Thursday, May 18

Beta Lounge, May 18

"I thought trance was over," reflects Timeblind's long history with electronic music. In '93 he used the term to describe progressive house, treating it as "an adjective, like grunge" instead of considering it a genre. His approach to DJing avoids a specific style, it is tailored with purpose and direction, taking John Coltrane as inspiration and manifesting itself in hand-coded music processing algorithms in Supercollider. What you hear tonight on the Beta Lounge is the synergistic product of a DJ, a PowerBook and two turntables.

Apparently techno luminary Richie Hawtin saw where he was coming from and released his first album in 1989, on Probe records. Since then Timeblind has worked with a wide range of beat and noise experimenters including SoundLab, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Hawtin, Kit Clayton and Kid 606. His work can be found on labels like Orthlong Musork, Parallel and DropBeat, all embodying his distinct ability to blend his varied musical tastes with a passion for writing software, that forces him to respond to its behavior instead of simply carrying out his instructions.

All the sounds you hear during his set tonight are his -- on decks and hard drive. Check for his Bloatware EP on Orthlong Musork, "Cataclymajiggy" (as Keek) on Parrallel, and a West Coast tour in September. Hypertext link to his rhythms here: Beta Lounge, May 18th.