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1997-01-20 13:55Erik Gilbertsubstation (www.in2.com/substation/) begins Friday February 7th, 10pm, continues until noo

From:: Erik Gilbert <asphodel@interport.net>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:55:34 -0400
Subject:: (idm) Substation

substation (www.in2.com/substation/) begins Friday February 7th, 10pm, continues until noon Saturday the 8th...the site is an old Con Edison power substation smack in the middle of midtown, at 19 East 32nd Street, just off Madison. There will be many rooms, chock full of all kinds of installations and visuals and who knows what, AND...We will be featuring FOUR massive soundsystems (TurboSound FlashLights, for anybody who knows how wicked they are...VERY), with a massive variety of fierce DJs and live sets to overwhelm you. In addition, several different people will be providing awesome food throughout the party; there's even going to be software companies demonstrating weird stuff, just to make sure there's too much to do...The music will cover lots of styles, with the emphasis on experimental, including techno, drum'n'bass, electro, dub, ambient, electronica, and on and on. Absolutely no goa, don't worry. This party, dontcha think, is NOT to be missed...wot? all for just $15. Tickets are available at*********** we're only selling 1,000 tickets, so buy yours early. Also, please be mellow and quick about entering and leaving the party, let's leave the party police free to attend to other more important business, ok? Line-ups are as follows, in order of appearance in each room: One: The Baker Denard (Phuture Haus, Inc.) Silver Khan (Temple) Aldo (Throb) Audio Damage Labs Hallucifer (strange?) Selway Antfactor Gretchen/Honeychild Two: Ben Shaolin Fist Lady TKO Dara (Breakbeat Science) Swingsett/DJ Wally (Samz Joint) Soulslinger (Liquid Sky) Entity (Ultraworld) Circuit Redux Jamisan Dr. Decent Lovegrove (Sonic Soul) WE (DJ Olive and Lloop) Three: Imej Ambassador Jr. The Bedouin Byzar Peanut Butter Wolf Singe/Verb Toshio MK Under The SUn Daniel Four: Masa Blank Slate Gen Ken/Lary 7 Hahn Rowe Christina Wheeler Firehorse Satamile Sheldon Drake Darryl Hell Tom Stir Visuals/Environments by: multipolyomni OVNI Zvez Twinkle Twinkle Depthography Feedbuck Galore Illuminati HM/HMG The Neuronauts Eros Casper Double Helix Big Twin Neil Sonar/SL 12,000,000 Mau (NYC Underground) High Gear Operation Mindwipe The Elementals Paul Johnson Koosil-Ja for more information, as if there could possibly be anymore, call the Soundlab info line at 212 726 1724

1997-01-20 18:16Chris FaheyOh my god! No DJ Spooky! Does this mean that the Soundlab scene has weathered the hype tsu

From:: Chris Fahey <chris@wanderlust.com>
To:: 'IDM' <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 13:16:16 -0500
Subject:: RE: (idm) Substation

Oh my god! No DJ Spooky! Does this mean that the Soundlab scene has weathered the hype tsunami that is illbient? I mean, ever since the Spookynaught exploded in the NY media, the Soundlab scene has attracted great performers and insanely big crowds of dilettantes, media slaves, producer-types. It's like DJpolooza. Crowds so big so as to make the scene look like a rave where instead of baggy pants everyone had buddy holly glasses and instead of tripping X for the first time, everyone is sipping Anchor Steam beer at $5 a cup from a 20 minute line. It's a shame that so many great performers have to work in such unpleasant environments. Soundlab should rethink and stop throwing end-of-the-world megaparties, as if all the DJ's were retiring. Stage multiple events at multiple venues on the same night. Throw smaller parties more often, like a series. Schedule the performers to go on a certain times, not just randomly. Ditch the crappy DJ's and embarassing performance artists and only book the good ones. Treat the artists and the scene as if the audience actually cared about who is doing what. Stop treating the parties as if nobody was a real fan of the music. Become a forum for good music, not just a pile of DJ's. Why is it that it seems like the only place I ever hear about half of these DJ's performing live is at Soundlab megaevents, and if I want to see WE I have to spend 10 hours hoping that at some point I happen to be in the room in which WE is playing? It does the DJ's and the audience and the scene a disservice. -Chris Fahey

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>-----Original Message----- >From: asphodel@interport.net [SMTP:asphodel@interport.net] >One: >The Baker >Denard (Phuture Haus, Inc.) >Silver >Khan (Temple) >Aldo (Throb) >Audio Damage Labs >Hallucifer (strange?) >Selway >Antfactor >Gretchen/Honeychild > >Two: >Ben >Shaolin Fist >Lady TKO >Dara (Breakbeat Science) >Swingsett/DJ Wally (Samz Joint) >Soulslinger (Liquid Sky) >Entity (Ultraworld) >Circuit Redux >Jamisan >Dr. Decent >Lovegrove (Sonic Soul) >WE (DJ Olive and Lloop) > >Three: >Imej >Ambassador Jr. >The Bedouin >Byzar >Peanut Butter Wolf >Singe/Verb >Toshio MK >Under The SUn >Daniel > >Four: >Masa >Blank Slate >Gen Ken/Lary 7 >Hahn Rowe >Christina Wheeler >Firehorse >Satamile >Sheldon Drake >Darryl Hell >Tom Stir > >

1997-02-03 16:59Erik GilbertSoundLab and the RV present The Substation: Off the Grid February 7-8, 1997...from dark 't

From:: Erik Gilbert <asphodel@interport.net>
To:: <asphodel@interport.net>
Date:: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 12:59:00 -0400
Subject:: (idm) Substation

SoundLab and the RV present The Substation: Off the Grid February 7-8, 1997...from dark 'til high noon @ 19 East 32 Street (off of Madison Avenue), New York City February 7, NYC illbient posses come together in a special multilevel electrotectural site, from engine room to art studio, for a 12 hour gathering of DJ's, live electronicians, software hackers, video & vibes visualists and lab specialists. 35 performances on four sound systems kicking a field of frequency flavors--drum 'n mad bass, dub gyrations, technomania, the trip to the hip of the hop, illbient soundscaping, experimental electronics...and on and on past the break of dawn. There is a kitchen that will be utilized--bones to the latecomers. Sound artists include: Silver, Kahn (Temple Records), Dr. Decent (RV), Wally & Swingsett (Samz Jointz), Soulslinger (Jungle Sky), the Bedouin (Roir), Peanut Butter Wolf (San Francisco), Singe & Verb (SoundLab), Byzar (Asphodel), Shaolin Fist (Jungle Sky), We (Asphodel), Lady TKO (UK), Dara (Breakbeat Science), Jamisan, Lovegrove (Sonic Soul), Aldo (Throb), Hallucifer (Strange), John Selway, Honeychild & Gretchen, Blank Slate, Christina Wheeler, Toshio MK, Hahn Roe, Flux Quartet and more. Visualistic freeforms: Twinkle Twinkle, Multipolyomni, Kaspar, Feedbuck Galore, Operation Mindswipe, Mau, Neil Sonar and others, with software developers such as Pixound, MB Interactive, and IN2. The Substation jam begins at 10pm on Febraury 7 and continues until noon the next day. (Sunrise brunch will be served by 111 Triple A Couch & Planet 1.) For further information call SoundLab hotline at 212 726-1724 or online at www.in2.com/substation/

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