The SAT Mix Sessions presents:
3-way an evening of aural and visual collaborations featuring: the live aural solo and collaborative sounds of: gentle bakemono (aka david kristian) - www.davidkristian.com naw - www.noisefactoryrecords.com and the visual musings of vj faux amie - www.videokill.com when: march 17th 2004 7-10pm where: the S.A.T (Societe des arts technologiques) 1195, Boul Saint-Laurent Montreal Canada how much: FREE www.sat.qc.ca/mixsessions www.davidkristian.com www.noisefactoryrecords.com www.videokill.com PRESS RELEASE: Gentle Bakemono, naw, and VJ faux amie join forces to explore their darker sides. David Kristian will be presenting his soundtrack Italo/Electro alter ego as "Gentle Bakemono": David's new dark disco demon alter-ego. naw is presenting all brand new material that will be appearing on a number of his upcoming releases to be released over the next six months including material from his newsest Noise Factory Records full length titled "Dropfile and Other Lost Data" due for release later this summer. There will also be a rare treat: the two artists will create an improvised jam together for this session. Drawing on their shared background, both artists will compose in real time a soundtrack of minimal ambience leading up to their live solo perfomances later in the evening. VJ faux amie rolls out new visuals that will subtly build to a crescendo of paranoia and betrayal. The imagery won't jolt you out of your seat, but might make you look over your shoulder on the way home. Bios: Gentle Bakemono is David Kristian; one of Canada's premier experimental/electronica artists, who has released material on labels such as Suction, Leaf, Lo Recordings, Schematic, Worm Interface, and Law and Auder. David is well known for his experimental albums on Alien8 Recordings, and the 9 CD retrospective of his IDM material which is now being released by Wikkid Records. In addition to his album releases, David has also become quite involved with film soundtracks, and his work can be heard in Karim Hussain's Ascension, which has just won the Best Film award in the New Visions category of the world renowned Sitges International Film Festival in Barcelona. For the March 17th mix session, David will be presenting a soundtrack Italo/Electro set, as "Gentle Bakemono"; David's new dark disco demon alter-ego. naw is Montreal native Neil Wiernik, a media artist turned electronic music composer he began his explorations in electronic music makeing as early as 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. Even though Neil's (naw) composition and production styles are diverse he keeps a central focus throughout all his production: experimentation. Neil has released music under his given name and under the pseudonym of naw, on various national and international record labels, including releases on Noise Factory Records, Piehead Records, A/S Systems, Wabi Recordings, Future Rhetoric Recordings, Worthy Records, Complot Records, Ohm/Avatar, RRR , Total Zero. As naw, Neil has performed extensively along side a variety of national and international artists both in and outside of Canada. The likes of which includes: Sutekh, Kit Clayton, Stewart Walker, Unit, Phoenicia, Jake Mandell, Tikiman and Scion, Monolake, Rechnezentrum, Apparat, Kero, Todd sines, Deadbeat, Algorithm, Tomas Jirku, Akufen, Mitchell Akiyama, Jetone/Tim Hecker, Polmo Popo, Tinkertoy, Multiplex, David Kristian, I8U, Andrew Duke and Martin Tetrault just to name a few. For this edition of the Mix Sessions naw will be presenting all brand new material some of which will be appearing on his newest release on Noise Factory Records titled "Dropfile and Other Lost Data" due for release the end of this summer. Michelle Kasprzak, aka VJ faux amie, has worked as a VJ for several years, cutting her teeth on warehouse parties in Toronto and progressing to perform with the El Kabong collective in Los Angeles and Toronto at several large venues. She also collaborated with Slavica Ceperkovic to create "take take cake cake", the first video mixing performance presented in a formal gallery setting in Toronto. Her most recent performance incorporating video mixing was entitled "I Love A Parade" and took place at the 2003 Festival International Nouveau Cinema Nouveaux Medias de Montreal (FCMM). She has used tools such as Touch 101, SoftVNS, and simple analog mixers to accomplish her visual goals.
