BIOS ATHENS - Encore III Amateurboyz w/ Black Meteoric Star/ A.V.A.F.

Encore III by Amateurboyz

w/Black Meteoric Star aka Gavin Russom (DFA) – live

Assum Vivid Astro Focus (A.V.A.F.) – installation & visual show

ΕNCORE By Amateurboyz

ENCORE is the most recent project party of Amateurboyz. Each party invites different groups to play live. In ENCORE I  Yacht (DFA) were invited and in ENCORE II  In flagranti (CodeK). In ΕΝCORE ΙΙΙ they invite Gavin Russom with his latest project, Black Meteoric Star (DFA), for a live set, accompanied by special lighting designv, video proojections and other installations by Assume Vivid Astro Focus. The night will continue with DJ set by Amateurboyz, focusing on Balearic-punk, re-edits, electrodisco, proto-house and more.

Black Meteoric Star aka Gavin Russom (DFA)

Black Meteoric Star is the latest project by longtime DFA alumni Gavin Russom. The project is inspired equal parts Euro-disco, wonky early electronic body music from America's Midwest and an always present fascination with the outer reaches of global psychedelic rock. Gavin Russom began the recordings for Black Meteoric Star sometime in 2006. It was at this time that Carl Craig remixed Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom's single "Relevee", making it one of the years biggest dance club anthems. Three vinyl 12" singles by Black Meteoric Star will be released on DFA Records with extended original versions in 2009 along with a full self-titled CD that edits and compiles all six singles. There will be an edition of 100 of each 12" hand stamped and accompanied by a series of posters also designed by Russom. These releases will follow a narrative line and the six pieces of music tell a story of clubbing and the long journey through the night and into the next day. In this project, Russom carries his ability to create rich sonic landscapes to the dance floor using minimal but intense arrangements and high-energy repetition. The first single "Death Tunnel" / "World Eater" tells the story of the personal entry into darkness. In "Death Tunnel" the rhythmic lines lose their edges as they repeat in a tense nature. We are driving forward fast and this somehow creates a particular kind of ecstasy. As in twilight, borders become unclear and the boundary between inner and outer becomes soft. Sounds like electronic waves connects the experience to the ocean, another vast, unknowable place of transformation. "World Eater" was created under circumstances such that even Gavin has no idea how many of the sounds were created. It has been said to suggest a panther prowling through the jungle, looking for prey. Considering the above, that seems appropriate enough. Rhode Island native Gavin Russom now lives and works in Berlin. He has produced many remixes recently, including a new single by Croatian techno artist Petar Dundov, New York's avant garde duo Palms and a remix featured on the upcoming soundtrack for the remake of the movie Tron.

http://www.myspace.com/gavinrussom

Assum Vivid Astro Focus (A.V.A.F.)

Assume Vivid Astro Focus (A.V.A.F.) is both an alias of Brazilian-born artist Eli Sudbrack, and the name of an international group of visual and performance artists. Sudbrack was born in 1968. avaf is normally referred to in lower-case letters, and this article adheres to this convention.

A.V.A.F. has been featured in Art Forum, Frieze, Flash Art, L'Uomo Vogue, V Magazine, W Magazine, and a catalogue was recently published by the Whitney Museum of American Art for the 2004 Whitney Biennial.

A.V.A.F. is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection.

A.V.A.F. is currently based in New York and Paris, and is represented by John Connelly Presents, New York, and Peres Projects, Berlin/LA.

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