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Vacuum Boy #1 - Heimir Björgúlfsson (www.bjorgulfsson.com)
Icelandic artist Björgúlfsson lives and
works in Amsterdam. His audio works involve approaching sound with a
constructed visual and physical aspect including recent solo releases
which feature natural recordings in Iceland taken and manipulated
digitally and mixed with digitally generated sounds to form a an
exploration and composition focusing on the difference between natural
and digital acoustics. His discography includes 7 solo releases
and over 20 Stilluppsteypa and other collaborative releases to
date. He also ran the FIRE.inc. label for 11 years
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(www.pivotaudio.com) Vacuum Boy #2 - Guy Amitai
Sound explorer and manipulator has been working
with midi, analogue synthesis and sensor-based instruments for
years. As Retro-a.k.a. he constructs machine error sounds which are
deconstructed and processed, extracting the rhythms and
textures as the foundation of large envelopes of aural manipulation.
Recent projects also include real-time audio experiments and image
manipulation, granulariaation and continuing work in sonic
disturbance. His discography includes releases on Gumi Recordings, K.I.P./Staalplaat
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Vacuum Boy #3 - Gert-Jan Prins (www.gjp.info)
Prins' music creates a brutal world where electrical breaking
points become blasting moments of sharpened sensual attention.
Gert-Jan Prins started out as a rock drummer, continued as an
improviser, but restarted soldering self-made electronic machines
in the mid-90s. His unique self-developed electronic system
uses radio- and transmitter technology, and creates strong noises
with great physical energy. During the last four years
Gert-Jan Prins, living in Amsterdam, established himself as one of
the central electronic performers in improvised music.
Besides The Vacuum Boys, his solo-project, current collaborations
include E-RAX (with Lehn, Van Bergen, Dolleman),The Flirts (with
Cor Fuhler), MIMEO, he played with Lee Ranaldo, Pita, Fennesz,
Anne la Berge, Domenico Sciajno, Luc Houtkamp and Misha
Mengelberg. |
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Vacuum Boy #4 - Dan Armstrong (htdocs.com)
Armstrong is one of the rockin'est Vacuum Boys, that's for sure.
Rockin' - totally representin.' etc. He's been working in
experimental solo guitar composition since the mid-1980's and has been
involved in collaborations with various artists and musicians, largely
working with multitimbral loops and minimal effects based on layered
delays, harmonics and visual narratives allowing visual dialogue to
drive music as it sees fit. |
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Art Direction - Meeuw (www.meeuw.net)
Graphic artist and label heavy Jos Moers has been cranking out
genius products for music, publication, press and promotions
industry for a while yo. The creative vision behind The
Boys' whacky beeld is his brainchild, so you can also blame him,
sort of. |
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