Nophi Records presents:
An Evening of Ambient Music with
The Flashbulb (chicago)
As The Flashbulb, Benn Jordan typically releases drill 'n' bass or breakcore
styled music. His style differs strongly between albums, but they all have a
cohesive bond tied around fast drum programming, acid-influenced melodies,
and a wide array of live instrumentation from various instruments Jordan has
acquired. He also often records his melodies through MIDI-synced guitars.
His guitar style and skill has gained attention because he typically plays
it strung backwards, and makes heavy use of fast sweeping and tapping. The
last two Flashbulb albums have featured violinist Greg Hirte, who will
apparently feature heavily on The Flashbulb's next album, Soundtrack to a
Vacant Life, as well. Soundtrack to a Vacant Life is, as Jordan stated in a
recent interview, a step away from the breakcore genre. He also said that
this step is likely to be a permanent trend in the direction of his music.
Under other aliases, Benn Jordan's work varies quite a bit. His Acidwolf and
Human Action Network aliases feature retro acid music that uses old drum
machines such as the TR-808 and relies heavily on the melodies of the
TB-303. Tracks made under the FlexE alias tend to be laid-back and classic
acid. According to him, he showcases his more fundamental, classical, and
personal pieces under his own name, Benn Jordan.
Richard Devine (atlanta)
Richard Devine is an Atlanta-based electronic musician. He is recognized for
producing a layered and heavily processed sound, combining influences from
old and modern electronic music. Devine largely records for the Miami-based
Schematic Records. As a result of praise of his music from Autechre as well
as a remix of Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy, Devine recorded an album for Warp
Records which was jointly released by Schematic and Warp.
R. Garcia (atlanta)
"R. Garcia began making loud noise with a Japanese drumset, a pair of
boom-boxes and a flamenco guitar. Through this ramshackle conglomeration of
stuff, he accidentally discovered multi-track recording. The result of his
experiments would lead him to record an acoustic punk album before he could
even fully tune his instruments.
As a teenager, Garcia's vision quickly grew beyond the immediate desires for
beer, pot, and girls. He founded 9D recordings, a cassette-tape label that
was more responsible for audio terrorism than anything else. 9D would later
evolve into the critically acclaimed Nophi Recordings — a small boutique
label that would grow to share in the fathering of the modern American
electronic music movement.
His recent return to the left-field of electronic music has afforded him a
newly found dedication to the craft, where he has found comfort as both
teacher and student in the ways of computer music."
Recompas (atlanta)
Travis Thatcher has performed as an electronic composer and musician for the
last seven years, as a saxophonist for the last 15 years, and has been
cutting his teeth on various experimental electronica projects in Atlanta,
GA. He currently performs with recompas (with Blake Helton), Judi Chicago
(whose CD was deemed the best music made in Atlanta in 2007 by Creative
Loafing), and Early Modern Witch Trials (both with Ben Coleman).
Travis is an experienced computer programmer; he received a BS in Computer
Science from Georgia Tech in Spring 2005 and has worked extensively in
industry as well. His graduate work has been in the field of music
technology, specifically in human computer interaction for live performance
and interactive sonification. Concentrating on mobile applications for
networked collaboration and on controller design, he has been involved with
projects including: Brainwaves, a sonification installation that allows a
group of players to interact with an auditory display of neural activity,
Iltur, a series of musical compositions featuring a novel method of
interaction between acoustic and electronic instruments with new musical
controllers called Beatbugs, and Listening Machines, a concert series
exploring concepts of machines listening and improvisation and musical
human-machine interaction.
8 pm
$5
All ages
FREE BEER for ages 21+
at DooGallery
205 Holtzclaw Unit I&J Atlanta, GA 30316
www.doogallery.com
www.nophi.net
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