William Basinski is an American composer, clarinetist, saxophonist, and sound & video artist. A classically trained clarinetist, he studied jazz saxophone and composition at North Texas State University in the late 70’s. In 1978, inspired by minimalists such as Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he began developing his own vocabulary using tape loops and old reel to reel tape decks. He developed his meditative, melancholy style experimenting with short looped melodies played against themselves creating feedback loops.
Richard Chartier, sound/installation artist and graphic designer, has created critically acclaimed recordings for labels such as 12k/LINE, Raster-Noton, Die Stadt, Spekk (Japan), NonVisualObjects, Mutek_rec, and Trente Oiseaux, His digital minimalist work explores the inter-relationships between the spatial nature of sound, silence, focus, and the act of listening.
MARK LORD is the brainchild of former Kites frontman C.F. A character emerging from a conceptual life of a psychedelic wastelander, exploring classic synth pop, early industrial, and fried electronics. Expect anything ranging from broken minimal dance music to an electronic smokescreen. Galakthorro artists, John Bender, Maurizio Bianchi, German Shepherds all serve merely as points of departure for comparison. A unique voice among the crowd.
This is Rene Hell. Live at O’briens Pub. Allston, MA. Thursday, October 6th 2011.
additional audio provided by John Kolodij
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