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BIO: E*Rock is a multi-disciplinary artist and electronic musician based in Portland, Oregon who runs the record labels Audio Dregs and Fryk Beat and produces animated music videos with the Wyld File crew. Most often though his work finds itself home on various forms of music driven media such on the covers CDs, LPs, DVDs, concert posters, magazine covers, zines and also his contributions to music videos and animation have appeared on MTV2 as well as in The Museum of Modern Art in Paris. He has also toured the USA, Japan and Europe with a combination of his video art performance and electronic music. His artwork has appeared in exhibits in Hanna in Tokyo, Little Cakes in NYC, Impakt in Utrecht/Netherlands, Nu in Athens, CCA in Glasgow, Trudi in Los Angeles, Paris, Oaxaca, Chicago, Seattle, and Portland. His drawings and designs have appeared in books such as Radical Album Cover Art, This is a Magazine and Dot Dot Da; and has been featured in magazines Art Forum, The Fader, Res, Plazm,and Afterhours.
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CLARIFICATION: AUDIO DREGS RECORDINGS: A record label and music collective founded around 1996 and is resposible for over 40 releases from artists from at least 8 different countries, as well as Portland, OR. The focus is described as "experimental music made by people equally in love with melody and invention." E*VAX: is a different person/producer than E*Rock. They are brothers and E*Vax has also been involved with Audio Dregs Recordings since it began, where he released his first solo music. E*Vax also plays in the band Ratatat on XL Records. WYLD FiLE: A video music production team who's goal is pushing a genre of flash music video animation to the NO limits. It was founded by E*Rock and Paper Rad in 2005. Music videos have been created for Beck and The Gossip. FRYK BEAT: A label created for disjointed pop and-dance music that didn't fit under the umbrella of music released on Audio Dregs because of its more vocal nature. It was founded by E*Rock and Eric Johnson in 2006, and operates as a the mutant sub-label to Audio Dregs. LIGHT & SOUND: The "art blog" of current E*Rock design, projects, sketches, and animation updates hosted by Portland's Urban Honking blog center. It is also embedded as the "news" section of this site. SUPERNATURE: Is a monthly dance party held in Portland by DJ BJ, DJ Copy and E*Rock and generally includes live acts as well as the resident DJs. COLLECTIVE JYRK: A now defunct art stimulant founded by E*Rock and D. Yellow Swans in 2001, it later also morphed into Pete Swansons CDR label for noise and out music. THUMB ZINE: A music and art zine from 1996-2000, started with friends in college and evolved over 12 issues. The 13th issue was growing quite large focusing on musicains that and their visual art and vice versa; but everything was lost in a drive crash before it could be published. 1999: A "Rock band" made with one part pop, one part dance, one part noise. Upcoming releases on Fryk Beat. (??) perhaps. The idea (in the year 1999) wasthat it would be a sort of appocolyptic dance rock band, but only two or three shows ever happened as a band, followed by short tour or two as a solo project. CARPET MUSICS : An early ambient recording project by E*Rock and Eric Diaz, with releases on Audio Dregs Recordings (1999 & 2001).
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