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VERSION 1.6 O P E N M I N I J A X 7
W/ A C C E L E R A D E C K
A N D F R I E N D S
June 5th, 2005 at Black Cat, Washinton DC, 9pm $5.
The seventh Minijax in the series began with a group called Mystery Shopper composed of Sebastian Krawczuk and Pilesar. The duo cranked out the jams with some sputtering Nord G2 patches, miscellaneous percussion and occasional vox. Next a few folks from Richmond's 804 Noise collective brought their laptops and a few beats.
 The last set, otherwise known as "Scarcelight and Friends", featured Chris Jeely aka Accelera Deck and a slew of DC recording artists that appear on his label. Derek Morton (from Mikroknytes) and Chuck Bettis (from Measles Mumps Rubella) known as Mormon Brown Wing Overdrive tweaked the electronics from all sides of the digital and electronic spectrum using a home-built fourses and an Apple-built laptop. Actually, Mr. Bettis likes to scream at machines, as seen in the picture.
Violet (aka Jeff Surak) and Sc.all (Scott Allison) segued from the Mormons with sludge, drone, and the sound of airplanes exploding in flames. Other fourses were used/abused amid a tangle of cords and cables until Accelera Deck broke in with his warm guitar granulated sonics. After a short solo performance the entire crew brought the set to a finale with a group improvisation. The show was recorded, and hopefully will be released in the future.
 For the time being grab a MP3 sample of the Scarcelight set. Download MP3 » (2.91MB)
View an extensive gallery of digital pix here »
(Catherine Lewis was responsible for a majority of the brillant pix in the photo gallery)
VERSION 1.5 O P E N M I N I J A X 1 . 5 C I R Q U E S O N I Q U E
September 20th, 2004 at Black Cat, Washinton DC, 9pm $5.
September is Sonic Circuits month in our nation's capital.  Techclub rises to the occasion by throwing the 6th edition of its popular electronic Open Minijax. One part open mic, one part brave electronic experimentation each night emenates an entirely different vibe. This time around Techclub organizer Derek Morton has coaxed new Baltimore transplant Peter B down to our "Chocolate City" to hear his conceptual serenades.  Peter B is not a circuit bender and it could be argued that he is not human as well. The instruments he crafts from scratch out of microprocessors, knobs, LEDs and miles of wire do not follow any traditional logic except a passion for coaxing beautiful alien life forms to emerge from the chaotic strangle of silicone.
Peter has built Din Datin Duderos, Ambraziers, Tranos, Shinths and is promising to bring the "Shinkoyo choirs" for his next Minijax performance.
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VERSION 1.4 O P E N M I N I J A X W I L D E L E C T R O N I C
July 17th, 2004 at Warehouse Second Stage
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» See some digital photos from the show!
Minijax 1.4 will go down in the history books of Techclub as an evening of diverse style and technique. Below is a list of the artists who performed.
5Dots
Angus Brainpan
Caution Curves
Violet Art
DJ Panic
Picture is Dead Quartet
Nik Francis
John Coursey
sc.all
Chuck Bettis and Derek Morton Duo
10 String Trio
Bustghosters
Ben White
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 VERSION 1.3
April 11, 2004 at Galaxy Hut
M I N I J A X A L L S T A R S
Minijax Allstars presents I Am Robot and Proud w/Random Number, Solofi, 5 Dots and Medium.
January 18, 2004 at Galaxy Hut
VERSION 1.2 O P E N M I N I J A X
 The third "open mic" showcase of its kind that allows electronic experimental music and video artists to show off their work in 15 minute minisets. These shows are open to laptop rockers, filmmaker geeks, gameboy freaks, circuit benderz, fx loop gurus, low rez video pranksters, knob tweakers, and digital sound processing head chefs. The only restriction is that the set-up can be staged quickly. The spirit of the event pays hommage to the little audio connector known as "1/8 stereo mini jack" hence the name "Open Minijax."
VERSION 1.1 O P E N M I N I J A X
VERSION 1.0 O P E N M I N I J A X
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Thanks to all that performed!
D. Thumbski - "Detroyt" Download MP3 (8.6Mb)
Dan Linfield - "No, No, Not Jim" Download MP3 (14.3Mb)
Violet - "Hiss" Download MP3 (8.7Mb)
Lucas Zarwell & Matt - "untitled or title unavailable"
David Litz - "untitled or title unavailable" Download MP3 (8.6Mb)
Medium - "untitled or title unavailable" Download MP3 (20Mb)
Mitch Finegold - "untitled or title unavailable"
5dots - "You Only Need One Stick" Download MP3 (11.1.6Mb)
Quake Like Rebels - "untitled or title unavailable" Download MP3 (19.7Mb)
Bryan Rhodes - "untitled or title unavailable"
Ben White - "untitled or title unavailable"
James O'Mara - "untitled or title unavailable"
Dr. Mario Blood Orgy - "untitled or title unavailable"
Joe Jakuta - "untitled or title unavailable"
Solofi - "Following Day"
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