Re: [microsound] arizona electronic music?

[darren bergstein <eimag@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, on the ambient/electronic end of things you also still have:

- steve roach (tucson)
- jeff greinke (also tucson)

i lived in arizona (mostly in & around phoenix, a year in tucson) for  
about 13 years (1986-1999), and can vouch that for the most part  
there is *no* electronic 'scene' of any validity there - never has  
been. whatever retail element existed is about washed up from what  
i've been told (zia records has become worthless, so has tower;  
there's still stinkweeds but they don't truck in much of anything  
electronic).

the small experimental scene (*very* small) in phoenix used to  
congregate around a tiny but excellent shop/performance space called  
metropophobobia (that's not a typo) that, like in most cities, was  
squeezed out because of skyrocketing rents & upwardly-mobile  
neighborhood changes. the place was run by peter ragan (who, with  
david oliphant, used to comprise 1/2 of the superb improv/ 
experimental/electronic troupe life garden - check out their cds from  
the early 90s). peter did occasionally host a number of then 'leading  
lights' on the electronic spectrum (greinke, thomas dimuzio), and the  
space's rep was touted from groups such as s.f.'s survival research  
laboratories & crash worship a.d.v.r., but once peter was forced to  
vacate, whatever little notoriety the spot fomented immediately dried  
up. mr. ragan & co. have long since stopped performing/recording as  
well (peter & david, where are you? if you're reading this, give us a  
holler!).

- darren bergstein
e/i magazine

> far as i know only 5 people live in arizona
> jeph jarmen
> joe sabella
> j a deane
> ed hardy
> mike quinn
>
> robert
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Wiernik" <neil@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [microsound] arizona electronic music?
>
> > Hey does any one on this list happen to have any contacts for  
> > people involved with the arizona electronic music community?  
> > thanks in advance
> > neil..

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