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back again

as promised:

intro to NEOism. you cannot put it in a wheelbarrow but it's worth mentioning none the less.

there is a particular open-pop-star-gone-mad Monty Cantsin/Istvan Kantor who was a big influence on me during the toronto years. i played one gig- Liberer Monty Cantsin- at Foufoon Electrique in Montreal. i played a MIDI drum pad triggering samples of drums and other things. it took forever to load the samples (floppys) in between songs... the band was Phycus, a project of the Neoist Machine Group. anyway the concert was to help out Istvan cause he got arrested by the FBI donating a blood painting to a gallery in New York. some got splashed on a Picasso by accident. anyway the show went really well and we sang a rousing chorus of Salut Les Riches with special guest Monty Cantsin himself on Vocals.

since then, Monty has released albums, made new videos (that are fantastic - wait for the link) and got the governor general's award for his work in video. oh canada. yay.

neoism itself is more of a stance than a philosophy, any attempts at nailing it down are immediately replaced with new ideas.

i worked on a recording project with Monty doing some of the tracks of the noise bible CD. it was a very intense time but very interesting to record with him. i manned the mix a few times and with some help got results.

here's some links for further reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Cantsin
http://pages.interlog.com/~amen/
http://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/cantsin_index.html
http://www.ccca.ca/performance_artists/k/kantor/kantor_perf18/index.html

well i hope that was illuminating?!
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yours,
art damage