Sensory Effect presents
OSCILLATE
tuesdays at The Baltic Room--1207 pine st. Seattle WA
9p
21+
$10
with residents GREG SKIDMORE and ELECTROSECT
live visuals by Scott (of The Now Device) and Robert Rudas
Tue. Feb.21 we are excited to welcome
----[a]pendics.shuffle-- (live!!--orac records-LA)
----CARO-- (live!--orac records-SEA)
----GREGG KOWALSKEY (live!--kranky records-LA)
here's a little about the performers...
[a]pendics.shuffle
Under his [a]pendics.shuffle alias, Ken Gibson departs from the
turbulence of his better-known work as Eight Frozen Modules to inflame the
feet rather than the cerebrum. The prevailling structures are distinctly
tech-house: direct, jacking and funky. This is dance music-- no doubt--
however he has a problem: he doesn't follow the formula that 50,000
other DJ/producers cling to. In other words, he couldn't give a crap about
the 64-bar intro, the
filter-sweep-bridge-from-the-breakdown-to-the-climax or the drama strings (think of that high-pitched synth fodder from
Madonna's "Vogue"). Instead, his work finds its lot sandwiched
in-between the more beat-friendly tracks of the Orthlorng Musork posse or Mille
Plateaux kids -- though his music is far too complex and interesting to
be lumped in with those guys. Gibson's focus is on sounds (lots of
them)and works these in tandem with his get-your-ass-on-the-dance-floor
groove that only becomes more interesting each time you hear it
CARO
Seattle's Orac label is just getting better and better, thanks to the
disco inversions of artists like Bruno Pronsato, Strategy,
[a]pendics.shuffle, and labelhead Randy Jones' debut full-length as Caro, after
his spooky My Little Pony single Minimal Techno undergirds it all, but
almost by suggestion alone; the music itself is overstuffed with piano
vamps, Trax flashbacks, Italo indulgences, and elements of classic New
York Garage. Plenty of elements will sound familiar "Sea of Hands"
dips its fingers into Arthur Russell, Jones' rhythms could drive any
record on Perlon, and his revisitation of disco via contemporary means
recalls Metro Area but Caro doesn't sound like anyone else. His
compositions blur the line between tracks and songs, building slowly through
meticulous addition, but shaping their hooks so that they sink in deeply
GREGG KOWALSKY (w/ Ben Brakken)
Born in New York City and raised in South Florida, Gregg Kowalsky has
had the opportunity to perform throughout Europe and the United States
under the Osso Bucco moniker for the past several years. He
participated in festivals such as WDRs SoundArt-Köln Festival, Sonar, OFFF
(Online Flash-Film Festival) and The Nursery Summer Festival in Sweden
alongside artists like Stephan Mathieu, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Wolf Eyes,
fm3 and others. He now resides in Oakland, California where he
completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media
at Mills College with the guidance of Fred Frith. Kowalskys
compositions range from textural ambient to drone and noise pieces, which are
highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg
lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his
music occupies through dense, live, multi-channel mixes. He has composed
for film, dance, acoustic ensembles and sound installations. Gregg's
debut full-length album, Through The Cardial Window, will release in
2006 on Kranky
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