What better way to celebrate my birthday than with dancing all night to Speedy J?

Dutch experimental techno producer Speedy J hits Smart Bar with live visuals from video artist Scott Pagano, who’s worked with everyone from BT to the Kronos Quartet. Locals Frankie Vega, Sassmouth and Sevron join them.

Speedy j, aka Jochem Paap, is a cantankerous type. Always shifting the boundaries, forever questioning the norm, this Rotterdam producer has for over a decade now produced some of the most startling electronic music to be recorded in the last ten years.

He was initially lauded as a technocrat extrordinaire courtesy of his debut album releases G Spot and Ginger, both lessons in fluid, functional techno. However, he quickly established a reputation as the enfant terrible of the electronic scene thanks to two albums of astonishing originality public energy no 1 and A Shocking Hobby. Gone were the smooth lines and sleek rhythms of yore, to be replaced by brutal, yet strangely human, caustic beats that defied convention and introduced new lexicons into the techno dictionary. Returning with his latest album, Loudboxer, he has utilized his decade’s worth of knowledge to produce a harsh and direct album that is on first name terms with the rhythms of the dancefloor.

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Gearwire’s Crosstalk returns from Los Angeles in its new audio podcast format. Bill Holland is joined by Owen O’Malley, and special guest Liz McLean Knight (Quantazelle, Createdigitalmusic.com, Liz Revision). Meet Liz and hear the Crosstalk picks for the best and worst things at Winter NAMM 2008.

My voice has a bit of unintentional distortion since I’ve been fighting this trendy virus thing that seems to be making the rounds (not this Virus–I’d gladly accept one of those). And I escaped with only one nerdy dork snort at a joke about the intertubes. I was stuffy.. yeah that’s it.

Crosstalk 38: Bashing Something That Deserves It — Guitar Hero

Electronic and acoustic musicians and related visuals are projected on he Ice Max Theater. Tonight, Jonah Sharp and Ramp Chicago DJ residents Liz Revision and Emulsion perform with
visuals provided by Video Janitor. Recording extensively as Spacetime Continuum, Edinburgh, Scotland native Jonah Sharp is an ambient music
innovator. He helped define the ’90s with his soon to be revived Reflective Records imprint and its original sound of global
experimental ambient and techno scene fusion. Sharp has also worked ith many artists including writer and philosopher Terence McKenna,
Pete Namlook, Ursula Rucker and Bill Laswell. At the ice bar, Chicago mixologists Adam Seger and Bridget Albert offer samples of their
creation, an alcohol-free Blood Orange-Honey Caipirinha cocktail. Admission: FREE. Reservations required. Call 312.742.TIXS (8497).
Starting at about 6:30 they will start releasing any open seats to the rest of the public. People have until that time to claim their reserved seats.

Saturday, February 23, 2008:
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Jonah Sharp (San Francisco, Spacetime Continuum, Reflective, Astralwerks)
Tycho (San Francisco, Ghostly International)
Visuals by ISO50 and Video Janitor
Ramp Chicago Laptop DJs between sets

$0 with RSVP to 212-742-TIXS (8497)

Call now to RSVP! There are a limited number of seats (240) and last I had heard was that the rest of the series was close to full too! The series is free and open to the public, but they must RSVP to guarantee a seat(s). 





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                by Liz on February 9, 2008                
                                
        

This Sunday come out to Rodan for a live performance by Silences Sumire and a DJ Set by Liz Revision (Quantazelle). Silences Sumire is the collaboration of Charles Gorczynski and Thomas Faulds who work with organic instrumentation and jazz sensibilities in the world of electronic music.

I will play a weirder electronic set in the beginning and then see where it goes from there. I’m scheduled to go on 10:00pm.

Silences Sumire Myspace page

Silences Sumire website with MP3 downloads

Liz Revision DJ Sets

Sunday Feb 10, 2008
Rodan: 1530 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
10pm

Multimedia artist Kero from Detroit, MI will launch Ramp Chicago’snew residency at Debonair, unleashing his hyper-technical brand of deconstructed genre-bending electro-IDM. Resident DJs Emulsion and Liz Revision support along with resident visualist Spiderback and guest Tesia K. In the same way Ramp has always focused on the dual representation of live video and live PA, Kero works sonically and visually as a musician, designer, and live video artist and provide the perfect introduction to Ramp’s new monthly home.

Kero has previous releases on labels like Ghostly International,Shitkatapult, Neo Ouija and his own imprint, Detroit Underground. Serving as both a record label and art+party collective in Detroit and Windsor ON, DU has released remixes and original tracks by artists like Richard Devine, JimmyEdgar, and Venetian Snares. With a new release on the analog-electro diva Andrea Parker’s Touchin’ Bass label, 2ADVNCD4U, Kero further progresses his sound and builds on his international reputation.

All of Ramp’s residents are original content producers while being skilled at manipulating work in the live environment. Emulsion’s DJ sets stretch from IDM and ambient to dubby techno and forward-thinking electro while Liz Revision chooses between glitchy minimal techno and melodic IDM.

Resident VJ Spiderback mixes his own visual material live in response to the music, and has invited Tesia K to share her take on
video mixing.

Thursday, February 28, 2008 @ Debonair Social Club
1575 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL
9pm – 2am, 21+, $0
(773) 227-7990

Ramp Chicago launches their new monthly residency at Debonair Social Club with Kero (Detroit). Resident DJs Emulsion and Liz
Revision support alongside resident VJ Spiderback and his special guest Tesia K. Expect a mix of glitched-out electro-IDM,
edgy ambient, and minimal and dubby techno.

About Ramp Chicago

Ramp Chicago promotes and organizes forward-thinking electronic music events that focus on innovation in sound and video. Devoted
to live and interesting electronic music that takes a path somewhere between the dance floor and your headphones, Ramp continues to bring in artists that straddle genres and take chances.

www.rampchicago.com