It’s been a while since Housepitality has featured a live PA act, and it’s high time we bring in one as legit as Mr. Shawn Rudiman, (aka CT1, aka Computronix), a master of synths and drum machines and live, improvisational techno (and beyond) hailing from Pittsburgh, PA.
A true master of live performance, his knowledge of all types of hardware, from old analog gear to new sequencers, samplers, and synths gives him the ability to control and modulate his performance as a DJ would, with the caveat that his sets are completely original and to a large extent improvised.
Quick story by Miguel Solari here... SO, the first time I saw Shawn Rudiman it was the 7th City afterhours at the first Detroit Movement festival (DEMF). It was I believe Dan Bell and Shawn Rudiman who I experienced that night. ANYWAY, It was a little room with one strobe light and Shawn manning a 303, 606 and a 909 and at least one other synth plus he was controlling effect thru a board... Well, this was the night that turned me on to Shawn's talent for life. I still have never seen one human ROCK a room of dancers SO hard while improvising beats and synth lines LIVE on the spot. He played for over 2 hours and it was never boring. Well, that was 15 years ago and today he is EVEN MORE of a monster piece theatre behind the machines... I've been working on this booking for over a year.. Please enjoy:==)
We’re very excited.
In addition to our out-of-town guests, Housepitality always likes to focus on the amazing local talent we have here in SF, and to that end, local legend El Gato (aka Christopher Leath) opens the main room to get things heated up. Arrive early.
Further representing both Pittsburgh and SF, our extremely talented resident Mike Bee will be handling the Groove Lounge all night long.
Join us for some live electronics. We got you.
Shawn Rudimann
In 1989, Shawn Rudiman started production work with Ed Vargo as part of the seminal Industrial group T.H.D. (Total Harmonic Distortion). This EBM/Elektro unit became quite popular in the EBM/Industrial music scene of the early to mid 90′s. They released 4 full-length albums, countless remixes and compilation releases on both European and domestic labels. During these formative years, Shawn developed a fascination with vintage music machines. In 1997, he decided to stray from his Industrial-EBM roots to explore the depths of pure rhythm and sounds in Techno music.
Rudiman’s all live sets of non-stop, improvised techno became his trademark. His innate understanding of hardware drum machines, sequencers, samplers and synthesizers gave his performances the fluidity and smoothness of any DJ set, but entirely flexible in direction and tempo (well before the introduction of software live applications). These performances gained international attention throughout the Techno community and became the stuff of legend.
Today he resides in the Midwest, still releasing records and remixes. Always a consummate studio enthusiast, Shawn maintains, repairs and builds analog and vintage synthesizers while keeping a busy international touring schedule.
El Gato
DJ/PRODUCER of various genres electronic - mostly techno, d&b-jungle, house, dub, down-tempo, dancehall, ambient, noise, grime/dubstep, um...
Label owner of "el otro mundo" and "bloo neko".
Mike Bee
Mike has been a pro DJ for going on 20 years. Former music journalist (XLR8R, Urb, SF Bay Guardian), club promoter (La Belle Epoque, Bottom Heavy, Safe, Future Shock - all SF), label owner (True Intent) and buyer for Amoeba SF's electronic music section for 6 years (13 at Amoeba total). Mike now operates a record store called Vinyl Dreams (in the Lower Haight district of SF), and is a resident of Housepitality.
Enjoy handcrafted cocktails by our very own groove lounge mixologist.
World class acts, world class music, every Wednesday night..
We got you!
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