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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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1 Video tests

  • June 11, 2022
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · Video
Running tests with Sector, Patterning 2, Ongaku, Lyra-8, Fusion II and Ebosuite for upcoming solo release The Rugged Individualism of Dilauded Cowboys
New version of shabriri test. Same as first but louder and brighter.

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0 New embral release ‘Deep State’

  • June 19, 2019
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · embral · Performance

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It’s been a challenging year but we finally got this one out into the world! The new embral release Deep State is here.
This is a joint release between embral and the Indy Label Personal Archives.
Built from building blocks developed over 10 days of live improvisations, ‘Deep State’ is a socio-political statement about the nature of truth, perception and interpretation, in the form of two widely traveling longform pieces.
We’ll be doing a short string of shows in the mid-west beginning June 20th. Dates and locations available on our home page.  As well as FB event page.

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0 Asheville electro-music festival May 5-6

  • May 4, 2017
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · dRachEmUsiK · Performance

Hey folks,
Join us in Asheville NC this weekend for the Asheville electro-music festival.
I’ll be playing Saturday with embral.

May 5 and 6, 2017
White Horse
Black Mountain, NC

tickets
Friday $15
Saturday $15
two days $25

electro-music Asheville brings some of the world’s finest electronic and experimental musicians to the mountains of Western North Carolina. They will be joined by local artists for two days of compelling live music and innovative technology. Musical styles cover a broad spectrum, guaranteed to be creative and original. Live video art will accompany the concerts.

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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 Today on Music from last Thursday 11-10-15

"Music from last Thursday" Radio & Podcast 15:00-17:00 ET, 20:00-22:00 GMT Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet. @fauxpasquartet Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters. Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com

  • November 10, 2015
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · MflT playlists

“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
15:00-17:00 ET, 20:00-22:00 GMT
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet. @fauxpasquartet
Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters.

Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
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Playlist 11-10-15

1. Muied Lumens and PHOBos, I’m not sure either – 47:41

2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00

3. Star Pusher by Jacob Watters

  1. Countdown 00:59
  2. Liftoff 05:02
  3. Passing Jupiter 03:50
  4. Leaving the Solar System Behind 03:53
  5. Traversing the Void 05:04
  6. Engage 02:07
  7. Nebula 02:20
  8. Moon Shade 05:05
  9. Final Approach 02:42
  10. Star Pusher 03:50
  11. A New Destiny 07:35
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0 Tonight on Music from last Thursday 11-5-15

"Music from last Thursday" Radio & Podcast 20:00-22:00 EDT, 00:00-02:00 GMT (Friday) Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet. Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters. @fauxpasquartet Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com

  • November 5, 2015
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · Blog · MflT playlists

“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
20:00-22:00 EDT, 00:00-02:00 GMT (Friday)
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters.

Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
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Playlist 11-5-15

1. Muied Lumens and PHOBos, I’m not sure either – 47:41

2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00

3. Star Pusher by Jacob Watters

  1. Countdown 00:59
  2. Liftoff 05:02
  3. Passing Jupiter 03:50
  4. Leaving the Solar System Behind 03:53
  5. Traversing the Void 05:04
  6. Engage 02:07
  7. Nebula 02:20
  8. Moon Shade 05:05
  9. Final Approach 02:42
  10. Star Pusher 03:50
  11. A New Destiny 07:35
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0 Today on “Music from last Thursday” 4-28-15

"Music from last Thursday" Radio & Podcast 15:00-17:00 EDT, 19:00-21:00 GMT Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet. Recorded music by negadigit, [drekka] & Helgi Mortal Kombat, Twyndyllyngs and Jack Hertz.

  • April 28, 2015
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · MflT playlists

“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
15:00-17:00 EDT, 19:00-21:00 GMT
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by negadigit, [drekka] & Helgi Mortal Kombat, Twyndyllyngs and Jack Hertz.
Watch the video for “Earth” by Jack Hertz HERE.

Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
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Playlist 4-23-2015

1. Negadigit – submerged 08:18

2. Drekka and Helgi Mortal Kombat live in Iceland
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DgHMK2 06:46

3. Live improvisation by Faux Pas Quartet – about 30:00

4.Twyndyllyngs at the electro-music 2014 festival
Horgon Fantasy 09:10
New Berlin 15:22
For Kevin Haller 06”01

5. Jack Hertz – Earth 30:00

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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 Bob Bucko Jr. w/Surrealestate

  • October 8, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · IEMG · Performance

IEMG and The Irving Theater Present

October 8th
7-9pm, $5 suggested donation.

5505 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN
Facebook Event Page

Bob Bucko Jr.
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Bob Bucko Jr. has been described as “all over the free-music map from jazz to drone to noise, and ruling in each area and every adjacent territory he crosses” (Thurston Hunger, KFJC) and has been said to have “successfully thwarted recognizable songform in its entirety” (Rick Ele, KDVS). His second solo album (as BBJr) for Captcha Records, How to F*** All Your Co-workers in One Sitting, was selected by WFMU as a “record of the day” and was featured on Brian Turner’s (WFMU) “Best of 2012” list. He has also released albums through Jeunesse Cosmique and Felt Cat, and operates the Personal Archives label. He is touring throughout September and October in support of his new LP, I Did What I Could With What I Had.
Standing at the intersection of songform, free improvisation, and psychedelia, each BBJr set is an improvised reaction to the room/audience/moment. Drones buzz and tone clusters emerge with a visceral, glacial logic. An adherent of the ecstatic in music, he puts his eyes in the back of his head and lets ‘er rip.

Surrealestate
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Surrealestate is a musical experience that utilizes visual and sonic textures reminiscent of the Old Berlin style of electronic synth music. Surrealestate was formed five years ago with original members Kelly Sheets, Bunny Sheets, and Randy Schwartz. After Randy’s departure, long time friend and associate Jim Curry has contributed his musical creativity to Surrealestate. Surrealestate evolved from Kelly and Bunny’s collective band experiences which included Gravity Hill and Interstellar Electric Gnomes. Jim Curry has been involved in multiple genres and played with bands with tastes ranging from Grateful Dead, Psychodellia, Blues, and Bluegrass. Former band member, Randy Schwartz, contributed his experiences from Tombstone Valentine and added his own unique style through synths, delays, and violin.

Currently Surrealestate enjoys playing Old School Berlin using restored Moog vintage synths and other vintage equipment collected over the years. When required, styles include upbeat techno, psychill, ambient, and trance. Lighting and stage props are occasionally utilized to add to the experience.

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0 IEMG October First Friday Concert

  • October 3, 2014
  • by Charles Shriner
  • · IEMG · Performance

IEMG and The Irving Theater

October 3rd, First Friday Concert
7-10pm, $5 suggested donation.

5505 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN
Facebook Event

Perfect Villain – Chicago, IL
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Perfect Villain is an experimental electronic duo based in Chicago, Illinois. Their sounds are inspired by Hip Hop, abstraction, other worldliness, Robert Fripp, the urban landscape, post-everything, and the internet. Ocean Androzzo is working on a solo rap EP and sara sci fi enjoys collaborating with Butoh dancers and her other bandmate Jukka Pekka Kervinen of Nyhos.

Rob Funkhouser – Indianapolis, IN
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Rob Funkhouser is a composer, performer, and instrument builder living in Indianapolis, IN. He graduated from Indiana University, where he studied music composition under Dr. Elliott Miles McKinley and Dr. Peter Farmer. He has been involved in a number of solo, collaborative, and recording projects ranging from small band settings to an orchestral concerto. His current projects include electric kalimba construction, solo percussion performances, electronic music, and a violin sonata.

Veronica Pejril – Greencastle, IN
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Veronica Pejril is a composer and multi-keyboardist from Greencastle, Indiana, where she teaches digital musicianship and computer music at DePauw University. An alumna of the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studios and Princeton’s computer music lab, she was an early explorer into the intersections of MIDI and sound synthesis and continues to explore non-traditional uses of human/computer interfaces for musical expression. Her current interests include applications of sound-spatialization for real-time interactive installation art, as well as for traditional through-composed music.

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