[back to events page]	Transmission of Binary Sound Codes -Two-Day Electronic/Experimental/Noise/Space Rock fest $8 a night or $12 for both nights Friday, September 6 5:00-5:30 - White Devil (Detroit): The White Devil descending from the sky, on the backs of demons, to take back the earth, to sneak into your child's bedroom, to bring hell to the surface once more... 6:00-6:30 - Saucer (Detroit): Saucer plays layered improvised soundscapes. Their instrumental pieces explore a full range of sonic territory. The band plays behind a sheer screen and uses fog and lighting to provide visual entertainment. 7:00-7:30 Matt Borghi (Detroit): Matt Borghi lays down pulsating synth lines and deep harmonic soundscapes that are hypnotic in a brain seering way. Serious soul music for the ambient ear. 8:00-8:30 - Quaker Cage (Detroit): Quaker Cage is an ambient, improvisational electronic trio consisting of Ken Caption on electronic percussion, Caleb Grayson on effected guitar and vocals and Jason Hogans on keyboard. 9:00-9:30 Elephant Creeper (Ohio): A band that makes ambient/psychedelic music using both digital and analog synthesizers. 10:00-10:30 Escape Pod (a.k.a. The Streamlined Exploratory Sound Trio) (Ohio): Consisting of Courtney Jane Boxell (Farfisa, Juno 6, Theremin and vocals), Tony Lowe (guitars, loops and vocals) and Todd A. Swalla (drums, percussion and keyboards), the band maintains a loopy/droney/psychedelic sound with a raw, angular approach. Liken it to early Stereolab jamming with The Sonics. 11:00-11:30 Sonic Disturbance (Detroit): Based on the desire to combine electronic music beats with the energy of a live rock-n-roll band, Sonic Disturbance is poised to hit the Detroit scene with a relentless assault of break beat drums, funky bass, air siren melodies and acid house vibes. 12:00-12:30 - Fashion Flesh (Ann Arbor): Fashion Flesh is a single-celled organization that controls voltage, time and space with random modified and self built robotic sound devices. 1:00-1:30 - Elephant Creeper (Ohio): A band that makes ambient/psychedelic music using both digital and analog synthesizers. 2:00-2:30 - Midwest Product (Ann Arbor): Midwest Product seamlessly integrates live and electronic instrumentation. Equally influenced by the new crop of experimental electronic musicians, and pioneers like New Order, Prince and Kraftwerk, Midwest Product creates a hybrid that is distinctly modern, yet undeniably timeless. Saturday, September 7 5:00-5:30 - Vertonen (Chicago): Vertonen creates sound constructions utilizing found and constructed metal objects, electronics, field recordings and other devices. 6:00-6:30 - Panicsville (Chicago): Disjointed beat noodlings with all sorts of sampled and instrumental effects. Strangely attractive lunacy, the sort of psychotic ramblings which can make for bestsellers in the bookworld. This is meta-fiction for the electronic set. 7:00-7:30 - Superwow (Grand Rapids): A true electronic group, Superwow, combines the dynamics of a live band with the tonal possibilities of electronic music. The results are ambient textures with energy and instrumental interplay. Superwow's dense soundscapes not only create a mood, they create an an environment. 8:00-8:30 - mdr (a.k.a. Charles Hughes) (Detroit): One-half of ebeling-hughes with live sequencing of keyboards and mixing of atmospheric styles and chill-out sounds. Has been seen in costume! 9:00-9:30 - Analog Ninjas (Detroit): Analog Ninjas are creeping in to the corrupt lords of watered down sounds and deleting files of the boring propaganda technology. They are here to shepherd the new children to the counter revolution before it hits with blood-lust for the complete destruction of all electronic music. 10:00-10:30 - The W-Vibe (Detroit): The music of The W-Vibe, which has been described as Kraftwerk with a Mick Jagger chip stuck in them, is created by Dan Augustine and Joe Hornacek. The music is made with a variety of vintage electronic systems, video game systems and '80s home computers. Live performances often involve the use of battery-operated toys and Superballs. 11:00-11:30 - Ostomy (New York): Ostomy uses an array of vintage and modern effects, analog synthesizers, pawn shop guitars and other odd electronic gadgets to conjure up a truly psychedelic, new wave, post-postrock, free jazz noisescape experience unlike any other you have heard. Like a melding of Kraftwerk, Blue Cheer, The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Man Parrish, Pharoah Sanders and Devo on acid by drug-free musicians stripped of vocals. 12:00-12:30 - Mechanik (Grand Rapids): Ayei Ghil's spaceship crash landed on earth a few years ago. His ship was badly damaged as a result of the dramatic incident. Forced to find a means of income, Ayei Ghil formed the band Mechanik. The band brings humans its brand of space-alien-pop-disco with a touch of new wave and old school hip hop. Sci-Fi to the last atom drop! 1:00-1:30 - Japanther (Brooklyn): Two boys, a mass of RCA cables, a trap kit, a P-bass and several speaker boxes. This duo has torn apart floors from coast-to-coast with the urgency of preachers spreading a message of destruction and harmony via hot bass licks, keyboard hooks and churning speedy beats. 2:00-2:30 - 7000 Dying Rats (Detroit/Chicago): Imagine the spazz-inflicted genre hopping of Mr. Bungle, only more black metal and Venom, more Thin Lizzy, more comedy and more like your older hesh brother that's been working at the 7-11 since he dropped out of high school. 7000 Dying Rats are the musical equivalent of shoving autopsy photos and copies of Terrorizer and Mad Magazine through a paper shredder.