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    For over a decade, people have gathered together to listen to and perform experimental electronic and electro-acoustic music, to swap gear and ideas, and to find like-minded life-long friends under the umbrella of electro-music.com. These gatherings have fostered an eclectic and diverse community of musicians and makers, improvisers and composers, amateurs and academics. The strangest thing about the electro-music community? That this might be the first time you’ve ever heard of it.

    For the past six years, the annual electro-music festival has been held in Huguenot, NY. As of the last day of 2016’s electro-music festival, the upstate New York days have been uploaded to the archive.

    ELECTRO MUSIC IS MOVING TO THE MIDWEST

    2017 will be the first e-m held in Indianapolis, Indiana. August 4-6 (instead of MEME, the Midwest Electro-Music Experience).
    The Irving Theater will host experimental musicians from the United States and all over the world.
    This year’s lineup includes but is not limited to 44 performances, 70+ musicians, and 5 video artists.

    Irvington is home to a variety of culinary options from handcrafted pizzas to Mexican seafood to caribbean cuisine.
    Additionally Sun King beer and nonalcoholic beverages will be available for purchase at the show.

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New Release: Mirrors to the Bonfire

onewayness + dRachEmUsiK Mirrors to the Bonfire Release Date: 08.29. 2016 onomastic records | MCSD NetLabel

  • August 29, 2016
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel

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Mirrors to the Bonfire
Release Date: 08.29. 2016 onomastic records | MCSD NetLabel
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Mirrors to the Bonfire, the latest collaboration from the critically acclaimed duo of onewayness (Adam Holquist/Erie, PA) and dRachEmUsiK (Charles Shriner/Indianapolis, IN), replaces the exuberance and emotional optimism of their last full-length, 2014’s Immeasurable, with emotional ambiguity and complexity, swapping comfort and joy for unsettling, but ultimately rewarding, drama and melancholy.

Mirrors to the Bonfire is a series of meditations on human feedback and the powers of interpersonal interaction. The three long tracks sculpt a polished narrative of conflict and resolution that cycles in and out of warm nostalgia and dark, uncharted territory. Dark analog drones and electroacoustic concrète clatter give way to extended melodic duo explorations for acoustic guitar & electronic wind instrument.

Mirrors to the Bonfire is available as a physical CD or digital download from onomastic records and MCSD NetLabel
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0 A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3

A Picture of the Sky - Live Improvisations Vol. 3 @onewaynessmusic, @drachemusik

  • January 1, 2016
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · MCSD Studio & NetLabel


A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3
, is the final installment of three live releases by critically acclaimed, collaborators onewayness and dRachEmUsiK.
These recordings were made during their Summer 2014 tour in support of their release Immeasurable.

A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3 is a collection of three improvisations created during performances at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO and The Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, OH. The music includes ambient, drone, glitch and musique concrète.

The previous releases in the series are also available for download.
The Silence is a Lie – Live Improvisations Vol. 1
A Handful of Dust – Live Improvisations Vol 2.

A Picture of the Sky Vol. 3
A Picture of the Sky Vol. 3
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A Handful of Dust Vol. 2
A Handful of Dust Vol. 2
The Silence is a Lie Vol. 1
The Silence is a Lie Vol. 1

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0 Tonight on “Music from last Thursday” 6-18-15

  • June 18, 2015
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · MflT playlists

“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
20:00-22:00 EDT, 01:00-03:00 GMT (Friday)
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by Mr. Presto, strobeflux, onewayness and Tacopocalypse.

Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
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Playlist 6-18-2015

1. Mr. Presto – The Red Tape, Secret Spy Lounge Music,  12:15

2. strobeflux
Baby Rabbit in the Garden, 03:52
Neutron Girl, 03:00

3. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation, about 30:00

4. Tacopocalypse, Live in Cleveland, 20:00

5. onewayness, droneworks 4
Shared System, 19:05
New Leaf Mantra, 18:05

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0 New release from remst8 & dRachEmUsiK

  • December 30, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · dRachEmUsiK · Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Bluestones” is the culmination of dRachEmUsiK (Charles Shriner, Indianapolis, IN) and remst8 (Michael Carlson / Olathe, KS) embarking on a weekend-long adventure in collaborative sound design and music improvisation. This journey began with a strategy to record a series of brief lowercase “micro-compositions”, which would then be woven together into a longer tapestry.

This strategy became obsolete almost immediately.

As sound palettes were created, the duo quickly realized that brief pieces would not provide enough breathing room. Instead, each one was allowed to grow organically from the sounds used—a collection of analog synthesis, digital soft synths, and sample manipulation—fueled by collaborative experimentation.
The end result is a lovely mix of ambient, drone and lowercase soundscapes.

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0 New Release by onewayness + dRachEmUsiK

  • November 21, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel · Performance


The Silence is a Lie
is the first of three live releases by critically acclaimed, collaborators onewayness and dRachEmUsiK.
These recordings were made during their Summer 2014 tour in support of their release Immeasurable.
The Silence is a Lie – Live Improvisations Vol. 1 is a collection of three improvisations created during performances at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO and Canvas, Chicago IL. The music includes ambient, drone, glitch and musique concrète.

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0 New Release by onewayness + dRachEmUsiK

  • November 21, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel


The Silence is a Lie
is the first of three live releases by critically acclaimed, collaborators onewayness and dRachEmUsiK.
These recordings were made during their Summer 2014 tour in support of their release Immeasurable.
The Silence is a Lie – Live Improvisations Vol. 1 is a collection of three improvisations created during performances at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO and Canvas, Chicago IL. The music includes ambient, drone, glitch and musique concrète.

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0 April 25th Concert

  • April 15, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel · Performance

Playground Productions presents an evening
of 
experimental electronic music.

Playground Productions, 5529 N Bonna Ave #10, Indianapolis, Indiana 46219
Performances by dRacEmUsiK and John Gore.
Doors will open at 7:30.
Donations are very much appreciated. We are asking for a suggested donation of $5 or whatever you are able to contribute.
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John Gore will start playing his set at 8:00 and will play for approx. 30-45 minutes.
dRachEmUsiK will begin his 45-minute set at about 10-15 minutes after John’s performance.
After both have performed, they will join together for a short impromptu collaborative piece, approx. 20 minutes.
John Gore has been making electronic music and irritating eardrums for over 25 years using using the monikers kirchenkampf, The Oratory of Divine Love and >wirewall<. John also runs Cohort Records.dRachEmUsiK is the solo project of award winning electronic musician, sound designer and producer Charles Shriner.Charles’ music combines a plethora of nuanced techniques in order to create groovy and meditative soundscapes; giving structure to improvisation.
This style manifests itself into an organic and natural composition of a free flowing design resulting in improvisations and structured pieces ranging from ambient to glitch-groove, noise to nujazz.

 

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0 New Release: Immeasureable by onewayness & dRachEmUsiK

  • March 25, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel

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Immeasurable is available as a CD and digital download from:
MCSD Netlabel (mcsdnetlabel.com)
Onomastic Records (onomastic.org)


Immeasurable is the second full-length collaboration from onewayness (Adam Holquist / Erie, PA) and dRachEmUsiK (Charles Shriner / Indianapolis, IN), following 2012’s critically acclaimed The Sound of Thunder, which Star’s End Ambient Radio named as one of their Significant Releases of 2013.

Immeasurable is a long-form piece in four movements, based on the brahmavihāras (the “four immeasurables”), a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them.  Metta – Loving Kindness, the wish that all sentient beings, without any exception, be happy; Karuna – Compassion, the wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering; Mudita – Empathetic Joy, the attitude of rejoicing in the happiness and virtues of all sentient beings; Upekkha – Equanimity, the attitude of not distinguishing between friend, enemy or stranger, but regarding every sentient being as equal.

The piece combines deep drones and ambience, percussive and dub elements, and analog warmth from acoustic guitars, bowed strings, vintage electric piano, voice, and shruthi box, to build an ambient, pulsing, sparkling and joyful whole.

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0 2nd onewayness & dRachEmUsiK release

  • February 17, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · dRachEmUsiK · MCSD Studio & NetLabel

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Adma Holquist (onewayness) and I finished the music for our most recent collaboration, Immeasureable last night.
I’m very happy with the music! Hopefully, I’ll have the final mixes done this week. The music is similar to our first collaboration, The Sound of Thunder in that it incorporates elements of drone and ambient. However Immeasurable is more tonal, percussive and integrates acoustic instruments like guitar and shrudi box with the electronic instruments.
The music is based on the brahmavihāras (the four immeasurables) which are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. By the time Monday comes around we will have created our new release The Immeasureables made up of four pieces. Loving kindness – metta. Compassion – karuna. Empathetic joy – mudita. Equanimity – upekkha.

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0 Day 1 dRachEmUsiK & onewayness collaboration

  • February 15, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · dRachEmUsiK

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onewayness (Adam Holquist) and I started our second full length collaboration today. Our first collaboration, The Sound of Thunder, was creatively very satisfying and critically well received so we decided to do another release. Not to mention that we both enjoying working together.

We had originally planned on starting early this afternoon however Adam ended up stranded  on  I 70 for 90 minutes due to the snow storm, accidents and lane closures. I think at one point he texted saying his car had been in park for over an hour… ugh. Fortunately he arrived safe and reasonably sound about 5pm. After some hang time, cocktails and dinner we set to work. The music is based on the brahmavihāras (the four immeasurables) which are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. By the time Monday comes around we will have created our new release The Immeasureables made up of four pieces. Loving kindness – metta. Compassion – karuna. Empathetic joy – mudita. Equanimity – upekkha.
Tonight we made great progress on Loving kindness- metta! All the core sound design, form, harmonic, melodic and rhythmic content is finished. In the morning we will put together the final structure and then record the spoken word parts, additional guitar, synth and percussion. The piece utilizes shrudi box, acoustic & electric guitar, a couple of Marsynths, human voice and a variety of soft synths and processing. It’s ambient, pulsing, sparkling and joyful.
Tonight was a satisfying and joyful way to start the project.
More as things develop.
Peace

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