~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brico017 tobias c. van Veen Music for Buildings 1-Music for Buildings Part One 46'28" 2-Music for Buildings Part Two 46'10" total time - 92'38" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ technical_info Mixed and Recorded live to tape by tobias c. van Veen aka dj tobias in 1998. Mastered by Jon Vaughn for BricoLodge in 2004. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ artist_statement label_statement Throughout the spring and summer of 1998, (dj tobias) was engaged with the Make Friends Not War series of outdoor DJ gatherings in downtown Vancouver. Every Sunday morning, members of the Whirled Bees Collective and others from , TeamLounge, HQ Communications and the rave populace scarcely sentient from the night's rituals would gather to dance through the long Sunday afternoons. Buffering the bodies seeking solace, meaning and avowed community;” in the dance were the abrupt rhythms of traffic and in the Sunday rush,–the casual hordes of assembling onlookers arrested in their shopping desires. For many, it was a post-rave comedown, replete in the sun, spliff in hand, as beats ricocheted from pavement and tower. MFNW started as somewhat of a protest, if not one clearly articulated, then at least a sonic movement that takes as its space the city itself. -tobias c. van Veen, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ artist_bio [tobias c. van Veen] is a sound & net-artist, techno.turntablist, and writer. He has been enmeshed with musikal resistance culture since 1993, curating, DJing, performing and provoking via interventions & events, sounds & words. Hailing from Vancouver, BC, tobias was intricately involved in the West Coast anarcho-techno scene as founder of the Projekt & techno.ca’s technoWest.org. >>tobias holds editorial and columnist positions for several arts, music and politics publications including FUSE, e|i, Capital, Dustedmagazine.com and Discorder. He has written on music, technology and the political for The Wire and the Leonardo Music Journal and produced radio-art for the CBC and Austria Kunstradio. ::His tactical media, performance & net.art have surfaced on CTheory.net, 120seconds.com, Rhizome.org, Javamuseum.org, thisistheonlyart.com, Juniradio.net, at the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, Steim.nl in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. ::A DJ set still resides on Betalounge.com. He is author of the 2003 Canadian Electronic Music Directory and is currently writing a book on the politics of sound, disappearance and microcultures. As of 2004 he can be found traipsing the halls between McGill’s Departments of Communications and Philosophy in MontrÈal and working with La SociÈtÈ des arts technologiques [SAT] as a freelance Concept Engineer. His current projects include online videogame performance, sonic psychogeography, breathwork audio, and miniature digital video. His blog resides at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BricoLodge is a net.label for eclectic techno, playful composition and complex experimentation that emerged from artistic and cultural exchanges between the site directors, Carrie Gates and Jon Vaughn and other artists from across Canada and the world since the turn of the 21st Century. http://www.notype.com/bricolodge/ bricolodge@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~