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What really makes a music scene? You know--those certain reasons that make you put on a jacket and promptly head for the El or call a cab just to get there in time. That's what Chicago Innovative Electronic Music (CIEM) and subVariant are asking via their Crowdsourced 1.0 event: What is it about electronic music that people want to see live?

It really is a heady question. But, CIEM & subVariant's preliminary answer seems to be: "That which is "crowdsourced."

To the unfamiliar, "crowdsourced" means that the content that is the most popular "rises to the top" via votes--as in, the crowd chooses what's the most relevant. On Digg.com (a popular news and entertainment aggregator) the front page is filled with only the content that has been voted up through "diggs." Threadless is also a good example: only the designs that are voted hottest actually make it to production.

On April 10, CIEM will test their theory in the electronic music world. Electronic music fans and supporters were asked to vote on a number of the submissions from Chicago artists to determine the lineup for the night. After approximately 600 online-votes later, the results were in, and the top four will perform in order of the number of votes recieved.

It's democracy in electronic music. Like, seriously, democracy. Not that "republic" stuff that's been thrown around. These artists have been chosen by the people, for the people. 

Crowdsourced 1.0:

dreamlogicc 9:15pm [mix]
Protman 8:30pm [mix]
Roth Mobot 7:45pm [mix]
Polyfuse 7:00pm [mix]

The Empty Bottle 
7pm - 10pm
$3
1035 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622

Here were the contenders:

Rebound Kawa DJmix by Kawa

Alphabasic Arctic Tour 2011 Portland Whiskey Bar Live by Protman

Vista damage mixdown by [esc]ape

Audition For Randy by Justin McGrath

Live on RTS.FM by dreamlogic

Latest tracks by RothMobot

The Consequences by Liz Revision

Here is the promo of the new and first release of 2011 for Bedroom Research :

PROTMAN - BALLOONOMANIA  (BR031)

Artwork by Vivi @  Victorbaba

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TAGS: Computer Science, Lucky Bag, Freestyle, Nanotech, Lo-Fi, Future Retro, Tracker Beats

    Here is an incredibly refreshing yet immersive Lp by Chicago based producer Joe Hahn aka Protman. You probably know him if you already got hooked by labels such as Kracfive, K-rad or Ironchef of Music. Joe has been around since the apparition of nerds on earth and has never failed in posting a constant flow of amazing sketches, tunes and mixes on his own space since then. And the BR team has been a fan from day 1.

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    With this super rich blend of Early Electronic, Sequencer Music, Techno, Dub, 8bit, IDM, etc. Protman slaloms between microsounds, blips, crackles and cuts reminding AtomTM, Secret Mommy, Raymond Scott or The RipOff Artist, and both catchy and emotive melodies a la Mouse on Mars, Lithops keeping all the trippy way a strong and distinctive personality he has been crafting for more than a decade now. This release, indeed, contains works from 1999 to 2005 and proves once more that true quality music doesn't loose anything with maturation :)

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