MACABRE MILIEU

2012-02-07T00:37:00.000-06:00

defiant repress

2012-02-06T22:48:00.000-06:00

Graham Stephenson - DEFIANTLY NOT (second edition)
$8 to pilgrimtalk [at] gmail [dot] com

don't miss the boat again!

PILGRIM TALK HELL

2012-02-02T22:22:00.000-06:00

PT16
Nick Hoffman - HELL HOUSE zine/CDr

$10 ppd US
$13 ppd WORLD

PT19
Aaron Zarzutzki & Nick Hoffman - Exhaustive Expulsion 2 x c61

$13 ppd US
$17 ppd WORLD

PT18
Noish & Xedh - rlhaaa to c41

$6 ppd US
$9 ppd WORLD

paypal: pilgrimtalk [at] gmail [dot] com

PILGRIM TALK

GHOSTS

2012-02-02T22:13:00.001-06:00

GHOST5
Miguel A. Garcia "red river/rio tinto" mini cdr
edition of 53
$8 ppd US
$10 ppd World

GHOST4
Jin Sangtae "Sacrifice 2" mini cdr
edition of 75
$8 ppd US
$10 ppd World

paypal: pilgrimtalk [at] gmail [dot] com

GHOST & SON

2012-01-02T15:14:00.001-06:00

2011-12-26T18:41:00.001-06:00

2011-12-26T18:40:00.001-06:00

2011-11-23T14:18:00.001-06:00

2011-11-23T14:17:00.000-06:00

Frieda Harris

2011-11-06T21:21:00.000-06:00

out now on Heart & Crossbone (Israel)

Katchmare - Frieda Harris

Track List:
1. Winterreise
2. Unseen Chariot
3. Wind Canticle
4. Shifting Snow
5. Ulrikke

Realized and recorded November-December 2008
Nick Hoffman: electronics
limited edition of 100
"By doing certain things, certain results will follow." - A.Crowley
available at HCB

2011-10-30T20:26:00.001-05:00

Mattin 10.9.11

2011-10-21T01:07:00.000-05:00

soon...

2011-10-11T20:12:00.001-05:00

2011-10-09T16:00:00.001-05:00

bermuda review

2011-10-09T15:58:00.000-05:00

Richard Pinnell reviews Bermuda @ The Watchful Ear

2011-10-09T15:53:00.000-05:00

monday concert move

2011-10-08T15:48:00.000-05:00

OCT 10 concert is now happening at The Hive

Mattin
Back Magic
Ortmann
Zarzutzki/Schmitt

The Hive, Chicago
1902 N Milwaukee Ave #2
8PM

MATTIN TOUR DATES!

2011-10-03T02:01:00.000-05:00

*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*

!!!!!!!!MATTIN US TOUR DATES!!!!!!!

OCT. 9
MAGIC WATERS, NORMAL IL
MATTIN/AARON ZARZUTZKI/NICK HOFFMAN TRIO
ARMSTRONG
REGOSPHERE
DJ SELF HELP
$5 ~8PM

OCT. 10 *VENUE CHANGE*
~~DUSTBOWL, CHICAGO, IL~~
THE HIVE, CHICAGO, IL
1902 N Milwaukee Ave #2
8PM

MATTIN
BACK MAGIC
ORTMANN
ZARZUTZKI/SCHMITT

*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*
*DO NOT MISS!*

PILGRIM TALK OCTOBER

2011-09-29T11:16:00.000-05:00

PT17
Richard Kamerman - I'm Sick Of Coming Up With Titles c10 (Edition of 50)
$6 ppd US
$9 ppd World

PT15
Graham Stephenson - DEFIANTLY NOT CDr (Edition of 100)
$8 ppd US
$11 pdd World

PT14
VEYOU - Swamp Hag CDr
$6 ppd US
$9 ppd World

paypal: pilgrimtalk [at] gmail [dot] com
more info Pilgrim Talk

Recording 9/20

2011-09-26T17:57:00.000-05:00

Kawaguchi/Zarzutzki/Hoffman @ The Chateau

Elastic 9/20

2011-09-26T17:49:00.000-05:00

Graham Stephenson/Dan Smith

Takahiro Kawaguchi

Normal, 9.19.2011

2011-09-22T22:04:00.000-05:00

2011-09-12T19:31:00.001-05:00

2011-09-06T09:21:00.001-05:00

Takahiro Kawaguchi TOUR

2011-09-06T01:27:00.000-05:00

Sept 19 in Normal (!) and Sept 20 in Chicago.both nights will feature Kawaguchi solo as well as Kawaguchi/Zarzutzki/Hoffman trio

2011-08-31T17:53:00.000-05:00

2011-08-30T00:36:00.000-05:00

...dazed

2011-08-21T15:25:00.000-05:00

moving across the street = 2 months of internet neglect... (and a broken tape deck)

coming very soon from PT:
Graham Stephenson - DEFIANTLY NOT CDr
HELL HOUSE zine w/ Eyeless Executioner CDr

also

Noish & Xedh tape
Richard Kamerman tape
VEYOU - "SWAMP HAG"

more vinyl later...

Che Chen 7" reviewed here and here

Noise Without Tears reviewed here

see you soon

V+E+R+S+U+S

2011-07-15T23:54:00.000-05:00

New tape on David Russell's A Soundesign Recording
from ASR's site:::
ASR076 Buffalo Ride v. Nick Hoffman split | c30 edition of 50, 2011
Versus Series II cassette six: Andrew Scott Young (Tiger Hatchery) & David Russell (Collapsed Arc) combine acoustics in this tour-de-force of free jazz noise while Chicago's Nick Hoffman (Katchmare / Pilgrim Talk) presents yet another facet in his wide repertoire of experimental music with a simple yet imaginative piece of double trumpet.

GESTICULATING OUT OVER THE GREAT HORRIFYING ABYSS

2011-06-26T17:42:00.000-05:00

2011-06-23T00:15:00.000-05:00

2011-06-20T22:57:00.000-05:00

Bermuda

2011-06-18T15:05:00.004-05:00

out now on Young Girls.

Nick Hoffman - Bermuda

1. Eerie Indiana (~20 minutes)
2. Bermuda (~18 minutes)

NH: keys, sfx, percussion
includes zine by Yves Billet!

Young Girls interview

BACK MAGIC - "DREAM LOVER"

2011-06-15T23:08:00.002-05:00

GET IT ------> Pilgrim Talk

2011-05-31T17:16:00.002-05:00

thanks

2011-05-31T17:06:00.002-05:00

Noise Without Tears lathes are now out of print. many thanks!

BE THERE

2011-05-29T14:46:00.001-05:00

LOST CORNER

2011-05-11T15:00:00.001-05:00

out now on Travis Johnson's Ilse imprint. weird radio session we did back in november...
more info: ILSE

Brown Rice Tomorrow

2011-05-05T23:17:00.002-05:00

En Passant
Aaron Zarzutzki & Nick Hoffman
Clifton Ingram

Doors @ 9, show at 930pm.
Donations
BYOB

Brown Rice
4432 N. Kedzie
Chicago

2011-05-01T18:50:00.001-05:00

PILGRIM TALK APRIL

2011-04-20T20:23:00.005-05:00

PT10
Che Chen - Pulaski Wave (Violin Halo) b/w Newtown Creek Mirror Lag 7" (Edition of 300)
$7 ppd US
$11 pdd World

PT11
VEYOU - Carcass in the Mist c10 (Edition of 50)
$6 pdd US
$9 pdd World

PT12
Utah Kawasaki | Takahiro Kawaguchi | Nick Hoffman - Noise Without Tears
10" lathe edition of 30 (including CDr)
*Cut by Peter King*
OUT OF PRINT

CDr edition of 100
$6 ppd US
$9 ppd World

paypal: pilgrimtalk [at] gmail [dot] com
more info Pilgrim Talk

2011-04-19T02:02:00.000-05:00

Ants

2011-04-04T19:08:00.000-05:00

2011-04-04T19:07:00.000-05:00

Movie Watching

2011-04-04T19:03:00.002-05:00

The Good Son (1993)

This title is not right. Macauley shoots a mean dog with his homemade crossbow. His cousin helps him throw a "dummy" on the highway and causes a 200 car pileup. Macauley (bad son!) tries to kill his bro and sis. He tries to kill his mom at the end, but instead she throws him off a cliff. Drama!

2011-04-01T15:04:00.002-05:00

2011-03-29T11:45:00.000-05:00

2011-03-29T11:43:00.000-05:00

2011-03-16T11:25:00.000-05:00

Enemy March 13

2011-03-02T23:49:00.002-06:00

Bryan Day with Seeded Plain
Eric Leonardson
Moldavite
Zarzutzki + Hoffman

Sun, Mar 13, 2011
7:00 PM
Enemy
1550 north milwaukee ave 3rd floor, chicago, il 60622

2011-03-01T22:44:00.001-06:00

PT update

2011-02-10T17:35:00.004-06:00

Stay tuned for new records...
Che Chen 7-inch is at the pressing plant. out SOON
Kawasaki/Kawaguchi/Hoffman lathes are ready. out VERY SOON. just waiting on covers.
VEYOU tape as well as lots of other stuff in the works....
I'll have some new solo works out soon on Young Girls Records and Soundesign tapes.
Also a new Katchmare disc later on Heart & Crossbone.
my iBook seems to be dying.....

support CxOxB!

2011-01-24T14:15:00.005-06:00

so many questions...

http://coreofbells.com/

auxiliary

2011-01-19T13:52:00.001-06:00

"PSYCHOPHAGI" reviewed by Drew Dahle at auxiliary out

without records

2011-01-19T13:41:00.003-06:00

Otomo Yoshihide's exhibition at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (2008).

2011-01-06T18:40:00.000-06:00

reading list

2011-01-02T15:11:00.004-06:00

C.G. Jung - The Red Book
C.G. Jung - Psychology and Alchemy
Israel Regardie - The Golden Dawn
Mathers/Crowley - The Goetia
Julius Evola - Revolt Against the Modern World

2011

2011-01-02T14:49:00.005-06:00

Forthcoming on Pilgrim Talk:

Che Chen 7"
Utah Kawasaki/Takahiro Kawaguchi/Nick Hoffman - Noise Without Tears 10" lathe/cdr
Nick Hoffman – HELL HOUSE zine/cd
Hong Chulki/Ryu Hankil/Nick Hoffman “SONNE” cd
VEYOU cassette
Back Magic 7"

Forthcoming on Ghost & Son:

Jin Sangtae
Aaron Zarzutzki
Takahiro Kawaguchi

… and more…??

2010-12-14T14:15:00.001-06:00

Radio

2010-11-28T13:09:00.003-06:00

TONIGHT***GINHOTT***HITNOGT
Zarzutzki/Hoffman on Philip von Zweck's "Something Else" radio show
you can stream from WLUW

opening band

2010-11-23T15:19:00.002-06:00

OPENING BAND c10 reviewed at Cassette Gods

2010-11-06T12:51:00.001-05:00

2010-11-03T00:35:00.000-05:00

foxy

2010-11-02T12:03:00.001-05:00

"PSYCHOPHAGI" review by John McCormick at Digitalis

2010-11-02T12:02:00.000-05:00

Pigeon

2010-10-27T11:51:00.002-05:00

Some Pilgrim Talk/Ghost & Son artists featured on Don Campau's "No Pigeonholes" radio show/podcast /// No Pigeonholes

2010-10-26T12:18:00.000-05:00

2010-10-24T18:24:00.003-05:00

Oct. 17

2010-10-10T15:30:00.004-05:00

Should be fun. My set will probably not be longer than 10-15 minutes.

GARY PITTS ◉ BONG SMOKER ////// 205 West Cypress BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL

Sunday, October 17 · 8:30pm - 11:30pm

WET HAIR
GOLDEN DUST
BEBE SPHINX'S HOLY GUACAMOLE
SUFFIXX
IN PROSE
TEAADORA
NICK HOFFMAN
HASTAS
NATRONICUS
BEAR MOUNTAIN

Stash

2010-10-09T14:03:00.005-05:00

John McCormick write-up and Zarzutzki/Hoffman set from Fort Wayne, IN. (8/8/10) is available for download from Digitalis Secret Stash

PSYCHOPHAGI

2010-10-09T13:43:00.006-05:00

PT8
Aaron Zarzutzki & Nick Hoffman - "PSYCHOPHAGI" LP

A (GROTESQUE 1) [22:13]
B1 (GROTESQUE 2) [14:26]
B2 (GROTESQUE 3) [10:54]

Recorded live at Elastic Arts, Chicago, November 2009
118 copies

PT9
Aaron Zarzutzki & Nick Hoffman - OPENING BAND c10

A CHICAGO MAKE SOME NOISE!
B NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO PARTY LIKE CHICAGO

available at PILGRIM TALK

Heaven Table

2010-10-05T13:48:00.001-05:00

zarzutzki/hoffman set-up

Baffled by Wiman

2010-10-05T13:43:00.002-05:00

from Vital Weekly...
CHRISTOPHER WIMAN - THE RAVEN (3"CDR by Ghost & Son)
CHOI JOONYONG - BURN YOIDO BURN (3"CDR by Ghost & Son)
Crazy stuff here. One Christoph Wiman (who he?) recorded 'The Raven', a ten minute piece of acoustic guitar, singing, flutes and percussion. Quite melodic, almost pop music like, but the odd, and perhaps that's the most unsettling thing about this, length makes this a really a haunting piece. I thought it was absolutely nothing for Vital Weekly, but at the same time I thought this was a great song. Odd.
Feedback through mp3 player, contact microphone and distortion pedals: now that's more common ground for Vital Weekly, and they are operated by Choi Joonyong from Korea. He has eight short pieces of noise based music on his 3"CDR. Loud, vicious stuff, all improvised no doubt (as that's his background). A pretty loud beast this one, but altogether also good and at twenty-one minutes also very much to the point. This shouldn't have been much longer I thought. Raw, powerful and short: excellent noise. (FdW)

Wiman pull-quote: "...unsettling... Odd." -Frans de Waard

Lotus review

2010-10-01T01:12:00.001-05:00

Lotus Village Plan reviewed by Massimo Ricci at Touching Extremes

Records in Heaven

2010-09-30T17:28:00.005-05:00

AARON ZARZUTZKI/NICK HOFFMAN RECORD RELEASE
"PSYCHOPHAGI" LP (Pilgrim Talk) will be available for purchase.
10/02/2010 - 10:00pm

HEAVEN GALLERY
1550 North Milwaukee, 2nd floor, Chicago Illinois 60622

KIMMEL/MORE

Jeff Kimmel - bass clarinet
David More - saw

+

HOFFMAN/ZARZUTZKI
Record Release

Nick Hoffman - trumpet, drum machine, electronics
Aaron Zarzutzki - no-output turntable

10pm, donation suggested

podcast

2010-09-21T18:32:00.002-05:00

"Anima" cassette featured on Hal McGee's "Homemade Alien Music" program. You can listen to it here

GHOSTS

2010-09-15T19:29:00.004-05:00

More info at Ghost & Son

2010-09-12T13:16:00.001-05:00

2010-08-28T11:51:00.000-05:00

Camp and Fort

2010-08-03T18:42:00.004-05:00

Nick Hoffman + Aaron Zarzutzki duo on August 7 and 8!

7th at Camp Bell, Chicago

8th at Dry Thing, Fort Wayne, Indiana

2010-07-15T12:08:00.001-05:00

2010-07-12T11:55:00.000-05:00

David Russell

2010-06-30T15:17:00.003-05:00

"Architecture" lathe available at Pilgrim Talk

2010-06-29T19:16:00.000-05:00

Promotions

2010-06-21T18:53:00.004-05:00

OK! so if you live in Japan you can buy t-shirts with my drawings on them. Most of these are collaborative drawings between Takahiro Kawaguchi and me. The t-shirt label is called "Promotions."

There seem to be 5 or 6 different designs available now... See them all at Tee Party.

Honeymoon

2010-06-15T14:04:00.004-05:00

Regosphere / Nick Hoffman - "Honeymoon" - Split 3" Mini-CD-R

available from Dumpster Score!

Review via Holidays:

"It’s when a release like this comes along that I can reminded once more that life in the midwest isn’t all that bad. Being my first introduction to both artists, it’s certainly one that leaves me wanting more from both.

Both artists offer up track(s) that are fairly quiet and eerie- like that of a slow, brink of death- from their own perspectives. The first track from Regosphere, “…As A Coffin Nail” lends itself just as that- like putting the last nail in a coffin- starting off slow moving with metal clatter that goes in full effect at the end. His lengthier track, “Gravity of Galatea” is rhythmic, giving cold, minimal synth lines topped with what sounds like indecipherable whispering/breathing that is awfully creepy, and goes on just long enough to question your sanity.

Hoffman’s track, “I’ll be the Doctor”, is rhythmic as well, layering dark and desperate trumpet echos that play slowly and alterations. The release notes it as being recorded “In A Cold Room”- whether that be an actual place, or a genuine cold room- it certainly goes without saying. Both Regosphere and Hoffman do a good job of providing tracks that compliment each other by giving the same feelings of dark uncertainty.

It should be noted that as I’m writing this, it’s said that there is only several copies of this 3″ CDR left, and being limited to only 25 copies, it’ll be no wonder why it’s gone so quickly. While I may be in the minority with my unfamiliarity with both artists’ music, this definitely gave a great first impression, and I would recommend it to everyone. It seems like it could be an excellent gateway drug to what appears to be lengthy catalogs of releases from both these guys. Get it!"

BLOODMOBILE

2010-05-31T16:39:00.003-05:00

BLOODMOBILE is a collaborative zine between Takahiro Kawaguchi and me. It's a severely limited edition so if you want one please check with Universal Marginal.

2010-05-29T12:45:00.002-05:00

Track recommendation: "Yes, We Have No Bananas"

Tour Goods

2010-05-21T14:23:00.003-05:00

PT5
Nick Hoffman - "Anima" cassette

PT6
Satoshi Kanda/Nick Hoffman - "split" cassette

Nick Hoffman - "New Wave Primer" zine
20 pages

Nick Hoffman - "Spells" cdr (drum machine solo)

Zombie tour...

2010-05-21T14:21:00.002-05:00

my new favorite band!

2010-05-21T14:19:00.000-05:00

2010-05-21T14:18:00.000-05:00

2010-05-21T14:16:00.000-05:00

2010-05-21T14:15:00.000-05:00

2010-05-21T14:13:00.000-05:00

2010-05-21T14:10:00.001-05:00

Zombie Fliers

2010-04-29T18:44:00.001-05:00

I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 2010

2010-04-29T18:39:00.003-05:00

May 3

Loop Line /// Tokyo
Utah Kawasaki/Takahiro Kawaguchi/Nick Hoffman TRIO

open18：30 start19：00 

charge: 1000+1d

May 4

Urbanguild /// Kyoto

Tim Olive
 Nick Hoffman 
Takahiro Kawaguchi
 Stefan Larrson (Video Artist)
 amallsのskcaj
Porta Chiusa 

Outsider CD & Record Fair
11.00am-7.30pm
 
Concert
8:00PM

May 5

Sample White Room /// Nara

Nick Hoffman
Tim Olive & Yuki Nakagawa duo
miku-mari

open18:00/start18:30
charge: 1500yen

May 6
 Elevate /// Osaka
Nick Hoffman
 Ultra Bide
 Psychedelic Desert
Bokuvox

Start: 7:00pm 
Charge: Free

http://www.elevate.jp/

May 7

art space tetra /// Fukuoka City

Against 2010: Fukuoka Extreme Music Festival

Porta Chiusa
Satoshi Kanda (東京)/Nick Hoffman DUO
蹂躙（福岡）

Open 18:00
Start 18:30

当日 1500 yen plus 1 drink

http://www.as-tetra.info/

May 12

Kuchu Camp /// Seoul

Hungry for Death (Nick Hoffman/Seungjun Park)
Bamseom Pirates
Yamagata Tweakster

8 PM

www.kuchu-camp.net

May 14

The Book Society /// Seoul
Nick Hoffman (performance and talk)

http://www.thebooksociety.com

May 15

Art center nabi /// Seoul

Klaus Filip
Noid
Dieb13
Billy Roisz
Silvia Faessler
Tim Blechmann
Manuel Knapp
Joe Foster
Kevin Parks
Nick Hoffman
Ryu Hankil
Park Seungjun
Choi Joonyong
Hong Chulki
Jin Sangtae

http://www.nabi.or.kr

May 16

Art center nabi /// Seoul

Klaus Filip
Noid
Dieb13
Billy Roisz
Silvia Faessler
Tim Blechmann
Manuel Knapp
Joe Foster
Kevin Parks
Nick Hoffman
Ryu Hankil
Park Seungjun
Choi Joonyong
Hong Chulki
Jin Sangtae

http://www.nabi.or.kr

ZOMBIE TOUR POSTERS

2010-04-25T17:13:00.002-05:00

Heading to Japan in about a week. Some hastily made tour posters....

2010-04-25T17:12:00.001-05:00