The Flashbulb and Bartel [7000 Miles on Land Tour]
Event Information
Description
The Center SF Presents...
August 4th, 2012 :: 8PM - 1AM
THE FLASHBULB
&
BARTEL
After years of waiting, The Flashbulb and Bartel will finally make it out to the west coast for their 7000 Miles On Land North American Tour. Join us at The Center SF for an awesome night of electronic music in a compelling and enriched setting.
$13 Pre-Sale Tickets, $17 at the door.
The first 60 ticket puchasers (close now) will receive a DVD copy
of the new documentary, "On the Border with Victor", a new
documentary with Benn Jordan. Those 60 people will receive
their copy of the DVD at the door upon entry.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/46262430
The Flashbulb
Acousmatic, Tape music, IDM , Classical, Glitch
Born in 1978 and raised in the sketchy Ashburn district of South Chicago, Benn Jordan began playing jazz-influenced guitar before reaching the age of attending school. Without any proper musical training, his awkward style of inverted guitar playing and composition knew few restrictions and eventually panned out into full blown albums recorded on tape machines in his bedroom in the mid 1990’s. Being a one man band, Jordan grew quite fond of electronic instruments, which for a period of a few years dominated his compositions as he gained worldwide notoriety as an avant-garde electronic musician using the name “The Flashbulb”.
Bartel
Electronic, Experimental, Ambient
BARTEL was formed in 2008. May of 2009 marked the release of the debut E.P on Alphabasic Records, Chicago. Bartel’s music has been described as “haunting, yet melodic; down-tempo, yet driving. Swelling ambient soundscapes meet with deep glitch cuts, while a dub sensibility keeps it all sounding like a distant memory.” More to the the point, the Bartel aesthetic explores the intersection between ultra- modern synthesis, location recording, and experimental sound design; encouraging an approach to song writing which is both technical and cinematic.
