Friend of the Site Liz McLean Knight aka Liz Revision aka Quantazelle of subVariant has put together a special, exclusive mix for CDM of 117-119 bpm musical goodness, excavated from the “_blippy” folder of sketches on her USB drive. Matt Moldover, who has been working on his CD-as-electronic-instrument album, lent his laptop. (Watch him assembling CDs in the video after the break.)
It’s all in celebration of a Halloweeen party Saturday night in Chicago, headlined by Josh Davis (BitShifter). Party ringleader Liz joins Josh on behalf of subVariant to represent the IDM-glitch-minimal-tech-house side of things, and Mr. Automatic (Front 312) and Onefiftyone (Chicago Workshop) will be joining in. If you’re in Chicago, this looks like the place to spend your Saturday. If, like me, you’re not, well, we have some music and videos for you to bring the party home.
West coast electronic artist Moldover will lead a special workshop on electronics and demonstrate the essence of putting your DNA in your work.
“With Komega and Moldover watching over the crowd like proud fathers, you really get the sense that we are at the start of something big.”
- LEGENDmag
Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune
Since 1990, Kot has been the music critic at the Chicago Tribune, where he has comprehensively covered popular music — from hip-hop to rock en espanol — and reported on music-related social, political and business issues (see his daily blog, Turn it Up, at the chicagotribune.com).
Paul Natkin, photograher
Probably best known for his work with the Rolling Stones (he served as their personal photographer while on tour, including the Bridges to Babylon tour), Paul Natkin stands as one of the country’s premier rock ‘n’ roll photographers. With subjects ranging from the Artist Formerly Known as Prince to Bruce Springsteen to Frank Sinatra (he claims that if you name an artist, he’s photographed them), Natkin has been active in the Chicago music community since 1996 building Chicago Harmony and Trust, a musician’s networking group.
For more information, visit their website: http://www.natkin.net
Leah Jones, social media coach
Leah is the founder of Natiiv Arts & Media where she is a social media coach for artists, writers and musicians. Leah focuses on teaching
individuals and groups the skills they need to be successful at online marketing and personal branding. She believes it is up to the artist, and not the label, to build relationships and manage their online persona. More info at: www.natiiv.com
Experimental artist and researcher Michael Esposito will present some experiments and sound art from his recent work with Electronic Voice Phenomena. Michael recently completed an album in collaboration with Brent Gutzeit constructed from EVP recordings gathered at dorkbot Chicago’s host, Enemy. {READ MORE}
It’s always a good idea to drive without changing speed and without competing with other drivers for bits of headway. I’d always assumed that the reasons were philosophical rather than practical (i.e. try to be a calm, nice person.) But my above experience shows differently. A single solitary driver, if they stop “competing” and instead adopt some unusual driving habits, can actually wipe away some of the frustrating traffic patterns on a highway. That “nice” noncompetitive driver can erase traffic waves. I suspect that the opposite is also true: normal competitive behavior CREATES the traffic waves.
Suppose we push constantly ahead, change lanes to grab a bit of headway, and always eliminate our forward space in order to prevent other drivers from “cutting us off”. If tiny traffic waves appear, we will rush ahead and then brake hard, leaving larger waves behind us. Repeated action causes the waves to grow huge. Ironic that the angry people who push ahead as fast as possible might unwittingly participate in “amplifying” the very conditions that they hate so much. The solution seems obvious: drivers with a smooth “calm” style will tend to damp out the waves and produce a uniform flow… and the few drivers who intentionally drive at a single constant speed will wipe out the waves entirely.
