Entangled
in patch cords, dreamSTATE's Scott M2 (Scott McGregor Moore)
and Jamie Todd were submerged in the studio, creating their evolving
sound environments with a collection of vintage and modern synthesizers.
The first public expression of their electronic explorations was waveforms,
an ambient soundscape installation. This ever-changing, multi-speaker
creation played continuously for six months at The H5 Project, a holographic
art gallery in Toronto. dreamSTATE's first CD release BETWEEN
REALITIES captures a one hour section of the piece in a 'live
microphone' recording which merges waveforms' electronic textures
with the urban soundscape of the street outside.
Still
working in the deep end of the ambient pool, dreamSTATE surfaced to perform
their atmospherics live with small powerful synthesizer systems. Fresh from live
appearances at the World Electronic Music Festival, Interference Orange and the
Junction Arts Festival, they celebrated the launch of their first CD with an ambient
soundscape performance at Toronto's WEAVE nightclub. In 2000 there was an even
stronger emphasis on live performance. Along with appearances at various events
like the OM Festival and the Alive series, each month the duo performed a chapter
of the Drone Cycle 2000 - a tour through the 12 notes of the chromatic scale as
foundations for ambient improvisations with a series of special guests. A double-CD
summation of the cycle was recorded for future release.
Their
CD, PASSAGE, features dreamSTATE's
soundscapes from the
Bread and Water multimedia installation which was mounted in
the Huron District Historic Goal in Goderich, Ontario from August
to October 2004.
dreamSTATE
have released a live CD from their performance at the OM Festival in 2000
and reviewing other live recordings from 1997-99 to prepare further live soundscape
CD releases and developing various new studio creations. Co-releases are also
planned from recording sessions with James Johnson, Vir Unis and Susanna Hood.
Exclusive tracks are appearing on a variety of ambient and experimental CD compilations
- visit the CDs page
for the latest releases. Jamie Todd has also released 2 new CDs, Synthphonics
1 and 2, the beginning of his new series of ambient sound environments under
the project name URM.
Since
2000, Scott and Jamie have also been curating THE
AMBiENT PiNG (Toronto's long running weekly live ambient music
event) as a garden for new ambient music growth in the city and a
welcoming spot for touring ambient performers from across the continent.
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