FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 27, 2002
For Release: December 9 - December 16, 2002
Contact: Adam Overton
404.281.2654
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THE ELECTRIC ARTS ALLIANCE OF ATLANTA PRESENTS
Vinyl Sighting: Experiments in Turntablism with Marshall Avett and Faust & Shortee
At Eyedrum in Atlanta, Monday, December 16, 2002, 8 pm
The Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta (EAAA) is proud to present Vinyl Sighting: Experiments in Turntablism on Monday December 16, 2002 at 8 pm. The event will feature the turntablism talents of Marshall Avett and of the husband-and-wife turntable duo, Faust and Shortee. Avett will be presenting a performance using numerous turntables with an assortment of prepared (i.e. scarred, taped, cut-up and manipulated) records. Faust and Shortee will be doing a live 4-turntable performance.
Marshall Avett began playing turntables and records almost a decade ago. Inspired by the works of Christian Marclay, he prepares records with purposely inflicted scars, tape, warps, and by chopping them in to pieces and reassembling them. These unique and other unaltered records are then subjected to abuse/misuse/TLC on various turntables at various speeds with various results. In addition to performing as a solo artist, Avett has spun records alongside improvising musicians from around the country during his days as a founder of the Silver Ceiling and Eyedrum, used them to create soundtracks for silent movies, as an accomplice in unique solo settings, and has conducted turntable pieces for up to 12 performers on 24 turntables.
DJs Faust and Shortee are no strangers to seamless 4 turntable transmissions - this husband-and-wife duo do it all. From Hip-Hop turntablist trick sets to stompin' funky Hard House to crushing Drum & Bass scratched to perfection, Faust and Shortee have rocked stages from coast to coast and awed massives worldwide. Their solo and joint albums have earned them critical acclaim in major publications like SPIN, URB, ROLLING STONE, and DJ TIMES, as well as a spot in the groundbreaking documentary SCRATCH. They even have their own instructional DVD, Shortee's DJ101. This special set will take you through the ranks of turntable manipulation sliced up and served Soulmate style.
Black belt, accomplished graphic designer, and long time percussionist, Shortee adapted to the turntables instantly becoming one of the fastest rising, most versatile female DJs ever. In 1997 she became the first and only female to win Washington, DC’s Fever/Buzz Battle Of The DJs, one of the US's largest Techno, House, Drum & Bass DJ/mixing competitions. In 1998, she made her first production appearance on Faust’s “Man Or Myth, the first turntablist album ever released, along with Craze & Shotgun, followed by a joint EP release alongside Faust & Craze entitled The Fathomless EP, the first musical release containing Drum & Bass tracks comprised solely of scratching. In 1999, Shortee's full-length "The Dreamer" became the first album produced by a female turntablist, and she has since released multiple albums (Digital Soul & Satisfaction Guaranteed), singles, remixes (Tino Corp) and appeared on numerous compilations (Urban Revolutions, Return of the DJ 3, DJ Girl, Revenge of the B-Boy…). Her tracks have aired worldwide on networks such as NBC, CNN & ESPN with features like The X-Games, Tony Hawk’s Gigantic Skate Park Tour, Hip Hop Nation, Headline News & the esteemed World Cup 2002.
Much like his mythological philosopher-magician namesake, DJ Faust is ahead of the learning curve. In 1998, Faust made history with the release of the first full-length, all-scratching album in history, the critically lauded Man or Myth. This debut work was actually completed in 1996 and hustled around the country in true hip-hop style—word of mouth—before its commercial release through Bomb Records. Since then, Faust has sought to exemplify the difference between scratching for the sake of scratching and making music with turntables. "If I could play the violin, I’d play some bluegrass," he has quipped, "but the turntables are the only thing I know how to play, so I need to express myself musically through them." Originally known as DJ Malice, Faust quietly honed his seemingly supernatural mixing and scratching skills in the Washington, DC area. During his studying, he met his girlfriend and partner in (turntable) crime, the astounding DJ Shortee; when Shortee was given a scholarship to the Art Institute of Atlanta a year later in 1996, the pair packed up and headed south. Armed with only $15 in change and well-groomed skills, Faust put the coinage towards blank tapes, which he filled up with his talents in hip-hop and hard house in order to shop his services to local clubs and mixtape vendors. He further established his name and aptitude by battling, winning the 1996 Zulu Nation Battle Clash and competing in the First Annual ITF World Championship.
www.faustandshortee.com
Doors open at 8 pm
Show begins at 8:30 pm
For more info --- EAAA@earthlink.net --- or --- http://www.theEAAA.org
Eyedrum --- Suite 8, 290 MLK, Jr. DR, Atlanta, GA 30312 --- http://www.eyedrum.org
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