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PittEM presents SHAWN RUDIMAN - Free Show!
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PittEM presents SHAWN RUDIMAN - Free Show! |
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12/4/2009 |
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WPU Kurtzman Room - Oakland |
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
10pm - 2am
Location: William Pitt Union - Corner of 5th Ave & Bigelow Blvd. It's a big brick building directly across the street from the Cathedral of Learning. The room is on the main floor towards the back on the Forbes Ave side. Listen for the beats once you're inside!
Pittsburgh Electronic Musicians in association with PALS are proud to present:
SHAWN RUDIMAN - 100% Live PA
Technoir Audio, Machine Age Studios
http://www.myspace.com/shawncrudiman
Rudiman is well known for his live performances. Truely a consumate artist, he prefers to play without the use of computers or software. Rudiman's style of live performace is done by very few others. its almost completely impromtu and "off the cuff". he chooses to conduct his sets like a jazz band would: letting every machine flow like performers and have their particular freedoms and moment to shine. there is no preset structure or even style. it is all particular to that given day. over 90% of all composition of the music and rhythms are composed there on the spot, for him and the audience to experience together for the first time. its a way to perform that is attempted by very very few.
BIOGRAPHY:
hailing from the depressed, post industrial mining region of pennsylvania usa, rudiman found early he loved synthetic, danceable rhythms and sounds that werent quite normal. growing up on synthpop and 80's hits, he later found punk rock then industrial in the mid 1980's. this consumed him. forming THD Total Harmonic Distortion in 1990 with Ed Vargo, they embarked on a 8 year journey into Industrial/electronic/IDM/EBM/experimental rhythm and soundscapes. with this they released 4 fulllengths and several ep's and piles or remixes. in 1997 rudiman fell head over heels for the sound of detroit techno. he knew he had found where he wanted to be. this led to moving to pittsburgh and founding the Hypervinyl Records label with Trevor Combee. soon after the 3rd release, this fell apart. rudiman had also been introduced to Anthony Shakir, and through this friendship, to 7th City Records and Daniel Bell. this led to releasing 2 records for Mr. Bell. since that time rudiman has founded a new label Technoir Audio with partners Jwan Allen and Adam Ratana. they have released quality records now for 8 years since their inception. rudiman has also released on other labels such as Finest Blend of rinkeby, sweden,- Dust Science of sheffield, england- Integrated of delaware, USA - Matrix Records of detroit, USA - Sound Architecture of rotterdam, holland and many more... rudiman's studio interests also are notable. constantly making new material and sound design is what drives him. analog and digital synthesis, older digital samplers and archaic music machines are the tool choices for this sound mechanic. Rudiman's sound can be described as: detroit techno, techno soul, techn-funk, funky techno, jackin techno, techn house, electro soul, electro funk and ambient soundscapes.
Opening Sets by:
DEGREE-Z - Live PA
Glitch Hop/Dubstep/Breaks
http://soundcloud.com/degree-z
Maybe Pittsburgh's best kept secret, this producer/performer will drop some of the dopest tracks you've ever heard. Get ready for some glitchy, dirty, heavy bass; you'll love this shiZZ!
ALLBE
Bass Heavy Electro House
http://www.djallbe.com
A DJ with an incredible work ethic and overactive imagination, Allbe has developed a style that combines influences from metal, hip hop, hardcore, funk, pop, and house to deliver a truly unique musical experience that strikes a chord with crowds of all tastes. A bass junkie at heart, his electrohouse sets are characterized by catchy hooks, memorable riffs, and booming basslines. Be sure to catch this creative and personable performer in action!
Incredible Sound Provided by IMPACT AUDIO
FREE Admission, open to all
Free food & drinks
Sponsored by the Late Night Mini-Grant program
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| 11/19/2009 10:17:56 AM|Quote Message|Private Message|Post Comment|Ignore Member
I've been seeing this flyer around the WPTS studios for a couple weeks now. Seems like people are excited about it...
Should be really awesome to see him show the Pitt kids a thing or two about live electronic music.
Big, BIG up to Shawn Rudiman and live techno...
*Shameless Plug* Don't forget to listen to Digit One Radio on 92.1 WPTS Monday night 1-3AM */Shameless Plug*
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| 11/30/2009 9:53:21 PM|Quote Message|Private Message|Post Comment|Ignore Member
definitely hitting this up. free... on campus... and under 21 allowed. how could i miss it?
looking forward to hearing some dubstep from degreez. haven't heard a live dubset since last april ><
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| 12/3/2009 9:01:30 PM|Quote Message|Private Message|Post Comment|Ignore Member
agreed
supposedly he goes here to pitt and this dubstep/glitch hop mix on his sound cloud is fucking dope.
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| 12/3/2009 11:23:08 PM|Quote Message|Private Message|Post Comment|Ignore Member
So, I guess I won't be in attendance. I work until 10pm and then Mark and I are leaving for my grandparents right after I get off work.
I'm sure it will be a lot of fun, I wish I could go!
Superb example of human excellence.
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| 12/4/2009 8:15:00 AM|Quote Message|Private Message|Post Comment|Ignore Member
hey all..
heres a recent interview ive done with some cats from spain.. also heres the link to it, but its in spanish and the translation via the web is less than correct..-
shawn rudiman
http://www.klubbers.com/entrevista.php?id=198
INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH
1- First of all thank you for this interview. Tell me, just to let people know who you are, where Shawn Rudiman comes, you discover in the Detroit sound that grabs you both?
1 answer: I heard Detroit techno at raves here in the united states in the mid to late 90’s. the first time I heard Detroit stuff I was completely into it from that point on.. I just kept looking and looking for as many records and artists as I could. I kept trying to do homework and find out the information as to who did the records and where and why.. all of it…
2- As it was in 1997 the electronic music scene? You think has changed? If so, where do you think has changed?
2 answer: since 1997 ? absolutely. In 97 there was no digital downloads. If you really wanted to release this music you ha to release a record and take a risk of money and time and talent to do it. There was still crap being released but it seemed that the amount of it to good things was much different than now. Also in 97 there were still big clubs and parties here in the us. That’s all gone now and things are pretty much what they were before any of the techno and rave scene happened. Its like it almost didn’t even exist. Now things here are starting to begin the up hill climb again.. more interest in the techno end of things. Even if it is in the mnml side.
3- Tell me a little, what is Hipervinyl Records? what sort of music were you releasing?
3 answer: Hypervinyl was a record store that a friend owned that we all worked at.. it was a great place . like the movie “high fidelity” except dance music. We started te label out of frustration really. it just happened and we started without even thinking about it. We were releasing Detroit techno and electro. More harder stuff than now but still Detroit. Its seems the further along I go the more sould and emotion get put into my music.
4- What was the first issue published on a stamp? That meant that publication for you?
4 answer: I think I get what you’re saying here. The first record I did was hypervinyl number 1 TR GENERATION—“impeadance” on one side and THE INSTIGATOR – “ananthema” on the other. The instigator was my friend Trevor I helped him wih the track and we put it out on a split 12inch. But actually the first record I released in the genre was the X-TRAX 10 inch single of “SECRETS (DPM MIX) that was a couple months before the first hypervinyl record was…
5- She had the acceptance you expect?
Answer 6: yes much better than we expected! We got it distributed thru all the proper channels and it did well enough for us to do 2 more after that. Then things started to fall apart at the store. It was a bad time after that.
6- How and why did you choose to set up your own label, Technoir Audio?
Answer 6: Technoir is myself, Jwan Alllen and Adam Ratana. As a label we decided that once hypervinyl the record store and label was done, we needed to do our thing and not quit. There was too much energy in us to quit! So we started Technoir Audio.
6- Let's talk about your music, what do you try to express it?
Answer 6: Wow.. that’s a big one… I try and express moments that I see or feel or experience in life. I take snapshots of my life. Maybe a view of the sky, maybe a feeling im feeling maybe a sound I hear.. then it somehow stays in my brain for a while until I get to sit in front of my machines.. then it somehow inspires and comes thru. Maybe not exactly how I was thinking but it makes its way out and evolves into something that makes me feel better by doing it. My songs are like a diary really. Only I can decode it. No-one else lives my life so they can not really know all of it. They can appreciate and bring their own experiences to the music! We all have our own that we bring to any art we experience.
7- Think your past punck industrial rock is somehow reflected in some of your productions?
Answer 7: Absolutely. It never leaves really. It’s a apart of me. Technically its where I learned a lot of things. And artisticly as well. Its more of an attitude as well. Industrial and punk to me was always critical of times and ideas and foreward thinking. Techno is that for me now since industrial seemed to not want to go past a certain evolutionary point. But its ideals and attitudes are always with me. Its funny as I was learning more and more about how Detroit artists came to their sound I realized that a lot of them I really liked were into similar music as well.. I found it strange and a good sign!
8- As influences before you start a new production?
Answer 8: Anything really. Anything in life that affects me in a profound way. Could be birds in the sky, a passing stranger, a city view, rainy dark days anything really. They all get filtered into me and then made into what I produce. Iam an artist and the artist is a filter through which he/she sees life and produces work from that view.
9- Your music is influenced by what you experience in your daily life?
Answer 9 :100%. I hope it comes out as true to me. No lies. No fakes. A true representation of my inner mind and feelings. Sometimes I have no idea where things will go and what will happen or come out when i start to write tunes… sometimes I try in one direction but that’s not where my inner direction is so after fighting with it and going nowhere for a while it eventually bends to whats inside.. I don’t have a choice really.
10- You're known for your ability to live artist, it really is true that 90% of what happens in your live is improvised? Think that makes each performance unique?
Answer 10: Yes. at least 90% is all improvised, synthesized , sequenced and created there on the spot. I like it that way. Then each time is fresh for me. I don’t EVER want to be bored playing. Ever. If I am ill quit. I like that moment of excitement of fresh things. Places I haven’t been and ideas that maybe I havent seen before and wont see again! I think it makes each performance very unique. Im not sure of many other electronic artists who work that way. Im sure there are some but it seems that most take the safe, and much easier route of having things very pre-planned and ready to go on an instant recall. That’s not me. I like that feeling of running close to the edge of disaster and success.. it makes the set an adventure for me and for the listener as well.. they don’t know whats next and neither do I! it’s a fresh moment for everyone. I never want to be a human jukebox.
11- Tell me Rudiman, which is the last thing that these working?
Answer 11: Not sure I get your translation on this question.. I played last Saturday at an afterparty for octave 1 here in Pittsburgh, I played with 2 friends and It was fantasticly fun. It was all fresh and in the moment. It was myself , lucas owens and chase smith, we played for about 2 and a half hours.. it was all made on the spot. No practice, no pre planning, its like a jazz band of old times, whose members show up and just go. Esch is a competent musician on his/her instrument and can feel the way the song is going and be right ther and ready when the changes come into play! It was a great time. There were a lot of really nice moments and sweet spots.
13- Have you ever come to feel a strong emotion even to mourn on hearing a song? If so and you want to share with us, who was?
Answer 13: absolutely. There are songs that are so strong in feelings that they bring tears of joy and sometimes tears of sadness to my eyes. How can it not be this way?? One is Laurent garnier’s CHOICE- “ACID EIFFLE” on FRAGILE. Its so moving and fantastic that at times it makes me almost cry and feel it so deep inside. Also MARVIN GAYE’S – “WAHTS GOING ON” album. That’s sometimes even too much for me to handle…like an overdose of soul and depth. Its such a fantastic and moving work. Un-parralelled really. Also I AM a big SADE fan as well. My favourites from her would be “COULDN’T LOVE YOU MORE”, “FLOW”, “PEARLS”, “SOMEBODY ALLREADY BROKE MY HEART”.. Her band is so talented and her voice just so unreal and fantastic. Its perfect. Also CARL CRAIG’s “A WONDERFUL LIFE” its so moving and so true to itself. No lies no fluff and unfiltered. Its raw subconciousness. Perfect!!!!
14- You agree to open the door to promising new generations? If a guy sends you something you really can appreciate, is an impediment for you which is not known at the time you decide whether to publish or not?\
Answerr 14: its hard for me to ge a lot of other things out with trechnoir. Especially so now. As a label we live from record to record. No frills no flash, just music. It’s a hard choice between being able to release everything that is great and everything that will maybe allow us to do another record. It’s a balance really. Now even more so with vinyl becoming harder to get a hold of. We have always tried to release things that aren’t whats currently trendy. Were not into that. We don’t sell a lot of records. But if someone sen me something that was fantastic…id try my hardest to get it out. Without question. It just has to be good, original and true to itself... That’s all.
15- What do you think of the sound "minimal", because is fashionable? What Seeking the American people?
Answer 15: hmm this question can get me into trouble ! J I personally find little in that style inspiring and moving. Its mostly funkless repetition and mediocre to me. I thik a lot of it is honestly worthless bullshit. I don’t care what those people think when I say that! Theres so much more that it could be! So many new things to yet be discovered, but people want to just regurgitate what they hear over and over and over. They have nothing to express inside so their music becomes lifeless as well. If that happens to me ill not release music or go and try and find new inspirations.
16- Shawn Rudiman has scheduled a visit next in Spain?
Answer 16: I don’t have any scheduled.. ID LOVE TO COME TO SPAIN!!!!!! I have never been to anywhere in spain at all yet! I will come anytime someone want to bring me. Absolutely!!!!!!
17- Finally, tell them something klubbers.com readers who do not know, what can you contribute? What can they discover?
Answer 17: that’s a good question. I think the thing that club goers can contribute is a genuine love for the music. A love of songs and knowing the artists and records/releases. Not just a passing night on drugs dancing in the club. Make the music a part of your life. Not just your night life but your everyday lie. For me music is so a part of my life that I don’t think ill be able to ever really separate it. Its wound tightly to me. That’s the thing that I think the club goers can contribute, a true love of the music the way jazz listeners know the artists and the records and recordings.. they search for information and WANT to know the who why when and where of it all. That’s the best place for everyone to start: loving the music! Thanks for the interview!!!!!peace.
"1000 djs = 1 good programmer(electronic musician) " - UWE SCHMIDT 1994
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