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> MUTEK MUSIC, SOUND AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
> 2ND EDITION - MAY 30 - JUNE 3, 2001
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>For immediate release
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>MICRO 2 : MICROSOUNDS and OACIS
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>Digital variations on a minimalist note
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>Montreal, March 20th, 2001 - MICRO 2 is the second offering of a series of
>special evenings prepared as an appetizer to the next edition of MUTEK.
>Presented by Ex-Centris, MICRO 2 will propose two evenings of new media
>performances featuring many of the artists that have marked the 2000 edition
>of MUTEK. On Friday April 6 at 9PM, the multimedia theater of Ex-Centris
>(3536 St-Laurent blvd.) will host the microscopic sounds of American artists
>Kim Cascone, Taylor Deupree and Richard Chartier. On Saturday April 7 at
>9PM, in the same theater, the German collective Raster-Noton, represented by
>Carsten Nicolai, Olaf Bender and Frank Bretschneider, will present their new
>project OACIS.
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>MICROSOUNDS - April 6
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>Taylor Deupree, musician and graphic designer living in New York, is more
>and more absorbed in his research of musical compositions characterized by
>their microscopic tones and hyper-synthetic textures, thus coined
>Microsound. In 1997, he founded the 12K label to bring together other
>artists who share his interest. He is best known for his experiments in
>ambient and electronic music under names such Prototype 909, SETI, Human
>Mesh Dance and Futique. First introduced to the Montreal public during the
>ARCHITETTURA evening at MUTEK, last June, Deupree will return to Ex-Centris
>to improvise a set containing fragments of his recordings from the past,
>present, and future. Some of these sounds will be recognizable from his
>recordings on 12K and Ritornell, others will be from his upcoming cd Occur
>and others still will be created on the spot. This mixing and layering of
>microscopic sounds will be augmented by a real time midi-controlled digital
>projection, custom designed by Mark Fell (snd), consisting of thin rhythmic
>lines and colours that echo the textures of Taylor's music.
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>Working along similar lines, Richard Chartier, minimalist sound artist,
>painter and graphic designer, explores the relationship between sound,
>silence and the art of listening. In September 2000, he launched LINE with
>Taylor Deupree, a 12K sublabel focusing on new, digital, conceptual,
>ultra-minimalist sound art. Richard Chartier has recorded for many labels
>such as Meme (Japan), Fallt (Ireland), Microwave (The Netherlands),
>Intransitive Recordings (USA) and LINE (USA).
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>The evening will end with Dust Theories, a work-in-progress by Kim Cascone
>during which he navigates through a constructed "search" space inspired by
>genetic algorithms and a-life techniques. His concept is also an extension
>of the idea of "residualism" where he uses material that was left behind or
>tossed aside after use. Cascone has a long history involving electronic
>music: after he received his training at the Berklee College of Music and at
>the New School in New York City, he worked with David Lynch as Assistant
>Music Editor on both Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart. He founded Silent Records
>in 1986 and at the height of its success, in early 1996, he sold the company
>to pursue his love of sound design and went to work for Thomas Dolby's
>company Headspace as a sound designer and composer. Currently he is working
>for Staccato Systems as Director of Content where he oversees the design of
>new sounds for games using algorithmic synthesis. Since 1980, Kim has
>released more than 15 albums of electronic music and has worked as a
>collaborator and producer on numerous projects including Nurse With Wound
>and Merzbow among others. MICRO_2 will mark the first public presentation of
>Cascone's work in Montreal. The visual aspect of the performance will
>consist of experimental video created by Kathleen Cascone.
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>OACIS - April 7
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>The evening signed by the artists of the Raster-Noton collective during the
>last MUTEK was without any doubt the discovery and surprise of the event.
>They return to present OACIS - Optics Acoustics Calculated In Seconds, a new
>offering of their minimalist and clinical sound and visual compositions.
>Inspired by a book of the same name edited by Raster-Noton, OACIS will
>reveal a new aspect of their interest in the interaction between sound and
>visuals, presenting their working models on the cutting edge of electronic
>music, art and serial production.
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>NOTO - Carsten Nicolai is a visual artist and musician. His work takes on
>multiple forms - paintings, installations, performances and recordings - and
>has brought him to numerous exhibits around the world. His music, minimal
>and meticulous, lingers on the microscopic errors generated by machines. The
>purity of his recordings and their lyrical and humanist characteristics
>announce a new era of contemporary minimalist music falling between
>post-techno and conceptual sound art.
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>KOMET - Frank Bretschneider creates music that relies on the experimentation
>and management of accidental sound instances. Having studied graphic design
>and painting, he has developed a visual way of composing music, which
>emerges into expressive, though minimalist, miniatures. He has many releases
>on different labels such as Mille Plateaux, 12 K, Audio NL.
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>BYETONE - Olaf Bender, along with Carsten Nicolai, is co-founder of the
>label Raster-Noton. His current set puts hooklines and ostinating basslines
>of the seventies into the abstract field of the typical Raster-Noton sound:
>« Fragmented hooks get more space to develop and therefore another
>character. Straightening out the sound spectrum is not of immediate
>importance - it's more about groove, about several sound particles within
>the tracks ».
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>Tickets for MICRO 2 are 20$ per evening, 30$ for both evenings, available
>March 26th at Ex-Centris (3536 St-Laurent), Rotation (30 Prince-Arthur W.),
>CDesoterik (1841 C Ste-Catherine W.) and Atom Heart (364 B Sherbrooke E.).
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>Presented by Ex-Centris, MUTEK is an annual event dedicated to cutting edge
>electronic music and sound creation in the age of digital tools and new
>media. The second edition of MUTEK will take place in Montreal from May 30th
>to June 3rd, 2001. The program will be officially unveiled during a press
>conference on May 2nd, 2001.
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> Contact: Benoit Hotte
> 514-847-3536, ext. 3421
> <mailto:bhotte@ex-centris.com>
>bhotte@ex-centris.com
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> <http://www.mutek.ca/>
>www.mutek.ca
> <http://www.ex-centris.com/>
>www.ex-centris.com
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>Links Taylor Deupree http://www.12k.com/
><http://www.12k.com/>
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>http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/deupree_1.html
><http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/deupree_1.html>
> Richard Chartier http://www.3particles.com/
><http://www.3particles.com/>
> Kim Cascone http://www.anechoicmedia.com/
><http://www.anechoicmedia.com/>
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><http://www.anechoicmedia.com/> www.anechoicmedia.com
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><http://deadtech.net/kim_cascone.htm> http://deadtech.net/kim_cascone.htm
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><http://www.fallt.com/dust> http://www.fallt.com/dust
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><http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/COMJ/CMJ24_4Cascone.pdf>
>http://mitpress.mit.edu/journals/COMJ/CMJ24_4Cascone.pdf
> Raster-Noton <http://www.raster-noton.de/>
>http://www.raster-noton.de/
> Carsten Nicolai http://www.noton.org/
><http://www.noton.org/>
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>http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/nicolai_1.html
><http://www.urbansounds.com/us_current/thumbnail/nicolai_1.html>
> Frank Bretschneider
>http://www.mille-plateaux.net/mp/artists/frank_bretschneider/index.html
><http://www.mille-plateaux.net/mp/artists/frank_bretschneider/index.html>
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