In an industry where DJ's no longer dominate the action with pressed wax, live PAs have taken digital mixing to another level. No strangers to tweaking and freqing everything within earshot, Acid Circus have mastered the art of live performance: Dropping original music, custom remixes, re-edits, and samples from both current and classic tracks, their unique and aggressive mix of electro, house, and every strain of techno in between has blurred the lines of dj set and live act. Their raw precision performances have placed them alongside major players Magda, Jeff Mills, Konrad Black, John Tejada, Tony Rohr, Richard Devine, and Italo Boys at undergrounds, festivals, after parties and club nights all over California, Seattle, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Miami, and Philadelphia. Their releases have been charted and heavily played by techno heavyweights Speedy J, Adam Beyer and Richie Hawtin.
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Live @ Knobturnal 07.20.07
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Recent Chicago transplant, Johnny Armstrong has been rocking the distinct sounds of the TB-303 since he first fell in love with the midwest ACID sound. Acid squelches are spliced, diced and teased into a seamless blend of bleepy
minimal and bouncy micro house. Johnny's DJ style is aggressive and pumping, but still maintains a balance of restraint to allow the subliminal frequencies to seep into the crowd "losing control" on the dancefloor.
Johnny has performed with acts such as Dan Bell, Paco Osuna and Paul Birken and his recent move to Chicago has also allowed this former 12" Player and 91.7 fm WMSE "Late Night Beat Generation" favorite to team up with Frankie Vega's Majestic Nightlife (MNL) crew.
With a healthy knowledge and respect for the originators of the Chicago and Detroit sounds and an ear toward the future, Johnny's production skills have garnered interest from labels across the region. Expect his first release
to drop soon and the acid revival to continue...
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The trio of Aeon, Screendoor & Sir Fice make up Ghidora. A techno triple-threat versus tag set that encompasses all facets of techno from minimal to maximal. Each of Ghidora's three heads bring their influences to the decks, from Aeon's progressive past, Screendoor's taste for the strange and cosmic to Fice's harder tech sound. Each of these artists feed off of the energy of the preceding track, adding their own elements to the mix creating a new vibe and energy that gives Ghidora sets tension and release, with unexpected turns throughout. Half of the fun is seeing where the sound ends up next, guaranteeing a unique journey on the dancefloor.
Influenced by the late 90's midwest rave culture, these artists have over 30 years combined experience raving, djing, promoting and contributing to the Milwaukee scene. Sir Fice and Aeon are members of Audiotribe, responsible for the successful 2-year HomeBrew weekly and other events, as well as maintaining a thriving web community through sites such as audiotribe.net and undergroundmilwaukee.com. Screendoor owns and operates nichemilwaukee.com, a vinyl record pool, and promotes one-off events. Screendoor and Sir Fice have also joined forces with Dela and Fortune to establish the new Projekt monthly event to showcase the new strands of forward thinking minimal tech. In addition, each of these artists dj regularly around the midwest, having opened for techno luminaries such as Adam X, Barem, Bruno Pronsato, Butane, Derek Plaslaiko, DJ ESP Woody McBride, Eidolon, Frankie Vega, Hyperactive, Justin Long, Kyle Geiger, Matthew Dear, Mike Dearborn, Punisher, Robert Armani, Ryan Crosson, Safety Scissors, Sassmouth, Seth Troxler, Steve Bug, Someone Else and Superpitcher.
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