he guys thanks for making the clonk crew finally feel welcom in the city... I dont know why L4P and clonk never got together to do some thing sooner but we finally did and I want to thank you all for comming out!!! steve i couldnt think of a better set to play into then your dubby deepness it was sweet and kilobyte you slaped down some nice tight mixes and track made me smile some thing I hadnet done in a while tobias like always represents the clonk vibe and Im glad to have him on board to work with... miller thanks for aving us your an awesome host and it would be me pleasure to work with you again (we need to designe you a fried ass logo!)
the coat check poeple thanks so much for helping out I never met any of you but thanks a billion...
I kind of ahowed up late for set up (day job deal)
but next time your out and you see me make sure to introduce your selfs to me.
I was super happy with the vibe of the night...
it was in true clonk style some thing I havent been able to do here with any of the clonk parties Ive put togther since I moved here. but I owe that to all of you and also the great way in which steve and i work together...
:)
now we need to figure out a way of getting bleep to happen monthly...
or at least regularly...

till bleep....

[ www.techno.ca ]

(yes its ghetto looking but we like it that way)

yes deep dark and blue...is the theme for the night...
oh yeah tobias is famous for his granola rolling...
almost as famous as I am for my mud slinging...
;)

WONK

ok galaxy I was only checkin making sure...
;)

ummm galaxy clonk is no small potates either...
we have been working it hard for 4 years in toronto and montreal, weve been doig it up woth some of the most important influncecial artists in the work german, american and candian techno. read over the clonk bio below .... if you havent already...
steve (level 4) and I have been talking about bringing together what we both do for some time now... in the fact that we both respect what we do as individual collective...and bleep is hopfully the beginning of an on going working relationship.... so if you have not familarized your self with clonk I say you start to as the first 2 parties at the SAT and this one is only the beginning of whats in store for mtl and clonk
[clonk] - [ www.techno.ca ]
Clonk is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge
electronic art in detailed temporary environments with an emphasis on
exposing new and unknown aural and visual talent to the electronic arts
communities of Toronto and more recently Montreal. Clonk was founded in
the early winter months of 2000 by Neil Wiernik and Greg Smith. Clonk has
progressed from smaller monthly clubs nights that focused on the local
flavor of electronic music and video artists of Southern Ontario to larger
scaled one-off events. These larger events have been focused on bringing
together local artists with more well known European and American artists
on the same stage. In the past Clonk has showcased upstart music
producers, DJs, record labels and emerging visual artists all working in
the electronic realms. Our foremost goal is to showcase off-the-wall and
raw genres of music and visual electronic arts-- not just those that are
currently en vogue. Recently Clonk hosted a series of artists who
influenced Greg and Neil over the past several years and provided the
inspiration for Clonk. This ongoing series has included experimental
German, American and Canadian minimal techno artists such as
Rechenzentrum, Monolake, Joshua Kit Clayton, Tikiman with Scion, Sutekh, Kero, Todd Sines, and Apparat. Clonk has hosted Canadians Deadbeat,
Crackhaus, Mike Shannon, Granny Ark, Tinkertoy, Algorithm, Dick Richards,
tobias and Tomas Jirku.

freebass NP Im only teeling it like it is...

----MARCH 27th, 2003 ---

MONTREAL



clonk & level 4
launch the following transmission:


[ bleep ] ] ] ]

featuring !

---> naw - [live]
.noise factory, piehead, clonk

---> sarcastic
.level 4 productions

---> tobias
., [ quadrantcrossing.org ] clonk

---> kilobyte
.level 4 productions


[crunchydigitizedminimaltech'n'dubbliss'n'funkafiedrobotikclickhaus]


march 27 2003 - cost: $4 .
@ club amnesia, 1421 bishop st. montreal.
(in association with Fried Ass Productions)

[ www.techno.ca ]
[ www.level4productions.com ]


==== words for those of you who like to read! ===press release

BLEEP

[bleep] signifies a new collaboration between Neil Wiernik's Clonk and
Sarcastic's Level 4 productions, a top-notch crew of techno wizards and
producers. Neil, aka prolific minimal and experimental producer "naw," has
returned to his Montréal hometown after spending several years scratching
out his Clonk productions in Toronto, where with Greg Smith he pioneered
both local and international techno talent. Level 4 has been hard at work in
Montréal, launching Standard records and assembling a talented crew of
techno DJs, VJs and artists who produce regular events and collaborations,
including the Level 4 online radio show. Members of Level 4 include
Kilobyte, Sarcastic, Freebass, Tolter, Simmetrik and Nter with Mindlab
providing the visuals. tobias, a black sheep techno DJ, writer, and
experimental audio producer of 10 years from the rainy environs of
Vancouver, BC, brings his dub-influenced techno sounds and curating, DJing,
and fishing skills to Montreal by submitting his soul to the Clonk empire.

..hot and fresh bios!


[naw] - [ www.noisefactoryrecords.com ]
Montréal born Neil Wiernik is a media artist turned electronic music
composer who began creating electronic music in 1988. naw is known as one to
push the boundaries of his musical form from designing new or manipulating
existing sound making devices and software to creative uses of production
environments and sound sources. Though his composition and production styles
are diverse, naw keeps a central focus throughout all his production:
experimentation. Neil has released music under his given name and under the
pseudonym of naw, on various national and international record labels Noise
Factory and Piehead. naw has performed extensively along side a variety of
national and international artists including sutekh, kit clayton, stewart
walker, unit, phoenicia, jake mandell, tikiman and scion, monolake,
rechnezentrum, apparat, kero, todd sines, deadbeat, algorithm, tomas jirku,
mitchell akiyama, jetone, polmo popo, david kristian, i8u, andrew duke and
martin tetreault.

[sarcastic] - [ www.level4productions.com ]
The evil genius behind Montreal-based underground techno pantheon Level 4
Productions, this amorphous being has contributed to the subculture1s
cabalistic causes on many levels for the past decade. Possessed since
childhood with a needling drive to splice together discrete musical
compositions, first with cassette decks, microphones, CD players or
8-tracks, it was only a matter of time before an unwitting companion
introduced Sarcastic to his destiny: the Technics 1200. His love for the
chugging repetitive nature of techno, acid house and hardcore genres remains
informed by an early appreciation for hip-hop, stoner rock, jazz and
psychedelia of all sorts. Equally at home behind two or three decks,
Sarcastic has performed at virtually all local clubs; he1s conquered the
main room of Sona, Montreal1s longest standing afterhours venue, annihilated
the main stage at Arrival, the city1s largest outdoor festival, and, with
the Level 4 Productions famiglia, has DJed and collaborated with numerous
local promotion companies, including Nice Productions, Morphee, Renegade
Legion, Alien Crew, Clonk, Kirk6, Aria, 514, etc., and performed
coast-to-coast across the country. Describing his own style as 3tek2,
Sarcastic1s interests range from the dark looping industrial techno of label
cohorts Kidstatik aka the Underground Shadow, the funky tek-house of
Simmetrik aka Simon G., to his own tongue-in-cheek ghetto-tek productions
based largely on recognizable samples from such disparate sources as movies,
rap or funk. Residencies at Jai bar, Blue dog, Jingxi or Amnesia have seen
Sarcastic spinning anything from pure tek, minimal and experimental techno
to acid and deep house; some even surmise that Sarcastic plays hip-hop,
downtempo and DnB under alternate guises. It1s downright impossible to pin
down the numinous wiles of the Sarcasm.
-tek@level4productions.com

[kilobyte] - [ www.level4productions.com ]
Kilobyte joined the underground laboratories of Level 4 Productions in the
cold winter of 2001. Inspired by a varied musical background including a
love of heavy metal, his propensity for sheer volume and cryptic
compositions inevitably drew him towards slamming hard electronic music.
As the percussive element in a thrash/speed band he eventually began
exploring techno through the medium of turntables in 1998. Acidified
bass-lines and twisted psychedelic mid-range pulsations slide effortlessly
through his hard progressive tek sets. Kilobyte has been busy
consolidating his cabalistic powers with fellow technical decknician
Freebass, as they wage bloody war on the Musical Establishment with
subversive sequenced sound patterns.

[tobias] - [ www.shrumtribe.com ] | [ www.quadrantcrossing.org ]
tobias c. van Veen is a sound and net artist, DJ, and writer. He has been
enmeshed with musikal resistance culture since 1993. >> writer
residencies: immediatism columnist for e|i [ www.ei-mag.com ]
Literature Editor for Capital [ www.capitalmag.com ] Panarticon
columnist @ Discorder [ www.citr.ca ] & a resident critic
for [ Incursion.org ] [ Dustedmagazine.com ] & [ Stylusmagazine.com ] >>sonic
net.art can be found on [ rhizome.org ] [ 120seconds.com ] [ thisistheonlyart.com ]
+ [ ctheory.com ] /Organised: audio curation of the 2002 Video-In Signal &
Noise Festival, director of the 2001 Refrains: Music Politics Aesthetics
UBC conference [ www.shrumtribe.com ] curated the 'glitch
&granular' evening of the 2002 New Forms Festival
[ www.newformsfestival.com ] & produced over two dozen events
featuring international techno and experimental electronic talent as
Direktor of the project & Collective [ www.shrumtribe.com ]
tobias is co-founder of [ www.technowest.org ] || ::performing across
the globe as an experimental, slightly off-balance 3-deck techno DJ for
the past 10 years - gig sampler: Sutekh's Static in SF, [ Betalounge.com ]
mix_sessions [SAT] & intr_version august 2002 showcase :: [residencies]:
[ techno.ca ] w/ ben nevile, 3 radio shows on CiTR 101.9FM
'97-2002, nights at The Sugar Refinery & Fiction Vancouver || & I'm
currently in the Department of Communications at McGill University writing a
thesis on the politics of sound and trying to eat all the different types of
cheese Montréal has to offer.
-tobias@rhizome.org

[clonk] - [ www.techno.ca ]
Clonk is a collective of individuals dedicated to promoting bleeding edge
electronic art in detailed temporary environments with an emphasis on
exposing new and unknown aural and visual talent to the electronic arts
communities of Toronto and more recently Montreal. Clonk was founded in
the early winter months of 2000 by Neil Wiernik and Greg Smith. Clonk has
progressed from smaller monthly clubs nights that focused on the local
flavor of electronic music and video artists of Southern Ontario to larger
scaled one-off events. These larger events have been focused on bringing
together local artists with more well known European and American artists
on the same stage. In the past Clonk has showcased upstart music
producers, DJs, record labels and emerging visual artists all working in
the electronic realms. Our foremost goal is to showcase off-the-wall and
raw genres of music and visual electronic arts-- not just those that are
currently en vogue. Recently Clonk hosted a series of artists who
influenced Greg and Neil over the past several years and provided the
inspiration for Clonk. This ongoing series has included experimental
German, American and Canadian minimal techno artists such as
Rechenzentrum, Monolake, Joshua Kit Clayton, Tikiman with Scion, Sutekh,
Kero, Todd Sines, and Apparat. Clonk has hosted Canadians Deadbeat,
Crackhaus, Mike Shannon, Granny Ark, Tinkertoy, Algorithm, Dick Richards,
tobias and Tomas Jirku.

[Level 4 Productions] - [ www.level4productions.com ]
Born in the mind of DJ Sarcastic many years ago, Level 4 has provided an
outlet and a second family for some of Montreal1s top underground
electronica talents through various projects, including event organization
and promotion, music publishing, radio show broadcasting, graphic design and
live performance. Currently counting among its members nine DJs, many of
whom also produce music and promote, and a VJ, the collective represents the
voice of the urban subculture, abiding by such tried, tested and true tenets
as 3if the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise2; 3one
love2; or 3we1re all gonna die!2 Level 41s record label Standard brought
Kidstatik1s productions to the world with the release of Contra Diction,
their Tekstyle weekly proved that hard techno could thrive outside of the
after-hours milieu, and their continuing growth shows all of us the beauty
of living off-the-beaten path, as it were. Hard techno DJs Kilobyte,
Freebass, Toltech and Nter form the core of the roster, variety can be found
in the deeper, more minimal styles of Module M (currently based in
Montpelier, France), the broad diversity of founder Sarcastic, the funky
dance-floor appeal of Simmetrik aka Simon G, or the gritty east-coast hip
hop of the mystical DJ Karl Marx. Mindlab exhibits dazzling, sometimes
humorous, sultry or shocking visuals at numerous clubs, events and
afterhours in Montreal or Quebec City on a regular basis. Level 41s
willingness to work with other promotion companies has led to collaborations
with Nice Productions, Kirk 6, Morphee, Submission, Millenium Productions,
Clonk, Aria, Alien Crew and many more, producing club events at Jingxi, Blue
Dog, Tokyo, Amnesia, Jai Bar or Kokino1s, to name a few, and in a host of
local loft and studio spaces. 3Behold! Human beings living in an
underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light... here they have
been from their childhood2 (Socrates, the Allegory of the Cave).

ues this is still happening and in case you lost all the previous clicky clonk info here it is again below...

Clonk and the SAT [digital_scenes] are proud to present:

The Winter Resound

Featuring:
Kero - Detroit [Bpitch, Shitkatapult, LowRes] - Live
Tinkertoy Toronto/Köln [Noise Factory, Lautmaschine, Piehead] - Live
naw - Montreal [Noise Factory, Piehead, Clonk] - Live
Mike Shannon - Montreal [Force Inc, Cynosure] - DJ
Johnny Ranger - Montreal [Mindroots] - VJ

Saturday February 8th 2003 9pm
Societe Des Arts Technologiques [SAT]
305 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest
$12 in advance $15 at the door
[advanced tickets: the SAT, CD Esoterik, Atom Heart]
[ www.techno.ca ]
clonk@techno.ca
[ www.sat.qc.ca ]

**english below**
Clonk et SAT[scènes numériques] présentent:
THE WINTER RESOUND

Avec:
Kero - Detroit [Bpitch, Shitkatapult, LowRes] - Live
Tinkertoy Toronto/Köln [Noise Factory, Lautmaschine, Piehead] - Live
naw - Montreal [Noise Factory, Piehead, Clonk] - Live
Mike Shannon - Montreal [Force Inc, Cynosure] - DJ
Johnny Ranger - Montreal [Mindroots] - VJ

Samedi 8 février 2003 21h
Société des arts technologiques [SAT]
305 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest
$12 prévente $15 porte
[prévente: SAT, CD Esoterik, Atom Heart]
[ www.techno.ca ]
clonk@techno.ca
[ www.sat.qc.ca ]



Winter resound est le deuxième événement d’une série de quatre, un pour chaque saison, intitulés "Resound". Cette série met de l’avant une nouvelle génération de producteurs de musique électronique poussant encore un peu plus loin les limites, incorporant entre autre certaines formes d’interactivité dans leur travail.
Autumn resound mettait en vedette Crackhaus, Granny Ark, Siabot, naw et Johnny Ranger (SAT-septembre 2002).
Cette fois nous accueillons en première montréalaise Kero de Détroit, un artiste présent sur les étiquettes Bpitch Control, Shitkatapult et Lowres qui orchestrera avec ses 2 laptops image et son, le tout dans une atmosphère plutôt festive. Il sera entouré du duo Tinkertoy de Toronto et Cologne (Lautmachine/Piehead/NoiseFactory), de naw, l’initiateur des soirées Clonk à Toronto (Piehead/Noisefactory) et de Mike Shannon (Force-inc/Cynosure) qui enflammera la soirée avec ses 3 tables tournantes. Johnny Ranger assurera encore une fois l’emballage visuel avec la maestria qu’on lui connait. Bref une soirée des plus actuelles, des sons tous nouveaux tous frais, une atmosphère SAT quoi…
Les bios des artistes sont un peu plus bas, en anglais seulement, désolé.


Clonk and the SAT [digital_scenes] are proud to present:

The Winter Resound

Featuring:
Kero - Detroit [Bpitch, Shitkatapult, LowRes] - Live
Tinkertoy Toronto/Köln [Noise Factory, Lautmaschine, Piehead] - Live
naw - Montreal [Noise Factory, Piehead, Clonk] - Live
Mike Shannon - Montreal [Force Inc, Cynosure] - DJ
Johnny Ranger - Montreal [Mindroots] - VJ

Saturday February 8th 2003 9pm
Societe Des Arts Technologiques [SAT]
305 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest
$12 in advance $15 at the door
[advanced tickets: the SAT, CD Esoterik, Atom Heart]
[ www.techno.ca ]
clonk@techno.ca
[ www.sat.qc.ca ]

Saturday February 8th Clonk and the SAT will bring you the second in a
series of 4 events one for each season appropriately titled "Resound".
Each of these events is designed to focus on the emerging new
generation of electronic music producers, that are pushing the envelope
and incorporating interactivity into their work. The first Resound event
took place in September 2002 at the SAT and was adeptly titled The Autumn
Resound. It featured Live and DJ performances by a variety of local and
out of town electronic music talent.
The Winter Resound will take place on February 8th at
the SAT located at 305 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest and will feature the
Montreal debut of the highly stylised sounds and visuals of Detroits very
own Kero with releases on Bpitch Control, Shitkatapult and Lowres
Recordings, Kero has been wowing audiences internationally for some time
and garnering much critical acclaim. Kero uses a TCP/IP link between two
laptops to orchestrate both sound and visuals into a dance floor frenzy
of 3d vector graphics and gritty robotic beats. The night will also
feature a live set by Torontos Tinkertoy whose self released CD
and 12 inch on their Lautmashine imprint has gathered much attention so
much so that they have recently been signed to both Noise Factory and
Piehead Records.
Rounding out the night will be local artists Mike Shannon (DJ), Clonk
resident naw (live) and the VJing talents of Johnny Ranger [ ]
With Mike Shannons Force Inc debut he has secured him self a spot as one
of Canadas top-rate producers. His highly regarded releases over the
years are proof of that - but he has also built an irrefutable
reputation, as one of Canadas most respected and well-known
techno DJs. For this special occasion Mike will providing us with his own
special brand of turntable wizardry on 3 turntables with 2 special
extended sets during the night. Clonk resident naw will once again
return to the Montreal stage after a number if out of town performances
in support of his releases on Noise Factory and Piehead records late last
year. Recent live performances as naw has seen this Clonk founder move
even the most chin scratching of audiences with his his custom tailored
alterations of minimal techno and click house sounds.
Johnny Ranger will be returning to the Clonk arena for yet another
wonderful night of electric-organic visuals presented in non-linear
narratives that invite spontaneous insights to appear in a
surprising blend of synchronicities and multi-layered readings.
This event is $12 in advance or $15 at the door (advanced tickets
available at the SAT, CD esoterick and atom heart) doors open at 9pm and
goes until the last soul has left the building. For more information
please see [ www.techno.ca ] or [ www.sat.qc.ca ]