So you've got no idea who this [a]pendics.shuffle character is. Well take some time to familiarize yourself with this amazing, original artist who is truly worthy of being brought by the No Affiliation crew to our beautiful hometown of Chicago.
This man is a groundbreaker in every sense of the word. He produces music under many many different monikers and ranges from intensely micro-sampled click'n'beep idm to floor jacking acid-laced glitch techno, all while maintaining emphasis on the kick and bass to keep you moving. We are proud to be able to bring this man to Chicago fresh off a world tour ending in Europe in which he hits such cities as Graz, Barcelona, Berlin, Antwerp and more. He is the ONLY US ARTIST to have releases on the coveted Cologne, Germany based label, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], home to such world-class artists as Dominik Eulberg, Superpitcher, Pan/Tone and many more.
Be sure not to miss him when he comes to grace us with a LIVE performance set.
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AKA. Kenneth James G. / [a]pendics.shuffle / Eight Frozen Modules / K.J. Gibbs / The Premature Wig / dubLoner / Bal Cath / Electronic Music Composer / Reverse Commuter / Hiss and Buzz...Kenneth James Gibson is a man of many personas. Keeping up with him can be a time consuming, yet rewarding venture into sound. As soon as you think you know him and can grasp whats going on, he puts on yet another mask and becomes something else. Always a surprise and never a let down, he gives us what we want but dont expect.
A rare stone in todays musical climate, Ken is rolling and collects no moss. Kens first recordings were as the guitarist, singer, part time keyboardist and producer of the 90s indi rock band Furry Things. He slowly grew tired of being in a band and started producing a slew of electronic mish mash on his own as Eight Frozen Modules. Starting out with a guitar, half broken sampler (given to him by King Coffee of the legendary Texas band The Butthole Surfers), a drum machine, borrowed synths and a four track, Ken laid down an off kilter mix of electro, abstract hip hop, dub and techno.
In 1997, Ken moved from Austin Texas to the big city of Los Angeles, California. After releasing a few records as Eight Frozen Modules on various labels such as Trance Syndicate and City Slang, he gave up the 4 track and guitar for a desktop computer and software. While taking a few years off from releasing music, he learned how to create a new world in the land of computers. After 3 years of not leaving his padded studio cell, he resurfaced with the 2001 Eight Frozen Modules CD Random Activities and Broken Sunsets, a mix of glitched out electro, techno, and idm for the LA label, Phthalo. Since then, he has also released music under the names [a]pendics.shuffle, The Premature Wig, dubLoner, Electronic Music Composer, Reverse Commuter, Bal Cath, Hiss and Buzz (with Jack Dangers), and most recently as Kenneth James G., and KJ Gibbs for labels such as Mo's Ferry Productions, Adjunct, Resopal, Budenzauber, Orac, Mineral, Tigerbeat 6, Skor, Planet-Mu, g25/ Very Friendly, Proptronix, Headinghome, Shockout, Narita, Disco Inc., Mille Plateaux,Orthlorng Musork, and Plateaux Resistance...just to name a few.
Currently Ken is living in Echo Park California and producing a ton of music. He has new releases about to drop on Friends Of Tommorow, Floppy Funk, Sunset Diskos/ Mitek, Mo's Ferry Productions, Hallucination Limited, Adjunct , Persistancebit, Orac and more. He has also just started his own label with Orac co-founder Konstantin Gabbro, called Adjunct. With Adjunct they are releasing what they call computer funk, their own special brand of funky, minimal, avant-garde techno.
Does all this you just read make sense? Maybe not in your world, but in Kens world its just another day.
John is one of the heavy hitters in the local Chicago techno scene, opening up for such world-class artists as Deetron, Richie Hawtin, Roman Flugel, Derek Plaslaiko, Mazi, and most recently...Adam Beyer. Next up, he will be opening for M_nus recording artist, Loco Dice on 11/17.
This man is a master of 3 deck sets and will be a real treat for those of you not yet 21, as he very seldom steps out of the club scene. Don't miss one of your only opportunities to catch him actin a fool!
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John Patterson began his foray into spinning records in 1996 while a student at the University of Illinois, DJing at several bars and small parties in college. A long time fan of 80s synth-pop and hip-hop, John quickly developed an ear and appreciation for different forms of electronic music. Although he did not have a strong understanding of electronic music at this point, John quickly discovered that he had found his passion.
Though exhilarated by his new love, even at this early point of his evolution, John often felt constrained and limited by the music he was expected to play in the limited forums available to him. It was only when he graduated from school, moved to Chicago, that all boundaries dissolved and he was able to truly refine his skills. He obtained his first pair of turntables in January of 1998, and his serious concentration on spinning wax began.
As he began his true ascension into DJing, John experimented with several styles of electronic music, constantly searching for the elements that would help him define a unique and personal sound. The DJs and producers who he now sites as major influences reflect the diversity of sounds that he explored in his formative DJ years. They include Brian Bretz, Mark Broom, Dave Clarke, Carl Cox, Nils Danielsson, Steve Rachmad, Ben Sims, Technasia, Cristian Varela and Claude Young.
Over the next two years, John continued to hone his skills, mostly privately for friends, and in closed quarters. During this period John began to gravitate largely towards only spinning techno. In the years 2000, John accepted an offer to become a resident DJ for Koncept, a Chicago-based promotions company that exclusively features techno music. This alliance afforded John greater opportunities to share his passion with techno fans and to perform at well-known Chicago clubs such as Crobar, Empty Bottle, Moonshine, RedNoFive, Sound Bar, Spy Bar, Vision, Tini Martini and Zentra, as well as the opportunity to open for local and international talents such as Dave Angel, Joey Beltram, Adam Beyer, Cajmere, Marco Carola, Mike Dearborn, Deetron, Jake Fairley, Roman Flugel, Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Derrick May, Billy Nasty, Gaetano Parisio, Pan/Tone, Mauro Picotto, DJ Rush, John Selway, Luke Slater, Christian Smith, Space DJz, Mike Wade and Geoff White.
These days John continues to refine and define his sound spinning independently for Koncept and on select occasions for Chicago-based Meiotic, Pure Promotions and the NBFC. John has also played festivals in Mexico, the Winter Music Conference(WMC) in Miami and in Detroit during the Detroit Electronic Music Festival(DEMF). He continues to help pace the growing, local techno movement in Chicago with his three-turntable sets. These sets showcase his ability to move effortlessly in and out of various musical styles, which is further accentuated by his seamless mixing style, focused on Eqing, trickery, and holding mixes for extended periods of time. His sound clearly reflects the broad spectrum of music to which he was exposed as he refined his Djing skills, and the bleeding edge of the larger, global techno movement.
In the future, John plans to keep his sound progressing, adapting and changing in order to continue to push the boundaries and frontiers of techno music. Both through Djing and production, John is an integral part of the resurgence of techno in Chicago.
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