Joint-released by Lumberton Trading Company and BBNU‘s own Love Nest imprint, So As is the very latest album by this prolific and inventive trio comprising of turntablists Petr Ferenc and Michal Brunclík and filmmaker Martin Ježek. Featuring four pieces and a film by Ježek lasting 10 minutes, this album witnesses BBNU not only honing the craft caught on their previous few releases and live sound but also pushing it into new places as well. The atmospherics and interstellar swirl of textures seen on their recent collaborative LP with My Cat Is An Alien serve as a great starting point to the quasi-dimensional blankets of abstract sound to be found at work here. Limited to 300 in digipak sleeves. Order here.

After some years, we decided to ask Topweby to create a new design for our web as well as some long-needed features such as a shgop etc. Hope you'll enjoy your stay in the new BBNU nest. And please note: this site is still under a slight construction.

Music by BBNU - from the forthcoming album So As.

Discogs users interested in our recordings, click here. Others, drop us an email: info-AT-bbnu.eu. Paypal is preferred.

Those who did not see the premiere in a conspiracy flat in Jihlava now have a chance to see our latest project VIDEO-KAZETY in Prague's Bio Oko as a part of their Is This Cinema? series (that also premiered our Find Your Luck project). Along with our performance you will see Lukáš Jiřička's, Robert Piotrowicz's, Stanislav Dvorský's and Martin Ježek's piece 18 fragmentů Ohrady. For press release in both English and Czech click here.

...as Sound Of The Week starting here today. And here's an interview on Radio Wave.

...something that Bruce Springsteen only dared back in 1992. First one is a collaboration vinyl with Italy's greatest psychedelic duo My Cat Is An Alien and it's called GRAMOFONU = voice of the Universe in honour of a somehow great Czech MC Nezval who guest-stars at the very beginning of the records. This vinyl is limited to 300 pieces. Also there is a split CD with RUiNU. The CD was recorded on 19 September at Babí léto festival in Prague where both bands shared a bill at Polí 5 stage. This CD has two "sisters" as there were six acts on the bill that sunny afternoon. See details of both releases in our Sound & Vison section. To order, email us (infoATbbnuDOTeu) for details. Those who'd like a treat: there will be two release parties on 16 December and 5 January where both releases will be available for special price.

Some mp3s are added to illustrate our Sound and Vision section. Find them there attached to respective album entries.

Klára Tasovská shot a documentary about darkness, darkers, her stay in a dark chamber and too much light that will most likely kill you. Music by BBNU, footgae of Martin Ježek & Jakub Halousek & the anonymous dancer shot when we played Jdi za štěstím / Find Your Luck in Boskovice.

On 28 October BBNU semi-secretly premiered a new show called Video-kazety, an audio/video cassettes experience using old TVs as a PA and people's living rooms as venues. See you at your place?

After some changes, the date and time is finally clear. Note the show is not on 19th but the day before: 18th October at the original venue U Mloka. 

...were made at ourSpace.

6 June, Prague, Rock Café, free entry, details in our live section (although this is a screening). Free entry, come have a pint and popcorn.

For this single piece, 34 minute album we crossed paths with Aranos, a Czech native living in Ireland and known for his multiinstrumentalist skills, an ear for anything unusual and collaboration with Nurse With Wound and Current 93. The birdy sound of turntables has met the world: Aranos plays cuico, shakuhachi, daxophone, santoor, straw cimbalom and flugelhorn. He also mixed and mastered the recording. This is a joint-release of our labels Love Nest resp. Pieros so order either from us or Aranos.

The end of April will see four concerts that we play with Aranos, a Czech multi-instrumentalist and collaborator of Nurse With Wound and Current 93. Find the dates in our LIVE section. Tisková zpráva.

...is a name of our new DVD-R that contains our live set from meet Factory in Prague. Each Disc has a different picture on in, each jewel case has a slightly different design. Order directly from us - drop us an e-mail or buy it at our shows. The price is superfriendly.

The album is sold out. For a free download, click HERE.

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For those of you who will be in Prague: 13 December at 1.30 PM at Kino Mat. Film details: directed, edited and produced by Vladimír Větrovský. Camera: Mikuláš Adamovský. Music: BBNU and Jana Vöröšová. Decoration and puppets: Vojta Horálek and Pepík Achrer. A DVD projection, 46 minutes.

Tonight from 8 PM you can listen to an hour with previously unreleased BBNU material on Radio Wave. Aleš Stuchlý will introduce our improvised soundtrack to three Belgian surrealistic film jewels: Impatience, Monsieur Fantomas and Historie de détective.

Žíla is a new film by Vladimír Větrovský, a visual artist and film director. BBNU provided some music for his feature debut - a story of a mysterious vein (or a secret river?) in the forgotten heart of Prague. Watch the trailer and this web for premiere & screening details.

BBNU entered a new field of their sonic & cinematic explorations. On 31 October, a new programme for cinemas will be introduced at Dokument Festival in Jihlava. Expect a 35mm experience with multichannel sound. Minimalist loops for your eyes and ears aim to fill the whole venue with invincible rhythms, loops and repetitions.

BBNU are proud to announce the appearance of their track St. Wave on AUTUMN BLOOD, a compilation CD of Lumberton Trading Company. The good company of the gentlemen and ladies who have so far found themselves joining Lumberton Trading Company for a sherry or two is as follows: Lawrence English, Peter Christopherson, Steven Severin, Volga, Theme, Andrew Liles, Zenial/Banabila, Formication, Sion Orgon, Human Greed with LeeDVD and Colin Potter. Lumberton Trading Company is planning a release of our forthcoming album So As in 2010. For orders, write to us: infoATbbnuDOTeu.

Our new album Cold Dreams is out on KLaNGundKRaCH! It is a CDR of home-improvised recordings and has two parts: first one is an eight-minute calm, jazzy collage, then - after two minutes of silence - the journey begins. The second part of the album is more than 30 minutes long and listening to it, you will definitely understand why Michal Brunclík chose this album name. The ice crackles, the wind brings weir echoes and sound hallucinations, the light is painfully sharp. The album is available either from us (drop us an e-mail) or from KLaNGundKRaCH. The release party takes place tonight at Stimul where we are opening for Merzbow.

Long time no update besides the Live section here. Wow. So, folks: happy new year to you all and let's have some good news: First of all, a limted new BBNU album Cold Dreams will appear on KLaNGundKRaCH as a limited CDR. The album will consist of material improvised at our rehearsal space and hopefully will be out on 24th March when we share the bill with Merzbow at Stimul festival. The edition of this recording will not be more that 100 pieces. A Babí léto festival compilation (we played there last summer) will be released as a triple CDR set and - possibly - also as a limited double-LP on Polí pět. And finally, our song St. Wave will be released on a forthcoming Lumberton Trading Company compilation along with Peter Sleazy Christopherson, Steven Severin, Human Greed, Theme, Andrew Liles, Formication, Volga, Lawrence English, Sion Orgon and Zenial. The same label will later release a brand new BBNU album So As. Fingers crossed. And don't forget to check our live section and our space.

...were added in PRESS section of this website. BBNU have started improvising (the last show in Parukářka) was nearly all-improvised and recording their achievments in this field. So far, we sound rougher and harder and have a lot of fun. Come share the fun at our live shows. The forthcoming album (on CD) has still not been finished, these days it is nothing but thought and argued about intensively... perhaps a single will appear earlier... yes, we will let you know. And how are you?

What a surprise! A self-released debut vinyl can become the Alternative Album of the Year! Who would believe that?

BBNU will appear in Noc s Andělem show on ČT2 (Czech Television). Watch us talk and see if we win the little statue. Saturday 29 March about midnight.

We have been nominated to this "little Czech Grammy" funny thing - in the Alternative Music category. Wish us luck, the little statue of an angel fits in any living room!

Our first full-lenght vinyl release Night Night is finally out! For details see the discography section.

On 16 November BBNU will play in Ostrava instead of North Bohemia. The remaining dates and places are the same.

Night Night: The first vinyl release of BIRDS BUILD NESTS UNDERGROUND is called Night Night and will be out soon! A limited edition of 333 numbered pieces will be released on our own brand Love Nest. The black vinyl will have a hand made vignette. More details soon.

Ticho buď: A CD compilation released as a free gift to go with His Voice magazine will contain an exclusive BBNU track Silence Be. Out on Friday 2nd November and not to be sold separately - except for special occasions. Check also here - and have a nice little taste for your ears.

BBNU & DanoM on tour: The five shows of our Czechoslovak tour will happen in a special line-up - Petr Ferenc (turntables) and Martin Ježek (8 mm, sampler) will be joined by DanoM with his turntable, CD players and more sound making things & gizmos. DanoM is replacing Michal Brunclík who is currently enjoying his stay in India and will return to BBNU life in January.

The tour dates: 16 November - DOLNÍ PODLUŽÍ U VARNSDORFU. 17 November - OPAVA. 18 November - BRATISLAVA. 19 November - NOVÝ JIČÍN. 21 November - PRAGUE. 

More details about the shows to be found in our live section and, of course, also here. See you there soon!!!

The one-night stand with vintage porn footage and turntable / synthesizer manipulation has bacome a regular Pussy Power Porno Project aka PPPP. Those involved: Abbé Derriére (turntables, loops), Dick Scharpei (synthesizers), Mr EverReady (8 mm, loops) & Blue Tiger (8 mm). Two of those mysterious gentlemen are members of BBNU. Check out all the news about PPPP and their live appearances, their MySpace is coming soon.

...can be found here. Look, listen, write to us, enjoy.

On 30 May Martin Ježek and Petr Ferenc are taking part in the porn evening of Cinepur film magazine at NoD, Prague. More details here.

Listen to our rework of Mozart's Magic Flute here.

2006 was a Mozart-year. Also BBNU prepared their remix of Mozart's work and performed it in may 2007 in Brno under the stars on a hot night. The radio version of this piece can be heard on Czech Radio 3 - Vltava. Tune your ears on the very early minutes of 31 March - short after midnight at 0:05. More info here.

Thank you everyone who came to see the premiere in Brno! Photos are coming soon - check the Gallery! Waiting for the pics, you can read a short promo interview in our press section.

The 2CDR that contains all four soundtracks from Silence - No Technology can be purchased after all Silence performances. For details see Discography section.

As already mentioned, Birds Build Nests Orchestra is a six-piece band that is now very busy preparing its program for Expozice nové hudby festival in Brno. The program is called Parafin Lake and the line-up is as follows: Petr Ferenc (turntable, voice, tapes), Michal Brunclík (turntables), Michal Zbořil (synth, electronics, theremin), Darrell Jónsson (Hawaiian guitar, synth), Matěj Kratochvíl (alto sax, clarinet) and Michal Cimala (electronics, berlino, voice). Do not miss the premiere on 13 March in Brno (Fléda). More dates will follow.

14 December, Prague, theatre Alfréd ve dvoře. Name of the premiere: SILENCE - NO TECHNOLOGY. An experimental event where the audience can choose from four soundtracks to play in their headphones while watching the performance by the theatre group Handa Gote. Those responsible for the music: Tomáš Procházka, David Freudl, Karaoke Tundra and BBNU. Come enjoy this special evening and have a drink with the band that will not be busy moving their gear there and back! More information (tickets, how to get there etc...) here.

XII. Prague Industrial Festival XII. Prague Industrial Festival takes place at Prague's Rock Café on Friday and Saturday 8 and 9 December. See the flyer or this site for program details. This show will be a double - maybe triple premiere for BIRDS BUILD NESTS UNDERGROUND. The setlist is completely new and has never been played before - our planned show in Olomouc was cancelled. Numbers 2) and 3) are a big surprise!!!

LEMURIE is an art radio and video streaming project by community of artists, poets, musicians, living and working mostly in Czech Republic. One of their events, on 19 June 2006, saw us play our Night Night program. Watch it here!

Welcome to the bird-nest. Launching of this propaganda weapon saw us preparing our first album NIGHT NIGHT and re-working our sound & approach to turning objects. After a year of playing our first "real" program we felt it was time to get the construction shaken to see which parts of it prove its stability and to be able to tell the basis from ornaments and atmospheric clouds - both of which can always be nice little subjects to change. This year, after releasing NIGHT NIGHT 12-inch vinyl, we are going to work on new songs and recordings, perhaps also make some theatre music and flirt with the glamorous magic of moving pictures. And from October you can see us on stage again, for example on Prague Industrial Festival. We will keep you updated about all the things mentioned above and many many more birds' plays that are to come one day. Please, feel free to contact us, your feedback is important.