Psymbolic Visual Communications - Innovative / Qualitative visuals & events

Max Glascott is a designer/animator/electronic producer from Chicago. His material has been the result of a number of different mediums and experiments over the years. He spent his early design career coding and designing websites in the earlier days of HTML. As he began to gain confidence in his animation skills he started to apply his photography and photoshop experiments to motion graphics. He spent 1 year interning for Optimus, learning the post production ropes. He was hired and worked just under 3 years as an assistant editor. This outlet allowed him to explore animation as far as time would allow. He has recently won a silver Telly award for his 30 second piece “Happy Ammunition” which aired as part of a local campaign spearheaded by Optimus. After leaving Optimus, he pursued his love of music and composition, while working as a freelance animator and designer. He currently parades the “underground” as The Abominable Twitch.

Ontologist [live]

: AUDIO / VISUAL :

A video artist, composer, and performer. While his own work focuses on the integration of music and video as art, he is active as visualist for a variety of music groups, such as experimental rock outfit Maurice, ambient/instrumental blip-pop duo Silences Sumire (on Ropeadope Records), improvisational drum and bass combo KD Duo, and contemporary art music ensemble Third Coast Percussion Quartet. He will also be a featured video artist during the upcoming Ears & Eyes Festival this October at The Hideout. His own art is highly synchronized video to rhythmic and poppy music, he is equally at home improvising video to live music and collaborating with musicians of all genres for music videos and live shows.

Derby - Chilluminati / Touch Samadhi / Psymbolic--sounds

: AUDIOTECHNOWIZO :

In his life as a traveler, Derby came upon the sounds of psychedelica in Europe. Settling soon thereafter in Chicago, he became a resource that pulled those with similar musical tastes together. Derby has since proven to positively affect the Midwest Psy/Goa music scene by being a driving force behind Touch Samadhi, a founding member of The Chilluminati and an essential programmer within the Psymbolic--sounds label. You can expect to hear a skillful set of funky melodic soundscaping electronica.

: Listen to the Psymbolic sound shop mix V.1 by Derby :

Zac Franzoni

: LIVE PAINTING :

Live Painting Sessions by Zac Franzoni who was trained by an elite group of time-travellling artists sent to usher in The New Renaissance. Bring your energy, passion, love of art and collaborative mind to Re:vivify and join Zac for a live painting journeyescape.

Sin-R8

: DIGITAL VISUALIST :

The Slow Emergence of a Visualist - Previously a chemist, operations analyst, and statistics programmer, Sin-R8 (Kevin Ford) is trying to distill who he really is from what he is capable of doing. As an award winning amateur filmmaker and a founding member of Encrypted Transmission, Sin-R8 was always fascinated by the ability of light and color to have melodies, harmonies and rhythm. Now that he’s been exposed to the live VJ/DJ environment, he’s drawn to its multi-sensual expression of emotion, its potential for two disparate artists to interact without language and its immediacy to an audience.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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John Sacelli, a graduate of Yale University with B.Arts in philosophy, has spent 35 years exploring alternative therapies, spiritual paths, body work, and shamanism. Utilizing his angeLynx tarot deck created from visions and a unique Angelish dictionary, John's offerings are caring and seem to have a profound impact. Every Angelish concept is based on a contradiction which, followed deeply enough, will lead you to the place ‘before words began, before spells were cast’.

Wednesday August 20th

Derby - Chilluminati / Touch Samadhi / Psymbolic--sounds

: AUDIOTECHNOWIZO :

: Listen to the Psymbolic sound shop mix V.1 by Derby :

Zac Franzoni

: LIVE PAINTING :

Sin-R8

: DIGITAL VISUALIST :

Wednesday August 13th

DubFix

: SHOWCASE :

Dubfix events are geared towards the sub-heavy genre of Dubstep: a genre that fuses various elements of Dub Reggae, Drum and Bass, Techno, and Hiphop. It is the future of dance music and has been wildly popular in UK and Europe for years. Since its introduction to the US masses, its popularity has exploded in major Cities such as New York, San Fransisco, LA, Houston, and Chicago. Best heard on soundsystems that can handle some serious low-end, it doesn't take much chest rattling bass to get infected by the Dubstep virus. With backing and support from Dubstep.fm and local promotors/crews such as Abstract Science and Konkrete Jungle Chicago, you will want to keep your eyes and ears open.

Phaded [dj] - Dubfix / Dubstep.fm

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Phaded began his affair with the beat in the late 90's, doing production and later Dj'ing a blend of Underground Hiphop, Downtempo and Dub tracks. Inspired by the musical brilliance of producers and artists spanning a vast number of genres, there was a constant compulsion to present some of the most underground of sounds and rhythms in his sets. Becoming part of the emerging Dubstep scene in the US was only a natural progression for Phaded, as it tapped into the many facets of his musical foundation. Over the last year there has been great success for his weekly broadcast - The Dented Sessions on Dubstep.fm as well as dropping crowd-pleasing performances around the Midwest US. 2008 only looks brighter for this sub junkie, with an eye toward lending more his own productions to the scene in upcoming months. Be ready for some bass weight with Phaded when you enter the building.

Nameloc [dj] - Dubfix / Prismatiq

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Influenced by video games of his childhood, Nameloc started to actively pursue electronic music. Before picking up his own set of turntables, he would make compilation CDs for his friends and family to expose them to underground tunes. Since 2004, Nameloc has been recording mixes, writing tracks, and playing out aggressive drum and bass. He also started exploring the deeper bassier sounds of dubstep in 2007, and has made it his mission to drop the heaviest tunes around. Nameloc has played out to crowds of 2000+ heads at Anime Central's Soap Bubble, as well as online radio listeners from Dubstep.fm, Bassdrive.com, and Depaul University's very own Radio Depaul. With his quick mixing styles, and explosive stage presence, Nameloc will be sure to bring the heat to any occasion.

Pinkushin [dj] - Dubfix

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Selecta7, aka Pinkushin (born Samuel Agesilas, in Puerto Rico) is a dubstep producer based in Chicago. Sam, began remixing at the age of 17 with a simple combination of software programs but after obtaining his first synthesizer he started focusing more on productions ranging from Ambient Electronica, Trip Hop, House, Hip Hop and Drum & Bass. After hearing a dubstep mix a that friend sent, he instantly became submerged in the vast intensity of dubstep's massive bass weight. As a resident at Dubfix ( a Chicago dubstep night ), Selecta7 remains committed to mixing the hottest dubstep tunes for the crowd. Sam has also performed guest spots on the highly acclaimed Dented Sessions with Phaded on dubstep.fm. Selecta7 is currently working on a series of releases for 2008 on Dubfix and the famed Kursed Recordings.

Wednesday August 6th

Adventure in Chi-Town - Brilliantly Mad

: SHOWCASE :

Re:vivify August 6th is part of Brilliantly Mad's week-long Adventure in Chi-Town of which will be a collaboration of artistic expression that takes place at various places and spaces in Chicago. A series of events that intend to bridge communities through interactive productions and innovative performance arts.

Pranawave [dj]

: AUDIO :

Lynda Chick, aka Pranawave, or DJ Lynda Chick spins an eclectic mix of global dance, downtempo and exotic music. Music is a beautiful language all its own that transcends so many everyday boundaries. Pranawave enjoys sharing the journey and the music with those on the dance floor and feels that the process is co-creative between dj and dancers. By day, Pranawave is an oncology nurse and, most recently, a certified permaculture designer.

Ixnée [dj]

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A classically trained musician and dancer, Lisa first developed a passion for electronic music after experiencing the desert scene in Santa Fe. She is fascinated by the interconnection between consciousness and movement, and enjoys exploring the ways that music can fuel and influence this relationship. Each new exploration is an invitation to engage the senses and experience the flow of consciousness, through playful sounds with a uniquely infectious groove.

Video Janitor [vj]

: VIDEO :

In the Summer of Love, Maria Pappas, Matthew Hanson, Edyta Stepien and Chuck Przybyl were born Video Janitor. So, what do a thrift store junkie, television addict, gadget collector, polish princess, and dub master have in common? They all have a burning desire to weave enlightened optic fusion right in front of your eyes. They will take you down a fantastic visual journey improvising with the musicians and environment at play. Video Janitor has been cleaning house all over town.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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Wednesday July 30th

Abstract Science

: SHOWCASE :

Abstract Science is a collective and a radio show that broadcasts every thursday night on listener-supported community radio station WLUW at 88.7 FM in chicago and wluw.org. Abstract Science is a highly entertaining and educational exploration of what they like to call "future music" - the constant evolution of modern electronic music in its varied forms on a global level, from roots in funk, jazz, dub and soul. In a time when the majority of electronic music is becoming mass-produced and highly disposable, Abstract Science engages and excites their audience with genuinely innovative and relevant programming.

Quadratic [live] - Abstract Science

: AUDIO :

Quadratic is a collaboration of seasoned DJ Chris Widman and developer Colin Harris of Abstract Science. Widman and Harris craft dancefloor oddities and headphone bangers that draw influence from Luke Vibert, Monolake, Orbital, Si Begg and Deadbeat, among many others. Their first release, The Rotten Fruit EP, will be out July 27, 2008 from La Folia recordings and will be available from Amazon, Juno downloads and other online retailers.

LSE [dj] - Abstract Science

: AUDIO :

Chicago based DJ, Deezal Records founder, and co-host of Abstract Science on WLUW 88.7 fm since 1999. Luke has been making a name for himself for several years working with record labels such as Invisible Records and Hefty Records. He has been involved in Radio since 1995 when he started work for 88.1 KCOU in Columbia, MO. Luke is always on the run around the country with a wide variety of bands from all genres and seems to be on tour most of the time. When home, you can hear him exploring droned out downtempo, dub, idm, and deep ambient soundscapes laced with sound bites and spoken word.

Chris Widman [dj] - Abstract Science

: AUDIO :

Chris Widman's cohesive sets take on a life of their own as hidden gems from disparate genres and eras are seamlessly intertwined. The effect is sometimes contemplative, at other times exuberant; but always focusing on combining rhythms, breaking new sounds and forming musical connections. Widman's main focus has been his long running radio program "Abstract Science" which airs every Thursday 10pm-2am CST on WLUW-Chicago 88.7FM.

Merkaba [vj]

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Merkaba's work has always been process based as well as collagist, and the advent of digital technologies has allowed a great expansion of capabilities and reach, most excitingly into the area of realtime video performance. Merkaba has accompanied noted national and international musicians and is currently involved with theatrical video design.

Wednesday July 23rd

Gramaphone Records

: SHOWCASE :

Gramaphone Records has been around since 1969 serving the best in dance music to DJs in Chicago and around the world. Their physical store is located at: 2843 N. Clark St. (just north of Diversey) Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 472-3683

Michael Serafini [dj] - Gramaphone Records

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Undoubtedly one of the unsung heros of Chicago's underground dance music scene, Michael Serafini has been spinning in countless clubs to countless crowds for over ten years. As one of the head managers and buyers at Gramaphone Records since 1995, Michael's influence on the Chicago scene can not be understated; he provides and selects records for most of the working djs here in the city. Stylistically speaking, Michael is an innovator. His sets are a hypnotic blend of deep and progressive grooves, with it's eyes on the future while still maintaining a respect for the past.

Itch13 [dj] - Gramaphone Records

: AUDIO :

Itch13 is a dj, mc, and a producer. Itch13 plays a wide range of music, including hip hop, house, rock, reggae, disco, funk, soul, pop, broken beat, drum n bass, mashups and whatever else might be super funky... or beautiful... with a hip hop style (his foundation)... mostly things he enjoys and wants to share with the world. Itch13 is one of the hip hop buyers at Gramaphone Records. He specializes in buying independent hip hop for the store.

Tyrel Williams [dj] - Gramaphone Records

: AUDIO :

Sharing his passion for trip hop and jazzy downtempo beats since 99, Tyrel is currently on the path to become a sound designer. In the meantime working at Gramaphone Records keeps his tastes fresh and diverse.

Tesia K [vj]

: VIDEO :

Tesia K. is a Chicago based video and installation artist of whom is curently pursuing her MFA in electronic visualization at UIC.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

: READINGS :

Wednesday July 16th

Shiku Garu Projects

: SHOWCASE :

Shiku Garu is an art collective that focuses on 3 central concepts. History - both personal and universal. Time - How information is preserved. Layers - how quantum events change us, M theory in this respect, and how these layers create the patterns we know in any given moment. As for Shiku Garu's more localized concepts - "...Shiku Garu is about the social ills that collect like stalactites amongst our thoughts and actions. Our mental environments produce different configurations of these growths - and as they grow throughout our lives, they act as filters, shaping what we think, and expect, of ourselves and those around us."

Dreamlogicc [live] - Shiku Garu / James Beckman Art

: AUDIO :

Justin James is a multi-media visual artist and electronic musician based in Chicago. He has been producing and performing live electronic music since the mid-90's under the name "dreamlogicc". Synthesizers, drum machines, and sequencers come together to make music somewhere between the hard broken beats of the London dubstep and grime sound, and the ephemeral emotion of Chicago's deep house.

gravitymax [vj] - Shiku Garu

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Vivien Park, aka gravitymax, is a Hong Kong born, Chicago based, visual artist. Her hyper minimal geometric forms take shape on anything from canvas to video. She is the co-founder of the Chicago Export space, and is a freelance visual designer.

Shudder Inc [live A/V] - MFchicago

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Shudder Inc is a live audio / visual artist who's abstract work is best described as multi-genre motion painting synched to electronic music. With a unique ‘sonic’ electro house sound that conjures up accompanying video images through MIDI signaling, Shudder Inc is always working his art into mixable parts. “The live show is my finished product,” as Shudder Inc tries to explain his work. Creating music and video in pieces, the live show is where everything comes together. Using this technique, Shudder Inc creates an a/v show that is different each time he performs.

Nikki Magdalena - Inspire and Evolve

: READINGS :

Nikki Hari Magdalena is a mystic, intuitive healer, soul-seer, ancient soul. Several years ago, she embarked on a "pilgrimage of the heart;" guiding her to the West Coast, through the jungles of Central America, and eventually to a master teacher in Quebec. While taking a pause in Chicago, she offers "Healing Wisdom" sessions, which encompass a broad spectrum of modalities and intuitive gifts. They are meant to help one receive clarity and healing on the path, while awakening the "Inner Guru." Don't miss this rare chance to kin-ect with this nomadic one!

Wednesday July 9th

The Great Mundane [live] - Psymbolic--sounds

: AUDIO :

Jeffrey Acciaioli, known as The Great Mundane, was exposed and later influenced by genres such as classical, jazz, bossa nova, hip-hop, and electronica. The Great Mundane is shaped by a DIY culture and creates twisting textures, uses catchy drum whips, and creates diverse soundscapes through his melodic compositions. The Great Mundane has worked with Belladonna Records to release two limited time EP's and has released his debut album "When Falls Arrive" with Psymbolic--sounds.

: Listen to samples from When Falls Arrive :

Polyfuse [live] - shade:red

: AUDIO :

Electro / Electronica / Industrial musician and professional sound designer known as Justin McGrath, of whom runs the shade:red record label.

St. Dizco [live] - Pyrotechniq

: AUDIO :

St. Dizco was first introduced to the sound and feel of the psychedelic culture through a Chilluminati event in S. Illinois called "Geologic". From his experience there budded a fledgling love of electronic music and community organized artistic expression. His co-founding of Midwest based Pyrotechniq fire spinning troupe provided him with a creative outlet to further explore the Chicago community and to, "spin fire at any time, any place and for any reason." He has hunted beats over his recent travels to Australia, New Zealand and the Arava Desert in Israel and now resides again in the green mountains of his home state of Vermont. As the "patron saint of dancing your face off" he guarantees aural blessings of booty grooving bassiness.

Glen Stephani [vj] - Populution Works

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Stephani uses the mechanical filter of technology as a lens through which to create his vivid organic imagery. Stephani seeks out the unintended parameters in all artifices, hardware and applications and manipulates them accordingly. He believes these "hidden g-spots" or glitches reveal the true spirit of the machine and are a symbolic mirror to the resistance within us all. Do what's unintended of you and discover a realm beyond your intended function.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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Wednesday July 2nd

Ramp Chicago

: SHOWCASE :

Ramp Chicago is devoted to live and interesting electronic music that takes a path somewhere between the dance floor and your headphones, bringing in artists that straddle genres and takes chances.

Emulsion [live] - Lens Records / Ramp Chicago

: AUDIO :

Captivated by artists squeezing the last possible detail out of a decidedly low-fi palette, Nathan never lost his obsession with the eight-bit look/sound and its resulting digital artifacts, which contributes to both the sound and the look of Emulsion. "There is something so inspiring about getting the most out of limited resources." Emulsion recently released his new CD 'Blue Sky Objective' and you can expect a set full of pretty, emotive melodies and 8-bit beats.

Spiderback [vj] - Ramp Chicago

: VIDEO :

Originally from Tehran, Ben Cirrus, AKA VJ Spiderback, has been performing around Chicago in various forms for well over ten years. As a musician, he has led local bands the Gravetones, Black and Blue Inc., Silencer, Colordots and Replikator, and recently as a visual artist he has been keeping the display screens alive at select venues around Chicago under the monikers .Me, Screen Savior and VJ Spiderback.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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Wednesday June 25th

Moment Sound

: SHOWCASE :

Moment Sound is a Chicago-based collective of musicians specializing in live electronic music of a all types and genres. In addition to performing constantly, its core members - Garo, Lokua and Slava organize and promote music and art events throughout the city. Their home-base is the Moment series which takes place every first Sunday of the month at Rodan.

Peter Kirn [live A/V] - Create Digital Music / Create Digital Motion

: AUDIO / VIDEO :

Peter Kirn is a classically-trained musician and composer gone digital. As an experimental electronic musician, keyboardist, visualist, and media artist, he's a regular fixture at New York's Warper Party and NY club venues. His work also extends from conposing for Baroque instruments and voice to custom computer vision software and digitally-synthesized music. The Boston Globe describes his music and visuals as "poetic" and "delicate." He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the popular websites createdigitalmusic.com and createdigitalmotion.com, which explore bleeding-edge creative tech in our growing "nerdster" culture. He is currently researching new environments for live digital music and visuals as he completes a PhD in music composition at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Peter is based in lower Manhattan.

Alexander Bassett [live] - (special vocal set) - FakeBeat

: AUDIO :

Catch this special and rare live performance of Alexander's musical creations. A celebration of the work accomplished in this great city before he moves to New York... As a musician and producer Alexander stubbornly insists on keeping things fresh by ignoring genres and cutting to heart of what is new and interesting. He employs this mindset in any artistic medium he is working with be it event production, studio recording, songwriting, video, graphic design, or performing live. In Alexander's eyes all branches of the arts are limbs growing on the same tree. The creative energy used to make a painting is the same as that used to compose a piece of music. Last October, Bassett produced a very well attended underground Halloween celebration, The Deep. The event had a strong multimedia focus featuring original video projections, and a state of the art sound system. He also has provided work for the DJ community by establishing, booking and promoting several successful residencies including Emergency Broadcast @ Betty's Blue Star, Secret Stash @ Uptown Lounge, and Modern Love @ Liars Club. At the start of 2008 Bassett, with the help of Mike Dextro, PROTMAN, and jRick launched Fakebeat.com, a music culture blog focusing on interviews with influential local musicians, and worldwide talent including, Zebo, Alexander Robtnick, Glitch Mob, Ghostland Observatory, Hilary Rawk, Ulysses, Marvel Kind, and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club. Many more projects are underway as Bassett prepares to relocate himself to Brooklyn to further establish himself as a national presence. Be on the lookout for Bassett's solo production debut, "Never Enough" scheduled for late summer release. The challenge is always apparent, and Alexander always welcomes the hard work, because… well… the excitement never stops.

Release [live]

: AUDIO :

Everyone goes thru trials and tribulations in life which separates themselves from others. Those same individuals find their own form of release--thru the arts, poetry, sports, work, and musical expression in order to survive and remain positive. For Release, the beats are his first love and has been his savior throughout all the chaos, which is why he calls himself, Release.

Lokua [live] - Moment Sound

: AUDIO :

Lokua is part of a collective called Moment Sound. He plays live quite regularly either solo or together w/ Slava as Pheromone.

Radius [live] - TSLOS / Consumers Label

: AUDIO :

South Chicago/South Shore Native, All Chi-City Representative :) Producing music since 2001...A Music fanatic forever! Openminded and Progressive at all times.

Uncle Garo [live] - Moment Sound

: AUDIO :

Garo writes these songs on drum machines and then plays them live at a show. Sometimes he makes/plays Hip-Hop, sometimes House, sometimes Jungle, sometimes Ambient - Garo likes making music from all genres of the music spectrum.

Glen Stephani [vj] - Populution Works

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The Machinist

: VIDEO :

Brian Klein has been performing electronic music since 1999 and live visuals since 2005, under his own name, "the machinist," "e/a," and "fncvlns." His distinct visual style has been displayed at such places and events as subterranean, rodan, darkroom, sonotheque, the empty bottle, looptopia, and the chicago motion graphics festival and for musicians and groups including momentsound, mfchicago, abstract science, protman, soft serve, rotgut records, and dj std_dev.

Nikki Magdalena - Inspire and Evolve

: READINGS :

Wednesday June 18th

Chilluminati

: SHOWCASE :

The Chilluminati is a network metagroup of promotional, arts, and consciousness community groups including: Psymbolic, TOUCH Samadhi, Divine Balance, Audiognomes, Consciousness Cafe, Eo Somnium (formerly Trance Psyndicate), and Iowa's MindoutPsyde. It is a network-based collective where decisions are made by a kind of weird chaotic neural process. They are linked by optic fiber and float in a pool of liquid nutrient, exuding ideas into a kind of mycelial soup that gets into all the equipment and requires frequent trips to the laundromat.

Primordial Ooze [live] - (special chill set) - Chilluminati

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The Primordial Ooze project was created by DJ's Kaiser Soze and S.O.T. Flowing sounds that seem to bubble and evolve like primitive life forms. These bundles of frequencies collaborate in a swarm like manner, creating intelligent patterns and movement. The Ooze sound creates a unique twist on the ever changing sound of psychedelic music.

Stoptime341 [vj]

: VIDEO :

Stoptime341 Productions offers custom video services in all aspects of multi-media production. Focusing on custom video installations and live video mixing, Stoptime341 has designed shows and performed live in almost every major city in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. From stadium shows with LED walls to interactive multimedia spaces, Stoptime341 is working on the cutting edge of multi-media entertainment. Christopher Andrew has been shooting, editing, and VJing as Stoptime341 for over a decade. Since it’s conception, Stoptime341 has grown and now the team includes Liviu Pasare, Technical Director and head of the fine arts and theater productions and Audrey Sica, the head camera operator and director of all dance events. Stoptime341 also works with a team of animators, makeup artists, stylists, and editors, depending on the events needs. Stoptime341 has performed with world-renown DJs, fashion designers, bands, dance companies and theater troupes all over the world. For the past six years, Andrew has been chief content developer and VJ for Tiesto, performing live in the largest electronic events in history. He also toured nationally with DJ Dan, Christopher Lawrence, DJ Rap, Ferry Corsten, and many others. Selecting just a few events to highlight the past four years… In 2005 Stoptime341 directed the first ever full scale stadium shows for an electronic artist in the USA: Tiesto In Concert, LA, Miami, and Vegas. In 2006 Stoptime341 performed at both Global Gathering England and Ireland on the main stage, as well as VJ’ing the Culture Remix series at HotHouse, Chicago (featuring Talvin Singh, Karsh Kale, and Chebi Sabbah). In 2007 Stoptime341 performed live for 200,000 people with Tiesto on Ipanema Beach, and created a series of custom video installations for The Art Institute of Chicago’s, After Dark series. In 2008 Stoptime341 has already shot and edited a feature length documentary of the Tiesto, Elements of Life Asia Tour, as well as creating the video installations for Collaboraction’s Sketchbook (a highly successful theater festival in Chicago).

VJ Mason Dixon - MGFest / MGChicago / Psymbolic--arts

: VIDEO :

Founder of mgchicago and a director of the Motion Graphics Festival, Mason Dixon aims to reawaken a sense of wonder about one's environment. The goal is to revitalize the viewer's perception and attention to detail. No hidden meanings, Just reaction, contemplation and a search for meaning. The reflection will reveal your personality and the nature of your sensibilities.

Looking Forward

: LIVE PAINTING :

Alobar is an activist, artist, artisan, and inventor. He leads journeywork-shops in “Holistic Creative Transformation”. He is also an attuned Reiki Master, energy and light worker, and a creator of sacred space. Exploring the realms of form and color as an expression of the extra-consciousness, his vision comes from the place of lucid dreams and ultimate surrender, the place where the physical world begins to dissolve and light takes shape. Alobars artistry hopes to evoke a sense of peace, calmness, and contemplation amongst viewers.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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Wednesday June 11th

Pantheogenesis

: SHOWCASE :

Members of the Sacred Spaces Camp and Entheon Village are creating a massive Temple complex at the Burning Man 2008 arts festival in August. The Temple will hold a wide diversity of events, spaces, and artwork including: a breathing gateway, recycled artwork, energy clearing and protection, incense art, crystal fountain, a crystal grid and a citywide crystal grid, lectures, workshops, conscious dance, healing, massage, reiki, visionary art, sound healing, a redwood spiral throne, prayerformances, individual prayer, alchemy of all kinds, meditation, and manifest Divinity. Temple Guardians will also be on call for those seeking guidance and assistance. This Temple needs only one more thing: YOU!

Carla Starla

: AUDIO :

Bringing new life to the age old ideals of Djing, Carla Starla found her niche by incorporating live vocals over records. Spinning and singing at the same time gives her the opportunity to do the two things she loves. Plus that little something extra always raises the vibration. Carla Starla's desire is to bring people together and to uplift their spirits through music. She's in the process of releasing her debut CD entitled Destiny. Making way for fresh original tracks produced by local Chicago talent. You can look forward to hearing the sounds of Hip Hop, Drum and Bass, Neo Soul, Funk, Down Tempo, and of course House. Music is music. If it can free your soul and help you make it through rough times in your life and make the good times even better, then it's good stuff. Live life with passion and you'll always find what you're looking for!

Pranawave

: AUDIO :

Lynda Chick, aka Pranawave, or DJ Lynda Chick spins an eclectic mix of global dance, downtempo and exotic music. Music is a beautiful language all its own that transcends so many everyday boundaries. Pranawave enjoys sharing the journey and the music with those on the dance floor and feels that the process is co-creative beween dj and dancers. By day, Pranawave is an oncology nurse and, most recently, a certified permaculture designer.

Looking Forward

: LIVE PAINTING :

Nikki Magdalena - Inspire and Evolve

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Wednesday June 4th

Dubfront Records

: SHOWCASE :

Dubfront Records is the mainline to upfront grind-out basslines drum beats laced with strychnine and breakdowns that cause flat lines. Dubfront captures soundscapes from the frontline and delivers them as sound waves through your speaker lines straight to your chest to make your heartrate incline while your bass-face is getting defined and your dance moves begin to unwind. so if you want it call for the rewind!

Searchl1te - Dubfront Records

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Around age six, Searchl1te (aka Kee - BassByThePound Crew) appropriated the family tape recorder. Re-using abandoned cassette tapes, he documented his random glossolalia, the sound of the mic rubbing on various household objects, and interviews with his toddler brother about the state of the known universe. After being gifted a walkman by a neighbor, he began to produce radio shows in his bedroom. Tunes were cued up on the walkman, tape rolled, mic stuck in between the headphones and the latest Grandmaster Flash, Lionel Richie, and ZZ Top jammed, followed by announcements and commercials for fake shit like Mr. T Brand Toilet Paper. The next several years were spent making pause-tapes for makeout parties. Enter the turntables, jungle music, and FM radio. No matter the tools or the medium, Searchl1te lays out fierce, cavernous, densely-layered, hauntingly beautiful, eclectic mixes and tunes. Strictly sarcopha-beats and tech:freek biz. His tunes are loaded with his own field recordings from bum-fuk-everywhere as well as obscure samples from an amazingly nerdy collection of music from around the world. Searchl1te is the founder of Part Time Sucker Radio. He's been doing non-commercial radio for over a decade, most recently with WNUR 89.3 Fm Chicago (www.WNUR.org), Vocalo 89.5 Fm Chicago (www.Vocalo.org), www.Destroyer.net, www.Dnbradio.com, and www.Dubstep.Fm. Part Time Sucker Radio serves as a creative outlet for the crew, as well as for forward-thinking dj's, producers, and musicians in, or as they come through, the Midwestern U.S. As his day gig, Searchl1te teaches reading, writing, and music production to incarcerated kids in Chicago. Visit www.FreeWriteJailArts.org to peep the latest publications of writing and art or to listen to tracks produced and performed by his students.

Cringer - Dubfront Records

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Raised by jackals in the darkest mountain recesses of Appalachia, Cringer emerged from the back woods armed with two turntables and a fattened sack of dubplates. Traveling to Chicago, he found home with the Part Time Sucker crew bringing his signature brand of bass-ridden drum-driven Jungle and Drum n' Bass. Since then, Cringer has crossed paths with the low level rumblings known as Dubstep and, after dueling with swords on the beaches of Ganryu Island, they joined forces to untwine soundscapes that exist where bass becomes "sub". Currently, Cringer can be found ruthlessly rattling bass bins, scorching dancefloors and tracking the sun in anticipation of 2012. To seek the Cringer, one merely need follow the trail of toppled speaker stacks and demolished sub cabinets.

Jeekoos - Dubfront Records

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Chicago 1998...Jeekoos became actively involved in music by producing hip hop with local artists. With an open mind and heart, he began digging for fresh musical experiences. Shortly before the end of the century, at a party in Rogers Park, he got introduced to jungle and immediately fell in love. In early 2000 he happened upon a jungle and breakbeat-oriented college radio show hosted and mixed by DJ Kee aka Searchl1te. Impressed by his selections of styles and sounds, and glad to have found a consistent source for dnb, Jeekoos became a regular listener. He had been honing his production skills and began sharing some of his original tracks with Searchl1te, who dug them and played them on the show. In late 2001 Jeekoos visited the radio show, which had just taken the name Part Time Sucker Radio. There he met up with the Part Time Suckers, Kee aka Searchl1te, Cringer, and Kat_Zyie. When dubstep caught up with him, with its slower pace but equivalent intensity, gnarly basslines and attention to detail, the incorporation of it into his sets and production style was only natural. As his sound evolves and his skills flourish, Jeekoos stays deeply involved in the Chicago dubstep scene. Respect to tha Wubmaster!

The Machinist

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Carla Starla

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A graduate of Invision. Carla has been professionally trained in the areas of Healing, Meditation and Clairvoyant reading. Carla's goal is to help awaken the true essence of the spirit. Helping each individual find a sense of meaning and purpose in their daily lives. She shares all her knowledge with love, truth and compassion. True healing and success comes first through the ever evolving process of self empowerment. That is the gift Carla has to offer.

Wednesday May 28th

Aligning Minds [live] - Eighty-Eight DC

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Ethereal and dubby, uplifting and haunting, Aligning Minds music winds its way through the imaginative souls of its listeners, offering a deep exploration of subsonic mood and emotional atmosphere. They utilize current technology and any electro-acoustical sound sources that give them inspiration. The focus is on unifying electronic music through diverse influence, their sound fuses elements of many genres like downtempo, dubstep, Techno, breakbeat and idm, but without the need for formulaic restrictions. Aligning Minds is making a special trip out before Sacred Earth Open Air... so be sure to catch this debut Chicago performance.

: Also performing the weekend following re:vivify @ Sacred Earth Open Air :

Mark Mattucci [vj]

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With over twenty years of technical show knowledge and consulting experience, Mark specializes in large venue productions utilizing sixteen-nine and High Definition wide screen formats. Mark Mattucci focuses his outside business energy as a DJ/VJ and co-creater of TZDTRIBE which is a monthly program to Increase global enlightenment through conscious dance and community building. Affect personal enlightenment through healing arts and social empowerment. Feel heightened states of being through harmonic vibrations, dance, inspirational visual images, progressive art and the community vibe.

John Sacelli - angeLynx

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Wednesday May 21st

Jason Finkelman (aka Caxixikid) [live] - Straylight

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Philadelphia-born percussionist Jason Finkelman (aka Caxixikid) specializes in the Afro-Brazilian bow instrument berimbau and performs on a wide variety of African and Brazilian instruments handcrafted by Adimu Kuumba. As a performer, Jason continually explores the art of improvised music through the combination of unusual instrumentation and musical styles, a process which established the groups Ferrocene3, Nu Orbit Ensemble and Straylight. A composer for dance, theater and film projects, Jason has enjoyed long standing collaborations with choreographer Cynthia Oliver, as well as with Carl Hancock Rux, a renaissance artist of today. Jason has received several Meet the Composer awards, and a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award, along with Straylight's members Geoff Gersh (guitar) and Charles Cohen (Buchla Music Easel) for composing music for Cynthia Oliver's SHEMAD (2000). Currently residing in Urbana – Champaign, IL, Jason promotes provocative art and music as a curator of the Sudden Sound Concert Series (Krannert Art Museum), Global Transfer Series (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts), and Boneyard Arts Festival’s Late Night spACE (40 North 80 West), an annual immersive arts event.

: Listen to samples from Straylight :

Phonaut [dj] - AtmoWorks

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Noah Phonaut is a local sound artist and audiotourist whose eclectic mixes were broadcast on WNUR's influential Streetbeat show for a decade. Phonaut has also performed in the city's various clubs, lounges, restaurants and parties. In 2006 he received a graduate degree in Sound from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and is currently working as a sound designer for a local video game company. Phonaut's sets often cover a variety of styles, mixing homegrown tracks with obscure downtempo grooves, deep space lounge, clock-drone and quantum ambient.

Rook-TV [vj]

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Nathan Peck works in a variety of art forms including paint, video and music. He is currently an art professor at Saint Xavier University and The Chicago Art Department. His video works are time experiments that merge pop iconography and video art history.

Carla Starla

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Wednesday May 14th

The Great Mundane [live] - Psymbolic--sounds

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: Listen to samples from When Falls Arrive :

Galina Shevchenko [vj]

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