Three IDM-y events in Chicago on the same night. It's like a planetary
alignment.
Luis
On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 12:42 PM, Quantazelle wrote:
quoted 106 lines Hey you Chicago people--come check out the release party for Coaster
> Hey you Chicago people--come check out the release party for Coaster
> this Monday @ Sonotheque... M50 provides the sonic appetizers and
> Popkan
> serves dessert of the funky minimal flavor. Hope you can make it! -liz
> ---------------
> SUBVARIANT RECORDINGS presents the album release party for
> Quantazelle's
> Coaster. Featuring Quantazelle (subVariant Recordings, Modsquare,
> Fractalspin) performing a live laptop set. With special guests Popkan
> (subVariant Recordings) performing a live-sequencing set and DJ M50
> (WNUR, Meiotic, Illmeasures) performing a live DJ set. Giveaways and
> promotions throughout the night.
>
> Sonotheque,
> 1444 Chicago Ave, Chicago, Illinois
> Doors: 9pm
>
> 21+ $0 Door.
> ---------------
> QUANTAZELLE COASTER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY AT SONOTHEQUE OCT 4, 2004
>
> Chicago, IL—How many CDs have you bought that end up as beverage
> coasters after the first listen? But how many are coasters before you
> listen to them? Quantazelle’s new CD, Coaster is just that: a designer
> beverage coaster and an experimental electronic album. Hear it Monday,
> October 4 at the release party at Sonotheque featuring Quantazelle with
> special guests Popkan (subVariant) and DJ M50 (WNUR, Meiotic,
> Illmeasures).
>
> “It’s a very exciting moment,” says Liz McLean Knight, subVariant
> label-head and the solo composer behind Quantazelle “The release [of
> Coaster] marks the start of many exciting things for the label in the
> near future, and Sonotheque has a fantastic sound system to showcase
> our
> direction. Popkan and M50 put on a really great show; it will
> definitely
> be a fun night.”
>
> Quantazelle’s signature sound consists of glitched-out textures and
> blissful atmospherics held together by funky machine-noise grooves, and
> catchy, melodic explorations. Imagine Melody on Mars–era Aphex Twin
> gifted with more processing power, or maybe a glitchier, instrumental
> Múm.
>
> Coaster features 12 tracks of Quantazelle’s bright, melodic IDM. From
> the catchy glitch-hop of the opener, “Braking (Hushed)” to the wistful
> piano arpeggios of “Sunken Projectile,” the album, while being most
> appropriate for chill sets and dance floor transitions, has enough
> diversity within to keep the experience memorable and engaging.
>
> The most striking aspect of the release is its packaging concept. The
> CD
> itself has a dotted outline showing the correct placement of one’s
> beverage, and the CD booklet features an instruction manual detailing
> proper utilization of the Coaster. “Accessories" are also offered
> simultaneously with the album: a Coaster Case, which allows easy
> portability of Coaster, and four Custom Surfaces, enabling a stylish
> personalization of the CD / coaster.
>
> Having performed alongside people like Jimmy Edgar, Miles Tilmann,
> Proem, Proswell, Machinedrum, and Kero, Quantazelle has performed at
> the
> Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago for the digital arts festival
> Version>02, and has made numerous appearances in Chicago and its
> surrounding states. Aside from running subVariant Recordings, she also
> is the editor-in-chief of acclaimed Chicago-based IDM website,
> Modsquare.com, runs the e-commerce site Fractalspin.com, and has her
> own
> fashion design company featuring jewelry made from electronic
> components: Zelle. She has also recently being named “one of Chicago’s
> fabulous 20-somethings” by the Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye for her
> commitment to experimental electronic music and her entrepreneurial
> spirit.
>
> Popkan, AKA Thomas Erdmann, has been quietly amassing an exuberant
> fan-base where ever he performs live. Through his careful and
> intelligent drum structuring, combining bleeps, squeaks and more, he
> creates a hybrid of glitch, dub, acid-funk and minimal madness.
> Equipped
> with an arsenal of gear and an energetic stage presence, Popkan makes
> for a truly electrifying live performance.
>
> DJ M50 is Mac Jenkins, a regular host at WNUR for over five years who
> has played alongside talents like Nobukazu Takemura, Stewart Walker,
> Apparat, String Theory, Mr. Projectile, Adam Johnson, and Common
> Factor.
> Blending his eclectic tastes for genre-blurring electronica and dance
> floor-oriented selections, he has performed live radio sessions at
> WLUW,
> WCKS, KCSB, and is a member of the collectives Meiotic Promotions and
> Illmeasures.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> About SUBVARIANT RECORDINGS
> SUBVARIANT RECORDINGS is a Chicago-based record label committed to
> releasing boundary-pushing electronic music, and well as creative
> approaches to the promotion and presentation of each artist’s work. For
> more information visit the SUBVARIANT website at www.subvariant.com
> <http://www.subvariant.com/> For press inquiries, please visit the
> press site at www.subvariant.com/press, or email press@subvariant.com
>
>
> http://www.subvariant.com/
>
>
>
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