PHONIQ PRESENTS the second installment of BETA_LAB
when: saturday march 26th 2005 where: cafe esperanza [in the back room] 5490 st-laurent, montreal, canada time: 9pm-2am how much: FREE BETA-LAB is a monthly night of electronic music collaberation and experimentation featuring phoniq resident artists: naw, cyan, scant intone, various, anton along side a variey of monthly guests. This month BETA-LAB will feature: aidan baker - live - [aidanbaker.org] - toronto des cailloux et du carbone - live - [natacha recodings] - montreal naw - live - [phoniq.net/noisefactoryrecords.com] - montreal djzeit - dj - [angle-rec.net] - montreal johnny ranger - vj - [mindroots.com] - montreal for more info visit: www.phoniq.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE ABOUT BETA_LAB The PHONIQ collective brings you another twist on another year of electronic music showcases. This time around PHONIQ is happy to present BETA-LAB a monthly showcase of electronic music collaberation and experimentation. BETA-LAB will focus on teaming up resident PHONIQ artists with other members of the canadian electronic music community. BETA-LAB is a space for experimentation to try out new ideas, for artists to try out new ideas, projects, collaberations. a testing ground for laptop artists, hardware musicians, djs and video artists a like. every month a different project or projects will be presented. each of these events are designed to act as an exploration into the different intersections between technology and music/art making. BETA-LAB is not designed to feature one artist in particular but to act more as an equal testing ground for all, for both the performer and the audience member. the BETA-LAB series is about an ever changing creative process, each months event details will be announced at www.phoniq.net ABOUT PHONIQ: Phoniq is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge electronic music by Canadians, with an emphasis on exposing talent that has not yet been exposed inside or outside of Canada. The concept for Phoniq has grown over the past year from the initial ideas of how to create a viable promotional vehicle for Canadian artists in electronic music into an active community mailing list, a net-label and resource tools. All of these aspects are in place in order to help the community to network and grow. In general, Phoniq has created a portal that should prove useful for anyone working in electronic music in Canada. THIS MONTHS ARTISTS: Aidan Baker (ARC, Nadja) TORONTO www.aidanbaker.org www.phoniq.net www.transientfrequency.com Aidan Baker is a musician & writer currently based in Toronto, Canada. He has released numerous cds on independent labels from around the world & is the author of 2 books of poetry, 2 poetry chapbooks, & has published poetry, fiction, & criticism in various international & scholarly journals. As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental/ambient to post-rock to contemporary classical. des Cailloux et du Carbone - (Natacha's Recordings) MONTREAL ingredients: marcello, laptop, household field recordings such as vibes and/or chopsticks, digital processing, errors, random sequences, may contain traces of house music. des cailloux et du carbone is marcello marandola; half of data-folk duo cian ethrie (lucky kitchen, natacha's recordings). also part of natacha's recording sound system and rivers and mountains. NAW - (Noise Factory Records, Phoniq) MONTREAL www.noisefactoryrecords.com www.phoniq.net montreal native neil wiernik began his explorations in electronic music making as early as 1988. known to push the boundaries of his musical form, naws music is a blend of sound manipulation/design, experimental music and dub-tech rhythms, which on the surface sound quite simple, but incorporate a number of touches that steer this artist away from being simply another minimal techno or experimental laptop artist. he combines post-house, dubby minimal techno, microsound and thick ambience, to create his own version of deep techno, house and other electronic laptop oriented musics. neil has released music on various national and international record labels, including recent releases on clever-music, and his follow up full length to his 2002 noise factory release called green nights orange days. he has recently returned from tours in france, germany, and canada. to co-enside with his recent releases on these labels and plans to return to europe this summer for more tours including a performance at the now legendary sonar festival in barcelona, spain. naw is currently preparing a new release for pertin_nce label (quebec city) due for release in early April 2005. DJZeit - (.Angle.Records) MONTREAL www.angle-rec.net One of the original founders of .Angle.Records in Montreal, With .Angle.Records, Zeit's intent was and still is to promote artists and music from Montreal and Canada and beyond, not caring too much about prevailing trends, and with an affinity for obscure sounds, be they atmospheric or noisy, or in between. Evocative or challenging music made electronically or with any instrument actually. This gave an eclectic agenda so far. From technoid post industrial (Vromb from Montreal) to old-school weird analogue (Nos Royaumes from Montreal) to guitar-based drone bliss (Aidan Baker from Toronto) to glitchy and crushing dark-ambient (Monstrare and Wilt from the U.S.)^While the next release of .Angle.Rec. leans towards the more abrasive and harsh rhythmic side of things (Montreal^s emerging rhythmic noise artist LCEDP), DJZeit has a known (or not so known!) heavy fondness for, amongst others, immersive ambient, idm, and contemplative droney atmospheres ^with the occasional drift towards more experimental ventures. Well, this is exactly what he has in store for March 26th^ ^and those who, at some point, in 2002-2004, listened to DJZeit^s ^Dans L^Oeil De La Comete^ radio show on UQAM Web Radio and then on 102.3 Radio Centre-Ville, late at night, especially the last longer part, will be pleased! Johnny Ranger - (mindroots) MONTREAL www.mindroots.com The artistic projects of Johnny Ranger include VJING, Interdisciplinary Shows, Performances and Web art. He is the founder of Mindroots a sensuous poetic laboratory of non linear creation. He has been a regular at the SAT, he presented works at the Biennale d^art contemporain, the New Museum of Contemporary art in New York, EspaceTangente and at the Lachapelle theater amongs other. He is currently working on a new live performance of open ended audio-visual narratives entitled: The Dynamic Constellations which includes footages he has shot in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Canada.
