Chika, QPE, Lloop & Shiftic
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Saturday, March 4


A quartet of live electronic music and live visuals.

Saturday, March 4
Admission: $7
Showtimes: Two Shows, 7:30pm and 10pm
reservations are recommended

Chika creates kinetic patterns of concentric circles and DNA-like forms that evoke the pioneering computer animations of James Whitney.

Lloop, aka Rich Panciera, has been working in sound studios since he was sixteen. In 1983 he helped build Bass Mind studio in Brooklyn and was considered a top engineer at that time. In 1994, he started up We(TM). We(TM)'s '97 release, as is, can be considered a classic. We(TM) opened for the Orb that spring. Their 3rd release, decentertainment, landed them at Barcelona's "Sonar '99". In 2000 he co-founded Share with software designer and fellow music producer GDAM and sound artist New Clueless. Share is a weekly event that has turned into a global phenomena.

Kacy Wiggins a/k/a quiet personal electronics (qpe) is a subtly profound composer whose reputation as a live performer and soulful soother of the frenetic New Yorker has earned him a solid following. His music takes off from instrumental hip-hop, stealthily skirting the no-fly zones of excessive complexity and over-production around much of IDM and trip hop, to land in a new sonic terrain: Hip Hop Nouveau. qpe’s Hip Hop Nouveau style contrasts with the sounds saturating the New York electronic music underground.

Shiftic (aka Walter Froetscher) has ben experimenting with music and sound since 1991, working primarily with piano, analog/electronic Synthesizers, experimental guitar & bass, digital editing and compositions. He performed live in NY this year at Share with Shelley Hirsch (experimental Vocals), Dennis Delzotto (electronic Percussions) and performances in Vienna with Once 11 (electronic music), Atmsferik (realtime 3D-animations) and DJ Heidecker (turntables). His music is best described in terms of theatrical performance, as a stage-set which invites the audience to assume the actors' role. Lead voices are eliminated, allowing listeners to discover their own imaginary space. Repetitive patterns are used to avoid immediate associations and to stimulate a territory for a new (re-) discovery and individual experience. Inspired by textural and environmental sounds and his background as both an architect and experimental dancer. Shiftic creates sound spaces which feel familiar. These places are not new, as they exist within each listener and are self-actualized through the experience of sound. We all walk through spaces, but can a space also walk through you?