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> Nophi Records presents:
> An Evening of Ambient Music with
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> The Flashbulb (chicago)
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> As The Flashbulb, Benn Jordan typically releases drill 'n' bass or
> breakcore styled music. His style differs strongly between albums, but th=
ey
> all have a cohesive bond tied around fast drum programming, acid-influenc=
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> melodies, and a wide array of live instrumentation from various instrumen=
ts
> Jordan has acquired. He also often records his melodies through MIDI-sync=
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> guitars. His guitar style and skill has gained attention because he
> typically plays it strung backwards, and makes heavy use of fast sweeping
> and tapping. The last two Flashbulb albums have featured violinist Greg
> Hirte, who will apparently feature heavily on The Flashbulb's next album,
> Soundtrack to a Vacant Life, as well. Soundtrack to a Vacant Life is, as
> Jordan stated in a recent interview, a step away from the breakcore genre=
.
> He also said that this step is likely to be a permanent trend in the
> direction of his music.
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> Under other aliases, Benn Jordan's work varies quite a bit. His Acidwolf
> and Human Action Network aliases feature retro acid music that uses old d=
rum
> machines such as the TR-808 and relies heavily on the melodies of the
> TB-303. Tracks made under the FlexE alias tend to be laid-back and classi=
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> acid. According to him, he showcases his more fundamental, classical, and
> personal pieces under his own name, Benn Jordan.
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> Richard Devine (atlanta)
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> Richard Devine is an Atlanta-based electronic musician. He is recognized
> for producing a layered and heavily processed sound, combining influences
> from old and modern electronic music. Devine largely records for the
> Miami-based Schematic Records. As a result of praise of his music from
> Autechre as well as a remix of Aphex Twin's Come To Daddy, Devine recorde=
d
> an album for Warp Records which was jointly released by Schematic and War=
p.
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> R. Garcia (atlanta)
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> "R. Garcia began making loud noise with a Japanese drumset, a pair of
> boom-boxes and a flamenco guitar. Through this ramshackle conglomeration =
of
> stuff, he accidentally discovered multi-track recording. The result of hi=
s
> experiments would lead him to record an acoustic punk album before he cou=
ld
> even fully tune his instruments.
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> As a teenager, Garcia's vision quickly grew beyond the immediate desires
> for beer, pot, and girls. He founded 9D recordings, a cassette-tape label
> that was more responsible for audio terrorism than anything else. 9D woul=
d
> later evolve into the critically acclaimed Nophi Recordings — a small
> boutique label that would grow to share in the fathering of the modern
> American electronic music movement.
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> His recent return to the left-field of electronic music has afforded him =
a
> newly found dedication to the craft, where he has found comfort as both
> teacher and student in the ways of computer music."
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> Recompas (atlanta)
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> Travis Thatcher has performed as an electronic composer and musician for
> the last seven years, as a saxophonist for the last 15 years, and has bee=
n
> cutting his teeth on various experimental electronica projects in Atlanta=
,
> GA. He currently performs with recompas (with Blake Helton), Judi Chicago
> (whose CD was deemed the best music made in Atlanta in 2007 by Creative
> Loafing), and Early Modern Witch Trials (both with Ben Coleman).
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> Travis is an experienced computer programmer; he received a BS in Compute=
r
> Science from Georgia Tech in Spring 2005 and has worked extensively in
> industry as well. His graduate work has been in the field of music
> technology, specifically in human computer interaction for live performan=
ce
> and interactive sonification. Concentrating on mobile applications for
> networked collaboration and on controller design, he has been involved wi=
th
> projects including: Brainwaves, a sonification installation that allows a
> group of players to interact with an auditory display of neural activity,
> Iltur, a series of musical compositions featuring a novel method of
> interaction between acoustic and electronic instruments with new musical
> controllers called Beatbugs, and Listening Machines, a concert series
> exploring concepts of machines listening and improvisation and musical
> human-machine interaction.
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>
> 8 pm
> $5
> All ages
> FREE BEER for ages 21+
>
> at DooGallery
> 205 Holtzclaw Unit I&J Atlanta, GA 30316
>
> www.doogallery.com
> www.nophi.net
>
> --
> There is no possible spell as wonderful as the ability to think. There is
> one ultimate superpower and it is what we are.
> - Eliezer Yudkowsky




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There is no possible spell as wonderful as the ability to think. There is
one ultimate superpower and it is what we are.
- Eliezer Yudkowsky