Connector

Connector thrived in 1999 and 2000 playing improvised electronic music. The original band gathered for performances at the infamous Babylon warehouse parties, always playing the midnight slot as things began to get interesting. Connector was a melting pot for ideas, a soup where many of the Listen Labs artists played together making new approaches materialize on the spot. The band agreed that the music was based on the energy of the crowd... particularly the full on Burningman vibe of the Babylon parties.

Connector was never really a specific group of people (it was basically whoever Noah or Colin called to play). Even though Connector has not performed publicly in the last year, the morphogenic group mind established continues to manifest new projects at unexpected moments. Many of these projects are gestate for years waiting for the right environmental conditions to publicly born. The amorphous project keeps taking different forms.

Recently a connector-like event manifested in a music studio in San Rafael instigated by The Institute of Perception. In a party like atmosphere 9 musicians gathered together and unpredictable groove oriented sound scapes from outerspace materialized in quite an unexpected manner. Remixes are rumored to be in the works.

So what do they sound like?

Connector fuses a network of connections between electronica and modern improvisational music. Compositional structures are tastefully derived from the techniques of jazz, freejazz, classical electronic sound design, and underground electronica. The result is a music that is both emotionally pure and technically mature.

Core Personnel

• Noah Thorp - Bass and/or computer/electronics
• Colin Stetson - Saxophone
• Sync, Synthetic - Computer/electronics
• Edward Pollard - Drums, electronics
• Roger Riedlebaur - Guitar, and electronics

Guest Personnel

• Piki Chappell - Processed Cello
• Garrin Benfield - Guitar
• James Purple Hazeley [etc.] - Guitar [etc.]
• Arjan - Vocals, ARP 2600, Processors
• Lynn Farmer - Drums

Influences

Miles Davis, Photek, Squarepusher, P-Funk.