BEATRIX + JAR
Bianca Pettis (Beatrix) and Jacob Aaron Roske (JAR)
Influences
unintentional sounds - the moments between moments - glitch - hiss - drag - purr - scratch - a.m. radio - robots sonic collage - childhood - getting sexy with the finger paints
Download a copy of Beatrix*JAR's Golden Fuzz. Click on image for iTunes Link.
Best known for touring the country spreading the good word of do-it-yourself electronics with uniquely playful dance parties and Circuit Bending Workshops, sonic love-birds Beatrix*JAR have created an audio world all their own: a hybrid of experimental electronic music and fun.
"The roots of the circuit-bending Minneapolis electronics duo's style stretch far back, from 1950s musique concrete to Kraftwerk's "Numbers," from Negativland and MC 900 Foot Jesus to today's mash-up artists, such as Girl Talk. What sets Beatrix*JAR apart from these various media manipulators is its particular method of music generation -- Roske and girlfriend Bianca Pettis rely for their sound sources on rearranging the innards of electronic devices." - Manny Theiner, Pittsburgh City Paper
Beatrix*JAR been featured at: The Warhol Art Museum (Pittsburgh), Wexner Art Center (Columbus), Denver Art Museum (Denver), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis), American Visionary Art Museum (Baltimore), Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus, Ohio), Milwaukee College of Art and Design (Milwaukee), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), Spark Electronic Music and Art Festival (Minneapolis), Erie Art Museum (Erie, PA), Santa Monica Art Museum (Santa Monica), Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego and La Jolla), Hotcakes Gallery (Milwaukee), Blaffler Gallery, University of Houston (Houston), High Mayhem (Santa Fe), Zeum, Art of This Gallery (Minneapolis), Altered Aesthetics (Minneapolis), Bent Festival (Minneapolis, New York), Parish Hall (Cleveland), Leonardo's Basement (Minneapolis), The Neutral Zone (Ann Arbor), University of Wisconsin (Madison).
ABOUT BEATRIX*JAR
FUZZY SOUND COLLAGE
Live at Bent Festival Minneapolis, May 2008
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OWN THE BEATRIX*JAR: I LOVE YOU TALK BIRD CD! Click on the image to buy!
first of all thank for your friendship. You are simply the best! Thank you for the great days of the festival. They have been amazing and unfogettable days. And It has been wonderful to play before you.
Had a great time Saturday. Wish I could've made it for the whole thing. I think Im going to try and make it to Circuitasrophe in Cincinnati in Sept. Hopefully I will be able to play. Let me know if you guys want to get together sometime and jam or bend. Im always looking to play shows!!!!!!!! love and light
So Friday everyone in the WexEd dept went to the Andy Warhol Museum and what did we see but a poster with your picture on it. We were all like, HEY!! BEATRIX JAR! ok- end of story, it's a lame one, I know, but I felt the need to share our moment with you. haha
