DOWNLOAD UNFINISHED SYSTEM 01
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A two-part recording hammered out with longtime collaborator DJ Construct, over a long night of molasses beats, retro-new-wave, and modern deep techno and electro… nothing prepared, all improvised, with thick malts in the glass.
In honour of the events we’ve played together, I’ve posted a selection of images from the 2002 series at Video-In.
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April 2012
The second existential journey into ø, the state of nothingness, barred & slashed, desire denied, but throughout, with strange & redeeming forays into minimalist house, taking cues from Detroit’s unswerving faith in the redemption of techno. With vinyl from Hardwax. No prepared records.
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April 2012
DOWNLOAD TIERGARTEN TEARS & DREAMS
Thrown down shortly after abandoning Montréal in the retreat to Whistler, BC, Tiergarten Years & Dreams reflects upon the passage of time through sound, with wax selected from the vaults of Hardwax, Berlin. As usual, no prepared records, all on vinyl, letting the flow find its own rhythm.
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April 2012
DOWNLOAD ‘SHE TURNS HER HEAD TOWARD THE SUN’
Yet another strange mix from 2006, this one collected the cut-and-paste microhouse aesthetic — doubles of minimal house, plenty of Perlon & Telegraph, as well as Logistic & Playhouse — that I began exploring at the tri.phonic series during the summer of 2003, and continued on with the UpgradeMTL series of media-arts events, both curated @ SAT.
The photo above, courtesy of Tanya Goehring, is from Critical Practice Resuscitation (CPR), the Nettime Upgrade gathering at SAT.
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April 2012
DOWNLOAD SUBLIMINAL BRONCHIALSAURUS
Recorded in Montréal, gazing across at Patati Patata, to the traffic of St. Laurent and the remnants of bronchitis… this set is evocative of what I was spinning at Montréal loft parties that summer (though only part of that summer’s style, as I would play for 3-5 hours on average). Kompakt deep techno, acid house and the strains of what was to become known as mnml are heartily present.
Photo is from the Full Pleine Moon Party of 13th April 2006, held down the street on St. Laurent, high atop the Duluth skyscraper (thanks @ MM). This was a good night — packed and sweaty, dancing until sunrise, playing all night with Colin the Mole if memory serves me right.
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April 2012
Recorded live for BURN.FM, on a hot balcony in the old Arab quarter of Barcelona, with a scarcely functioning setup and no monitors… nonetheless, everyone danced and drank absynthe and smoked the gifts of Morocco to dub techno. On the way home, I barely avoided a knife fight, making my way through winding streets in the dark heat. Thanks to Olivier Schulbaum for the fine evening.
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April 2012
Recorded live at Coffee 4 House, July 2001, Vancouver, on the occasion of olo j. milkman’s second-ever showing of work. This mix aimed to demonstrate the underlying connections between rhythm & machinic improvisation, evident since the break of the 20th century with musique concrète, modernist minimalism, and of course, variants of minimal techno, house, and electro… all in a west-side coffeehouse.
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April 2012
SATYRICON (1999)
CD release (50 copies).
CD featured excerpt of electro mix by DJ Construct.
74 minutes (36 minutes / set).
Recorded live at SATYRICON, 10.30.1999.
METROPOLIS (1999)
First released: 1999 (100 copies)
Second release: 1999 (150 copies)
60 minutes
METROPOLIS SIDE A
METROPOLIS SIDE B
At the end of a millenium, techno fell into a loop. It replayed itself. Over and over. Cut itself, bled itself. In 1999, techno fell into a loop.
