On Saturday, August 20th 2011, Sequential Circus returns for the ninth iteration. Bring your dancing shoes for Vancouver's premiere live electronic performance showcase!
Sequential Circus is an ongoing music event series featuring an ever-changing lineup of live performance (live-pa) electronic music acts, both local and imported talent, with a focus on cutting edge sound and visual technologies.
Do not confuse this with a DJ event - the dancefloor will be jumping, but all the music at Sequential Circus is composed and performed live by the original artists; it's more of an electronic music concert series than a clubnight.
VENUE: Open Studios, #200 - 252 East 1st Avenue
19+ w/ID ONLY - there's a bar
TICKETS: $20, available at the door only, arrive early to avoid disappointment
Doors at 10:00pm, first performance begins at 10:30pm sharp!
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE LINEUP (in alphabetical order):
DJ Lace
http://djlace.com/
Genre: Audio/Visual House/Techno
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.
Longwalkshortdock
http://www.longwalkshortdock.com
Genre: Party Music
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...
MistrWOLF
http://www.soundcloud.com/mistrwolf http://www.facebook.com/mistrwolf
Genre: Dubstep, D&B, Drumstep, Girl Rock.
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.
noCore
http://creativefrequencies.com/nocore
Genre: Acid Splatterbreak Techno
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.
Taal Mala
http://www.soundcloud.com/taalmala
Genre: Analogue Hardware Acid
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.
Thought Photography
http://soundcloud.com/thoughtphotography
Genre: Psychedelic/Binaural Breakbeat/Wow and Flutter
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.
