Aspect Music Series and feedback monitor present
from Los Angeles
Subverseco/Deathbomb Arc recording artist
BOOKS ON TAPE
[
http://www.beatpunk.com]
with
Subverseco recording artist
ZUG ISLAND
[
http://www.subverseco.com/zugisland/]
Sunday, September 8th, 2002
Holy Joe's (above Reverb) - 651 Queen St. W. - Toronto
$3 at the door - doors at 9 PM - 19+
Aspect -
http://www.corpusnet.com/rikstuff/aspect/home.htm
feedback monitor -
http://www.feedbackmonitor.com
BOOKS ON TAPE bio:
Raised on punk rock and related products, Todd Matthew Drootin got turned
on to electronic music and hip-hop in the nineties. With Matt Dennebaum, he
forms the duo Subverse, whose sole, self-released cassette Nobody Likes You
(1998), although a fairly obscure item in itself, got them some well
deserved kudos. Unfortunately, the band had to split shortly afterwards as
their members moved to opposite coasts: Matt went to New York City, and
Todd eventually found his way to Los Angeles.
Fueled by this experience, Todd went solo under the name Books on Tape, a
project in which he would craft his now instantly recognizable signature.
Unlike many electronica producers (bedroom or otherwise), Todd is unafraid
to do things you're not supposed to do, like trying to recreate a guitar
strumming effect in a sequencer, or laying his songs upon shockingly
unorthodox rhythms. However, two important qualities can be found in equal
measure in his entire oeuvre: energy and groove.
Todd's recorded activity has taken many shapes and turns already. Following
a first CD, Take a Read on the Riding and multiple appearances in the
backdrop of various popular MTV reality shows, Books on Tape was featured
on weblabels No Type and Subverseco. Physical releases in various formats
(CD-R, 10", 7") ensued, as well as a large number of live performances on
the West Coast. In December 2002, the first widely available Books on Tape
CD will be released by the Seattle-based Deathbomb Arc label under the
title Throw Down Your Laptops. As a companion release, No Type is releasing
a 10" EP featuring a different version of the song Hey Typical! plus
unreleased material. On top of this, a new No Type CD, tentatively titled
Seven Years of Pounding Through the Sludge, is also in the grinder for 2003.
Todd is also behind a number of projects besides Books on Tape, such as
Click Tracy, Dewey Decimator (with Kerri Kerrang), Sluts on Tape (with Eryk
Salvaggio), Tape Science Version (with Dustin Craig) and Box Social (with
Fonda's David Klotz). He also enjoys remixing his friends and labelmates,
and spends much of his free time maintaining his own, well-loved Subverseco
label.
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