Ellen Allien Teams With Audion

Just a Man/Woman sounds like it could be the title of some terrible slow jam compilation, but in fact it's the name of a new split 12-inch featuring Audion (aka Detroit techno darling Matthew Dear) and Ellen Allien (owner of Berlin's BPitch Control label and darling DJ in her own right). To be released by Spectral Sound on July 25, the gender-bending single begins with the Audion track "Just a Man" (from 2006's Fabric 27 mix) followed by Dear's reworking of Allien's "Just a Woman", then predictably continues with Allien's own mix of "Just a Man", concluding with her original version of "Just a Woman."

The good ol' fashioned battle-o'-the-sexes project arose from the artists' 2005 North American tour, during which time they developed (the official press release tells us) a certain dynamic. Perhaps they dynamically fought over turntables and the necessity of putting down the toilet seat.

This summer, both Dear and Allien are on the road, albeit separately.

Matthew Dear dates:

07-20 Gent, Belgium - 10 Days Off Festival *$
07-21 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux $
07-22 London, England - Fabric
07-29 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) !
08-05 Brooklyn, NY - 3^rd Ward
08-12 Miami, FL - I/O
09-02 Chicago, IL - Purenation Festival

* with Richie Hawtin, Magda
$ with Troy Pierce
! with Silver Jews, the Walkmen, the Futureheads, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Art Brut, Destroyer, Mountain Goats, Band of Horses, Man Man, Chin Up Chin Up, Hot Machines, A-Trak, Matmos, Spank Rock, Ghislain Poirier, Tyondai Braxton, Chicago Underground Duo, Flosstradamus, 8 Bold Souls

Ellen Allien dates:

07-21 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival *
07-22 Montepellier, France - Electro Mind Festival
07-29 Mallorca, Spain - Es Peixet Beach Party
08-04 Brest, France - Astropolis *
08-05 Orihuela, Spain - NIT Festival
08-06 Barcelona, Spain - Liquid Club
08-11 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik/Street Parade *
08-12 Saalburg, Germany - SMS
08-25 Marseilles, France - Studio 88 *
08-26 London, England - TDK Festival
09-22 Florence, Italy - Art Festival *
09-23 Lille, France - Name Festival *
09-23 Rome, Italy - Romaeurope Festival *

* with Apparat