Maetrik @ Pi-REM

Friday, August 10, 2007
Laptop Lounge and SexyRobotMusic presents

Maetrik (Treibstoff / Iron Box)
214 (Digital Distortions, Hallucination / SEA)
Let's Go Outside (Pnuma/Soma Records, Buried in Time / PDX)
Señor Frio (Digital Distortions, Buried in Time / PDX)
SciFiSol (Wwinal, PDX)

Pi-REM
433 NW 4th Ave (@ Glisan)
Portland, OR
9pm - 2:30am, $5, 21+

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MAETRIK . . [LIVE]

(Treibstoff, Morris Audio, SCSI-AV, Immigrant, Tic Tac Toe, Iron Box Music, Ai, Connaisseur, Regular, Big Chief and many more / DALLAS)
http://www.maetrik.com/
http://www.myspace.com/maetrik

Eric Estornel, under the names MAETRIK, MARIEL ITO, and simply ESTORNEL - has been contributing to his musical world around him since 93. First a DJ, and later developing his skills as a producer, Eric has always searched for the future of electronic dance. Not being confined by rules of styles or genres is most important to Eric, as he makes his way through a political and fickle industry.

Eric as has a massive, quality discography on such respected labels as Triebstoff, Morris Audio, SCSI-AV, Immigrant, Tic Tac Toe, Iron Box Music, Illmatic, Sub Static, Onitor, Modern Love, Affected Music, Ai, Connaisseur, Intrinsic Design, Stil Vor Talent, Regular, Big Chief and others. 2001 first saw him appear with releases on Immigrant and Treibstoff. Then in 2002 he took it further by helping label owner Bernhard Pucher (Brian Aneurysm) launch the label Iron Box Music.

Maetrik's sound eliminates the lines drawn between techno, electro, minimal, etc. It's music that is stunning, abstract, and driving. It's as much a delight for your brain as it is for your body. It's an extremely rare privelege to have him perform for us in Portland.



214 . . [DJ]
(Digital Distortions, Hallucination / SEA)
http://zebox.com/214/
http://www.myspace.com/214/

To sit at a table set with the sounds of 214 is to be served Hungry-man portions of honey-buttered electro beats, side dishes of synth-line treats, and dollops of IDM-get-down.Like most musicians, Chris Roman's path is rooted in a veritable melting pot of sounds. Some of the influences are obvious. Others not so much so.

His Puerto Rican birthright and Miami upbringing ring apparent when he's pumping out sci-fi roller disco sounds, but when his vibe turns to the cold dark comfort of Detroit-esque minimal mind funk, it would seem this man forgets from whence he came. It's a memory lapse that sounds like a lapdance in the side room of a space ship. More importantly, it's a memory lapse that works. It's not so much a lapse then as a love of diversity, a creative finesse with a variety of good tastes.

TwoFourteen effortlessly blends lush Latin roots with robo-transformer trips, always maintaining a skillful balance between the nasty, the not-right, the cold, hard, and just-right -- all at the same time. He's got plenty of tricks up his proverbial record sleeve. And he's been pulling them out for years now.

Wherever you can find it, count on 214 for premium blend electro and assorted savory flavors from the future.



LET'S GO OUTSIDE . . [LIVE]

(Pnuma/Soma Records, Buried in Time / PDX)
http://www.letsgooutside.com/

Let's Go Outside, Portland, Oregon's Stephen Schieberl, started DJing, producing, and promoting electronic music and events over fifteen years ago. He has since crafted his own style of genre-defying electronic dance music consisting of evolving textures, heavy bass, and unshakeable hooks.

Let's Go Outside's recent releases on Pnuma Records, a sublabel of Glasgow, Scotland's Soma Records, has garnered much popular and critical acclaim. "I'll Lick Your Spine" has been featured in DJ sets by Andrew Weatherall, Ivan Smagghe (Black Strobe), Ricardo Villalobos, Move D, Guy Gerber, Paul Woolford, Martin Eyerer, Viton, Chlöe, and many more. His live and DJ sets have put him on stage across Europe and the US with Green Velvet, Thomas Fehlmann, Agoria, Slam, Alex Smoke, Portable/Bodycode, Mark Henning, Marc Ashken, Matt Tolfrey, Audiojack, Lusine and other luminaries.

Let's Go Outside's discography already includes releases on Pnuma, Buried in Time, Akashik, and Midnight, with more popping up on Pnuma/Soma, Peloton Musique, and others over this next year.



SEÑOR FRIO . . [LIVE]
(Digital Distortions, Buried in Time, Narita / PDX)
http://www.myspace.com/senor_frio

Señor Frio is 1/2 of Camino Acid (w/ SciFiSol), 1/2 of Dirty Panda (w/ [Sik]) and 1/3 of I.D.M. (Irreconcilable Drum Machines w/ Ignatius & Gasp of Buried In Time), producing electro and techno tracks for nearly 4 years now. He was also part of electro-duo Ainu, of Toast & Jam Records.

Frio's solo style still holds its roots in electro, yet incorporates the elements of downtempo, house, idm and techno. Having played solo gigs at Holocene, KPSU, Noir, Smart Bar in Chicago, and the Decibel Festival in Seattle, he has honed his skills at engaging the listener with his own brand of techno-eroticism while gaining supreme knowledge in rocking the dance floor. Señor Frio's first release has just come out on Digital Distortions. His first techno release has come out on the Narita records Terminal 2 compilation. Some may think the machine music is cold but Señor Frio es muy caliente!



SCIFISOL . . [LIVE]
(Wwinal, PDX)
http://www.myspace.com/scifisol

SciFiSol (Christina Broussard), has nurtured a love affair with electronic music through the years combining analog synthesis with her voice in live electronic collaborations and performances. Her current self-produced solo project is an experimental collage of soundscapes that tell a story of mystery and dreams, fusing her love of the obscure with a desire to create innovative and expressive music. Her creations embody her own unique brand of electronica -- driven by complex rhythms and textures while floating upon ambient, emotional overtones, and featuring her voice interlaced throughout.