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  5:00 pm SOUNDTRACK BY… DJ ZEAL 5:00 pm PRE-LISTENING SESSION: ISIS ‘Wavering Radiant’ 5:00 pm TINY MASTERS OF TODAYWithout a doubt the youngest band of any Domino edition...

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5:00 pm SOUNDTRACK BY… DJ ZEAL

5:00 pm PRE-LISTENING SESSION: ISIS ‘Wavering Radiant’

5:00 pm TINY MASTERS OF TODAY
Without a doubt the youngest band of any Domino edition. Tiny Masters of Today is the sister/brother duo Ada and Ivan, hailing from Brooklyn and respectively 13 and 15 years old(!). When Russell Simins (drummer to Jon Spencer and sometimes also live with Tiny Masters) heard their impressive mix of punk-rock, garage and sometimes even hip-hop via MySpace, he decided to do something about it. He produced their debut ‘Bang Bang Boom Cake’ (via Mute – unfortunately not released in Belgium) and invited a heap of well-knowns: our favorite Kimya Dawson, Fred Schneider (B-52s), Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) and also Karen O & Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Further fans? Oh definitely! David Bowie loudly shouted "Genius!" after hearing their first single and Anthony Kiedis invited them to the Namu Festival in Pittsburgh when he served as curator there.

6:00 pm MI AMI
For the first time in Belgium: Mi Ami. Currently still to be called illustrious, but wait until you hear their debut ‘Watersports’. This trio from San Francisco loves The Minutemen, awesome tapes from Africa, Don Cherry and Black Uhuru’s spliffs. You can hear it too. Pulsing rhythms, funky vibes, dubby influences, all played with a fuck-off, punk mentality. Influential Pitchfork Media about their debut single ‘Echononecho’: "drum-centric punk with Afro-pop leanings, punched up with the noise and lo-fi experimentalist." Finally: Telepathe (the duo from Brooklyn whose debut was produced by David ‘TV On The Radio’ Sitek) and Mi Ami are already friends ... both bands have already done it together, remix-wise.

7:00 pm HANDSOME FURS
WOLF PARADE-fans: Attention please! Handsome Furs is the Canadian duo annex husband/wife Alexei Perry (electronica) and Wolf Parade-guitarist Dan Boeckner (guitar, vocals). Or to say it with the words of Boeckner himself: "Handsome Furs is basically Wolf Parade without the guy that everybody likes and no real instruments". The second album that the couple wrote together, ‘Face Control’, will soon be released via Sub Pop. They were inspired by Eastern Europe. "This band is completely based, aesthetically and otherwise, on travelling, on absorbing places and regurgitating them in music," according to Boeckner. Ready for an exciting portion of rudimentary beats and rattling guitars?

8:00 pm HEALTH
Experimental rock that we at the AB are nuts about. This quartet from LA debuted in ’07 with their album of the same name. The Guardian wrote of it: "artfully crafted noise and raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum skills that are borderline insane". Exactly one year later Health allowed its debut to be completely remixed and also released ‘Health/Disco’ via New York label Lovepump United (that released other acts with tasteful names like AIDS Wolf or Child Abuse). Behind the remix-dials sat the likes of Crystal Castles, Pictureplane and also Wire-journalist Philip Sherburne. The past year Health have toured through America at the request of none less than Nine Inch Nails. During Domino they'll be delivering a new single (‘Die Slow’), in the summer to be followed by a new album (‘Get Color’). Just a final quote about Health from Kindamuzik: "Damned noise to the one. Pop deconstructivism to the other. A third person hears a blood-curdling noise-rock band in it. Hell, heaven or madness? You choose."

9:00 pm MONO
Mono has been around for 10 years and that shall be celebrated! Mono and AB would also seem to be good friends. Not only is this Mono’s fourth visit to the AB, Mono also personally approved all the other bands on this bill. Japan’s best post-rock band will release ‘Hymn To The Immortal Wind’ this spring, their fifth album to date, again canned by longtime friend and producer Steve Albini. According to Mono, the tracks on the album must be considered as chapters in an epic love-story. The addition of a large chamber orchestra emphasises this feeling. This spring Mono will celebrate their tenth anniversary in style in New York, with a 23-member orchestra in the Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall. In AB, this classy player will play like the tried and true quartet of old.

Tiny Masters Of Today - Radio Riot

Health - Crime Wave

Handsome Furs - Can't Get Started

Mono - Follow The Map