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.
Crosstalk 38: Bashing Something That Deserves It — Guitar Hero
| February 23, 2008 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
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 withvisuals 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 312-742-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).
| February 10, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 pm |
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 website with MP3 downloads
Sunday Feb 10, 2008
Rodan: 1530 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622
10pm
| February 28, 2008 | ||
| 9:00 pm |
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.
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