Thomas Dimuzio, Bad Sector, Merzbow, Sleeping With the Earth, Daniel Menche, Einsturzende Neubauten, Steve Reich, Reutoff, Xome, Stimbox, Troum, Maeror Tri, Inade, Brume, Francisco Lopez, and many others that experiment with sound
Sounds Like
"...US sound artist Conure...creates complex and original works of electronic manipulation full of rich textures and fine details that don't fall into an easy category."
-Patrick (Self Abuse Records/Solipsism)
"Your 49 minutes cd is amazing!!! Juicy rhythm and creamy atmospheric
bleakness. Soundtrack for futuristic German mortuary porno dream
sequence. Hot and Hyponotic. A solid listen all the way through!!!"
-from an e-mail from David Lim (Tralphaz)
Conure is Mark Wilson of 15 Degrees Below Zero. I started this project in May of 2000, shortly after the formation of Imperial Floral Assault Unit, the pre-cursor to 15DBZ. After years of being a music consumer, I decided it was time to create something of my own. Since that time, I've had numerous CDR releases on such labels as Troniks, Zaftig Research, Immanence Records, and Solipsism, amongst others. I also have CD releases on Crunch Pod and Edgetone Records. In addition, I've been fortunate enough to play multiple shows on both US coasts as well as international shows in Victoria and Montreal, Canada and Berlin, Germany.
In the beginning, I took a more electronics- and software-based approach to noise. However, over the years, lo-fi equipment and sound sources have begun to dominate, an approach that I feel much more comfortable with, an approach that has led to a considerable evolution in my sound as I feel more in control of what I'm doing. I look forward to seeing where I go from here.
My greatest thanks go to Dan and Mike from 15DBZ for all of the advice they have given me over the years and to Ben Arp from Crunch Pod for all of the support.
EQUIPMENT USED (current and past):
keyboards (Yamaha CS2X, Roland JP8000, Midiman Oxygen8), Roland MC-303 Groove Box, Roland MS-1 sampler, various software applications (Ableton Live, Fruity Loops, Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge, SimSynth), mixers (some Alesis 16 track behemoth, Behringer Eurorack UB1202), Roland ED UA-30 Audio Interface, Edirol USB Audio Capture UA-25, found sounds, field recordings, samples, minidisc recorders (Sharp MD-MT15, Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH910), various CD players, contact mics and other microphones, laptops (some Dell Latitude model, Toshiba Portege 4000, Toshiba Tecra A4), various effects (Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Electro-Harmonix Doctor Q Envelope Follower, Ashdown Bass Envelope Filter, Boss Digital Reverb/Delay RV-3, Alesis NanoVerb, Boss Digital Delay DD-3, Arion Digital Delay/Sampler DDS-1, DOD Overdrive Plus FX50-5, DOD Equalizer FX40-B, Boss Hyper Fuzz FZ-2, Boss Hyper Metal HM-3, DigiTech PDS 1550 Programmable Distortion, Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 distortion, Darelectro Milkshake Chorus, Boss Distortion DS-1, Boss Enhancer EH-2, Ibanez Thrashmetal TM5, Arion Octave MOC-1, Boss Bass Flanger BF-2B, DOD Stereo Phaser FX20-B, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Metal, Danelectro FAB Flange, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Johnson Fifties Tremolo FT-2, DOD FX7 Guitar FX Processor/Preamp, Jim Dunlop USA Original Crybaby GCB-95 wah-wah, multiple software effects), various turntables and records, toy electronic drum, portable television, various radios, guitar
RELEASES (in reverse order of completion):
**Conure/Kenji Siratori - Heteromania CDR - Hypermodern (forthcoming)
**The Generation of Our Grandfathers CD - Edgetone Records
**8/14/05: TIF Livenoise Series 6 3"CDR - Thee Instagon Foundation
**An Act of Selfishness 3"CDR - Solipsism
**Scanning Channels CDR - Immanence Records
**49 Minutes (Until Release) CD - Crunch Pod
**After They're Gone CDR - Snip-Snip Records
**Last Walk CDR - Crunch Pod Media
**Collected and Unheard CDR - Crunch Pod Media
**Conure vs. Fuck the Facts split CDR - Ghetto Blaster Recordings
**Frustration CDR - Crunch Pod Media
**Conure/LHDSWTE split cassette - Troniks
**Imperial Floral Assault/Stolen Light/Conure/Goose split CDR - Zaftig Research
COMPILATION APPEARANCES:
**Ralphie Goes AWOL - Season of Snow and Ice 2CDR - Zaftig Research
**2/26/06 (excerpt) - Sacramento Audio Waffle Vol. 2 DVDR - The Sacramento Lords of Noise
**Manhattan State of Mind (excerpt) - Death Guild 13th Anniversary March 13, 2006: DJ Mitch CDR - Death Guild
**Ralphie 4 - A New Star in the Heavens CDR - Zaftig Research
**5/29/04 - 3rd Annual Festival of Noise! 2DVDR - Deterrent Industries
**Ralphie 3 - Winter CDR - Zaftig Research
**Pachyderm - Tonal Destruction II 3CD - DTA Records
**Truncated Performance - An Element Mass: Experiments in Sound V1 2CDR - Kolorform Records
**Truncated Performance - Calling All Reactive Agents, Volume ..2 CDR - Anima Mal Nata
**Priorities - I-Celestial-Insect 2CD - Doctsect
**Ralphie 2 - Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men CDR - Zaftig Research
**Time Alone - Unwelcome or Ignored: The Noisefest 2001 Performance Compilation CD - Super Art Media
**I Want to Be the Star in a Stallone Film - Rise of the Robots CDR - Ghetto Blaster Recordings
**All Right Then - Ibol Records (Mag)(a)(zine) Number 2 CDR - Ibol Records
**Avoiding the Memory - Tonal Destruction 2CD - DTA Records
**Toil - Chloroform II CDR - Cyber-Blast Records
**Ralphie - Let It Snow 2CDR - Zaftig Research
COLLABORATIONS:
**Conure/Kenji Siratori - multiple tracks - Heteromania CDR - Hypermodern (forthcoming)
**Moz/Conure - Monsoon - unreleased
**Imperial Opera Company/Conure - Hatshudensho - Collected and Unheard CDR - Crunch Pod Media
**Imperial Opera Company/Conure - Dead Soul Battery - unreleased
**Imperial Opera Company/Conure - The Past is Dead - Collected and Unheard CDR - Crunch Pod Media
REMIXES:
**Caustic - Love That Taint (Conure mix 2) - Rainbows, Puppies, and Crap 2CDR
**Caustic - Love That Taint (Conure mix 1) - unreleased
**Free Death - The Roughest Diamond (Conure remix) - The Roughest Diamond CDR(single) - No-Fi Studios
**Dismantled - The Swarm (the recital mix by Conure) - unreleased
**Cruelty Campaign - The Arguement (Conure remix) - Dark Pathways Vol. 2: Eclipse CDcomp - Crunch Pod Media
Amazing set last night Mark, and supreme kudos for the tech support!!! I got some photos for ya, so drop a line- enjoy the rest of your stay and have a safe trip home. All my best brother- Carl
Hey Mark. So long ago we heard from each other...! How are you? Do you want to come to the Maschinenfest in Krefeld again? You know the date? It´s 12.11.07 - 14.11.07! Hope to see you again! Take care. Greetz from Germany. René
Hi my friends,
open up your curious ears again ->
I´ve uploaded an interesting live impro
of me and a.hierzenberger.
laptop-live sampling /
electroacoustic instrument
enjoy!
sascha
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Thanks for the add!!!
I really enjoyed listening to your music as well as the music from 15DBZ. Beautiful soundscapes. I think you're already there ;-), but it's always good to evolve, ....No one's actually ever ready.....
greetings from Amsterdam
-PSI
I am proud to be part of the Attack Cancer Compilation CD for the benefit of a friend with cancer.
My dear friend Joe who runs the official Killing Joke website is battling throat cancer and is in need of help NOW.
He has a wife, young kids & no insurance.
All monies go directly to him and his incredible family to help cover his mounting medical bills and cost of living.
It's a great CD, with artists contributing from all over the world & a very worthwhile cause.
So please click the link below to order the CD, get some great music and more importantly help out Joe and his family.
You can order via http://www.killing-joke.com
Track details here: myspace.com/fatpotanga
Apologies for posting this here, but we're trying to get this out to as many people as possible!!
High voluMe!* It is good like this! MeOw-HiSs*purrrrr^*^ This guy apparently knows what's uP! do not stop destroying the void space in space. You are electriQue*
-OH!
Jul 28 2005 6:00 PM
......so many years later and I am still impressed!
