be sure to check out in my absence:
Pop Montreal October 4-8th 2006
Brainwashed showcase:
Keith Fullerton Whitman (Kranky) -
www.keithfullertonwhitman.com
KFW is a composer/performer obsessed with electronic music; from its mid-century origins in Europe through its contemporary worldwide incarnation as "digital music."
Currently he is working towards implementing a complete system for live performance of improvised electronic music that incorporates elements from nearly every era: a reel-to-reel tape machine, a selection of small "jerry-rigged" / "circuit-bent" battery-powered sound-producing boxes, an analog modular synthesizer, an early "consumer" home-computer, and at the core; a contemporary computer running a custom-built Max-MSP based modular system that both controls these elements and acts as a central conduit into which their sounds are captured/collected, processed, then diffused to up to eight separate channels/speakers/amplifiers.
He is also, at present, composing an as-of-yet untitled piece for Egyptian Oud, Serge and Doepfer Analog Modular Synthesizers, and computer control/processing. It is his first through-composed long-form work.
Keith, 33, lives in Somerville, MA, USA with Robyn "Petra-Pixm" Belair and their child; a Korat named "Dribcots." He has been known to dabble in "virtuoso" "dance music" under many stage names/pseudonyms, most notably Hrvatski.
mp3: http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/keith_fullerton_whitman-farfisa.mp3
http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/keith_fullerton_whitman-lisbon_1.mp3
Sybarite (4AD) -
www.brainwashed.com/sybariteFrom THE BIG TAKEOVER
Xian Hawkins is the man behind Sybarite. He was asked by Simeon to join the legendary Silver Apples when the group reformed a few years back and continued with his own band when the Apples disbanded. Sybarite's music sounds like the inner workings for the human body. Electrical impulses shoot through wavering tones while subatomic bass notes work their way through the lower intestines, all of it tied together by the throbbing beat of a heart. It's body rock, though on a very abstract level. To create these sounds, Sybarite uses processed guitars and many different synthesizers and electronic devices. This soundtrack establishes moods from tense and jangling to slow and glacial. Sybarite's music flows somewhere between the ambient work of Eno, the sonic experiments of Coil, and the post-rock stylings of To Rococo Rot.
mp3: http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/sybarite-scene_of_the_crime.mp3
http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/sybarite-the_mast.mp3
Jesicca Bailiff (Kranky) -
www.brainwashed.com/jbIn early 1995, after being in a few unfruitful band situations, the Toledo-based Jessica Bailiff borrowed a friend's 4-track cassette recorder and experimented with sounds and songs. After a few months, an obsession with creating on tape developed, and she bought one of her own. She sent a demo, upon the suggestion of a friend and mentor, Alan Sparhawk of Low, to the Chicago label, Kranky, who had just released Low's Songs For a Dead Pilot EP. Soon after, Jessica received a call from someone at Kranky, and the label released her album about eight months later.
Jessica's first album, Even in Silence, was released in June, 1998; its contents were recorded both on 4-track cassette and at low's studio, 20 Below, in Duluth, Minnesota. A second album, Hour of the Trace, was also released by Kranky (again, recorded and produced with Alan Sparhawk of Low) in October, 1999. A third, eponymous record, described by Bailiff as being about "...stagefright, dreams, loss of creative energy/desire, love & time, living in the same place all your life, ghosts, near-death experiences, etc...," was released in October of 2002.
In addition to her three solo albums, singles and compilation appearances have been realeased from 1999-present. Jessica has also recorded with friend Jesse Edwards (of Red Morning Chorus and the.dithering.effect) as Northern Song Dynasty, David Pearce (of Flying Saucer Attack) as Clear Horizon, and Rachel Goldstar as Eau Claire. She has appeared on recordings by Rivulets, Red Morning Chorus, Saturday Looks Good to Me, and the Elegy Radio Ensemble, and has toured with Charles Atlas, Yellow6, Drekka, Rivulets, and Low.
mp3: http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/jessica_bailiff-shadow.mp3
http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/jessica_bailiff-we_were_once.mp3
Brainwashed has served as a not-for-profit online music publication and archive for eclectic music for 10 years. Through The Brain (providing weekly reviews, features, new releases and concert news).. The Eye (providing dowloadable video interviews and clips, as well as weekly podcasts and fulltime radio stream), produced by a wide range of notable voluntary contributors, Brainwashed has built a reputation as a reliable resources for open content on finely selected music. Brainwashed also provides hosting for a range of bands, artists and record labels and has also released records on their own Brainwashed Recordings. This year, Pop Montreal welcomes a showcase finely curated by Brainwashed.
Friday, October 6th 2006La Sala Rossa
4848 St Laurent
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www.popmontreal.com
www.brainwashed.com
Interview w/ Jon Whitney from Brainwashed:
http://www.popmontreal.com/site/en/node/332
