clonk presents: monolake feb 8th 2002, toronto canada

[Neil <neil@xxxxxxx>]

continuing with our on going series of one-off events:

clonk and el mocambo productions very proudly present:

chain reaction recording artist:

monolake (live)

with local support from:

a/s systems recording artist:

naw (live)

and djs:

otaku (wabi) and zuzana grimm (zuzanium)

visuals:
patricia and kristyn

when:
friday february 8th 2002
930pm sharp - ?????

where:
794 bathurst st. (just north of Bloor)
toronto canada

how much:
tickets $10 advance more at the door
advanced tickets: rotate this, soundscapes, penguin

more info:
http://www.techno.ca/clonk
clonk@xxxxxxxxx
or
http://www.elmacombo.com

also listen to
unfortunate sonic casualties w/ host gerald belanger
midnight-2am wednesday feb. 6
listen live at http://ckln.fm
for a full in depth feature on this event featuring some of the artists
performaing at the event.


artist bios:

monolake:
music with computers since 1995
Branching off from his studies as a sound engineer,
Berlin's Robert Henke is a key originator of the Chain
Reaction school of stripped down minimal techno. With
numerous releases for Chain Reaction and his own
[m/li] label he has displayed an uncanny ability to
create much revered deep, dense, and dubby sonic
textures. His work includes releases such as
fragile.static, Interstate, Gobi, Hongkong, Gravity,
and the recent Cinemascope full-length, an emotive
exploration of his rhythmic tendencies. Apart from
being influenced by contemporary minimal techno and
the science of breaking beats, Monolake also has a
background in more academic music. This was witnessed
in performances such as mille tableaux (Berlin Sept.
1998), where he and his partner at the time, producer
Gerhard Behles manipulated and restructured existing
electroacoustic works to create something altogether
new. Besides releasing records & performing live,
monolake has created a sound library for the modular
softsynth Reaktor. This work has had an undeniable
influence on his music, allowing him to act the part
of sonic architect influencing the next generation of
producers not only with his composition but with tools
he has helped craft.

naw
Clonk co-founder and audio contortionist Neil
Wiernik is a multimedia visual artist turned
electronic music composer who began creating
electronic music in 1988. Known to push the boundaries
of his musical form - from designing new or
manipulating existing sound making devices and
software to creative uses of production environments
and sound sources. Though his composition and
production styles are diverse, he keeps a central
focus throughout all his production: a trademarked use
of rich, thick, lush textures and rhythms. Before
settling into his current solo project, "naw", Neil
had a long history of both group and solo electronic
music projects including work with The Crystal
Methodists (Goy Division Recordings), Phycus (Total
Zero), and The Urban Refuse Group (Total Zero). In
terms of solo work, Neil has released music under his
given name and under the pseudonym of naw, on such
labels as: Avatar/Ohm, RRR, Mutant Cactus Recordings
and A/S Systems. He was also recently signed to
Piehead Records and Noise Factory for full-length cd
releases, both of which are set to be out in the
summer/fall of 2002. Neil's recent work is a hybrid of
minimal techno, dark ambient, dub, and other
experimental musics. Under the naw moniker Neil has
played along side such international artists as: Jake
Mandell, Stewart Walker, Unit, Phoenecia, Theorem,
Sutekh, Monolake, Algorithm, Akufen, Deadbeat, Kit Clayton,
Kero, Mitchell Akiyama, Tomas Jirku, David Kristian and Rechenzentrum.

zuzana grimm
The Canadian vein of the music/fashion core became
much richer upon the defection of Slovak-born Zuzana
Grimm. With roots in both Industrial as well as
4AD-type sound, multi-talented Zuza's musical style is
as passionate as the clothing she creates for her own
company- Zuzanium (http://www.zuzanium.com). Known for
speaking her mind at any volume, in whichever natural
form she so chooses, Zuza has been spinning since '98
and has accompanied the likes of: Mike Shannon,
Algorithm, Jacob Fairley, and other TO talent, as well
as Herbert, ric Y martin, Octave One and John Tejada
(to name a few). Zuzana has played in various cities
including Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Guelph,
Sudbury, Kitchener, Bratislava, Nitra, Malta, Vienna.

otaku
Torontos own otaku began his public foray into disc
jockeying by playing his favourite spacey records
(stereolab, flying saucer attack, fuxa) at the weekly
'm_space' events. Hearing tracks from the chain
reaction/basic channel labels turned him on to the
exciting world of
deep minimal techno. A graphic/web designer and
photographer, his minimal work aesthetic fits nicely
with that of fellow wabi (www.wabi.org) members,
with whom he spins a dubby minimal tech house mix whenever possible.