Sequential Circus

SeqCirc 10-4 • 0CO

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:47:01 +0000

With over two decades of performance experience on a variety of instrumentation, Salvatore Sferrazza’s latest compulsion for synths with beats sees him producing under the cryptic pseudonym 0CO. Melding influences that chronicle the history of electronic music, 0CO’s oeuvre maintains orbit around a barycenter of Techno, Electro Bass, Acid, Italo-disco, Berlin School and Freestyle.

While the sounds exhibit a severe fixation on synthetic rhythms, sinister melodies find ample opportunity for infiltration. Dark, double-helix synth passages betray an intellect seldom portrayed in much of the 21st century’s dancefloor fodder.

Further distinctions are found in 0CO’s applied matériel. Live electronics are manufactured exclusively with hardware kit: DCO polys, VCO monos, PCM ROMplers and a small modular are deployed for violent sonic disintegration campaigns upon nocturnal subterraneans.

Chaos awaits.

STYLE: Techno / Acid / Electro Bass
HOME CITY: New York City, NY

SeqCirc 10-3 • The Automatic Message

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:45:36 +0000

The Automatic Message is Trevor Jacobson and Tanya Goehring. They are based in Vancouver, Canada and have been working together since 2007, creating music, performing live audiovisual sets and producing music videos. Their music ranges from hard, dark techno to jazz-influenced minimal and experimental electronic. Their video work exemplifies their interest in ideas that hover on the edge of normalcy, darkness and surreality.

The Automatic Message is currently working with the labels: From 0-1, Machine Box, CLR, Kalimari Musique, Monsieur Musique, Bleepsequence and are part of Berlin’s UNOIKI collective.

STYLE: Techno, Minimal, Experimental
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 10-2 • Vespers

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:42:50 +0000

Vespers is a beat-making robot that started creating music in the year 2502, then was sent back in time to show humans how to mangle audio using Ableton Live.He makes a unique fusion of heavily edited glitch hop beats and live instrumentation with sax and an Akai EWI4000S wind synth.His live shows push the envelope of what’s possible using Live’s looper technology, real time glitch effects, and controllerism with midi devices like the Akai APC40 and MPD32.

All of Vespers’ music can be downloaded for free at http://vespers.ca/free/

STYLE: Bass-heavy, jazzy glitch hop with live sax, looping and wind synth overdubs
HOME CITY: Salt Spring Island, BC

SeqCirc 10-1 • Jessie Bru

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:36:19 +0000

Jesse is an MC, DJ, producer and artist who draws inspiration from all things deep and soulful. Borrowing much of his approach to music-making from that of early-90′s sample-based hiphop (A Tribe Called Quest, O.C., Organized Konfusion, DJ Krush), you can expect a plethora of rhodes, vocals and guitars, with plenty of disco and soul sprinkled on top for good measure. Jesse will be releasing his debut album ‘MidCity’ on UK-based label ‘Audio Parallax’ early in the new year and is certainly someone to keep an eye on.

STYLE: Deep House
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 9-6 • noCore

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:12:19 +0000

noCore encapsulates an ongoing evolution of sonic extremities. Deep, dark and moody synth lines, heavy bass, crushing beats and glitched out breaks awash in layers of noise and psychedelia – all churning out from an array of analog and digital electronic devices. Prepare yourself for an aural onslaught that will move both your body and your mind.

STYLE: glitch/noise
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://creativefrequencies.com/nocore

SeqCirc 9-5 • Longwalkshortdock

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:08:59 +0000

A veteran of sound design and electronic music production for well over a decade, Longwalkshortdock’s music has stepped into a genre of its own. Heavily influenced by early 80s video game music, metal and rock music, found-sound and vintage analog synthesis, he stacks layers of melody in his tracks until they implode and reform. Heavy drums and aggressive synths join forces with rolling grooves and melodic lead lines to create a wide variety of slamming dance floor originals. Did you know they found him in a cave on the moon? That’s what i heard…

STYLE: Party Music
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.longwalkshortdock.com

SeqCirc 9-4 • Taal Mala

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:54:00 +0000

For this installment of Sequential Circus, Taal Mala will be playing a live acid set with the following instruments: Roland TB303, Roland TR606, Roland Jupiter6, Sequential Prophet 8, Korg MS10, Yamaha CS15, Novation SuperBassStation, x0xb0x, Roland TR626, Roland RE201, Roland RE150, Moog MF101 x2, Moog FreqBox, Yamaha E1005, Analogue Solutions B99, Analogue Solutions BD88, Analogue Solutions HH88, Analogue Solutions CP88, Dark Magnet 666 Echo Apparatus, Dark Magnet 10000 MIDI/CV/Gate Step Sequencer x2, Allen & Heath MixWizard, MacBookPro, Ableton Live.

STYLE: Analogue Hardware Acid
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.soundcloud.com/taalmala

SeqCirc 9-3 • DJ Lace

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 11:43:42 +0000

Oh hai, I’m Lace. I have a job as a dance music dj on saturdays in an after hours and I work in a local studio. I’ve been a dj since 1982, and an electronic musician since since 1984. I’ve never been attached to the times, and have always liked the idea of controlling machines that entertain people in a live setting. A lot of times I want to do something with machines that can’t be done, so I invent a way of doing it myself.

I started my journey into live PA In Edmonton at the end of the 80s by mixing my 808 into my live DJ sets to create my own style of live remix jamming. I’ve never been a scratcher, but I can chase lock anything and that has driven part of my career. Then I added a sampler and an atari computer and my DJ rig started to look more like a weird live studio. However cool, Edmonton didn’t get it at the time.

So, I moved to Vancouver in the early 90s, built a recording studio, released a bunch of records and CDs, and started experimenting with trying to reproduce the music I was writing in the studio into some kind of one man live band with lighting and video. I started adding live midi controlled visuals to my shows in the late 90s using custom made software and hardware, something I still do to this day.

I’m a dance music artist at heart so my shows are based on a DJ sound, but you decide how you want to enjoy my show. You can dance to it, or you can watch it like a tv show, or both if you don’t spill your drink.

STYLE: Audio/Visual House/Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://djlace.com/

SeqCirc 9-2 • MistrWOLF

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:40:36 +0000

Born Feb. 14, 2010, consisting of singer/songwriter/producer Harley Fresh and DJ/producer/engineer Joshua Fact, MistrWOLF combine thunderous wobble and captivating melodies with integrity and confidence. When Harley, unable to create sounds and engineer a decent drum line, met Joshua, incapable of producing notes that harmonized with musical aesthetics, MistrWOLF naturally bred as an unstoppable creative force melding two adverse worlds, creating one unique melodic romance with a laptop and a guitar.

STYLE: Dubstep, D&B, Drumstep, Girl Rock
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.soundcloud.com/mistrwolf

SeqCirc 9-1 • Thought Photography

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:32:58 +0000

Taking the name from Nikola Tesla’s most intriguing invention, Thought Photography is the sound of post-rock, IDM, glitch and breakbeat thrown in a blender and turned on high! Recently transplanted from the East Coast indie-rock scene this lifelong musician was inspired to seriously pursue electronic music after two influential events, Shambhala 2010 and Sequential Circus 8. The first introducing the transformative potential of electronic music, and the second proving it could be performed live. Combining brainwave machines, binaural beats and isochronic tones with traditional synthesis and instrumentation, Thought Photography takes the listener on a unique journey through many styles, textures and emotions… Music for the head, the heart AND the feet.

STYLE: Psychedelic/Binaural Breakbeat/Wow and Flutter
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://soundcloud.com/thoughtphotography

SeqCirc 8-6 • Chaotic Grey

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:07:49 +0000

Chaotic Grey is a collection of fast-moving particles. His glitchy, detailed, head-boppin’, chin-strokin’ techno keeps dance floors slammin’ while still remaining audibly different than anything around. Using the most cutting edge electronic music devices and software, Chaotic Grey’s phat hypnotic sounds are guaranteed to be dangerous while operating heavy machinery.

STYLE: Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://soundcloud.com/chaotic-grey

SeqCirc 8-5 • Devin Dirt

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:05:21 +0000

Devin Dirt brings his MPC back to Vancouver for a rare Live PA set. Dirty Acid and Tech-House served up hot and delicious. Think digital pastrami sandwiches made by your robot grandma amply served at your local neighborhood rave. Confused? Don’t be. Hungry? Bring mustard.

STYLE: Acid, Tech-House
HOME CITY: Brooklyn, New York
http://www.blackvanrecords.com

SeqCirc 8-4 • Honeey Mustard

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:03:13 +0000

Inspired by her interest in music, Elaine decided at 17 years old to venture into this industry. Early projects included producing and hosting her own local cable TV show about the dance scene in Calgary, which brought Elaine into the Calgary club scene to interview musicians and DJs (the true pioneers of the scene), and becoming the regular light technician and dj assistant at Calgary’s upscale dance club “The Banke” which hosted crowds of over 800 people on the weekends.

She was fascinated by the way the djs and music could move a crowd and began to practice the craft, eventually getting a job as a full-time resident at another busy dance club, and soon she became the resident dj at The Banke as well. In 1990 she began experimenting with more underground vinyl after being exposed to some raves and underground djs. Her interest grew in the rave scene and she began throwing parties as one half of Honeey N Nutty Ink, while also playing techno and deep jazzy house as Honeey.

There was always an even harder side wanting to get out, so eventually Honeey put away her house records and in 1993 she became a fulltime techno DJ as Honeey Mustard. In 2005, inspired by Calgary’s still-strong rave scene, Elaine decided to take things to the next level and began creating her first original music pieces in Ableton Live. Exploring ambient and techno realms in the studio and delving into drum and bass on the dancefloor at clubs like Soda took Elaine to a whole new level of inspiration and Misselaineous was born. Drum and bass melded with the soul of techno to create a new hybrid entity.

STYLE: Techno/D&B
HOME CITY: Calgary, Alberta
http://www.honeeymustard.com

SeqCirc 8-3 • John Tennant

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:00:28 +0000

A ten-year veteran of the North American Live-PA scene, John Tennant is back at Sequencial Circus with an all-new set of swinging, pounding, moody, and melodic dubbed out techno and breaks. Expect a healthy dose of mind-broadening, feet-infecting, trans-dimensional beats, melodies, and samples that will keep a dark-grin stuck to your face for the duration. Be ready for live-synth-venue-shaking basslines and leads to drive the point like a techno-juggernaut.

STYLE: pounding techno/breaks
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.johntennant.com/

SeqCirc 8-2 • Aristotle Punk

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:58:47 +0000

A man and his machines becoming one! Head-crushing sound spewing from every bass-bellowing steam pipe in this electronic sound machine. Dark, oscillating bass with a heavy metal vibe is the power mechanic, driving robot mallets into an arsenal of digital drumkits with head-crushing synthesis. Aristotle Punk has come up fast in this scene; stemming from The Tribal Mud Men, he has made a name for his very energetic solo live performance and brings a new light to dark, dub-driven glitchhop.

STYLE: glitch hop/crunkstep
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.wix.com/aristotlepunk/aristotlepunkbeats

SeqCirc 8-1 • Andrew Van Hassel

admin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:56:05 +0000

Exploring and creating music his entire life, Andrew has swum through a variety of genres, styles and musical instruments. It was only a little over a year ago he decided that creating electronic music was the next step to express his ideas. With this new found knowledge, Andrew and his androids have composed a mix of danceable and progressive arrangements that will make you move and please your ears. The music is melodic and the genres vary to create a unique mix of styles.

STYLE: Progressive, Techno, Dub
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://soundcloud.com/andrewvanhassel

SeqCirc 7-6 • The Square Root Of Evil

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:51:50 +0000

The Square Root of Evil (Jen Pearson) has been surrounded by musicians her entire life. It was only natural that as soon as computers were able to keep up with her lightning fast compositional skills, she would use them to translate the thetas and gammas of her weirdo brainwaves into beats and bleeps of dance music. She’s been featured on over half a dozen compilations on US, UK & Canadian labels, and has released two EPs, “Chirping Data” out on Belladonna (now defunct), and “Killerbytes” which can be downloaded from Xynthetic. She represented Vancouver in the 2006 North American Laptop Battle Championship in Seattle after making her way to the top in her hometown, has played countless live shows in Vancouver and Europe, and will be playing Sequential Circus fresh from her set at Mutek 2010. Her work has been described as everything from IDM, Techno, 8-bit, Drum ‘n Bass, Glitch & Jungle, as the sub-sub-sub genres continue to split further & further… leaning towards frantic & somewhat complex rhythms made with crunchy low-fi sounds, making people smile while they dance.

STYLE: Chiptune/Breakcore
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.thesquarerootofevil.com/

SeqCirc 7-5 • Jonnay

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:42:43 +0000

Jonnay is a one-man, laptop-free live PA and has been writing music since ’96, and performing since ’97. His performance stylings range from Acid Techno to Drum and Bass and even Dark Jungle, but in the studio he will just write music he likes. This is Jonnay’s second performance at Sequential Circus, performing also in 2008 for Sequential Circus 3. Jonnay is currently Unsigned and Unaligned.

STYLE: Acid/Jungle/Drum&Bass
HOME CITY: Calgary, Alberta
http://www.jonnay.net/

SeqCirc 7-4 • Wesley Dysart

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:39:41 +0000

Drawing influence from a variety of styles Wesley brings a compelling, nuanced sound based on solid rhythms & intelligent melodies. As a multi-instrumentalist who has been producing & performing for over a decade his productions range from floor stomping progressive tech to inspired compositions influenced by classical, rock and metal. Wesley’s live performances surge with dynamic sound-scapes of intelligent breaks and glass shattering house beats fueled by on-the-fly remixes of his extensive and electrifying original catalog. Not to be missed!

STYLE: Progressive House/Tech, Breaks
HOME CITY: Atlanta, Georgia
http://www.wesleydysart.com/

SeqCirc 7-3 • Dark Arps

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:36:50 +0000

Back in Canada for the first time in 19 years, Dark Arps is Jon Bierman’s latest solo project. Synths, sampled instrumental melodies, warped tonal textures and atmospheres are supported by incessantly danceable beats and infectious basslines. Constantly musical, evolving, progressing, segueing, modulating and jumping, sometimes dark, and yet also positive and upbeat without being saccharine, it’s music for the head, the heart, and most importantly, the feet. Beats, synths, atmospheres and melodies are triggered, mixed and effected on-the-fly using Ableton Live and a selection of MIDI controllers and hardware synths. Tracks evolve, break down and crescendo organically. Danceable grooves are mandatory and ever-present and no two sets are ever the same.

STYLE: Techno, Progressive House, Breaks
HOME CITY: London, UK
http://www.soundcloud.com/dark-arps

SeqCirc 7-2 • Jeff Griffiths

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:33:58 +0000

Jeff Griffiths has been twiddling knobs both real and virtual on and off since he quit the rock scene in Calgary 15 years ago and started listening to FSOL 12 hours a day. A bit of a pioneer in Vancouver for showing up to do Live PA shows with just a laptop, Jeff now has a few random bits of gear being sequenced (or in some cases sequencing themselves). Think house, techno and warm baths of filtered bubbling noise patched together like a collage.

STYLE: Techno/House/Breaks
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.canuckistani.ca/

SeqCirc 7-1 • Kir Mokum

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:12:15 +0000

Kir Mokum’s style, skill and musical maturity are beyond description. He is a DnB wizard and knows how to create a sophisticated vibe combining rare, classic, and avante garde tracks. Also having a mind behind production, his tunes portray the depth of his musical understanding. His signature style always leaves a long lasting taste and impression on those that hear him…one that has come to influence the way people look at drum and bass, and appreciate it’s many faces, textures and intricacies. After hearing KIR MOKUM you will feel like you’ve just been enlightened.

STYLE: Deep End Drum&Bass
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.shahdjs.com/

SeqCirc 6-6 • noCore

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:08:50 +0000

noCore is a world-traveling electronic music producer and livePA artist currently based in Vancouver, Canada. He is well known for creating improvisational rhythmic noise music with a wide range of influences ranging from bare minimal ambient to extreme splatter breaks/digital grindcore.

STYLE: Heavy/Glitchy/Distorted
HOME CITY: Vancouver BC
http://www.soundcloud.com/nocore

SeqCirc 6-5 • xfive

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:07:28 +0000

Having been absent from the Van party scene for the last 5 years, xfive hails from his new found home of LA. After spending some time in London with label partner Voidloss, and releasing on their label Singularity as Villain, xfive sheds his more experimental alter-ego, and returns to his roots with brand new material. Keeping a pulse on the future and an eye on the past, his new set is laced with traces of Detroit, Berlin, and everything in between. Get ready for stripped-down techno with deep and dark sensibilities. Oh, and bass.

STYLE: Techno
HOME CITY: Los Angeles, CA
http://www.soundcloud.com/iterative

SeqCirc 6-2 • Haagen

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:04:32 +0000

Since his unforgettable live debut at Sequential Circus 2 in 2008, Haagen has been evolving his signature high energy progressive sound by actively playing his heart out at many events over the past two years. His hypnotic shows have shaken and rocked many dance floors, and have driven the crowds into intense ecstasy. Haagen has continued to evolve his style and has been working with vocalist Theda Phoenix (www.thedaphoenix.com) to combine her angelic ethereal vocals with his intricate and progressive live sets resulting in a breathtaking mix of techno, trance and house. For Sequential Circus 6, Haagen is preparing a new live set (Odyssey) using new performance techniques and with even more live improvisation, taking his sound to new depths and heights. Haagen’s website, www.haagen.ca, is due be launched in early 2010 and will provide you with all things Haagen. Stay tuned.

STYLE: Techno/Breaks
HOME CITY: Vancouver BC
http://www.soundcloud.com/dasz

SeqCirc 6-1 • Resonance

admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:58:28 +0000

After five years experimenting with cutting edge synthesis technology, the experimental duo Resonance have emerged from the studio to bring you a ground breaking, ear quivering and earth shattering new sonic experience. Incorporating many different styles of electronic music, Resonance will use laptops, synthesizers and effects perform tracks from their upcoming album Phase Precision. Remixing every track live and on the fly, members Chaotic Grey (Julian Levy) and Neal Miskin use the crowd’s energy to create a unique and new sonic landcape never encountered before.

STYLE: Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver BC
http://www.myspace.com/herbiecrimson

SeqCirc 5-6 • Ragdoll

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:53:52 +0000

Grinding, Melodic, Dark and Driving. Ragdoll fuse spaced-out Berlin grooves with dynamic Minimal, delivering no-limit Techno with soul. With their very first release breaking the Top 100 on Beatport, Ragdoll have gone from strength to strength, remixing for Techno/House heavyweights Sandy Vee, John Acquaviva, and Andrea Doria. Signed to the trendsetting German label BluFin, Ragdoll’s success has snowballed this past year, as their club stormer “Soundwave” sold over 1000 vinyl copies in its first week.
When not pumping out tracks for the club, Ragdoll drink Bailey’s and get up to no good. With an absolutely explosive presence behind the decks, this madcap duo bludgeons the senses with their dirty, modern sound.

STYLE: Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver
http://www.myspace.com/thisisragdoll

SeqCirc 5-5 • JGarrett

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:52:10 +0000

JGarrett is the latest project from Xynthetic Netlabel co-founder Josh Garrett. JGarrett focuses on groove-driven Acid, Techno, and TechHouse with traces of Dub and Breakbeat elements. In the past Josh has worked with labels such as Component Records (which included remixing the mighty Mochipet), en:peg digital (the digital brother of n5MD), and Stratagem Musik. JGarrett’s latest releases can be found on Germany’s Super 6 and Säurebad Records as well as his own Xynthetic Netlabel.

STYLE: Acid, Techno
HOME CITY: San Francisco
http://xynthetic.com/

SeqCirc 5-3 • Komega

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:50:39 +0000

Known for his pounding beats, warble-driven bass lines, glitchy tech-house, and, most of all, his completely self-built synths and control systems, Komega is one of San Francisco’s most original yet reclusive livePA dance acts. Komega takes a systemic approach to live dance-floor electronic music by developing specifically tailored control systems and synthesizers that have allowed him to build a ground-up sound achieved by no one else. In Komega’s return to Vancouver’s Sequential Circus, he will be performing material from his upcoming album Auspices.

STYLE: Tech-house
HOME CITY: San Francisco

SeqCirc 5-2 • Filip Gorecki

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:48:53 +0000

Filip Gorecki has been producing music in Vancouver for the past two years. Fascinated with song structures based around rhythm rather then drums, filip’s focus on story telling through sound exploration have kept him busy. Performing livePA with only a few pieces of gear, filip has mastered the act of creating his own samples and reinventing them for your listening pleasure.

STYLE: Science Fiction Music
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 5-1 • Andrew Martens

admin — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:43:03 +0000

After too many years shackled behind a computer screen, Andrew Martens has finally left the computer behind to play his debut show in the Vancouver live PA scene. As comfortable behind a soldering iron as he is behind a synthesizer, he has built or modified many of the devices in his arsenal, including a MIDIbox SID, Roland Juno 6, and an E-mu ESI-2000. Andrew hopes to take you away from the everyday world with his deep kicks and pulsing basslines.

STYLE: trance
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 4-6 • Computer Controlled

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:38:55 +0000

Long time Midwest Acid DJ/Producer now living in Seattle, Computer Controlled is a no holds barred no laptops, 100% hardware true Acid performance. Raised on the Midwest Acid sounds of ESP Woody McBride, Hyperactive, & Drop Bass Network. Pounding the dance floor with a combo of vintage and newer Analogue and Digital synths and drum machines, this is the sound of the Midwest. Hard, raw and in your face!

STYLE: Acid Techno
HOME CITY: Seattle, WA

SeqCirc 4-5 • MUX

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:36:34 +0000

Live-pa stalwart MUX is back with a brand new rig, new sound and new musical outlook. For nearly a decade, MUX has been dropping huge kicks, screaming leads and throbbing basslines on dancefloors in living rooms, clubs, warehouses and forests. After a techno hiatus lasting over a year, he’s putting down the guitar and mandolin and picking up the synthesizers and drum machines again. Expect the signature high-energy MUX sound, reinvented and updated for what will hopefully be the first of many shows in 2009!

STYLE: rave techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC
http://mux.ca

SeqCirc 4-4 • The Automatic Message

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:34:14 +0000

The Automatic Message is an ongoing collaboration between experimental techno producer / dj / sound designer Trevor Jacobson and photographer Tanya Goehring. Trevor and Tanya’s work explores the possibilities of what can happen when sound and imagery are brought together. They construct multimedia installations and perform live using still photographs, video, techno and sound design.

STYLE: experimental techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 4-3 • Taal Mala

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:32:19 +0000

Killing sound since ’97, Taal Mala’s music encompasses a mashup of dubstep, dancehall, ragga jungle, and acid techno with wobbling basslines, glitched out ragga vibes, and wonky riddim changes that will warp your perception of dancefloor music. As a member of the SUB-OSC and Lighta! soundsystems, Taal Mala has buried an excess of tin pan soundboys alongside The Bug, Kode9, Loefah, Venetian Snares, Rusko, Benga, Skream, Hatcha, Youngsta, Martyn…etc. Keep your eyes open for lighta! and SUB-OSC releases in early 2009.

STYLE: ravestep glitchdub
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 4-2 • coin gutter

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:30:46 +0000

Over the course of 9 years coin gutter has gone from a 4 car pile up at that dangerous corner (chaotic, messy and impossible not to stare at) to a much tighter, focused and mature live performance. But don’t start thinking this is a night of sequenced tracks, all plan and no passion. The live show is a calm centre of a storm, always threatening to lose control.

STYLE: experimental audio art
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 4-1 • Dialectic

admin — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:27:56 +0000

Dialectic performs live electronic music that combines the euphoric melancholy of first generation Detroit Techno with the driving, modulating basslines of Acid House and the atmospherics of Ambient Dub. Originally from England, his musical influences, gleaned from clubs, festivals and raves in the 80′s and 90′s range from Jazz through Northern Soul, Reggae, Ska, Dub, Blues, Funk, Acid House, Drum & Bass and Techno.

STYLE: Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 3-6 • noCore

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:25:04 +0000

noCore is an electronic music producer and livePA artist known for creating improvisational rhythmic noise music with a wide range of influences from minimal ambient music to extreme digital grindcore. In live settings, noCore relies on various hardware instruments and effects, such as a DSI Prophet 08, Clavia Nord Lead 2, Korg Electribe ES1, MFB Synth 2, Sherman Filterbank, Electro-Harmonix Small Stone, Pro Co Rat Deucetone, Boss DD-3, Boss RSD-10, Tech 21 Sans Amp TRI-AC and two Zoom TM-01′s, among other things. The performances are usually improvised on the spot and rarely repeated unless recorded.

STYLE: rhythmic/power noise, breakbeat, ambient
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 3-5 • Colby Sparks

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:23:09 +0000

Colby has been producing in Vancouver for the past two years. He tries to blend together the styles of acid breakcore and jungle, and adds in his own melodic twists to the whole deal. He also has been known to play saxophone every now and again.

STYLE: ambientcore
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 3-4 • Self Evident

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:20:54 +0000

Self Evident has been playing his own brand of dance music all over Vancouver with Lighta! and the SUB OSC crew. His tracks have been played by DJ Hatcha on Kiss FM London and by Kid Kameleon on his most recent XLR8R magazine podcast. Check out the next issue of XLR8R for an article about Sub Osc. Sub Osc which consists of Taal Mala, Phowa, Self Evident and Max Ulis will be launching their label this summer. The first 12 inch will feature the Dancehall and Dubstep stylings of Max Ulis and Self Evident with vocals by Warrior Queen, Rider Shafique and Ras Oney. Also coming out this summer will be remixes for DJ C and Don Goliath (Dubstep Division). Brrrra!

STYLE: dubstep/??
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 3-3 • Jonnay

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:17:57 +0000

A one-man Acid Techno, Dark Jungle, and Atmospheric DnB Live PA located in Calgary Alberta. His music is not limited by genre, but rather by what sounds good and gets people dancing. Jonnay prefers to be performance centered rather then studio centered, with his Live PA kit being essentially the same as what he uses in the studio, and 100% laptop free. He, along with his wife, built an analog synthesizer for just “that sound”. Jonnay has been performing at raves since 1997.

STYLE: acid/jungle/d&b
HOME CITY: Calgary, Alberta

SeqCirc 3-2 • SPARK

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:15:39 +0000

After clearing dancehalls, artspaces, and record label execs out with sheer wall-of-noise breakcore and infections melodies buried beneath the fury, work-shopping the competition at international laptop battles, and releasing several seminal net releases as “Winnie The Shit” in 2005 and 2007. Dropping his latest NES masterpiece of 8-bit dubsteprockspacejamchillouts right here in 2008, Spark is set to take the stage, renewed, rejuvenated, armed with a laptop, a soul, a new version of ancient software, WindowsXP, a working screen, a gig of ram and a (somewhat) limitless supply of loops, noises, sequences, stretches and jittery dance moves. You gonna bump!

STYLE: 8bit/dubstep
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 3-1 • The Automatic Message

admin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:11:27 +0000

STYLE: experimental techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 2-5 • John Tennant and Ricardo Almeida

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:06:46 +0000

John Tennant has been involved the Vancouver live PA community for the past 8 years. He’s released a few tracks on vinyl (Village, Rhythmic and Telegraph) and with the online record label Nishi. Combining forces with Ricardo Almeida in recent years, John is focused on delivering the most satisfying sound fidelity possible in a live PA performance. For SeqCirc2, John will be highlighting some recent work with generative sequencing techniques and on-the-fly audio loop layering techniques.

Ricardo Almeida has gained a reputation over the past 12 years as the dark horse of the Vancouver techno scene. A legendary recluse, it’s unknown just how far his musical influence stretches. What is known is that he’s constantly busy refining and perfecting his studio technique, securing releases with labels worldwide and remixing high profile artists. Combining forces with John Tennant, Ricardo’s live PA style is to deliver intelligent, driving, and focussed composition, tailor mixed and arranged for the club, crowd, and vibe. For SeqCirc2, Ricardo will be showing off some of his startlingly funky techniques involving a Nintendo DS, Nord Modular, JXP-3P, and microphone.

STYLE: tech house
HOME CITY: Vancouver, British Columbia

SeqCirc 2-4 • Komega

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:03:31 +0000

Komega’s custom control device looks like an alien space pod from the future. It pulses and throbs in time with his aural creations and it provides some wicked psychedelic eye candy to accompany his fusion of sound. Delivering a pounding repertoire of glitchy tech breaks, Komega aims to move minds and bodies.

STYLE: Tech Breaks
HOME CITY: San Francisco, California

SeqCirc 2-3 • Transgress

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:00:11 +0000

Transgress is the solo Live PA project of Peter ‘Fish’ Fisera (also of the live improvised techno band Inject, see http://inject.org). Instead of the laptop that is commonly the heart of a Live PA setup these days, Fish uses Alesis MMT-8 hardware MIDI sequencers from circa 1989, along with a large array of both vintage and recent synths and drum machines. The result: techno, breaks, tech-trance, or downtempo; melodic and trippy, sometimes chaotic but rarely abrasive, and with an emphaasis on original synth sounds rather than the expected. Since 2002, Transgress has played in many venues and vibes, including the late night parties and smokey clubs where techno music is often found. See http://goatvirus.com/knapsack/music/transgress for more info.

STYLE: techno and breaks
HOME CITY: Vancouver, British Columbia

SeqCirc 2-2 • God In The Machine

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:58:17 +0000

A bass-heavy journey through the darker side of urban music, a sound that is all graffiti-inspired breakbeats, syncopated percussion, and snarling, gritty synth screams. It is the music of the concrete jungle brought kicking and screaming into the information age, juxtaposed against a collage of other genres, from jazz-infected turntablism to industrial noize, all grafted together without regard to musical tradition. The project is the brainwashed child of sole member J. Wells, who began producing electronica at age fifteen out of frustration with the vapid machismo of heavy metal.

STYLE: Breakbeat, darkcore, DnB
HOME CITY: Orcas Island, Washington

SeqCirc 2-1 • Haagen

admin — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:55:33 +0000

Haagen (aka Dasz) is a producer, Clavia Nord Modular G2 synthesizer factory sound designer, and inventor based out of Vancouver, BC. Inspired by old school, techno, trance, and electro; his massive and carefully sculpted grooves, intertwined with hard, slamming, progressive, bass & beats, and uplifting tunes are finally being taken from the studio and onto the live stage.

STYLE: minimal, hard, progressive
HOME CITY: Vancouver, British Columbia

SeqCirc 1-7 • Taal Mala

admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:51:11 +0000

Killing sound since ’97, Taal Mala is tearing up the dancefloors and doin’ it to ya in the earhole with warbling sub frequencies that have been known to rupture an internal organ or two. As a member of the Lighta! and SUB-OSC Soundsystems, Taal Mala has killed soundboys along side Loefah, The Bug, Kode 9, and Bassnectar, to name a few. Releases on Lighta! and SUB-OSC dubplates to come in 2007.

STYLE: ravestep glitchdub
AFFILIATIONS: [lighta!] / SUB-OSC
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 1-6 • Devin Dirt

admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:48:47 +0000

Brooklyn based producer, Devin Dirt combines industrial techno with dirty house and serves it up with a hot cup of fuck you. Imagine Iggy Pop and Daft Punk kicking the shit out of each other at an after hours and you get the idea. Nasty bass lines, distorted leads, raw beats and tweaked out edits fuel Devin Dirt’s in-your-face sound. Being one of the few electronic artists performing Live PA without a laptop, his sets are wildly charged and not to be missed.

STYLE: Machine Punk
AFFILIATIONS: Black Van Records
HOME CITY: Brooklyn, NY

SeqCirc 1-5 • Longwalkshortdock

admin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:43:24 +0000

Heavily influnced by early 80s video game music, longwalkshortdock stacks layers of melody in his tracks until they implode and reform. Heavy drums and aggresive synths join forces with rolling grooves and melodic lead lines to create a wide variety of bangin dance floor originals. Did you know they found him in a cave on the moon? Thats what I heard…anyway, room filling sound!

STYLE: kick/snare, techno, electro, acid
AFFILIATIONS: black van records, new york
HOME CITY: Vancouver BC

SeqCirc 1-4 • The Daega Soundsystem

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:36:13 +0000

Inspired by the deep end of things brothers and production duo, Ben and Josh Searles aka DJ Sela and Deep Six are currently based in Vancouver BC working on their Daega Sound System project. Producing a wide variety of electronic music including drum and bass, dubstep, house, techno, downtempo, ambient and more they are now taking their sound out of the studio and onto the stage.

STYLE: Dubstep
AFFILIATIONS: Balance
HOME CITY: Vancouver

SeqCirc 1-3 • pica

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:31:54 +0000

pica’s sound is rooted in the cavernous reverb soaked sounds of traditional dub and the structure and rhythms of modern minimal techno.

STYLE: minimal abstract dub techno
AFFILIATIONS: dub.ca & Infrequency
HOME CITY: Victoria, BC

SeqCirc 1-2 • Inkwell

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:25:18 +0000

Inkwell is the product of two minds from vastly different backgrounds, coming together with entirely original material that slams the dancefloor and leaves the crowd wanting more. Rocking mostly homemade gear, their live performance centers around a battle ready PC built into a turntable flight case and a knob box that looks like it’s from 1902. Minimal Techno is the backbone of the their set, but it often veers in other more diverse territory without warning. Also they’re damn sexy.

STYLE: Thumpin Minimal Techno
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC

SeqCirc 1-1 • Minarovich

admin — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:56:29 +0000

Combining protean AND technical hugger-mugger, minimal AND not so minimal, (and slightly progressive) Stomp-IN techno. Influenced by Speedy J, Alex Under, Yellow, Mathew Dear, Howard Jones, R. Hawtin, Genesis, Tom Waits.

STYLE: Minty Fresh Techno
AFFILIATIONS: BHC / LRC
HOME CITY: Vancouver, BC