Just a quick reminder...this Sunday in Chicago...
Sunday April 2nd 2006
BassUp|TrebleDown presents:
Rob Hall (Gescom DJ) [SKAM] - UK
Señor Frio (live - 1/2 of Ainu) [Narita, Toast & Jam, Panzen] - Portland
Yard (hdj set) [SKAM, Narita, Plong!] - Chicago
m50 (dj) [WNUR, WCKS, Bass Up Treble Down] - Chicago
Area (live) [Modsquare, Anal0g] - Chicago
@Smartbar
3730 N. Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60613
21+ 10pm-4am $6
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bios:
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Rob Hall (Gescom DJ) [SKAM] - from Manchester, UK
First dj set, (in front of other people) with autechre at
megatripolis, a weekly techno/ electronic night at heaven, charing
cross, London, summer 1992.
Returning several times to play in the next two years.
Co promoted/ booked artists for/ played at skam endorsed events
(incl. versivo, schizm, compression) since 1995, bringing artists
like aphex twin, plaid, boards of canada, matt Herbert, team doyobi,
freeform, req, squarepusher and pole to Manchester, often for the
first time.
Worked on/ contributed to numerous gescom projects, compositions,
mixes, dj sets and live sets.
Toured small venues in the uk with autechre on their tri repetae tour
in 1995. the tour included venues which had no turntables of any
kind, making djing very difficult.
Some shows/ festivals between 1996 and 2002 of which I have fond memories:
Orbit 5th birthday party, leeds. May 1996. (with jeff mills and the advent).
Phoenix festival, uk. 1997. (with boards, autechre, aphex, plaid,
mark broom, shake, sq pusher)
Warp promoted 'blech' and 'nesh' events. 1996- present.
Coachella festival, California. Autechre / skam showcase. 1999.
(morrisey, nine inch nails, kool keith, derrick may, carl craig and
Kevin saunderson also appeared at the event).
Reykjavik, Iceland. Shows with bola, jega and bjork. 1999.
Sonar festival. Barcelona. 1999.
Warp 10th birthday. Lighthouse. Skam showcase. London. 2000.
Shhh! Festival. victoria and albert museum. London. 2001.
Don't feed the animals. Malta. 2001- present. (first ever electronic
music events in malta!)
Skam 10th birthday uk tour, oct/nov 2001.
Bios festival, Athens, Greece. April 2002. (with team doyobi, pan
sonic, soul center, pulsinger, luomo, spezial material)
Toured uk/ Europe/ usa/ Canada with autechre on their 'confield'
album tour, 2001. played 40 shows in 7 weeks and lived on a bus!
Played a monthly residency at satamile records 'static' night at open
air in new york for 6 months. July 2001- jan 2002.
Toured japan with skam djs, bola and Michael England, (skam visual
artist). Tour included a show at liquid rooms in tokyo. May 2002.
Co ordinated and schedules over 30 hours of skam music over 2 days at
the autechre curated 'all tomorrows parties' festival 2003, uk. The
festival included sets from most of skams artist roster, (including
me). I also returned to the 2004 event to dj as the final act,
closing the festival.
Played at the opening ceremony for the 'European city of culture'
lille, france. 2003. the music was channelled to soundsystems all
around the city, to an estimated total audience of 500,000+ people.
Toured uk/ Europe/ usa/ Canada/ japan again with autechre (and snd)
on their 'untilted' album tour, april - june 2005.
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Señor Frio (live - 1/2 of Ainu) [Narita, Toast & Jam, Panzen] - from Portland
Señor Frio is one half of Portland's dynamic electro-duo, Ainu,
producing electro and techno tracks for nearly 4 years now. Playing
live, armed with a laptop and two drum machines,
Frio brings a continuous mix of beats, bass and electrofunk
blippiness. Frio's solo style still holds its roots in electro, yet
incorporates the elements of downtempo, house, idm and techno.
Having played solo gigs at Holocene, KPSU, Noir, Night Light and Lower
The Chapel in Seattle, Frio has honed his skills at engaging the
listener with his own brand of techno-eroticism while gaining supreme
knowledge in rocking the dance floor, performing with the Spandecks
Syndicate and along side techno virtuosos Let's Go Outside and Yard.
Señor Frio's first release will be coming soon on the Terminal 2 12"
on Narita. Some may
think the machine music is cold but Señor Frio es muy caliente!
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Yard (hdj set) [SKAM, Narita, Plong!] - from Chicago:
Yard hails from the dark woods of Portland, Oregon. Brought up in
the shadow of the northwest forest and transplanted to the urban 4/4
of Chicago's underground techno scene, Yard's gritty techno evokes
gnarled city life to organic atmospheres.
Yard has performed throughout the US with artists such as
Brothomstates (Warp), Adam Johnson (Narita), Solenoid (Orac),
Machinedrum (M3rck), Jacen Solo (Ai), and Accelera Deck (Scarcelight)
in a variety of environments from a club setting to outdoor
festivals. In 2005, he dropped a 12" on Narita (UK/Miami) and a
handful of carefully picked compilation appearances, including Skam
Records (UK). Yard has been remixed by Adam Johnson, Arctic Hospital
(Narita) & Area (ihatework) and remixed Adam Johnson, Arctic Hospital
& Area.
2006 begins with a release on Yard's own Yard Rec, a spring US tour,
and a release on Plong! this year.
discography:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/yard+(2)
webpage:
http://yard.tandjrec.com
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