ASTRALWERKS: PRESS RELEASE
October 24, 1994
before and after ambient
An Inaugural Event of Electronic Cafe International
FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON LIVE FROM THEIR STUDIO
On-line Discussion with Erik Davis, Carlo McCormick, DJ Spooky and guests,
with Bill Laswell, Christian Marclay, David Behrman, Terre Thaemlitz, Tetsu
Inoue, Cypher 7, Zoar, DJ Olive and Jaron Lanier
Dates: November 4-5
November 4: New York 9pm, Santa Monica 6pm
November 5: New York 9pm, London 2am
Tickets at The Kitchen: $15, Members $12
After a summer of development and testing, The Kitchen inaugurates its
second floor cafe/theater as the New York "strong site" of Electronic Cafe
International. before and after ambient, a weekend festival of new
electronic music, with live, interactive links to London and Santa Monica,
will feature a panel discussion of ambient music, extended evenings of
continuous performance live at The Kitchen, and special on-line
collaborations by artists performing simultaneously in all three cities.
Electronic music has seen a major resurgence in the last two years, emerging
out of the underground techno-rave scene. This new cultural phenomenon is
the result of many factors, perhaps the most significant being the ever
increasing accessibility of musical technology and the concern with
consciousness expansion in rave culture. The context for presentation of
this new ambient/electronic music has been the "chill out" rooms of dance
clubs, frequently augmented by video or projections. In before and after
ambient, artists from this burgeoning field will be presented in an
experimental art space context - The Kitchen - for the first time. The series
will also present a number of artists from the
-more-
experimental art music domain who are working with related ideas and
materials, suggesting a compelling web of connections and contrasts that has
yet to be articulated.
Future Sound Of London, recognized for their groundbreaking electronic aural
and visual landscapes will be performing live from Earthbeat Studios, just
outside London. They will also be transmitting video, courtesy of unofficial
third member of FSoL, Buggy G. Riphead. Buggy is responsible for all the
graphics and artwork related to FSoL. Earlier this year the group transmitted
live from their studio over Radio One in England and to other European radio
stations and Buggy transmitted images through the internet to watch in
realtime with the radio broadcast.
The technological aspects of before and after ambient are made possible in
large part by a newly installed ISDN lines which carry video and audio
signals in and out of the Electronic Cafe International at The Kitchen.
Electronic Cafe International, headquartered in Santa Monica, California, is
thought of as "the cafe for the global village" by its founders, Kit Galloway
and Sherrie Rabinowitz. The Electronic Cafe consists of a number of
permanently installed multi-media teleconferencing facilities incorporating
real cafes, linked together to create an international "venue" for cultural
exchange.
Information and telephone reservations for all Kitchen events may be obtained
by calling The Kitchen's general number at (212) 255-5793. Advance tickets
are available at The Kitchen Monday through Friday, 10am -5pm, or through
TicketMaster at (212) 307-7171.
Future Sound of London information:
Amy Welch, Caroline/Astralwerks - 212-989-2929 x3012.
Event information:
Eric Latzky, The Kitchen - 212-255-5793
NYC
The Kitchen
512 West 19th St. (btwn 10th & 11th Ave)
New York, NY 10011
L.A.
The Electronic Cafe
18th St. Arts Complex (at Olympic)
Santa Monica, CA