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SND's 2009 album Atavism has been re-released on a 4 gigabyte SDHC card by the Raster-Noton label. The flash card format, typically used for digital camera and camcorder recording, allows for a quality of sound not usually available through download or on audio CD. Able to stream files at 24 bits, 96kHz per second, the thumb sized chip can contain tracks that are roughly twice the sonic resolution of the 16 bit, 44.1 kHz standard found on CDs. Actually playing the album could be an issue, however, as Raster-Noton are warning potential buyers to make sure their computers can handle the high sample rate before they purchase the card.

The SDHC format Atavism, which was specially mastered by Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering (founded by Basic Channel in 1995) is available at raster-noton.net

Fukuoka Extreme Music Festival headlined by the mercurial Japanese/Spanish group Corrupted, other artists performing include Damage Digital, Fucked, Lasse Marhaug, Maranata, Sete Star Sept. Fukuoka graf Fukuoka, Japan, 17 April, 5:30pm, ¥2500 (price includes 1 drink).

MetalkinG, live 16mm film and sound improvisation collaboration between Riojim and Richard Bronson, present a two day "heavily practical" workshop on film looping techniques, hand contact printing, hand processing and other esoteric darkroom arts for the absolute beginner to experienced artists who want to expand their horizons. Space for 8 participants. no.w.here London, 1–2 April, £90 no.w.here members, £130 non-members

Small But Perfectly Formed and LUX present the UK premiere of two improvisation, film, video and music performances. MetalkinG: Richard Bronson, Riojim, Paul Abbott/Seymour Wright/Ross Lambert. London Cafe Oto, 3 April, 8pm, £6/£5 advance.

A three night residency for the big band now under the direction of Marshall Allen. London Cafe Oto, 12–14 April, £25/£22 
per night.

Barcelona's Sónar festival has announced that the seminal art rockers Roxy Music will be appearing during the next festival instalment on 19 June. Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay and their original drummer, Paul Thompson, will be playing at the Sónar By Night segment almost three decades after their last show in Barcelona.

Other acts set to perform at Sónar so far include King Midas Sound, Broadcast, Tristan Perich, Phill Niblock & Carlos Casas, Cluster, LCD Soundsystem, Richie Hawtin's Plastikman, Hot Chip, The Sugarhill Gang, Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Joy Orbison, Matthew Herbert’s One Club, Zomby and more.

A retrospective box set of the influential krautrock group will be available from 10 May on Groenland Records. The set contains four vinyl LP's; NEU!, NEU! 2, NEU! ‘75 and NEU! ‘86 as well as NEU! ‘72, a previously unreleased 17 minute recording of the group rehearsing, and a 36-page picture book with contributions from Anton Corbijn, Peter Lindbergh and others.

Michael Rother, the last remaining member of Neu! after the death of motorik drummer Klaus Dinger in 2008 (legendary producer/sound engineer Konrad "Conny" Plank who died in 1987 also worked on the first three Neu! albums), has remastered all of the releases. Additionally, in the case of NEU! ‘86 (a piece left unfinished due to differences between Rother and Dinger) he has completely reworked the recordings for their very first official pressing.

As part of Daniela Cascella and Lucia Farinati's ongoing Sound Threshold research project exploring relationships between site and sound, artist Pedro Lasch is presenting a listening session of John Cage's 1977 composition of manipulated words and syllables, Empty Words, along with overlapping audio recordings, texts or ‘sound gestures’ brought by specifically invited individuals. London The Showroom, 24 March, 6:30pm - 9pm, free.

Second edition with three days of concerts featuring Thomas Brinkmann, Cluster, Sylvain Chauveau, Machinefabriek, Jóhann Jóhannsson and more, plus a Raster-Noton showcase with Cyclo (Ryoji Ikeda & Carsten Nicolai), Aoki Takamasa and Atom™. Brussels various venues, 26–28 March, €35/€30 festival pass.

B.O.B is the first solo exhibition by Invernomuto, the Italian audio-visual group which also runs the online ffwd_mag. The exhibition is at Milan’s Galleria Patricia Armocida from 8 April, and the group has posted two video trailers for the show here:

B.O.B
Chapter One
Chapter Two