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.:THE FUTURE:::sounds and images from the next dimension…

SATURDAY Jan. 24, 2009
The Light in Winter festival and Deep BeatZ present:

.:THE FUTURE:::sounds and images from the next dimension…

with special guests:

Morgan Packard + Joshue Ott [anticipate/ nyc]
(blissful electronic soundscapes and live visual art)
http://www.myspace.com/morganpackard

&

Hemiptera [pertin-nce/mtl]
(primordial sonic beatz for raging dancefloors)
http://www.myspace.com/hemiptera

with an opening set by Ithaca's own lady of sweet beatz, DJ Laika
http://www.myspace.com/thebeanbot

at CASTAWAYS
9:30 – late, 18+
$8 in advance/ $10 at the door
Adv tix at Light in Winter website: http://www.lightinwinter.com
And Castaways: http://www.castawaysithaca.com

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Come start the semester right and join us for a unique fusion of music, art, and technology!

Special
guests, New York based electronic musician, Morgan Packard, and media
artist, Joshue Ott, team up to create a lush, hypnotic, and truly
fascinating audiovisual performance, ultimately arriving at the
"perfect vision for a benevolent future." Combining elements of laptop
wizardry with acoustic instruments and real-time sketching, they
improvise on what is already an organic process, questioning boundaries
between artist and machine. Indeed, Packard creates blissful sonic
melodies that draw heavily on ambient and acoustic sounds with
classical and jazz elements while still maintaining a loop-based
electronic structure. Ott, using custom-made software, creates evolving
visual images that have their own unique psychedelic nature, yet always
manage to maintain a synergistic connection to the music. Both were
featured at the electronic music festival, MUTEK, in Montreal this past
spring and have played at the infamous BUNKER party at the Galapagos
art-space, in Bklyn.
http://www.myspace.com/morganpackard
http://www.myspace.com/superdraw

Following
their performance will be the return of the Hemiptera, the experimental
techno duo comprised of husband and wife team: Jennifer Clemente and
Yanni Ehm, who catalyzed a raging dancefloor at the Pixel lounge in
Collegetown this past summer. Hemiptera have been developing its unique
state of techno-consciousness, carving out subliminal grooves out of
nature's musical musk. Their recent half-year long cross-continent
journey across North America provided much of the inspiration for their
highly anticipated debut LP, "Home on the Strange", recently released
on Quebec's Pertin-Nce dub-dance netlabel. While inspired by the deeper
facets of dance music born out of Berlin and Detroit, the duo's drive
to experimentation and genre-bending is rooted in the desire to spread
electronica beyond its traditional centers, audiences and stereotypes.
http://www.myspace.com/hemiptera

::PROCESS_01:::A workshop in digital music and visual art production

SATURDAY, January 24, 2009

Ithaca Experimental + Deep Beatz present:

::PROCESS_01:::A workshop in digital music and visual art production

with
Morgan Packard (anticipate/nyc)
Joshue Ott (anticipate/ nyc)
D.A.M.A.G.E. (CEMC/ Ithaca, NY)
Kevin Ernste (CEMC/ Ithaca, NY)

SATURDAY, January 24, 2009
11:00am-1:30pm
Lincoln B20 - Cornell University

Co-sponsored with the Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center

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Come
join us as four very talented digital artists/ musicians reveal the
magic behind their art! From knob twiddling to programming custom-made
software, each will discuss their specific set-up for music/ visual art
production and performance and also give a demonstration for all to
enjoy.
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Refreshments will be available...

oh, and if you have one, don't forget your LAPTOP!

RYTMUS: Electronic Music Party - JAM 11/07/08

9PM-1AM, the night of November 7th (a Friday). DJ Laika and I will be mixing live in the P-space in JAM (Low Rise 9). I will probably open with abstract, ambient and less dance-oriented electronic music as people settle in. After a while, the music will move on to progressive/tech house and (my favorite) minimal techno in an effort to make you nod your head, maybe move around, maybe jump a little, wave your arms, and not care about how you look. It's not as if there's some secret techno dance that everyone knows but you. I might toss a couple of things I made with Reason and Cubase into the mix as well.

So come by with an open mind and an empty wallet; it'll be FREE. FREE. There it goes, out the door and into the rapidly deteriorating climate- your last excuse not to come. Dress sharp.

If you're only interested in calm, passive listening, you want to be there for the beginning. If you only want to dance, be there as it gets later. If you want both, well, you know what to do.

Due to issues with getting an audio inteface for my Macbook, the equipment I will be using will most likely be vinyl (my true love) on two turntables, possibly with some Traktor on the side. We have some pretty sizeable speakers; bass should not be a problem. There is not much in the way of room treatment but a crowd of human bodies should work just fine.

If you have music you want to have played, especially if you made it yourself, feel free to drop me a line. If you want to mix, let's talk. If you have turntables, let's definitely talk.

Come by, it will be good. It's a program house, so no alcohol --> all ages are welcome.

Contact: Facebook me (Soren Jahan) or the even itself, RYTMUS. I'm also (hopefully) in class Tuesdays and Thursdays, the 2:55 session of 1421.