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Noah Pred (New Kanada, Thoughtless Music) and Eric Downer (Thoughtless Music, Fukhouse) from Toronto DJ at Debonair

Thursday, March 27, 2008 @ Debonair Social Club 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 9pm – 2am, 21+, $0 (773) 227-7990 Noah Pred (New Kanada, Thoughtless Music) and Eric Downer (Thoughtless Music, Fukhouse) from Toronto DJ at Ramp Chicago’s night at Debonair Social Club in their very first Chicago performance. Resident DJ Liz Revision supports alongside resident VJ Spiderback and his special guest Amputeenie. Expect a mix of glitched-out IDM, edgy ambient, minimal techno and…

It's a nice day for a … rave wedding

So I’m engaged to Andrew Lochhead. It’s pretty great. We’ve decided to get married this year during the Movement 2008 festival in Detroit at a nice little island in the river between Detroit and Windsor, since he’s Canadian and I’m a US Citizen. We’ll have the reception at a party space somewhere in Detroit that will be open to everyone, and then move on to one of the post-Movement afterparties. After spending the next fews…

Speedy J, Scott Pagano, Frankie Vega, Sassmouth, Sevron

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…

Liz McLean Knight on Gearwire's Crosstalk: Best and worst of NAMM '08

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…

Jonah Sharp (Spacetime Continuum), Tycho, and Ramp Chicago Residents (Emulsion and Liz Revision)

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…

Silences Sumire and Liz Revision at Rodan

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…

Most unfortunate domain names

Nextwebgen posted their 10 Worst Company Domains, which are apparently the result of people registering their domain names without running it through their public relations department, branding / identity / in-house graphic designers or at least one other literate human being who speaks English. Gems: The Italian Power Generator company… www.powergenitalia.com Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island…

Hero medals for gamers: Console Wars Veteran Medal

For a gamer, battle injuries are pretty minor–blistered fingers, numb butt, sore neck–but victories are still a cause for celebration. And now, those victories can be commended with a Console Wars Veteran medal. These limited edition enameled metal badges from Supermandolini are just the thing to commemorate level clearage and high scorage. They’re only about 18 bucks USD and would make a great gift for a gamer with skillz. [via RetrotoGo.com]

Glitching out Ableton Live

Here’s a quick how-to by Gustavo Bravetti on making IDM-like patterns in Abelton Live. It makes me want to sit down and play with Live some more than I have.

Kero kicks off Ramp Chicago's new residency at Debonair

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…

Life at the NAMM show

The National Association of Music Merchants holds an expo / trade show called the NAMM Show, that I helped cover for Create Digital Music. Apparently it’s the largest music products trade show in the entire United States. Judging from the traffic outside the convention center and the number of chain hotels in the area it makes sense. This funny poster we found posted outside the entrance is completely ironic–Anaheim is just someone with a Photoshop…

CDM Unofficial NAMM Afterparty

CDMUnofficial NAMM Afterparty createdigitalmusic.com * createdigitalmotion.com With our friends TRASH_AUDIO (trashaudio.blogspot.com) and vjkungfu.tv RICHARD DEVINE The Deep Element Justin McGrath Liz Revision (Quantazelle) Moldover dj halon (Fake Science, False Profit) Visuals: Image8nineteen (Mat Hale) Momo the Monster Peter Kirn Handmade Music + Motion: * Bring your own DIY music or motion creations and other hardware toys and geek out with an international crowd of hipster-nerdsters! All projects welcome (space first come, first served — think…