Ian Nagoski
http://www.redroom.org/individuals/nagoski/
One time Philadelphia-based
electronic musician and reluctant writer and organizer, Nagoski rarely
performs in his hometown. When he does, it is usually in collaboration
with filmmaker and halana magazine ( www.halana.com
)
publisher Chris Rice and Pelt ( www.klang.org
)
guitarist Jack Rose.
When Ian was here, he lived
at the Astrocade facility, and undetook organizing a few shows and brought
microtonal and other experimental artists out of the woodwork. These shows
attested to Nagoski's importance for Philadelphia audiomatheans and monophiles.
In 1999, Ian produced an
album of intense electronic music; Warm Coursing
Blood
was issued under the Colorful Clouds for Acoustics
banner. The album
has been described by Bruce Russell (Corpus Hermeticum, Dead C., etc.)
as ?higher-mind electronics, brutal and unsophisticated on one hand,
beautiful and truly elevating on the other. Listening to this is like examining
fractal images through a microscope - you'll lose your sense of self.?
The disc is available locally through Philadelphia Record Exchange, Spaceboy
and A.K.A. On the web: www.anomalousrecords.com
www.eclipse-records.com www.twistedvillage.com.
Since Mid summer 2000, Ian has been living in Baltimore where he has been
closely involved with the Red Room.
Ian Nagoski's life story
thus far:
born May 30, 1975 Wilmington,
Delaware
Music studies with family
and schoolteachers to age 15
Psychedelic rock groups,
15 to 19
Studies with Lloyd Shorter
(Relache oboist), age 19
Performances of Riley?s In
C and Young?s Composition 1960 #7 at the University of Delaware, age 19
Electronic improv group Astronomeous
with Chris Rice and Jason Glover, age 19 to 20
Contributing Editor Halana
magazine, age 20 to present
Internship and studies with
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, age 21
Freelance writing (Experimental
Musical Instruments, Sound Collector, Badaboom Grammophone, Experimental
Intermedia Records), age 21 to present
Performing musician (Astrocade
- Philadelphia, Red Room - Baltimore, Studio 5 Beekman - NYC, Tisch School
of Visual Arts - NYC, Tonic -NYC, Twisted Village Records - Cambridge,
Wesleyan Univeristy - Middletown, CT, Zeitgiest Gallery - Cambridge, etc.),
age 22 to present
Forthcoming performances
at Transmission 003 festival in Chapel Hill and the second High Zero festival
in Baltimore.
The curious, the friendly
and the generous, please contact: iannagoski@yahoo.com |
