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Future Perfect
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Program Notes
Walker Art Center
Nov 18,1997
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Future Perfect: Sound
System, Multi-Media Event, and record. A blending of Electronica,
using all the ammunition in the pop culture canon, to create a soundtrack
to your best nights dreams. A seamless blend of live and recorded
music. Portrait of a DJ as a young artist. Like a Be In but about
Now, without forgetting about yesterday. Receptors on full, just
on the edge of sensory overload. In this pre millennial age we need
to come together, if not to a higher sense of consciousness, at
least into a state of conscious, an awareness of the things going
on around you, and there it is Future Perfect. not tomorrow, just
today.
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Cast in order
of appearance Mike Croswell
Satoshi Shinozaki
DJ Drone
Mindphaseone W/ Ana Voog
Chuck Zwicky
A Most Happy Sound
Kevin Cole
Ousia
Rod Smith
And in the Elevator! ---> Lost in Translation
Curated by Chris Strouth
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Lost In Translation
is one man, Jace Krause, who uses a four track tape recorder, effects,
and amplification to create disturbing multi layered soundscapes.
Jace gets all the installation spaces to play in; first with bathrooms,
he has now moved up (and down) to elevators.
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Mike Croswell
is a Musician and Composer, the kingpin of Mpls artcore favorites
Metaphor. He also makes an appearance tonight with Ousia.
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Satoshi Shinozaki
is a improv based guitarist who has played in such groups as Tribo,
and Exploding Head Trick. He has performed regularly as part of
Red Eye's Uneasy Listening Series. He was also featured as part
of Intermedia Arts' "You're My Guitar Hero" Show.
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DJ Drone
i(AKA Dave Jarros) started his DJ'ing career 6 years ago. One of
the pillars of Future Perfect, he is also the owner of Bassment
Records, an all vinyl DJ store. A popular figure in midwestern electronica
culture, graduating with a jungle major, with special emphasis in
breakbeats. Drone was last seen opening for David Bowie during his
last in-town appearance.
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Ana Voog
is a Musician/ Recording Artist (Radioactive Records) a performer,
the Fairie Queen and a new media experimentalist. She is the star
of anacam.com, a twenty four hours a day, seven days a week view
into her spectacular and mundane life.
From the anacam website-
it is a window into my house, into my life. a picture updated every
few minutes showing what I'm doing right now. sometimes i might
be just staring (I'm really good at that), sometimes I'll be surfing
the net, sometimes I'll be dancing wildly about my house to some
disco music, sometimes i might be eating cereal, sometimes i might
be taking a bubblebath, sometimes i might be writing songs or singing
or painting, sometimes i might be reading, sometimes i might put
on little skits for you or decide to cover myself in blue paint
or something weird. because I'm a weird girl. so be prepared for
weird and strange things to happen all of a sudden out of nowhere.
www.anacam.com
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Mindphaseone
is a collaboration project between Auto Kinetic ( John Golden, Mike
McClure) and DJ Drone (David Jarosz). Formed in the spring of '96,
the three had been working together on a variety of dance oriented
projects before MPO's inception. Auto Kinetic has been doing independent
dance releases since the early part of 1994. The duo owns and operates
the Electric Music Foundation label and releases tracks on labels
around the world.
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Chuck Zwicky
is one of the unsung superstars of the Minnesota music community,
a multi talented producer, engineer, and mix artist, as well as
being a talented composer in his own right. Chuck performed regularly
as part of Red Eye's Uneasy Listening Series, and has worked on
records that would really surprise you.
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A Most Happy
Sound s a collaboration between, Carty Fox (Squelch One), McKnight
wining composer Lorren Stafford (Richard For Cerebellum) and Chris
Strouth. Dedicated to smashing artistic and intellectual barriers,
they combine elements of Pop, electronica , and "New" music to create
a genre that can frighten everyone equally. Special guest vocalist:
the lovely and talented Miss Amy Buchanon.
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Kevin Cole
went from the Disco Boogie blues of Uncle Sam's to helping format
the modern icon of night clubs, that being First Avenue. He created
nights like Club Degenerate., House Nation, and Depth Probe. He
was the artist formerly known as Prince's fave DJ from Dirty Mind
until Under the Cherry Moon. Voted Best DJ by City Pages in '89,
'90, and '91, before they got rid of the category, he sold most
of this town their record collections as the vinyl guru of Platters.
He was part of the team that put out the first collections of Mpls
electronica Big Game Hunter, Cabin Rave. He was the music director
and had three specialty shows, on the late KJJO 104. He started
and was the music director for Rev 105, with his Radio Depth Probe
program being the longest running mix show in the US. And in 7th
grade he played Rhythm Guitar in the Black Knights.
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Ousia (Pronounced
"ooh - SEE - ah") ..Ambient Noise. Entity.. Realizing. Collective.
Sounds.Within.An.Anonymous.Environment..
Horn.Paul
Onnen.Dave
Shapiro.Jason
Teasley.Fred
Originally known as Blue Shift, Ousia continues the documentation
of ambiEnt.nOisE.dRonE.eLecTrOniCa compositions in the form of both
recorded and live mediums. In realizing these documentations, a
criteria has been established with regard to the utilization of
technology. Ousia focuses on exploiting technology which allows
for flux, improvisation, and control. Sonic structures are constructed
around keys and dynamics; all material recorded is able to be reproduced
live, yet the live performances are not limited to a mere cloning
of the recordings.
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Rod Smith
is a : DJ, composer, musician, independent curator, and legitimate
psychonaut, the Co Founder and Co -director of the Polar Bear Club,
Moon Mountain and the New Alantis. He dedicates tonight's set to
the late William Seward Burroughs.
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Keri Halverson
is a self taught video monster. proving that good things can come
from cable access. A long time collaborator of Curator Chris Strouth.
Keri was the resident video person for Red Eye's Uneasy Listening
Music Series, and has done video for Seduction of Timothy and Richard
for Cerebellum.
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Keri Halverson
is a self taught video monster. proving that good things can come
from cable access. A long time collaborator of Curator Chris Strouth.
Keri was the resident video person for Red Eye's Uneasy Listening
Music Series, and has done video for Seduction of Timothy and Richard
for Cerebellum.
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Magic Lantern
Light Show:
Richard Tatge: He studied art at MCAD and the U of M. In
1968 he learned light show techniques in Boston, doing shows with
such bands as Sun-Ra, Velvet Underground and the Doors. Back in
Minneapolis, he did shows at Dania Hall, The Labor Temple and Cedar
Theater with the Center of Consciousness. He formed the Magic Lantern
Traveling Light Show in 1988 and has performed at raves and rock
festivals across the upper midwest.
Chuck Schlensig: Born in 1952 in Gary, Indiana. Learned light
show techniques at the Syndrome in Chicago and at the Music Box
in Omaha with the Moose family. Did shows with Pink Floyd, Uriah
Heap and Jethro Tull. Joined Magic Lantern in '92 .
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Chris Strouth
is a conceptual theorist, the director and founder of Future Perfect.
He is the Chief and sole employee of UltraModern, a company based
on furthering of new music. For the past four years he has been
on the curatorial panel of the American Composers Forum's Sonic
Circuits. He founded Red Eye Collaboration's Difficult Music series.
Strouth was the curator for many years for Club Scandofari/ Hair
Police. He was also a producer/writer/ and host of the experimental
TV program "What." He is currently the head of artist and product
for TRG records (Twin Tone Record Group), and writes a weekly column
on music and youth culture for America On-line (keyword="new breed")
as well as a regular column on electronic music for Pulse. He has
recorded with groups: A Most Happy Sound(With Carty Fox, & Lorren
Stafford), Seduction of Timothy (with Geoff Seelinger & Bob DeMaa),
Ex-Boyfriends of Pamela (with Jim Reay) , and King Paisley. Strouth
at one time or another has been involved with the following projects
in varying capacities: Rifle Sport art (the one on E Block!), U.X.B.
Hair Police, House Nation, House of Fun, Depth Probe, Cyber Church,
and a host of other things he simply can't remember.
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Words of thanks
and Praise: to all of the Walker staff, in particular Philip,
Doug, Becky, Maury, and Rachel for making all of this possible.
The American Composers Forum, in particular Dr. Philip Blackburn.
The Future Perfect mainstays, Rod, Dave, and Chris Sattenger. My
dear friend John Kass, who I still can't believe I forget to thank
on the record, Paul Stark, Kool-Aid, Chuck (I told you it would
happen), Satoshi, Ousia, Mindphase, Ana/Tommy, Amy, Mike, Keri,
Richard, Chuck, Jace, Carty and Lorren, my friends Kii, Mike R,
and the staff of Allied Chemical. the Music of George Jones, Brian
Wilson, Ventures, Jack Nitche. the entire Glueten-Phafel nation.
and of course to Mo...
A special thanks to Kevin who has continued to let me talk him into
stuff for almost ten years.
Sonic Circuits is funded in part from a grant from the Rockefeller
Foundation
Art on the Electronic Edge is mad possible by support from the Science
Museum of Minnesota, and from Bitstream Underground as a corporate
sponsor. Interval Research Corpartion provides support for Leonardo
Electronic Almanac.
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