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Greetings Live Improvised Electronic Music Fans, Sorry for the last-minute notice, but I thought you might like to know that armatronix will be opening for Steve Lawson (Great Britain, bass and loops), Rick Walker (Santa Cruz, percussion and loops), and Andre LaFosse (Los Angeles, guitar and loops) tonight, Wednesday, January 22nd, 2003. It is a real honor to be opening for these guys; they're all monster players in their own right, but they are also some of the most respected names in the emerging Live Looping Movement. They will be playing solo, in duets, and in trios, and we will probably all get together as a quartet at some point in the evening. Please come on down if you are able - I promise you won't be disappointed. The gig starts at 9:00, and will be located at 1060 Osos Street in downtown San Luis Obispo, California, site of the former Osos Street Subs. -Hans PRESS RELEASE ------------- Cal Poly Radio KCPR 91.3 FM and Loop.pooL Productions are very pleased to announce a performance by four of the top looping artists performing in the world right now. the LOOPING TRIO performance at Z-Pie Restaurant 1060 Osos Street, SLO on Wednesday, January 22nd show begins at 9:00 p.m. tickets are $10 at the door only NO ONE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS it will feature solo, duo and trio improvisations by STEVE LAWSON (the top solo bassist in Britain today), ANDRE La FOSSE (a brilliant and innovative guitarist from Los Angeles) and RICK WALKER (multi instrumentalist, drums and percussion from Santa Cruz). All three musicians are using the cadillac of mono loopers, The GIBSON EDP Echoplex with it's incredibly innovative LOOP 4 software developed by Berkeley's AURISIS company. What is remarkable in particular about this software is that it allows live looping artists incredible flexibility over the manipulation of each loop. Real time 'granular synthesis' which has been all the rage in the current 'GLITCH' scene in modern electronica is now possible. They will be interacting with each other in different configurations of synchronized and non-synchronized looping. This show is part of a larger California tour (starting at Rocco's in Hollywood at the end of the NAMM show and culminating with a demonstration/clinic at BANANAS at LARGE in Berkeley). STEVE LAWSON, fresh from his UK wide long tour with LEVEL 42 has been dominating modern bass publications this year with the release of his new solo CD. He is an amazing fluid bassist, probably the smoothest looper in the emerging live looping scene worldwide. Drawn to vocalists as a source for his inspiration , as opposed to other bass players, he has a beautifully, languid sense of melody and yet he can mix this sensibility with very avant garde backdrops. He is truly a world class musician. ANDRE LaFOSSE is a relative newcomer to the scene but he has quickly become one of the most talked about Loopers in the world with his concept of GUITAR TURNTABLISM, where he manipulates the complex LOOP 4 software in ways that are reminiscent of both Vinyl Turntablists and computer GLITCH artists. He is also notable for his series of instructional videos on the complexity of the ECHOPLEX. RICK WALKER is known to most music goers in the Santa Cruz area. From his involvement in the New Wave scene in the 80's to innovative work in WORLD BEAT in the 90's and his involvement as an organizer and participant in the emerging live looping scene internationally, he has always tried to be on the cutting edge of musical innovation. He will also be celebrating the debut launch of his new website www.looppool.info Opening the show is electronic loop artist ARMATRONIX (Hans Lindauer of Los Osos). Armatronix is one of only a small handful of dance music producers worldwide who improvise their entire performances from scratch, in real time. Hans loops bass, synthesizer, voice, and electronic percussion. Hans is also the creator of San Luis Obispo's annual LOOPSTOCK festival of loop-based music. for more information, requests for interviews, or on air performances, call (805)534-1009 or e-mail armatronix@charter.net