If Ramp Chicago needed a poster boy it would be Scott Hansen—equal parts audio and visual, he executes both with finesse. As Tycho he’s a master of swirling, sun-drenched melodies and as the much-lauded graphic designer, ISO50, he’s equally stunning and mines a similar aesthetic. Having just shared a bill with Matmos, Tycho is at work on new material for Ghostly International, having recently released Past is Prologue on Merck records. Hansen will be performing and displaying artwork from his ISO50 guise, as well as his live set as Tycho.

You’ll regret it if you miss Chicago DJ, Mr. Automatic, a long-time veteran of collectives like Metropop Media, Retropop!, Boutique Sound and Iconoclast. He’ll be spinning an eclectic mix of downtempo, 60’s pop and disco. Also look out for our new resident DJ Liz Revision (a.k.a. Quantazelle), who recently appeared with a live set in January, as well as live video artist Spiderback, returning to Ramp Chicago with his distinct blend of synthesized visuals.

* Tuesday, March 13, 2007 @ Sonotheque [MAP]
* 1444 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago IL
* 9pm – 2am, 21+, $5

* BassUpTrebleDown presents Ramp Chicago featuring:
* Tycho (Live)
* Mr. Automatic
* Liz Revision [aka Quantazelle] (Resident)
* Emulsion (Resident)
* Live Visuals: Spiderback

Yes, well–I’ve done killed my laptop. As in, “refusal to boot,” AKA “LOL YR FKD LOL,” not as in “I killed the game LOL I rulz0r harhahaha.”
And the old adage, “Backup, backup” I know all too well, so it’s not necissary to add those “you-should’ve” comments.” I did have an external drive that I would backup files to at the end of every month or so, but–WOO–that drive kicked the bucket too!  The last backup I did was in May to my external, and then when I tried to retreive that image I got a “disc not found” error message. I meant to send it off, but ever since my boyfriend and I moved I haven’t been able to locate the power supply, making it somewhat difficult. So, adding it to the bottom of my “TO-DO” list, the backup drive sat dead in the water while I added all kinds of cool-and-vital stuf to my onboard HD.

So as it stands I’m in a no-man’s-land of data. It’s really quite bizarre. Things like email addresses that aren’t web-searchable, or invoices that aren’t web-archived are totally GONE. As are those conversational emails where someone asked me to please do something that’s not completely urgent. All gone.
My friend Phylum Sinter has offered his sympathies as well as his go-to data recovery company, which is awesome, because I very well may need their services. He also tells me that their fees have gone down, as their marketing toward people and not faceless corps with a service acct. Yay!

That’s all the news I have to report at the moment… besides my Sunday appearance being cancellled as I’m computerless. It’s like an extreme Murphy’s-Law-gone-wrong scenario. So sad.

That’s all I got,

Liz

Gone: All Quantazelle tracks from Dec 2004 – Aug 2006, All logos / logoforms from Feb 2005 – Aug 2006,