Hello all!
I have been very excited about this show since we first booked it a
couple months ago and now it is upon us. I really encourage you to check
this out. Greg and I hung out with Gregory (Lowfish) last night and
talking with him really brought my anticipation level up to a frenzied
heighth. This is going to be one of the better Oscillate showcases that we
have done and for 8 bux you can't beat that.
Anyway, here is the show copy---- enjoy!
cheers.....
SENSORY EFFECT presents
OSCILLATE--
Tuesdays at The Baltic Room--1207 pine st. Seattle WA
w/ residents Greg Skidmore and Electrosect
live visuals by SHANNON PALMER
9pm
$8
21+
Tuesday Dec.13 we are very happy to welcome
LOWFISH (suction records, ersatz audio, ghostly
intl.,satamile-TORONTO)-live!!!
JEREMY P. CAULFIELD (dumb unit records-TORONTO)
MIKE SHANNON (dumb unit records-MONTREAL)
SATAMILE (satamile records-TORONTO,SF)--DJ set!!!
..here's a little about the performers:
LOWFISH
Lowfish is the work of Toronto producer Gregory De Rocher, who runs
Suction Records with his longtime friend Jason Amm of Solvent. The pair
share an appreciation for New Wave and early industrial artists like
Skinny Puppy and Front 242, as well as a studio where distorted 808 drum
beats and bouncy, melodic analog synth lines are the sounds of choice.
De Rocher has been producing for over ten years and it shows in his
music. His work is fresh and distinct, with just enough graininess and
noise to offset the lushness of the synthesizer melodies and grooves. On
Eliminator, his self-proclaimed brand of "robot music" flows naturally
as he takes simple ideas and evolves them in his digital petri dish.
It's De Rocher's obsession with sound quality and delivery that sets his
music apart from other electronic producers. His tracks exude a maturity
in craftmanship, a pure focus, with rhythms and delicate textures that
never become indulgent or overstated.
De Rocher was born in Toronto in 1972. Early in life, he was plagued
with hearing problems and frequently found himself confined in soundproof
hospital laboratories. Once cured, De Rocher became fascinated by
music, especially his mom's disco eight-track of Giorgio Moroder's
robo-electric "I Feel Love." His infatuation grew as he began to feverishly
collect anything and everything that sounded robotic and modular. By age 16
he was already producing tracks in his home studio. De Rocher cites
'70s acts Roedelius and Tangerine Dream, as well as '80s electro-pop
legends OMD, New Order, and Art Of Noise as his biggest influences, along
with some of the more crunchy techno found on Warp and Rephlex.
Along with numerous international compilation and remix appearances,
Lowfish has released two full-lengths on Suction: Fear Not the Snow and
Other Lo-fiing Objects (1999) and Eliminator (2000). Recently, Suction
also put out Snow Robots Volume 1 and 2, a retrospective compilation of
works by both Lowfish and Solvent, featuring several out-of-print
releases from 1997, plus some new tracks by the pair. There is even a
Lowfish remix by Germany's Lali Puna. "Subversive Rats" appeared on Snow
Robots Volume 1 while "FatBlex" and "Glued Smile" came from the Eliminator
full-length.
Meanwhile, "No Longer Accepting Complaints," featuring a dizzingly
dirty and hedonistic synthesized bass line, was Lowfish's contribution to
Ghostly International's essential robo-electro comp, Tangent 2002: Disco
Nouveau, a compendium of contemporary electronic artists doing exciting
reinterpretations of the classic Giorgio Moroder-inspired austere disco
sound. Later that same year, Lowfish recorded the four-song Accident
Causer EP for Adult.'s Ersatz Audio label, then returned with another
coldly funky collection of chirpy analog stabs, entitled Maintain the
Tension. Lowfish is nothing if not a master of textures, and his mad layers
of arpeggiated synths over tinny drum machines sometimes suggest the
experimental computer music of yesteryear. Despite his
obsessive-compulsive fixation on cleanliness and complexity, De Rocher retains a groovy
dance floor energy, making Lowfish a brand of intelligent machine music
sure to stimulate all parts of your cerebral cortex.
JEREMY P. CAULFIELD
Is the owner and operator of the Tornto Based label DUMB UNIT.
Over the last 2 years Jeremy has quietly infiltrated the ranks of the
minimal and techno scenes by creating a rough, edgy and immediately
recognizable sound. This modern, aggressive music with a keen sense of
energy for the dance-floor has been featured on such labels as WMF and
Trapez. Now he returns home to Dumb-Unit. Side a: deft baggage a haunting
and driving track that begins as a dark and brittle mash up. Pitched up
digital noise scratches away at the deft and tricky bass line. Then, in
typical Canadian style the tracks opens up, and space becomes as
important as sound. Quickly we enter into a deep and hypnotic foray into the
new confident, Techno sound. Classic techno and minimal structures are
adhered to, but the finished product is a polished modern track with
Jeremy's tight drums and syncopated buzzes playing ping pong with the
slow worbling pads. Side b: 'Slumberjack' already creating havoc on the
circuit; 'Slumberjack' is just that: the monsters under the bed, the man
behind the door. Pacing, patient and indifferent Slumberjack's apathy
quickly transforms into a cold and calculated track. Each pad creeping
up to the next, each drum and hi-hat snapping the other into place.
Everything slowly creating the groove, no outrageous edits, no filtered
vocals just a tight weave of dry clicking Techno, bass heavy tech-house
and rocking sawwave minimal
SATAMILE
...sorry not much bio info available
but here is a link to his label that he runs....
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