Friday, March 21, 2008

Vibration Institute Returns to MIAMBIENT March 27th 2008

Miami Beach – Vibration Institute (www.vibrationinstitutemusic.com), a stalwart of California experimental electronic music is please to announce their return to MIAMBIENT at the Standard Miami, located at 40 Island Avenue, on March 27th from 2pm – 12 midnight.

At MIAMBIENT the label will be debuting tracks from their new release Dream Calibration. The album was recorded during an overnight session at the Leland Way Studios in Hollywood on December 7, 2007. The album features contributions from some of the most innovative sound artists and music technologists from the underground scene in post-digital Los Angeles: John von (Native Instruments) - electronics, bass, Laura Escude (Ableton) - violin, processing, Matt Piper (M-Audio) - keyboards, electronics, Gabriel Ferrer (Native Instruments) - EWI, electronics, beats, Vangelis Vargas (Native Instruments) - beats and sounds, plus guests Freaky Chakra and Greg Williams (M-Audio). The album can be streamed or downloaded from www.vibrationinstitutemusic.com/music/.

The talented artists, DJs and VJs of Vibration Institute - John von, Jon Margulies, Infinity Beyond and Drumcell will be able to give the chilled out MIAMBIENT crowd the ambient grooves they seek…

Vibration Institute founder John von will play cuts from new VI release Dream Calibration and lead an ambient improvisation session all afternoon starting at 2pm; he will also perform live together with Jon Margulies on ambient guitar textures from 10:30pm – midnight. John von specializes in cutting-edge beats and sounds as well as creating new fusions and mixtures of music from genres around the world. His experience as an international producer, session musician, academic and technologist has given him a uniquely global and futuristic perspective on the world of music, and an ability to consistently come up with fresh new sonic combinations in his work. www.johnvon.info, www.myspace.com/johnvon23

Infinity Beyond is the ambient side project of the Droid Behavior act Acid Circus. Vangelis and Vidal Vargas will perform a special ambient/experimental set that will explore the downtempo side of his unique mix of electro, house, and every strain of techno in between. Acid Circus has played alongside major players Adam Beyer, Magda, Speedy J, Richie Hawtin, Jeff Mills, John Tejada, Fanon Flowers, and Neil Landstrumm at LA's best parties. More then just supporting acts for these world class DJs, Acid Circus have held their own with captivating performances as well releases on Droid recordings and DJ Bone's Subject Detroit and earned their recognition and respect as LA heroes. Infinity Beyond will play from 7:30-8:30p. www.droidbehavior.com/circus.html, www.mypsace.com/acidcircus

Jon Margulies has performed Jazz at the Knitting Factory, medieval music at the Spoleto Festival, and computer music at Burning Man. He has played punk rock at CBGBs, ambient music at the Walker Arts Center and "You Light up My Life" at the Theophilus Divinity School. Some of Jon's electronic music can be heard with Suki Takahashi on the Merck compilation "Dosage", and you can buy his eclectic pop music on the Safetycan record Esther Becomes Queen. Jon will play from 8:30-9:30p and will also play live guitar with John von later.

Droid Behavior’s Drumcell will be playing a special ambient/downtempo DJ set specifically for Vibration Institute at MIAMBIENT. Drumcell has been known to keep on the edge of technology and continuously pushing the limits to what the future has to offer. He is always in the process of developing homebrew software as well as cutting edge hardware solutions to bring a fresh innovative taste to his production and performances. When performing, Drumcell can be seen blurring the lines between a live and a DJ set by utilizing tools such as FX processors, samplers, drum machines and other devices to weave a thick blend of acidic techno and aggressive but funky minimalist groove to ensure a frenzy amongst his listeners. Drumcell will play from 9:30-10:30p. When not DJing Drumcell will be VJing at the event. www.droidbehavior.com/drumcell.html, myspace.com/drumcell

In addition to Drumcell, Belfast based VJ Christian S will be providing visuals for the event. http://www.vimeo.com/622293

Building on last year’s success, the groundbreaking event concept MIAMBIENT is already attracting great support from the international electronic music and VJ communities and the holistic and art communities of Miami. Join us at The Standard Miami Beach, 40 Island Ave, Miami Beach.

Event Highlights:


Thursday MARCH 27; 2pm to 12am

Vibration Institute Presents:

John von – Live (Vibration Institute/LA), Drumcell - DJ set (Droid Behavior/LA), Jon Margulies - live (Merck, Vibration Institute/NYC), Infinity Beyond - DJ set (Droid Behavior/LA), Visuals by Drumcell and VJ Christian S.

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