https://alvinaronson.com Alvin Aronson Web 🌎 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:04:41 +0000 https://alvinaronson.com en http://alvinaronson.com/Untitled-page Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:04:41 +0000 Alvin Aronson Web 🌎 384853 http://alvinaronson.com/Other-Projects Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:14:34 +0000 Alvin Aronson Web 🌎 88642 Other Projects <img width="1278" height="712" width_o="1278" height_o="712" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/82794133733031aa4dc6cb0dea5d0cec565340fc1a43085065eb48fa06df52c3/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-1.24.20-PM_1278-1.png" data-mid="82784" border="0" /><img width="1274" height="716" width_o="1274" height_o="716" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6e7ccf7f9ef0a325c16e7acbfbfcd7c655fae6b40a784a2b1df19878e309fd1a/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-1.21.56-PM_1274-2.png" data-mid="82785" border="0" /> Army of Love (stills, installation view) 2016 Alexa Karolinski and Ingo Nierman’s Army of Love is docu-fictional video exploring utopian solutions to the societal malady of loneliness in the era of romantic commodification. Score composed by Alvin Aronson. Army of Love screens through September at Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art as part of Berlin Biennale 9. 2016, &nbsp;Format: Looping Video Soundtrack (40:07) &nbsp;K-W Institute Berlin&nbsp; Info &nbsp;Exhibition &nbsp;Book <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/973a98139e15a9b7f5ad7c3239c113c97767533d888b3777ae50a012dfd6493d/ER_MikaTajima_Mar14_035_1500-1_3.jpg" data-mid="82787" border="0" /> Negative Entropy — Mika Tajima, 2014 Mika Tajima’s Total Body Conditioning takes its name from a physical conditioning program developed to adapt the body to an exercise regimen emphasizing endurance, flexibility, and performance through the seriation of time and the partitioning of bodily space. The exhibition comprises three scenes—display, work, and fitness—that invoke technologies developed to control and affect the body.&nbsp;Each scene traces the management of the body in different spaces and temporal contexts from factory assembly lines to therapeutic “after work” locations. Featured in the exhibition alongside painted hot tub objects, Tajima’s machine-woven Negative Entropy acoustic panels portray spectrograms of field recordings from Toyota-powered Jacquard looms, an assembly line at a Toyota car factory in Japan, and a server colocation center. Using the same industrial source recordings, Alvin Aronson collaborated with Mika’s band New Humans to create a soundtrack for the exhibition. Using microsound processes, the field recordings are recombined into washes of placid sound, through which the throbbing pulse of drum machines periodically surface. The compositional process mimicking principle of “jidoka”—the core of Toyota’s production method of lean manufacturing that defines the relationship between machines and workers (referred to as “automation with a human touch.”) Through extreme control of time and space demonstrated by this global production system, the natural body comes in tension with the machinic body. <img width="500" height="499" width_o="500" height_o="499" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/91730a669a2f34808c8d54d50d27eaa98e2b9cff0f0e30e7873708c8df5bde7f/aa_tajima_bwsm_500-2.png" data-mid="82788" border="0" /> Opening performance 2014, &nbsp;Format: Looping Audio (16:00) &nbsp;Eleven Rivington NYC &nbsp;Stream&nbsp; Catalog Main Other Projects Army of Love (stills, installation view) 2016 Alexa Karolinski and Ingo Nierman’s Army of Love is docu-fictional video exploring utopian... http://alvinaronson.com/Press-Kit Sat, 16 Jul 2016 02:36:51 +0000 Alvin Aronson Web 🌎 88520 Bio &amp; Press Kit ALVIN ARONSON (Studio OST / White Material, US) Hailing from rural Missouri by way of New York and LA, Alvin Aronson is a musician and DJ rooted in experimental sound design and future-primitive techno. The White Material Records affiliate’s first two EPs showed his sonic range and deep production skills. Through City EP’s primordial drones and jacking machine funk and&nbsp;High Rise’s saturated palette of metallic drums and vertiginous chords, Aronson was quickly labeled “a dangerous talent”. Aronson’s live sets cut vectors through space and time, using modular synthesis to render immersive atmospheres and hypnotic drum tracks at their most sublime. Each set is tailored to its context and have spanned a range of venues, from smokey warehouse parties to backwoods estates. Most recently he has recorded with fellow White Material labelmate Galcher Lustwerk recording under the name Studio OST. The pair’s latest LP, Scenes (2012–2015), compiles cinematic ambience alongside Rust Belt club cuts. Download Bio <img width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/70ea139372ac9c779c47908c6833ae18db09984134e87564576471b071cecc78/AlvinAronson_StudioColor_sm.jpg" data-mid="82705" border="0" />Download Press Kit Main Bio &amp; Press Kit ALVIN ARONSON (Studio OST / White Material, US) Hailing from rural Missouri by way of New York and LA, Alvin Aronson is a musician and DJ... http://alvinaronson.com/Home-Page Mon, 30 Nov 2015 23:14:12 +0000 Alvin Aronson Web 🌎 83239 <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/005925019bd8b1510a9ac7a6b8f3775a7e326c50676eb0c85e9c881a880cf3ee/WM007_Label_B.jpg" data-mid="76200" border="0" /> Alvin Aronson Web <img width="1024" height="1024" width_o="1024" height_o="1024" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d3f144f23ba025887680b83ac126e1f18b3b0757932d4653478981a4c5318cce/E187F204-6345-459D-BCA3-D7ED20416F5E_1_105_c.jpeg" data-mid="1133614" border="0" /> Reconvening in the downsized 12” format, Galcher Lustwerk and Alvin Aronson’s Studio OST smartly turn out a quartet of productions geared towards the more inventive selectors. Studio OST – Eventide / Ascension EP&nbsp;(LWKMUS 005)A1 EventideA2 Eventide (Beatless)B1 AscensionB2 Ascension (Drums) 2016, Format: Digital, 12” &nbsp; Stream&nbsp; Vinyl&nbsp; Digital&nbsp; Bandcamp&nbsp; Review <img width="1500" height="1500" width_o="1500" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d85261234e98462990dc5630a2b1c8fc2217cf312490bce9e3435ad1d747d47e/level.jpg" data-mid="76228" border="0" /> Mix for Level Radio A mix recorded following the Brooklyn White Material label showcase &amp; ACLU benefit. Featured in Pitchfork’s 11 Best DJ Mixes of November 2016 Effortlessly controlled even when it tips toward mayhem. – Pitchfork 2016, Format: MP3 (1:59:27) &nbsp;Stream <img width="1500" height="1000" width_o="1500" height_o="1000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e4ce311f61455d8b8654ed81b606136b70899f6bebd8fe6b7cf7bea83a1df634/31147604715_f56a7f5568_o_sm.jpg" data-mid="76227" border="0" />Brooklyn, November 19, 2016 <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1d88f9c640868906c517cbc791ef5a8dd07114bdd39e7771fa7da57d10776d0f/etudes_1200.jpg" data-mid="76223" border="0" /> Études Studio - Mix №15A mix for Études’ AW16, which explores the zeitgeist of the hallucination generation and revisits the introspective tribalism of 90s subculture. 2016, Format: MP3 (1:06:40) &nbsp;Stream <img width="1500" height="1018" width_o="1500" height_o="1018" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d503d40c16f8a7843e06e37ff3e3fca3bdd61c2ce442355660dcba66ceccee45/atonal_bg2016-3.jpg" data-mid="76226" border="0" /> Berlin AtonalDJ set @ Berlin Atonal, Saturday August 27, 2016 2016,&nbsp; Berlin Atonal <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8fd9ddfa39dffd7800a01bfe4afa6779ce3342e220073e25e459cc173c960266/mixcover_1200-2.jpg" data-mid="76217" border="0" /> rejected mix for dekmantel – Studio OSTFeatured in Pitchfork’s Top 10 Mixes of June 2016 2016, Format: MP3 (1:05:50) &nbsp;Stream <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cf428d164954d25bdc5a19d543b6b8bbc2255f7cc051e0f044928b122737e388/488A1925_s_16.jpg" data-mid="76216" border="0" /> Studio OST is a collaboration with Galcher Lustwerk and Alvin Aronson. Their debut LP Scenes 2012-2015&nbsp;pairs cinematic ambience alongside Rust Belt club tracks.&nbsp;“These are not so much songs as spatial fields: You enter and walk around, admiring the ingenious architecture.”&nbsp;Studio OST – Scenes: 2012-2015 (LWKMUS 003) A1 Prelude A2 Speed City B1 Above the Waves B2 Bent LightC1 ITCZ C2 Unnatural City D1 1 Parsec D2 Session D3 Whitesands One of the year’s most generously proportioned techno long-players — one far more sumptuous than its modest profile would ever suggest. – Pitchfork Featured in Pitchfork’s 20 Best Electonic Albums of 2016 2016, Format: Digital, 2x12” &nbsp;&nbsp;Stream&nbsp; Vinyl&nbsp; Digital&nbsp; Merch <img width="1198" height="1198" width_o="1198" height_o="1198" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5942764a3eeea2282d58ec2f8f8b468307aef3738f1203a442250f94b6d00244/Screen-Shot-2016-06-24-at-9.47.28-PM.png" data-mid="76208" border="0" data-scale="100"/>As close to perfect as any set I’ve heard in a good while. – Pitchfork 2016, Format: MP3 (1:07:57) &nbsp;Stream <img width="1000" height="669" width_o="1000" height_o="669" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7909bd21741dca0639a7ab53e7db64a78bae51b32659e43a90105325d8b2f552/alvinaronson_finetime.jpg" data-mid="76211" border="0" data-scale="100"/>Los Angeles, January 8, 2016 <img width="1197" height="1197" width_o="1197" height_o="1197" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9014ce0b69974718a7582ff4c24bbeb095038352f6ee026ec1c8367a941ffdab/nord.jpg" data-mid="76199" border="0" />An EP released by Danish label Nord compiling original tracks alongside collaborations with Morgan Louis and Galcher Lustwerk. Sonifying vertigo in the high rise city. Alvin Aronson - High Rise [NORD009] A1 Brain Gray (ft. Galcher Lustwerk) A2 Black Car B1 High Rise (ft. Morgan Louis) B2 Mat A dangerous talent. – RA 2015, &nbsp;Format: 12”&nbsp; Stream&nbsp; Buy&nbsp; Bandcamp <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d812bddc3ef8e6fab7475fcd83229280f6d05af20c7943bf2964e4e73aba9735/WM007_Label_Asm.png" data-mid="76202" border="0" />Debut EP on White Material Records Alvin Aronson - City EP [WM007] A1 Aevus A2 Fog City A3 Extension B1 Hominid B2 Drone Techno B3 City 2 It’s got cool, instant classic written all over it. – RA 2015, &nbsp;Format: 12”&nbsp; Stream&nbsp; Buy&nbsp; Bandcamp Other Projects <img width="1278" height="712" width_o="1278" height_o="712" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/572eda1fce1d99d6777532c6fed976bf8ad28abde339df65d9a2bfeac5724c1d/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-1.24.20-PM.png" data-mid="76205" border="0" /><img width="1274" height="716" width_o="1274" height_o="716" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c5197d8ae64e55dfc8d22583c23a67ffe68a0fd517327d0549d42654813b0221/Screen-Shot-2016-06-06-at-1.21.56-PM.png" data-mid="76206" border="0" />Army of Love (stills, installation view) 2016 Alexa Karolinski and Ingo Nierman’s Army of Love is docu-fictional video exploring utopian solutions to the societal malady of loneliness in the era of romantic commodification. Score composed by Alvin Aronson. Part of Berlin Biennale 9.&nbsp;Watch it on Ubuweb 2016, &nbsp;Format: Looping Video Soundtrack (40:07) &nbsp;K-W Institute Berlin&nbsp; Ubuweb &nbsp;Info &nbsp;Exhibition <img width="1575" height="1050" width_o="1575" height_o="1050" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7d59fcc69e6f972fe26d177c19e29430550df07fa3390e97a7866d939b702658/ER_MikaTajima_Mar14_035.jpg" data-mid="76203" border="0" /> Negative Entropy — Mika Tajima, 2014 Mika Tajima’s Total Body Conditioning takes its name from a physical conditioning program developed to adapt the body to an exercise regimen emphasizing endurance, flexibility, and performance through the seriation of time and the partitioning of bodily space. The exhibition’s three scenes—display, work, and fitness— invoke technologies developed to control and affect the body, from factory assembly lines to therapeutic “after work” locations.&nbsp; The soundtrack, created by Alvin Aronson in collaboration with Tajima’s band New Humans, uses the same industrial field recordings from Toyota-powered Jacquard looms, a Toyota car assembly line in Japan, and a server colocation center. The field recordings are broken into very short sound particles and rearranged into placid washes of sound, with cardiac bassdrums periodically breaking the surface. Here the process mimics Toyota’s “jidoka” production methodology, which defines the relationship between machines and workers (referred to as “automation with a human touch.”) Through extreme organization of both sonic and rhythmic time, the soundtrack expands on Tajima’s exploration of the tensions between the natural body and the machinic body.<img width="500" height="499" width_o="500" height_o="499" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2fb0b4fe117a738be9e8366d4d4db16671f2b16939ad20139c2428a0a1f78085/aa_tajima_bwsm.png" data-mid="76204" border="0" data-scale="51"/> 2014, &nbsp;Format: Looping Audio (16:00) &nbsp;Eleven Rivington NYC &nbsp;Stream excerpt&nbsp; Catalog <img width="400" height="500" width_o="400" height_o="500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1d6f5dfeed7840b16d7da66917ab5047040b8e3aaff24e41bb056e035b52508c/160112_Fog5.png" data-mid="76207" border="0" /> Alvin Aronson is an American musician and DJ. Soundcloud &nbsp;&nbsp; Discogs &nbsp;&nbsp; Booking/Contact Alvin Aronson Web Reconvening in the downsized 12” format, Galcher Lustwerk and Alvin Aronson’s Studio OST smartly turn out a quartet of productions geared...