Crash Course in Science Ay Fast Street Walker
DJ Set Mike Broers
August 9, 2011 at The Empty Bottle, Chicago.
Neon Marshmallow is pleased to present legendary electronic troupe Crash Course in Science. They will be performing at Chicago's Empty Bottle on Tuesday, August 9th. The show begins at 10pm, get your tickets in advance here.
Location
Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL (Google Maps)
Partners
Acid Marshmallow, Neon Marshmallow, and Schematic
Crash Course in Science (Official Site) (Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny), the New York/Philadelphia based synth-punk, electro-wave pioneers, have been making their distinctive noise-pop dance music for quite some time. Using primitive analog drum machines and homemade synthesizers, they released their first 7" single "Cakes in the Home" in 1979. Their darker follow-up release, the influential "Signals From Pier Thirteen", originally came out in 1981. The latter contained the underground club hits "Cardboard Lamb" and "Flying Turns".
Crash Course in Science's music has been included on many compilation albums over the past ten years, the most notable being "The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One" released on Stones Throw / Minimal Wave in 2010, compiled by Minimal Wave founder Veronica Vasicka and Peanut Butter Wolf. In 2009 the band re-emerged as a live act performing in Europe & the US accompanied by original producer John Wicks and The Enchantress of Bioluminosity Andrea Beeman. The band completed a mini tour of the US in August 2009, sharing the bill with fellow Schematic Records label artist Adrian Bertolone aka Ay Fast.
Mike Broers (Official Site) runs local Chicago imprint Ghost Arcade LTD. He has been releasing under-the-radar electronic gold since 2001 (and recording since 1997) but only recently began performing solo. During most of 2010 and 2011 Broers worked with Michael Perkins/MR666 providing video collage and live synthesizer percussion and bass. For this show Broers is planning to assault the empty bottle with relentless loops of 909 beats, 303 acid, and moog klanks. Its non-music to my ears, rave on.