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DREIM on bandcamp

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500

it's a dream come true for those who want to stream reim's dreim: visit bandcamp to listen or purchase kettel's fantastic first album on bandcamp!

poctopus bandcamp

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

poctopus is now free to download on bandcamp - enjoy! more news soon!

10-10-10 - fluid freedom 2010

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

our classic remaster series continues with fluid freedom! get it here.

mere things 2010

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

octopus inc's "mere things & mindless creatures" has been remastered and is now available as a free MP3 download

even includes unheard bonus track MAYA!

<a href="http://octopusinc.bandcamp.com/album/mere-things-mindless-creatures-2010-remaster">maya by octopus inc</a>

Walter :(

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

We have lost Walter Carpenter (a.k.a. wwcarpen a.k.a. aghost). RIP dear friend. Proswell has started collecting an archive of his work. We've decided to make the Proswell && wwcarpen album freely available via this site bandcamp. Below is the player and you can get to the bandcamp site and download everything for free.

<a href="http://proswellwwcarpen.bandcamp.com/album/proswell-wwcarpen">do oops by proswell + wwcarpen</a>

poctopus

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

octopus inc: poctopus is out in the wild and in our store, enjoy!!

new website!

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

you're looking at it. simpler, more direct, more sriracha. music streamer at the left.

new octopus inc album "poctopus" coming very soon!!

symmetrical + kids rap ep's!

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

two new releases suddenly appear!
as free full mp3s.

1. the cgib & octo remix of wwcarpen's do oops
2. the long awaited k5 vs afterschool kids ep

new iron chef webpage

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400

beta testing for the new iron chef of music webpage has begun! get ready for a new era of fighting chefs.

tpolm lazy sunday radio

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0500

we're playing radio with our brothers at tpolm, so stream it live and listen sunday december 3rd!

halloween shows

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

colongib + special ~~guest~~ ghost

spooky show at wood st

saturday, october 28th, 9 pm

wood street galleries
601 wood street
pittsburgh, pennsylvania 15222

spain & baltimore

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0400

a couple things: hope you caught kettel yesterday in spain at the tremendous MONEGROS DESERT FESTIVAL!

also, if you're in baltimore, look out for some wwcarpen bus art!!

a little 'numbers' for this kids

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0500

2 days until we all experience the 100-year-cycle of

01:02:03 04/05/06

PROSWELL & WWCARPEN

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0500

proswell & wwcarpen (KFAT016CD) released!!!

it is awesome. listen here at the site! officially out and about at stores in february, but available from the site now. info sheet here [pdf].

le gun is playing at the international noise conference in miami on feb 18.

happy new year, friends. as lost frog says, Wish you all survive 2006.

octoslink

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

what sound does a color make?
--------------------
octopus inc (live)
slinky (dj)
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friday, december 2nd, 2005
seven pm
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wood street galleries
601 wood street
pittsburgh, pennsylvania 15222

octoshow

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

come to.. the lucky cat
october 21st
245 grand st, williamsburgh
nyc

khonnor & octopus inc, pandatone, with djs praveen and alex english

FREE

os tron = le gun

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400

brother OS TRON has reimagined himself as LE GUN and just posted an EP on brother haruo's LOST FROG mp3 label, check it out here

two shows in baltimore

Sat, 14 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

once:twice:sound monday may 16th
519 n. charles st - $5 suggested donation - 8pm
* aghost , oneirogen , rami, khonnor as rodomontade, dj chase the devil, octopus inc

+

true vine thursday may 19th
1123 west 36th st - $5 suggested donation - 9pm
* aghost , rami , khonnor , oneirogen, dj chase the devil

KRACFIVE DAY

Thu, 05 May 2005 00:00:00 -0400

greetings happy kracfive day all (5/5/5) !

today, to celebrate this momentous event, all music for sale here will cost you a shining Five dollars only!! $5

for a limited time, so use this time wisely. also, we found a little stock of the sold out albums so we'll put those up soon.

new iron chef up! battle 26 and more. hear us reconstruct the sounds of an ant walking on a contact mic into something else.

proswell/wwcarpen(aghost?) cd coming in a few short weeks

-lovefive

few shows in march

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0500

tuesday march 8 - Octopus Inc, Large Number (from Add N to X) and Fashion Flesh at Garfield Artworks ( at ) 4931 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 8pm

march 21 - Colongib, Team Shadetek at Lucky Cat ( at ) 245 Grand St NYC (Williamsburg) 8pm

march 25 - Octopus Inc, wwcarpen, Girl Talk, Ipagos, Cutups ( at ) The Rex Theatre, 1602 E Carson St, Pittsburgh PA

2 shows during next month

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

octopus inc live show
--> at kiva han ( at ) 5th ave & craig st
jan 28, 8pm $free
pittsburgh, pa

and...

colongib, octopus inc, wwcarpen,
slinky (dj'ing kraftwerk)
--> at wood street gallery
friday, february 4th
seven pm, four dollars
601 wood street
pittsburgh, pennsylvania

shows!

Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500

-$3 "Loose Change" Closing show at Future Tenant on Dec 2nd-
Octopus Inc, SLINKY. 9pm.
More information

-Free Knitting Factory (NYC) show on Dec 9-
Colongib, Kotchy , that's all. 11pm.
Here's information.

octopus inc at opening

Fri, 05 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500

i'm performing at modern formations tonight at Noel Hefele's art opening!! come down for "Halftone Snake Release" and some improv with a guitarist who "knows what's up". bring snacks.

octogib anagram

Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

we'd like to thank chris clark who, like proswell on his 'carrot dossier' album, snuck a little k5 reference in his tracklist. gob coitous, no.13 on clark's 'empty the bones of you', is clearly an anagram of 'u so octogib'. we appreciate this little shoutout to last years octopus & colongib cd & 12".

thanks chris!

colongib show

Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0400

~colongib live~ and kotchy
at apocalypse lounge
3rd street b/w A and B
new york city, new york state
september 23rd. 9pm

warp, prosww split

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400

hey. good news.. kracfive audio things are for sale in warp's esteemed store, warpmart. see the latest warp news or warpmart news for a list of what's available, or go to browse and then labels dropdown in Warpmart.

hmm what else.. next up: proswell & wwcarpen split album!

colongib show

Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Colongib
opening for Mum
and Slowblow
at the Brew House Space
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8pm, Wednesday, July 21, 2004
admission: $16 advance, $20 door

...

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Colongib
with Artificiel
at the Wood Street Galleries
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7pm, Friday, July 2, 2004
free? admission

wwcarpen artwork up at goodview gallery in baltimore still.

kettel's look at this! ha ha ha! CD repressed and back in stock!

art show, music show, repressing

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

hello world.

art by walter carpenter & wwcarpen
at goodview gallery in baltimore
june 18 - 30
~~more info & auction~~

(< - - -

colongib & noah at the mattress factory
in the garden with bands friendship garden and sun tornado
friday, june 25th
address + more here
_ _
=o=

also, kettel - look at this CD is sold out. we're repressing so you can still place orders but expect two or three weeks for delivery except for the last 2 people who ordered. we'll mail yours tomorrow.

octopus inc show

Fri, 14 May 2004 00:00:00 -0400

5/20

Octopus Inc, Ratatat, Jeremy Boyle, Vorpal.

Garfield Art Works
4931 Penn Ave in Pittsburgh All Ages 8PM $7

colongib & octopus inc show

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Colongib and Octopus Inc
Greg Davis (Carpark records)
ROTFLOL (paperrad)
Hooliganship
Monday, March 29th, 2004
at the Garfield Artworks
4931 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
8pm $7 admission

Arts Festival Opening Show

Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Arts Festival Opening Show
Friday, June 4, 6:00pm
Octopus Inc
Christopher Doulgeris Clarrynet & Gyuitaar Recytaal
Come to where the 3 rivers combine for musical gyrations and mystical melodies.
performances will be on the second or third floor of 937 Liberty Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. beep boop here's a club sandwich. afterparty in the pool in the house!

kettel in warpmart

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500

kettel "cuddle and then leave" in warpmart news:

"...a special mention goes to the Kettel EP: beautiful orchestral work alongside classic IDM-style electronics."

kettel "cuddle and then leave" in warpmart:

"Superb release by former Planet Mu star Kettel. Optimistic and warm sounding, very ingenius electronic music in the classic mould."

www.warprecords.com

iron chef month

Sun, 02 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500

welcome to november! november is IRON CHEF MONTH here at kracfive. we just updated the iron chef mp3 page with battle 08 featuring colongib, kettel and mr. numan fixing the sounds of prince nygon.
every week for the rest of november there'll be another iron chef update, so check back for that.
also, disquiet.com has just posted a review of iron chef, located here.

in live news: kettel is playing the Panoptica festival this month in belgium, alongside Team Shadetek, Lowfish and many more. here's from their website, babelfish'd - "the Kettel Dutchman will make the happiness of all the amateurs of electronica 'to the Plaid', a great moment of joy in life in prospect on the images for the American collective Kracfive."

YES you read that right, we'll be making visuals for kettel's performance. in fact, i should be doing that right now. bye!

kettel show usa, cgib gameboy

Sun, 05 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0400

ANNOUNCEMENT ! release party for kettel's new 'look at this! ha ha ha!' cd/12" is occurring on october 18th. reimer himself WILL BE IN AMERICA to perform & hang out. also performing are original instrument and a new band, smash brothers.

NEW COLONGIB EP - gameboy songs available as full mp3s!

shows, releases

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0400

((A)) colongib show in arlington, virginia at the galaxy hut.

((B)) kettel - "look at this! ha ha ha!" 12" & CD EP available for PRE-ORDER now!!

((3)) reimer and stephen will visit us in pittsburgh in a few weeks! look for cd release parties and double-stephens!

kettel interview

Thu, 24 Jul 2003 00:00:00 -0400

hey all .. nice kettel interview up at

http://www.gridface.com/features/kettel.php

Concert!

Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400

colongib (plus a special guest)
** special guest = wwcarpen! thanks to him and everyone who came!
mattress factory (pittsburgh)
july 18, 8 pm, $ 5
www.mattress.org

colongib & octopus inc ep!

Thu, 05 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400

Latest release!
colongib & octopus inc ep.
kfat012-12" : [1x12" ep] : seven tracks : out now.
kfat012cd : [1xcd ep] : eight tracks + computer data track : out now.

empty head

Sun, 06 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0500

hello all

come to calarts in beautiful valencia california for the first live outing of one of k5's latest additions : EMPTY HEAD

YES

EMPTY HEAD is kevin farrell and noah sasso (me) .. we're playing at tatum at 10pm on thursday the 10th. also performing are ... edit (planet mu) and .... brad breeck, among others. ( at )no.$&( at )O*UR(( at )OJSD

a little 'numbers' for this kids

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

guess what?? today is : 03/03/03. &, there are 303 days left in '03. so do something 3-related.

Original Instrument radio

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

Original Instrument's SION was featured on John Schaefer's esteemed Newsounds radioprogram on WNYC recently. thanks john!

You can find a recording of the show at their website. listen to realaudio of other episodes while you're there, you're bound to hear something new......

kettel & cgib live

Tue, 07 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0500

this weekend-

Eurosonic 2003, European Showcase Festival
Friday, January 10
Showtime : 01.15-02.00 AM
Groningen, Holland at Simplon, Boterdiep 69.

we have been filming Mr Numan episodes and preparing for this show. later there is KFAT014 Kettel EP. see you friday. Americans: $500 per ticket for the show. includes plane flight. email us for details.