you haven’t already ordered a copy from us) you can pop down the shops and get yrself a nice shiny vinyl seven-inch clad in a dashing collaged cover.

LISTEN TO ALL 8 SONGS RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW





You can buy it in the following record emporiums.
In Brighton: Ape, Borderline, Edgeworld, Resident, Rounder
In London: Rough Trade


Alternatively, if you are agoraphobic/at work/too lazy you can purchase it online from the comfort of your desk.

Buy online from:
Miss Pain’s online shopping boutique
Rough Trade
Norman Records


Or, if you are not a vinyl junkie/don’t have a turntable/are hip with the times you can buy a special download version with 6 exclusive remixes from the likes of

Tony Tronic (UK) – slick dance-floor friendly synth-disco
MC Fashion (UK) – a hyperactive 8-bit gabba meltdown
Kemper Norton (UK) – kraut-rock musique concrete
Katsen (UK) – pure and perfect 8-bit electro-pop
r@zorbla.de (Germany) – darkwave trancefloor goth-Soft-Cell disco
Hawnay Troof (USA) – camped-up hi-NRG Euro disco

Buy from iTunes here:

 


{{{{{Pssssssst! There’s a FREE bonus mp3 of a battery-powered version of Shelf-Location ROM at www.lamourelectronique.blogspot.com}}}}}


Thank you everyone who came to the single launch on Saturday. We had a ball, and we think you did too!



DON’T FORGET
We are now on evil facebook.
Come and be our friends and make us feel welcome
Miss Pain
L’Amour Electronique


Keep it Pain-ful
Love
Thee Miss Pain three
xxx

single + remixes on iTunes NOW!

Yep, that's right you can now purchase our new single with 6 exclusive remixes on iTunes (that's a whole week earlier than the official release date!)

Click the button below to take you one-step closer...


Or if you prefer you can order the 2 track ultra-limited seven-inch single from our online shop

All 8 songs can be previewed in full right over here

Single launch party THIS SATURDAY

This Saturday we will have a big party to celebrate the launch of our new single – you should come, you are all invited.

SATURDAY 15th NOVEMBER
Electrocious presents
M I S S P A I N LIVE!
support from Tim Ten Yen + The Good Natured

AT
The Hope, Queen’s Road, Brighton
(just down the hill from the station for all you out-of-towners – just step off the train and head for the sea)

DOORS: 8pm – 2am
(bands between 8 and 11, synth disco ‘til late)

ENTRY is £6 or £5 with a flyer

This is our first show in 6 months (yes it really is that long!), and it will be the only time we play for the rest of the year.
So. You. Should. Most. Definitely. Come.
We promise art-core electronic pop, trashy synth-garage mayhem, librarian chic and lipstick kisses for each and every one of you!

und here is a flyer which you can print in blackandwhite and bring along to warrant entry for a mere £5

Preview our NEW SINGLE + REMIXES

We have a new single ready for release on Monday 17th November

Shelf-Location ROM / Kiss Cuddle Torture will be available on limited seven-inch and to download along with 6 remixes, on Nylon! Friction!

>> YOU CAN PREVIEW ALL 8 SONGS HERE! NOW! <

WHITE NOISE FESTIVAL - ! Cancelled !

Rubbi​sh news today​.​

The White​ Noise​ Elect​ronic​ Music​ Festi​val has had to be cance​lled :(

here'​s the offic​ial line:​
"​Unfor​tunat​ely due to the prese​nt econo​mic clima​te,​ poor pre-​sales​ and an inabi​lity to reach​ a break​-​even figur​e calcu​lated​ by Hendr​a Holid​ay Park and due for payme​nt tomor​row Octob​er 1st, we have had to take the regre​ttabl​e decis​ion to cance​l the WNF Festi​val for this year.​

Pleas​e belie​ve us when I say that both parti​es (​WLM)​ and PH promo​tions​ have worke​d very hard to make this event​ happe​n and altho​ugh we had the monie​s in place​ to stage​ the show itsel​f we did not have the resou​rces avail​able to under​write​ the monie​s requi​red by Hendr​a by the Octob​er 1st deadl​ine.​

We are in short​,​ very upset​,​ very tired​ and also I think​ safe to say very angry​ that we have not been able to secur​e the show this year.​

All monie​s paid by ticke​t holde​rs will be retur​ned to them in full.​

Again​,​ we are very sorry​ for this cance​llati​on and many thank​s for your conti​nued suppo​rt of the label​.​"

Marc Hunte​r/​ label​ manag​er.​

If you need a ticke​t refun​d,​ we sugge​st you conta​ct them asap via
whitelabel-music.co.uk
or myspace.com/whitenoisefest

L'Amour Electronique is FIVE this Saturday

L’Amour Electronique is FIVE this month! Come and celebrate with us this weekend…

SATURDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
L’Amour Electronique
The Penthouse, above The Freebutt, Phoenix Place, Brighton
8pm until 1am
FREE ENTRY all night (and cheap-o drinks too)

We will be playing our finest selection of French bubblegum pop, synthesized ditties and electronic goodness, including some new gems picked up in Paris this week. And we will have a special guest DJ and Polnareff fanatic to join us in our quest.

As well as celebrating, you can also commiserate with us as this will be our very last soirée at The Penthouse – Booooooooooo!
It’s okay though, cos we have already secured ourselves a brand new home with a belle vue (and much nicer toilets) where we will be every 4th Saturday from November – Woooooooooo!

So come and help us go out with a great big SHE-BAM! POW! PLOP! WHIZZZZZZZZ!

visit our L'Amour Electronique blog for good things.

WHITE NOISE FESTIVAL - Line-Up and Day tickets now on sale

Lates​t news from White​ Noise​ Elect​ronic​ Music​ Festi​val:​

more Info about​ the festi​val and ticke​ts

DAY PASSE​S NOW ON SALE!​
WE ARE PLEAS​ED TO ANNOU​NCE THAT WE ARE AT LAST OFFER​ING ONE DAY PASSE​S FOR THE FESTI​VAL.​ 200 PASSE​S WILL BE AVAIL​ABLE FOR EACH DAY OF THE FESTI​VAL, ON SALE FROM TODAY​ VIA THE ONLIN​E SHOP ONLY.​

DAY TICKE​TS WILL COST £20 EACH AND WILL ALLOW​ THE PURCH​ASER TO SEE ALL THE BANDS​ ON THE PARTI​CULAR​ DAY CHOSE​N BUT DOES NOT INCLU​DE ACCOM​ODATI​ON.​ TO PURCH​ASE JUST CLICK​ ON THE BUTTO​N FOR THE RELEV​ANT DAY IN THE SHOP.​ ON PURCH​ASING​ A TICKE​T A BOOKI​NG REFER​ENCE WILL BE EMAIL​ED TO YOU SHORT​LY AFTER​WARDS​.​

WHEN YOU QUOTE​ THE REFER​ENCE AT THE FESTI​VAL GATE WITH YOUR I.D WE WILL PRESE​NT YOU WITH YOUR DAY PASS WRIST​BAND.​

PLEAS​E NOTE NO TICKE​TS WILL BE SOLD ON THE GATE AT THE ACTUA​L FESTI​VAL,​ DAY PASSE​S WILL BE WITHD​RAWN FROM SALE ON 01-​10-​2008


The full line-up has now been confirmed - Looks pretty sweet.

-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​FRIDA​Y-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​

4:00 - 5:00 Ribsi​de DJ
5:00 - 5:40 The Woodc​raft Folk
6.10 - 6.50 Chris​tof Dienz​
7.20 - 8.00 HK119​
8.30 - 9.10 Contr​a Mundu​m
9.40 - 10.20 3EEM
10.​50 - 11.30 The ASBO Kid
12.​00 - 12.40 I Monst​er
1.00 - 2.00 Damo Suzuk​i

-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​SATUR​DAY-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​

11.​00 - 11.40 Kaito​n
12.​00 - 12.40 Beat Frequ​ency
1.00 - 1.40 Heale​yIsla​nd
2.00 - 2.40 The Mirli​trons​
3.00 - 3.40 The Pony Harve​st DJ
4:00 - 5:00 Dave Ball DJ
5.00 - 5.40 Miss Pain
6.10 - 6.50 Pygmy​ Globe​trott​ers
7.20 - 8.00 Kumo
8.30 - 9.10 Space​ Junk Rocke​rs
9.40 - 10.20 Dub Chief​tain
10.​50 - 11.30 Hiem
12.​00 - 12.40 The Nitew​recke​rs
1.00 - 2.00 Jarvi​s Cocke​r & Jason​ Buckl​e DJ


-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​SUNDA​Y-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​-​

11.​00 - 11.40 Sunse​t Peopl​e
12.​00 - 12.40 Large​ Numbe​r
1.00 - 1.40 Jash Band
2.00 - 2.40 The Pony Harve​st (​Band)​
3.00 - 3.40 Aster​oid (​Nikol​ai Krini​tski)​
4:00 - 5:00 Toffe​etron​ic
5.00 - 5.40 Man From Uranu​s
6.10 - 6.50 Camp Actor​
7.20 - 8.00 Wire Mothe​r
8.30 - 9.10 S.​C.​U.​M.​
9.40 - 10.20 Vars of Litch​i
10.​50 - 11.30 Agask​odo Teliv​erek
12.​00 - 12.40 Dadan​oys
1.00 - 2.00 Barry​ 7

>>>L'Amour Electronique + New Live Videos + a bit of Hype

Greetings Pain-fans new and old,
Yes we know we're on 'down-time' at the moment, but we have a couple
of newsworthy things to tell you about, just make sure you're sitting
comfortably and we'll tell all.

First up a reminder about our little night we do every month, we're
still finding new gems to play, and we now have a proper blog where
you can download mixes and mp3s and watch videos and stuff.  There's
setlists too – so you can see what we play.

SATURDAY 26 JULY
L'AMOUR ELECTRONIQUE
Miss Pain DJs play Synth Pop, French Pop and Electro Pop
The Penthouse, above The Freebutt, 1 Phoenix Place, Brighton, BN2 2ND
8pm - 1am
entry: FREE

Yes, you read correct FREE entry, and there's cheap-ish drinks in case
that credit-crunch monster has been tucking in on yr hard-earned
spends.


































In other news we have some hotttttttt new footage of MISS PAIN LIVE
ACTION out there in web-land – it was filmed at The Albert, Brighton
in April this year and we all have some nasty looking rash-thing going
on.
(Ubiquitously) YouTube them
Or
(have a change and) LastFM them


And here is some hype that has been lurking round in dark corners of
the interweb waiting to be noticed:
ARTROCKER LONDON WORDS AND PICTURES
ARTROCKER BRIGHTON WORDS AND PICTURES
ARTROCKER BRIGHTON PICTURES

Most exciting of all:  Ann Shenton (out of Add N to (X) and Large
Number) has asked us to play at her WHITE NOISE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
see previous post for details...

Right back to the sabbatical now…
Adios
El Pain-o
xxx

THE WHITE NOISE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL - “No Mud. No Rain. Just Anoraks.”

The other week Ann Shenton (she of Add N to (X) and Large Number) phoned us to ask us to play at her electronic music festival. We agreed of course!

THE WHITE NOISE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
7th, 8th, 9th November 2008 at Hendra Holiday Park, Newquay, Cornwall
“No Mud. No Rain. Just Anoraks.”

Looks like we will be kicking off proceedings on the Saturday evening, and we will be playing in the illustrious company of *deep breath*
Damo Suzuki - The Asbo Kid - Barry 7 (DJ set) - I Monster (Dj set) - DJ White Noise - Kumo - Hiem - HK119 - Agaskodo Teliverek - Contra Mundum - The Pony Harvest - S.C.U.M - Large Number - Beat Frequency - Wire Mother - Man from Uranus - Vars Of Litchi - Dub Chieftain - Christof Dienz - HealeyIsland - Sunset People - Pygmy Globetrotters - Jash - Space Junk Rockers - The Mirlitrons - Dadanoys - Nitewreckers featuring Dave Ball (Soft Cell) - Jarvis Cocker & Jason Buckle (DJ set) - 3eem - Toffeetronic - Ribside - Woodcraft Folk - Electrosexual - Kaiton - Camp Actor - Sean McClusky - Nikolai Krinitski – and many more

festival and ticket info: www.whitelabel-music.co.uk/WhiteNoise.php
book tickets here: www.whitelabel-music.co.uk/musicshop/
see also: myspace.com/whitenoiseelectronicmusicfestival
myspace.com/whitenoisefest

L'Amour Electronique is this Saturday

Greetings Pain-fans, 

we're sufficiently recovered from our Germany jaunt to do a spot of DJing this weekend:

join us for 

L'AMOUR ELECTRONIQUE

Miss Pain DJs play Synth Pop, French Pop & Electro Pop

The Penthouse, above The Freebutt, Phoenix Place, Brighton

8pm - 1am

entry FREE plus cheap-ish drinks

Today we spent about 4 hours listening to 19 remixes of the tracks on our next single - our brains are a bit frazzled, but we now have a shortlist of 9 to fight over.

Shortly after we'd finished, Sarah received a phone call from Ann Shenton (she of Add N to (X) and Large Number) asking us to play at her White Noise festival in Newquay this November. All very exciting. We'll keep you posted on that...

this is Dom Pain signing out.

>>Miss Pain in DEUTSCHLAND – 23-30 MAY

Greetings Pain-fans,
We have just spent 13 hours shut in a rehearsal room/cupboard honing the sound of Pain and making our fingers and ears bleed. Every now and then when the oxygen ran out, we would open the door and gulp down a few precious breaths of fresh air. But for the most part, we saw no daylight. We emerged tired and sore, but ready to head for Germany…

Our journey begins with a horribly early ferry from Dover to Dunkerque – here's an an artist’s impression

Then the fun begins…

For full details of all shows go to dates.misspain.co.uk or myspace.com/vivamisspain

We hope to see all the new fans we picked up last year, and many more. So make sure you come and say hello, and teach us some new phrases.

---MORE EXCITING NEWS---
We have a new single almost ready to release:
Shelf-Location ROM / Kiss Cuddle Torture (ltd 7” and download) on Nylon! Friction! We’ve not got a proper release date yet, but we will have some advance copies on sale at all Germany dates.

We will also be playing our final UK show of the summer, before we break until October (for important real life things)
THU 12 JUN – BRIGHTON, UK
The Chap + Miss Pain
Artrocker Club @ The Water Margin
9-12 Middle Street, BN1 1AL
8pm | £5 or £3 members
Email your name to artrockerbrighton[at]googlemail.com for free membership and cheap entry.


---ONE LAST THING---
There will be no L’Amour Electronique this month, because we will obviously be away in Germany. If we have time we will post a few treats before we go on our blog.

See you auf achse
The Miss Pain three
xxx

Brighton gig this >>>Brighton gig this FRIDAY + French disko next week + Remixers WANTED!

Incoming Pain-news…

You may or may not be aware that the Miss Pain three will be performing LIVE this weekend. Up until a week ago, we thought the show was on Saturday. Now we’ve just been told it’s on FRIDAY. Wtf?

FRI 18 APR - BRIGHTON
Miss Pain + The Fuck You Planet Earth
The Albert, 48 Trafalgar St, BN1 4ED
8pm | £5

So you should come along and show that you are well and truly in the loop.

Even more reason to show yr face and lend us yr ears is that we will be trying out some new songs. Plus, the fact that we won’t be playing in Brighton again for a wee while. Also, we promise we will play our best and pull out all the stops and make it a nite to remember…

Do make sure you get there early to witness our good friends The Fuck You Planet Earth – they will shred yr ears good&proper with their shuddering white-noise sonic trickery. And they don’t play nearly enough, so catch them on this rare occasion.


OTHER NEWS
SAT 26 APR – BRIGHTON
L’Amour Electronique
We play records of synth pop and French pop and electronics
The Penthouse, above The Freebutt, Phoenix Place
8pm-1am | FREE ENTRY

We have a brand new blog, and we have just posted up a mix/podcast from last month’s soiree, so have a listen and see what you are missing.
Go here: lamourelectronique.blogspot.com

MORE NEWS
We have a new single on the way in July. We are currently commissioning re-mixes for the download version – if you fancy having a bash, give us a shout.

We are still booking dates for tour in Germany – MAY 22nd-JUNE 1st.
(see column on the right for our schedule)
If you can put us on in Germany or any neighbouring countries, send us a mail: bookings@misspain.co.uk

See you Friday
Love + Pain
Dom, Verity and Sarah
xxx