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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
