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BLK w/BEAR

releases

fahrenheit_draftsfahrenheit_drafts by BLK w/BEAR
" Trace Recordings, the independent label formed by Mark Beazley of Rothko, is pleased to announce the release of 'fahrenheit_drafts' a new 12-inch single by Washington DC sound and visual artisan JS Adams, aka BLK w/BEAR..."
(press release)

Wish For A World Without HurtWish For A World Without Hurt by Rothko , BLK w/BEAR
"Is proud to announce its first release. His personal experiences and memories of that day have helped to colour the tone of this subtle and thought-provoking album..."
(related review / comment)(press release)

Wish For A World Without HurtWish For A World Without Hurt by Rothko , BLK w/BEAR



profiles

signal to noise ratio . concurrent transgressions and turntable deconstructions . recordings of failed communication and decomposed transmission . archival reconstructionism

[bio] following earlier loop and turntablism experiments during the 1970's and 80's with Louisville KY musical improvisation group STUTTER, now under his sound art pseudonym, BLK w/ BEAR, Washington DC-based artisan JS (Jim) Adams has created both temporal turntable installations and laptop compositions utilizing forced looping technique of altered vinyl recordings along with 'dead media' recording sources such as Mutoscope 'Voice-o-Graph' and Wilcox Gay 'Recordio' discs. CD-R releases are available through queer musicians collective Kuma-Chan Records [San Francisco CA]