From Sean McGonagle Sent Tue, Nov 17th 1998, 16:07
Toneburst is based in the Boston area -- a loose collective of electronic/experimental artists that also delve into the visual arts . . . The few shows / installments I've seen have been impressive and entertaining . . . The dj lineup is constantly rotating and they have a few releases out . . You should probably start with Toneburst Collective comp. cd (i think that's the title): a nice sampler of their sounds ranging from ambient grooves, to skittering drum n bass, to dub to general sound/noise collages. One of the artists (dj C, i think) released "Herbanism" under the moniker Electro Organic Sound System (or something along those lines) . . .there's some quality material there with more drum n bass, dub, ambient pieces. Also they've scheduled an event this wkend in Worcester, MA: 2 toneburst a night of large beats and audio-visual mixology celebrating our 2nd anniversary. saturday november 21st. 9pm - 6am. at The Space in worcester. $5 with a canned good (donated to food not bombs), $6 without. all ages. 1 room of underground junglists, dancehall selectors, hiphop headz and techno minimalists, with performances by: C (EOSS) /rupture Duotone (DJ Flack and C) True World Order schwilly b (gnomefatty kollectiv) Timothy O'Keefe (Soular Music, Providence) Irie-La Sayaka Etna (Decontrol Magazine) Verb 9 1 room of audio-visual mixology and DJs soundtracking silent films: Hrvatski (Reckank) ESP (spool) Brynmore Splice (embryo) Vincent (WZBC) Supercell (config.sys, soplerfo) Asmodeus Spectre Mayaderen environmental manipulations by: Lynn Stabile Jenn Leong (Synergy Promixions) Liveform Video (Gene Preble) Scotte?s E-Flex (3d soundstick) ETWS You can contact them for updated information, directions if you're planning to go, and where you can get their releases at . . . toneburst web: www.toneburst.com toneburst info line: 617.268.6240 the space info line: 508.753.0017 mission control: 617.747.4488 I think they have a mailing list too . . .hope this was helpful! And hope to see some of you at The Space this weekend!!! sean. p.s. . . . in addition, check out www.tryptych.com based in Boston. Electronic music label that's released some of the Toneburst material, Drum Komputer, and Bionaut !!