EPROM

EPROM is known for his diverse, funky and energetic sets, which cross the lines between live remixing and manipulation of hiphop and dubstep with his own obscenely bass-heavy neurocrunk transmissions. EPROM has played alongside artists like Flying Lotus, The Glitch Mob, Skream, Lazer Sword, Kode9, Mochipet, Rustie, and many others. EPROM has worked with internationally renowned MCs and has slated multiple vinyl releases in the coming year. DJ supporters include Starkey, Jakes, Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Rustie, Megasoid, Zombie Disco Squad, Riton, Basement Jaxx, and BBC Radio One's Mary Anne Hobbs.

Links:
http://www.eprommusic.com/
http://www.myspace.com/eprommusic
http://www.last.fm/music/Eprom

R/D:

R/D is a Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Veteran Music Producer, DJ and Label owner. He gained notoriety in the late 90’s as the Founder of the Experimental Liquor Museum (E.L.M.); a Los Angeles based collective of DJ’s that spear-headed the local, experimental music scene with their renowned underground Electro parties. At their peak, E.L.M. were sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in IDM, and R/D was lucky enough to perform along side pioneering artists such as Plaid, Squarepusher, Luke Vibert, Prefuse 73, Nightmares on Wax, Soul Oddity and many, many more. In more than a decade of DJing and performing live, R/D has toured the UK and EU, played hundreds of shows in the US and hosted more than 50 music events, one-off’s, weeklies and monthlies in Los Angeles. He’s release music on STS9’s 1320 Records (US), Andrea Parker’s Touchin’ Bass (UK), Colony Productions (UK) and his own label The Designed Disorder (US). Although he is best known for his unique brand of glitched-out electro, his current sound has completely evolved into a new brand of futuristic funk. His music now boasts knocking, head-nodding beats with huge, shredding bass-lines and tweaked, catchy melodies that combine to rock crowds and tickle brains! This new manifestation has garnered an incredible resurgence in R/D’s musical career, with gigs pouring in throughout the US. His recent shows with Bassnectar, The Glitch Mob, Flying Lotus, Cocoe Rosie, Les Claypool, Amon Tobin, Tipper and more have put him on a new course, causing him to split time evenly between his passion for Film Sound and his love of performing Music…..and it’s a GOOD thing!

“I’ve explored the depths of experimentation within electronic music and milked every ounce of trickery I could. I took a break to explore sound as it works within Cinema, which completely refreshed me, and now I’m back, with a completely different mindset! I’m constantly in search of that new-funk! ……eager to exploit music’s natural structures full-on; devour it’s melodies, crank on it’s beats and thump on it’s baselines until the song is one big dance party in itself. Basically, I just want to rock the f* out!” – R/D

Links:
http://www.rd-sound.com/
http://www.myspace.com/rd
http://soundcloud.com/r-d-1

Live Art:

Michael Garfield:

"Super intense and completely focused...his attention to detail
consistently raised the quality bar."
- Christopher Gaspar, playordownload.com

"Totally unique."
- Michael Travis (String Cheese Incident, Zilla, EOTO)

Reflecting his years as a scientific illustrator, Michael Garfield’s
improvised freehand live paintings are a field guide to the beings that emerge at the energetic nexuses of live music. Each piece grows according to an evolving visual genome, translated from the throb of the house and the crowd into cross-sections of fireworks and undersea faeries, closed-eye tesselations and luminous fossils…vivid scenes of unabashed intensity, a celebration of verdant and exultant imagery written in the natural language of dreams.

Having only been at it for two years, Michael has painted in a legendary range of situations – from basement dance clubs to field concerts in front of 5000-person crowds – and alongside internationally renowned visionary artists Alex & Allyson Grey, Mark Henson, Kris D, J Garcia, and Mars-1. He was a featured visual artist at the Wakarusa, Sonic Bloom, Rothbury, Global Sound Conference, Trinumeral, Gem & Jam, Burning Man, and Rocky Mountain Crystallization Festivals, and spends much of his free time as de facto journalist and organizer for the growing live art community.

Check out his work, read the stories behind each painting, and connect at all the primo social networks:

Links:
http://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/michaelgarfield

Interviews:
http://maysmachete.blogspot.com/2009/02/michael-garfield-writer-painter.html