Re: [microsound] early warning: the once.twice festival of sound baltimore

[jason urick <themoonstealingproject@xxxxxxxxx>]

Baltimore, MD

I put it in the title, but just realised I made no
mention of it in the actual body of the
email....whoops.


jason



--- matthew bonner <dogonwheels@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  what city is this show in??
> --
> 
> On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:06:05   jason urick wrote:
> >upcoming show announcement!!!!
> >
> >
> >the once.twice festival of sound
> >
> >march 24 + 25
> >
> >day.one saturday march 24 @ the ottobar   $7
> >
> >schedule:
> >3:30pm - doors open
> >:::show begins:::
> >4:00pm - ian nagoski/dan conrad
> >4:40pm - 0's(chicago)
> >5:15pm - diskette
> >6:00pm - mora(chicago)
> >6:45pm - twine[hefty, komplott](ohio)
> >7:45pm - while[chocolate industries]
> >
> >:::ian nagoski / dan conrad:::
> >daniel conrad began work on his chromaccord light
> >organ in the early 70s after seeing joseph albers
> >theoretical work on the effects of juxtaposed color
> on
> >human perception.  The chromaccord adds time,
> >improvisation and inspiration to albers work,
> >creating psychedelic retina-tingling sequences of
> >afterimages, analogous in many ways to the
> >representation of helmholtzs sound-wave theories
> by
> >the early soundfield artists (niblock, young,
> >palestine, etc.)  conrad has written about the
> >chromaccord in leonardo: journal of art and
> science.
> >
> >ian nagoski "really rips with some higher-mind
> >electronics, brutal and unsophisticated on one
> hand,
> >beautiful and truly elevating on the other. 
> listening
> >to this is like examining fractal images through a
> >microscope - you'll lose your sense of self. -
> bruce
> >russell
> >
> >:::0's:::
> >it's zero's not Oh's just so ya know. 0's are a new
> >collaborative force out of chicago involving the
> >interaction between live instruments and computer.
> the
> >band includes brent gutzeit of tv pow(who play
> sunday)
> >on pc... dave williams on guitar/sampler, who is
> known
> >around chicago as the editor of the fabulous
> magazine
> >8X10... and lastly rob lomblad on drums, rob is a
> >veteran of many fine chicago jangle-pop bands(lanky
> >lanky lanky and shambly to name two). their set is
> >100% improvised, and can shift from the loud rumble
> of
> >mezbow to the quiet introspectiveness of amm of
> >bernhard gunter in seconds.
> >
> >:::diskette:::
> >man about town chris coady's electronic project
> >diskette has been steadily picking up steam over
> the
> >last 6 or so months. With frequent gigs in
> baltimore
> >and dc opening for the likes of feotus, oval, cex
> and
> >a short tour with the convocation of..., diskette
> has
> >been winning over audiences with his unique brand
> of
> >jagged beats and cut-ups. similar in vein to
> autechre,
> >richard devine and push button objects.
> >
> >:::mora:::
> >minuscule sounds brought to life! often times
> >concentrating on the micro-sound worlds of small
> >objects, more's contact mic-ed improvisations take
> the
> >listener places they never would have imagined.
> also
> >from chicago mora is jason soliday and philip von
> >zweck, both members of chicago experimentalists
> >seafoam. von zweck is also the host of the
> nationally
> >known experimental radio show "something else".
> >
> >:::twine:::
> >after a self releasing a cd and loading the web
> with
> >their mp3's, twine finally received their break
> when
> >chicago label hefty(run by john hughes III) reeled
> >them in to do a 12". ohio-ans greg malcolm and chad
> >mossholder have since been on a roll, releasing a
> cd
> >of loops for pc's acid program, a full-length on
> >komplott of sweden and another hefty ep due soon.
> >their sound is a fusion of noise and melody.
> similar
> >to fennesz more melodic work or vert's "koln
> konzert".
> >they also come equipped with an amazing video
> >show..... not to be missed. 
> >
> >:::while:::
> >baltimore's best kept secret is electronic musician
> >chris moore aka while. with two ep's and one
> >full-length out in the last three months on chicago
> >label chocolate industries, one would think more
> >attention would have been paid. well it has! in
> >international press, rave reviews have been rolling
> in
> >from all over, with magazine such as Alternative
> Press
> >and The Wire gushing over while's new releases.
> this
> >is while's first ever baltimore show, and only his
> >second ever period!
> >
> >
> >fun right? that's day one::::here's day two!
> >
> >day.two sunday march 25 @ h. lewis gallery    $6
> >
> >schedule:
> >
> >2:00pm - doors open
> >2:30pm - matt welsch
> >3:00pm - themoonstealingproject
> >3:45pm - backbreakerneckbrace
> >4:30pm - videos curated by jason urick
> >5:15pm - tv pow[boxmedia, staalplaat](chicago}
> >6:15pm - andreas berthling[staalplaat,
> >microwave]{sweden)
> >7:15pm - videos/films curated by dawn bennick
> >
> >
> >:::matt welsch:::
> >some of you might recognize matt as the singer of
> >local art rock band the aviary. matt's solo set is
> a
> >completely different animal, with guitar and
> sampler
> >welsch creates detailed ambient layers/loops that
> >intersect drone wash guitar.
> >
> >:::themoonstealingproject:::
> >chicago transplant jason urick is the sole member
> of
> >themoonstealingproject and is also the organizer of
> >this event. his sound is that of slowly evolving
> >electronic textures, his primary interest are in
> >transforming recognized instrumentation into
> ambient
> >soup.
> >
> >:::backbreakerneckbrace:::
> >michael haleta is a graphic design senior at the
> >maryland institute college of art (also studying
> web-
> >and sound-design). michael studied cello and
> >composition under multi- instrumentalist eric
> >haltmeier (former student of ellery eskelin). when
> he
> >isnt constructing typefaces, michael is either
> >composing music for his electronic project
> >backbreakerneckbrace or playing guitar in the
> >baltimore math-rock band the french mistake.
> >
> >:::tv pow:::
> >tv pow is brent gutzeit, mike hartman and todd
> carter.
> >the three met at college in kalamazoo, mi. before
> >reuniting in japan to form tv pow. at the time the
> >"band" was using electric koto, drums and 20-string
> >steel bass. the trio moved back to chicago in 1997
> and
> >evolved into a laptop band. the years since
> returning
> >from japan has seen the members; starting two
> record
> >labels(boxmedia and gentle giant), releasing albums
> as
> >a group on staalplaat, and boxmedia , releasing
> solo
> >records and appearing on comps on lucky kitchen,
> >kranky, staalplaat and field recordings, as well as
> >touring europe once and japan four times.
> >
> >:::andreas berthling:::
> 
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