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MARCH 27 2008
UPDATES
Whitehouse : Total Sex double LP from the Vinyl Series Collection is now shipping. pricelist
MARCH 22 2008
MARCH 14 2008
SURGEON MIX CD
We now have a number of DJ Surgeon's Warp Records limited edition (1,000 copies made exclusively available through Warp), now out of print) mix CD release This Is For You Shits which features Dumping The Fucking Rubbish available. pricelist
MARCH 13 2008
MARCH 12 2008
FINAL ACTS
The final Whitehouse concerts will be in April (UK) and May (continental Europe). WB blog
MARCH 10 2008
SURGEON
We will have a number of DJ Surgeon's Warp Records limited edition mix CD release This Is For You Shits which features Dumping The Fucking Rubbish available at the website soon. pricelist
MARCH 6 2008
TOTAL SEX RELEASE DATE
Official release date for this next in the vinyl series has now been confirmed as March 31st - a link for mail order copies will be added a few days before.
pricelist
MARCH 3 2008
FEBRUARY 15 2008
FEBRUARY 12 2008
TOTAL SEX 2LP UPDATE
The issue now seems to have been satisfactorily resolved and the 2LP may be available very soon - more details in the next few days.
FEBRUARY 12 2008
TERRORZIER FEATURE
In the new Feb 2008 issue of Terrorizer magazine (#167) there is a special feature by Guy Strachan entitled Prodigal Sons which discusses the prolific and the obscure (also features new photo of William Bennett).
JANUARY 28 2008
JANUARY 25 2008
TOTAL SEX 2LP DELAY
Unfortunately, the latest test pressings for the 3rd issue in the vinyl series, Total Sex 2LP, have had to be sent back and this is going to cause another delay in the release date. We hope that with a new manufacturer based in the UK, these issues will be resolved quickly.
JANUARY 20 2008
RACKET REVIEW
There is a review of Racket and the LA34 audiotape in the latest issue of Hiroshima Yeah! fanzine (issue #35 01/08)
JANUARY 11 2008
JANUARY 4 2008
WHITEHOUSE UK TOUR
There will be a Whitehouse UK tour in April - details will be announced in the diary as we have them. diary
DECEMBER 14 2007
SUBSTANTIALS #03
This high quality, ltd edition book (+ CD) is now available. It features the entire William Bennett CCA Kitakyushu talk transcribed in English and Japanese - also featuring Toshiji Mikawa (Incapacitants), Keiji Haino and Russell Haswell. We have a few copies available for sale. pricelist
DECEMBER 7 2007
ZERO TOLERANCE
There is a one page interview with William Bennett in the new issue of Zero Tolerance magazine regarding female noise musicians and the related Extreme Music From Women project.
DECEMBER 2 2007
NOVEMBER 14 2007
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / pricelist
NOVEMBER 5 2007
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP
Finally available in our catalogue! The next release in the series will be a 2LP of Total Sex and now that the tribulations we had getting Birthdeath Experience mastered are now resolved, the others should follow at a more frequent pace. Please note we only have a limited number of copies of the vinyl for sale and we will add a note when stocks are particularly low of any title. pricelist
NOVEMBER 1 2007
DECEMBER DATES
We regret to announce that all Whitehouse concerts scheduled for this December have had to be cancelled owing to doctor's advice concerning WB's injuries last month in Belfast. Apologies to all concerned for any disappointment. diary
OCTOBER 28 2007
UPDATES
recommended reading / studio recordings dossier / recommended films
OCTOBER 17 2007
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / record stores directory
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP
The official release date for the Birthdeath Experience vinyl LP in the Vinyl Collection Series has now been set at November 1st - we should have a link for retail orders in the next few days.
OCTOBER 13 2007
LIVE CHAT FEATURE
We've now added a live chat feature - this is the direct link or you can enter via the Susan Lawly forum (note that only registered members of the Susan Lawly forum can enter).
OCTOBER 12 2007
DUBLIN / BELFAST
We're hoping that new shows will be scheduled for both Belfast and Dublin in 2008.
OCTOBER 11 2007
WILLIAM BENNETT ACCIDENT
William Bennett accidentally fell off the stage at last weekend's concert in Belfast and needed to be stretchered to hospital. On later examination it was found that 3 ribs had been broken and therefore the concerts in Oslo and Norway scheduled for the end of this month will now be Philip Best solo performances. Other obligations for mid-November onwards expect to be fulfilled. diary
OCTOBER 25 2007
EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHY
Some excellent live pictures taken by Gavin Dougan from the recent Edinburgh concert at Cabaret Voltaire.
OCTOBER 16 2007
SEPTEMBER 11 2007
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / record stores directory
SEPTEMBER 1 2007
AUGUST 27 2007
BBC RADIO SHOW MUSIC
Fairground Muscle Twitcher from Racket was used as background music of this recent radio BBC Radio show.
AUGUST 23 2007
REVIEWS
Some new reviews of Racket at Heathen Harvest and at Pivotal Rage (by Thomas Mortigan). Also a new review of Birthdeath Experience (in French).
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP UPDATE
Just an update to let everyone know this release is still in the works and expected quite soon, there have been some complications with the remastering of the LP but we believe these issues to now be resolved.
AUGUST 15 2007
UPDATES
diary
AUGUST 12 2007
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP UPDATE
We seem to have resolved the technical difficulty with the cutting of the 2nd in the Vinyl Series Collection and we should be able to annonce an official release date for this LP very soon.
AUGUST 11 2007
AUGUST 5 2007
WB INTERVIEW
We've added the full unedited transcript of an October 2006 interview that Vice magazine did with William Bennett in Berlin. textfiles
JULY 30 2007
MORE REVIEWS
There is a new review of Racket at Brainwashed by Creaig Dunton. Also other reviews here (in Dutch), and here.
JULY 28 2007
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / pricelist
THE WIRE
There is an 8pp extended Whitehouse feature and interview by David Keenan in the current issue of The Wire magazine (issue #282) with pictures by Muir Vidler - the same issue also features a review by Nick Cain of Racket.
JULY 17 2007
JUDAS KISS
There is a review of Racket at Judas Kiss magazine online.
JULY 15 2007
UPDATES
live action dossier / diary / record stores directory / faq / pricelist / soundfiles
JULY 7 2007
NEW INTERVIEW
There is a new interview with William Bennett by Roger Batty at Musique Machine.
UPDATES
sales
charts / live action dossier / diary / pricelist / studio recordings dossier
JULY 4 2007
RACKET REVIEWS
Some new reviews of Racket at the following online magazine sites - Spex : Play Louder : Musique Machine
JULY 2 2007
BIRTHDEATH EXPERIENCE LP
There has been a slight delay to the release of the 2nd in the Vinyl Series Collection owing to some unforeseen technical difficulties with the cutting - we are currently working hard on solution.
JUNE 27 2007
FMT AT MYSPACE
The track Fairground Muscle Twitcher from Racket has been added to the official Whitehouse MySpace page.
JUNE 27 2007
NEWCASTLE CANCELLED
We regret to announce that the organisers of this concert have cancelled this show that was scheduled for July 13th. diary
JUNE 20 2007
LIVE ACTION AUDIO PROJECT
The continuing major project to digitalise all the Whitehouse live action recordings currently available is nearing completion.
JUNE 10 2007
RACKET REACTIONS
All the latest reactions, reviews, and feedback to Racket can be read at the Susan Lawly forum.
JUNE 7 2007
MAY 27 2007
RACKET PRE-ORDERS
Pre-orders now being taken for the new Whitehouse album Racket for shipping this week.
MAY 17 2007
UPDATES
diary / pricelist / faq
MAY 9 2007
RACKET
We can now confirm release date for the new Whitehouse album Racket as 31st May - CD will feature 16pp booklet with full lyrics and photography. Pre-orders will be possible a few days before this date.
WILLIAM BENNETT DJ
William Bennett will be doing a DJ set as support to Stephen O'Malley + Pita at Nice N Sleazy in Glasgow on May 27th.
MAY 8 2007
ZERO TOLERANCE
There is an extensive interview with William Bennett in the current issue of Zero Tolerance magazine.
MAY 5 2007
CCA KITAKYUSHU TALK
The full transcript of William Bennett's recent talk at the CCA in Kitakyushu, Japan will be published in book form in September 2007 in both Japanese and English. More details soon.
MAY 2 2007
LIVE ACTION NEWS
We are hoping to shortly be announcing some Whitehouse West Coast US concerts for October this year, and also a concert in Tel Aviv in Israel in December.
APRIL 30 2007
UPDATES
pricelist
APRIL 24 2007
UPDATES
pricelist
APRIL 22 2007
CE LIVE REVIEW
Review by Chris Low of this month's London show at Play Louder.
APRIL 17 2007
CRUISE 2XLP NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER
The first in the new Vinyl Series Collection is now available to order - limited quantities are available from Susan Lawly which include a free Cruise poster while stocks last. pricelist
APRIL 12 2007
UPDATES
sales
charts / live action dossier / diary / pricelist
MARCH 22 2007
CRUISE 2LP REVIEW
The first in the Whitehouse vinyl series collection, the 2LP Cruise has been reviewed in Plan B magazine by Louis Pattison.
MARCH 17 2007
UPDATES
videofiles / faq / diary
MARCH 12 2007
ARTE TV VIDEO
The Whitehouse section of the Arte TV programme (French version) can be viewed here.
MARCH 4 2007
JUDITH HOWARD NEW INTERVIEW
The full interview with William Bennett originally posted at WB's blog in four parts can be found in the textfiles section.
FEBRUARY 28 2007
ARTE TV
Whitehouse will be featured on the Arte TV programme Tracks which is being broadcast on March 8th (and also repeated a few days later) on both their French and German channels - the programme includes an exclusive interview and highlights from the performance at FMR in Paris last spring.
FEBRUARY 22 2007
UPDATESFEBRUARY 14 2007
RACKET DELAY
We regret to announce the release of the new Whitehouse album Racket has had to be postponed until May due to William Bennett conducting further remixing and modifications to several of the tracks.
FEBRUARY 11 2007
FEBRUARY 6 2007
DIARY UPDATE
More details regarding the forthcoming shows planned for early 2007 in Poland, Italy, and Spain, plus news of a return to Newcastle, UK in July.
diary
JANUARY 28 2007
TERRORIZER
Issue #153:
-Asceticists 2006 is #33 in Terrorizer's albums of the year (2006)
Issue #154:
- Mummy And Daddy included as one the 30 great all-time album covers
- review of Consumer Electronics at No Trend Festival in London
JANUARY 28 2007
SOUND PROJECTOR
An excellent new review of Asceticists 2006 by Richard Rees Jones in the latest issue of the highly recommended magazine The Sound Projector www.thesoundprojector.com
JANUARY 25 2007
UPDATESJANUARY 21 2007
GUARDIAN ARTICLE
Namecheck for Whitehouse in this Guardian article.
JANUARY 15 2007
RACKET
A new review of Asceticists 2006 in Judas Kiss magazine.
JANUARY 1 2007
RACKET
The forthcoming new Whitehouse album features the following songs:
Bahnhof - Dumping More Fucking Rubbish - Fairground Muscle Twitcher - The Avalanche - Mouthy Battery Beast - Dyad - Bia Mintatu
(more details soon)
DECEMBER 27 2006
WHITEHOUSE NEW ALBUM FIRST DETAILS
The new Whitehouse album Racket will be released on March 13th 2007 - song titles to be announced soon.
DECEMBER 24 2006
YOUTUBE
More videos now added to the official Susan Lawly YouTube account including the introduction to the Try And Be Grateful studio action film.
DECEMBER 18 2006
MOJO
Asceticists 2006 is #3 in Mojo's year's best underground albums of the year. Also included in Keith Moliné's overview of the year in The Wire magazine.
UPDATES
sales
charts / faq / diary / videofiles / soundfiles
NOVEMBER 19 2006
OSLO PHOTOS
Some excellent pictures taken by Melissa Musser here.
UPDATES
sales
charts / live action dossier / diary
NOVEMBER 15 2006
VINYL UPDATE
Starting February 2007 with the double vinyl album release of Cruise, and shortly followed afterwards by Birthdeath Experience and Total Sex, all Whitehouse albums are to be reissued as a limited series on high quality 180gm vinyl. More details to follow.
NOVEMBER 14 2006
YOUTUBE
There is now an official Susan Lawly YouTube account where we will regularly be uploading short extracts from live action videos.
NOVEMBER 10 2006
ROCKA ROLLA
The Whitehouse CD Asceticists 2006 is one of the top albums of the year in a special feature in this December's issue of Rocka Rolla magazine.
NOVEMBER 7 2006
VINYL
We are currently planning a limited series of vinyl reissues of all the Whitehouse albums on vinyl starting early next year. More details soon.
REVIEWS
There is a review of the LA46 DVD in the latest issue of Plan B magazine (October #15), and a review of LA158 in Stavanger in The Wire (November issue).
NOVEMBER 6 2006
OUT OF STOCK
We regret that the Whitehouse CD Erector is no longer available. pricelist
UPDATES
textfiles
NOVEMBER 1 2006
NEW ALBUM
Whitehouse are currently working on a new album that we hope to release early next year. Also we finally hope to announce a provisional release date for Extreme Music From Israel soon.
UPDATES
links / videofiles / pricelist
OCTOBER 29 2006
PHOTOS
Madrid: traumnovelle.spaces.live.com
Berlin: h-tttt.magix.net
Berlin: www.autarkeia.org
OCTOBER 27 2006
MYSPACE UPDATE
We have now finally been able to take control of one of the main fake Whitehouse sites at MySpace, which we will now work in tandem with the official pages (6,000 music plays in 4 weeks! + short Berlin CE7 video uploaded too). You can now add any of the 4 tracks posted there with your own pages by clicking on the 'add' button next to the track.
OCTOBER 25 2006
OSLO
It is now confirmed that Whitehouse will be performing in Oslo on November 10th. diary
OCTOBER 21 2006
BACK IN STOCK!
The following titles are now back in stock (see pricelist for
details):
Birthdeath Experience
Mummy And Daddy
NB: Thank Your Lucky Stars SE CD reissue has been delayed indefinitely owing to technical problems.
OCTOBER 16 2006
BERGEN UPDATE
Whitehouse regrettably were unable to make the Piksel
Festival owing to a 3-hour delay on their flight connection to Oslo and on to Bergen on the 15th October, they were thus stranded in Berlin after the CE7 Festival there. There is another concert in Oslo planned though for November.
SEPTEMBER 27 2006
BERGEN
Whitehouse will be performing at the Piksel
Festival in
Bergen, Norway on October
15th. Also see the diary for
other information about more upcoming Consumer Electronics concerts.
SEPTEMBER 25 2006
BACK IN STOCK!
The following titles will be back in stock on 7th October (see pricelist for
details):
Thank Your Lucky Stars
SE
Birthdeath Experience
Mummy And Daddy
SEPTEMBER 24 2006
MYSPACE
Owing to the plethora of unofficial pages at MySpace,
we have now set up an official
site for Whitehouse - however the Susan
Lawly forum and these pages are recommended for the very latest
information and content.
SEPTEMBER 17 2006
INVISIBLE JUKEBOX
The track Shitfun from the Whitehouse Erector album is featured in
Wire magazine's Invisible Jukebox feature with Chris Corsano - more about this
at William Bennett's blog.
AUDIO ARCHIVE MATERIAL
We are currently working on the project to transfer all the live action
audiotapes to mp3 format and then have the entire collection available on 3
or 4 DVD volumes early 2007. More information coming.
SEPTEMBER 11 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
links / sales
charts / pricelist
SEPTEMBER 8 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
diary / pricelist / live
action dossier
AUGUST 29 2006
OSLO
Whitehouse will be performing in Oslo, Norway on November
11th - more details soon. diary
AUGUST 24 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
diary / pricelist / live
action dossier
AUGUST 8 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
diary /
pricelist
AUGUST 5 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
diary / sales
charts / pricelist
(including some new rare items,
more to be added soon)
AUGUST 1 2006
NEW WB BLOG
williambennett.blogspot.com
JULY 31 2006
ZERO TOLERANCE
There's a review of the Whitehouse Coventry concert in the
latest issue of Zero Tolerance magazine (#012).
JULY 21 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
links
JULY 10 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
diary / sales
charts / pricelist
JUNE 18 2006
ARCHIVE VIDEO
All archive video recordings are now available on DVD-R format, in addition
to VHS cassettes. pricelist
PARIS VIDEO
There is an edited video of the first of the recent two Paris live actions that
can be streamed here.
JUNE 5 2006
WEBSITE UPDATES
live action dossier
/ diary (includes
news of first-time Whitehouse performance at The Grapes in
Sheffield in September organised by Freenoise - info)
/ sales charts
/ pricelist
(new archive video of LA130 available)
continue to archived news items...
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