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http://www.detroitluv.com/index.php?board=21;action=display;threadid=15297 WEDNESDAY JUNE 2 EX-CENTRIS A showcase of interactions between conceptual extremes. Naturalism vs. electricity, minimalism vs. maximalism, and audio vs. visual. ANTMANUV (Canada/The Ceiling) Captivated by the relationship between thunderstorms and magnetism, Antmanuv uses strategically placed microphones, modular synthesizers, and a turntable. www.antmanuv.net SKOLTZ_KOLGEN (Canada/MUTEK_REC/LINE) Making use of state-of-the-art technology in sound and image processing, Skoltz_Kolgen explore the unconventional possibilities afforded when two video screens are placed side-by-side. www.skoltzkolgen.com COH and Richard Chartier present CHESSMACHINE, a strategic live music exchange in which each player anticipates the other s music, or moves. COH (Russia/Raster-Noton/Mego) Distinguished by the emphasized emotional content of sound, Ivan Pavlov s work veers away from the path often taken by sound sculptors. www.raster-noton.de RICHARD CHARTIER (USA/12k/LINE) Nominated for the Prix Ars Electronica, Chartier s minimalist work explores the relationship between sound, silence, and the act of listening. www.3particles.com S.A.T. Diversions in beat-oriented music, where retro-fusion sidles up against visions of future sonic possibilities. MORE ACTS TO BE CONFIRMED. SMITH & HACK (Germany/Smith & Hack) Errorsmith and Soundhack come together to deconstruct hekkish house into distorted, loopheavy, agro-funk. SCHNEIDER TM (Germany/Mute) A Canadian premiere! This trio brings to mind everything expressive and intangible in pop. Pet Sounds for the 21st century? www.schneidertm.com JUNIOR BOYS (Canada/KIN) Heralded as the next evolution of futuro-romantic electro-pop, and in a niche all their own. www.electrokin.com/artists/junior_boys/ VITAMINSFORYOU (Canada / Intr_version) Playing sets as though they were narratives, Vitaminsforyou takes blunted IDM and then builds twists and turns. www.sfeericle.com/vitaminsforyou/ THURSDAY, JUNE 3RD S.A.T. The THINKBOX COLLECTIVE takes over the SAT to deliver some of Canada s most progressive audio/visual collaborations. CHRIS MCNAMARA (Canada/Thinkbox) This Windsor-based video artist, writer, McNamara also teaches New Media at the University of Ann Arbor in Michigan. MARK LALIBERTE (Canada/Thinkbox) Primarily an exhibiting artist, Laliberte s complex installation works & independent objects have been shown in exhibitions throughout Canada and the U.S. CHRISTOPHER BISSONNETTE (Canada/Thinkbox) Having performed alongside Scanner and Thomas Brinkmann, Chris is a sound artist/graphic designer who is currently working on a full-length CD. STEVE ROY (Canada/Thinkbox) An rhythmic experimenter, a software a? cionado and effects peddler, Roy is constantly adding new music to the Thinkbox website. ROB THEAKSTON (Detroit/Thinkbox) Self-described as a consultant, democrat, dj, editor, label manager, producer, promoter, radio presenter, writer, visual artist, musician, and Manchester united fan. BILL VAN LOO (Detroit/Thinkbox) A producer, DJ, musician and live performer, Van Loo explores sound & the fusion of dub, reggae, hip hop and jazz elements into electronic music. All information on the Thinkbox Collective can be found at www.thinkbox.ca EX-CENTRIS An environment of excess sound and concentrated space, dedicated to the ? ourishing visual interpretation of dirty minimalism. DAVID KRISTIAN (Canada/Alien8) A performance that will showcase atonalities, ? eld recordings, and washes of ambient static. www.davidkristian.com NOMIG (Canada) Presenting a new short ? lm that will capture the essence of sonic planes for the eyes. www.nomig.net ILPO V IS NEN (Finland/Touch) Half of legendary Finnish doom-minimalists Pan Sonic, V is nen s solo material bristles with organic head music for the post-techno generation. www.mego.at PURE (Austria/Mego) A post-industrial extremity, a must for all out-music experimentalists, Pure invents moods and invokes skin trickles with his haunted soundtracks. Playing as part of PUREDEKAM. www.mego.at DEKAM (USA/dOc) With a long history in the VIDVOX visual team and a recent collaborator of Pure s on a DVD project, Dekam will be performing here as part of PUREDEKAM. www.node.net S.A.T. RASTER-NOTON NIGHT! The masters of experiential electronics come together for a special performance on one stage. SZKIEVE (Canada/Hushush) Drilling into the mechanics of high frequencies and noise pollution, Szkieve s moods also lead him into linear ambience. www.szkieve.org FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER (Germany/Raster-Noton) Bretschneider s incorporates dry, laconic deepsound/ hi-hat beats drive the background microloops and delays. BYETONE (Germany/Raster-Noton) Considered one of four core Raster-Noton artists, Byetone deconstructs the elements of rhythm with the precise bravado of a surgeon. NOTO (Germany/Raster-Noton) A contemporary avant-garde master, Carsten Nicolai incorporates deconstructed genre templates with the atonal bursts and frequencies of the microsound movement. SIGNAL (Germany/Raster-Noton) Komet, Byetone, and Noto together! A rare live collaboration by some of the most integral electronicists of the past ? ve years. All information on Raster-Noton artists can be found at www.raster-noton.de FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH S.A.T. An event spanning the diversity of modern electronic music, building from experimental abstraction to the latest in dance music. MORE ACTS TO BE CONFIRMED. MILLIMETRIK (Canada) Treated guitar, feedback, and drum loops with a distinctly electronic edge. www.millimetrik.com DANIEL GARDNER/FRIVOLOUS (Canada/Karloff) With releases on Karloff, Proptronix, Poker? at, and Background, Frivolous s jazzy, off-kilter, experimental house is quickly garnering international attention. www.background-records.de MOSSA (Canada/Complot/Cynosure) Intelligent house with a strong dash of plastic and static sounds. www.complot.ca METROPOLIS Some artists rise above genre into the sphere of individuality. This evening celebrates two of them. PLASTIKMAN (Canada/M-NUS/Plus 8/Novamute) A highly ambitious audio-visual recreation of the Plastikman discography, Richie Hawtin brings this side of his persona back to the stage for its ? rst live performance in over nine years. www.plastikman.com RICARDO VILLALOBOS (Chile/Berlin/Perlon) A ? gurehead in both the Chilean and Berlin scenes, Villalobos creates some of the most intensive, careening house performances in beat culture today. www.mad-net.de/perlon SATURDAY, JUNE 5TH S.A.T. This event showcases sampling pirates, improvisation, loop fury, and diversions in techno. MAGALI BABIN (Canada/No Type) A risk-taking improvisor who performs with metallic objects, guitar pick ups, and electric guitar. www.electrocd.com/bio.e/babin_ma.html I8U (Canada/ORAL/Piehead) Epic, organic, I8U is a coincidence of those momentary bursts where deluges of street sounds converge to a glimpse of musicality. www.i8u.com KPT MICHIGAN (Germany/Aesthetics) Warm and melodic, Michael Beckett s latest album accounts a static- and feedback- riddled excursion through sine tones and grey noise. www.aesthetics-usa.com/bio/Kptmichiganbio.html ERRORSMITH (Germany/Independent) Deeply rooted in club-oriented electronic music, as documented in the release of the MMM and Smithn- Hack records, his work is based on research into new forms of digital sound synthesis. ANGEL (Germany/Bip-Hop) A North American premiere! Ilpo V is nen (Pan Sonic) and Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM), sounding nothing like their original projects. www.bip-hop.com PORTABLE (UK/Background/Bip_Hop) With traditional African rhythm structures underlying the scratches and hisses of western modernity, Portable s lucid techno is a meditation in itself. www.bip-hop.com ORIGINAL HAMSTER (Chile/Tigerbeat6) A mish-mash of huge electro, noisy house, marketing concepts, and old fashioned singing music. www.tigerbeat6.com METROPOLIS A collection of the world s most outspoken club rockers come together for an all-night event! FAX (Mexico/Static Discos) Deep and spare, Fax overlays high frequency clicks and snippets over bottomless bass. www.staticdiscos.com EGG (Canada/MUTEK_REC) Equal parts glitch, samples, and playfulness, EGG ably sidestep the high brow of experimental electronics through their cultivation of cartoon-tech sensibilities. www.poultryproduct.info, www.mutek.ca RIP OFF ARTIST (USA/Vertical Form/In? atbl) Finally, the missing link between Akufen and Atom Heart. Eclectic house chalk full of snips, crackles, and blips! www.ripoffartist.net JASON FORREST aka DONNA SUMMER (USA/Sonig) A self-stylized sample terrorist who has taken on the task of dethroning the musical embellishments of 70 s prog rock and disco. www.cockrockdisco.com KRIKOR (France/Root Down/Karat) A consistent presence in the clubs of Paris and Berlin, this young producer makes crunch-heavy, no-nonsense techno-rockers. mapage.noos.fr/krikor/ ISOL E (Germany/Playhouse) This soulful, Stuttgart-based left-of-center maven makes a rare North American appearance with his disco-noir for insomniacs. CRACKHAUS (Canada/Onitor/MUTEK_REC/Risqu e) Scott Monteith (aka Deadbeat) and Steve Beaupr literally make cracked house. With a reputation as one formidable performance team, the duo will not disappoint! www.onitor.de HERBERT (UK/Soundslike/K7) Creating some of the most sublime house from the most unlikely of source material, Herbert is a creative talent that can t be denied. His DJ performance will showcase his ever-developing tastes in new music. www.magicandaccident.com SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH S.A.T. A night to explore the possibilities between traditional instrumentation and electronics. Keep in mind that MUTEK s ?nal night is always ? lled with surprises LOSCIL (Canada/Kranky) Enraptured by the subaquatic, Loscil makes deep, dubby, minimal techno for the sedate. www.loscil.com A rare performance collaboration between Burnt Friedman and Can drummer, Jaki Liebezeit. BURNT FRIEDMAN (Germany/Nonplace/Scape) A nominal instrumentalist and unabashed experimenter, Friedman is a gifted collaborator who can deconstruct any genre into his own sound. www.nonplace.de JAKI LIEBEZEIT (Germany/CAN) In performance with Burnt Friedman, this legendary Can drummer will bring to the Mutek stage ? ve decades of rhythmic innovations. GEOFF WHITE aka AEROC (USA/Ghostly International/EDIT) Having cultivated a reputation as a point of reference in American techno, White s latest project experiments with the inner reaches of guitars. www.edit-audio.com, www.ghostly.com THE MOLE (Canada/Revolver) Infatuated by loops and disco, The Mole snips funk into fury. www.techno.ca/revolver/revolver.html JAMIE LIDELL (UK/Warp) Billed as a Lidell one-hour Fiasco , tag team Lidell and Fiasco have fashioned a new live set to stun, puncture, then destroy all remaining squares. With projections on the go, this is merely the tip of the poisoned dart www.warprecords.com
