Bill Converse
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Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Bill Converse grew up immersed in the Detroit techno sound before relocating to Austin, Texas in 1998. From there, he began building up an arsenal of synthesizers and slowly making a name for himself as a DJ and producer, becoming a fixture of the city's local electronic music scene. Producing music under the name WWC, a 90-minute cassette of Converse's fluid, hypnotic acid techno tracks titled Meditations/Industry was released by local label Obsolete Future in 2013; the shorter Alienself followed in 2014. Converse helped establish a crew called Timelife Methrave, which started an online radio show titled Tunnel Dive in order to highlight underground electronic producers and DJs. In 2016, the San Francisco-based label Dark Entries issued an abridged LP version of Meditations/Industry, this time credited to Bill Converse. The album was followed by Warehouse Invocation, an EP containing additional material from the original Meditations/Industry cassette as well as a previously unreleased track. The 12" single "7 of 9" followed on Texas Recordings Underground. In July of 2017, Converse released the double 12" Salt of Mars on Tabernacle Records, as well as The Shape of Things to Come on Dark Entries.
Mures
Mures at its essence is a series of aural instances: a headfeeders, not room-readers musics group. Formed in 2015 and operating on the margins of the Houston “rock” scene, the ever-evolving group comprised of musicians and non-musicians alike with Joshua Cordova at its core, performs aktionist-informed spontaneous sequences. Mures recently self-released “Live XL-Cut”, a live recording of the group in peak improvisational form at Jackie O’Body’s School Of Dance. Other recorded instances of various (lineup) forms are available via Rompe Hechizo and MRT.
C.L.A.W.S.
C.L.A.W.S. is the solo project of San Francisco based musician Brian D. Hock. The project began while living in Berlin in 2004 collaborating with Beaner and releasing several records for infamous riverfront club Bar 25 under the name “War Vs. Sleep.” At the same time C.L.A.W.S. began releasing solo records for Kid 606’s Tigerbeat 6 label. Over the years after returning to San Francisco he has released records and tracks on labels such as 100% Silk, Discaire, Left Hand Path, Ecstasy, Jacktone, Brokntoys and Gooiland Elektro (with Kit Clayton). Currently he runs the labels Squirrels on Film (with Solar) and Immortal Sin (with Tyrel Williams) where most of his new productions land. He has also been an avid promoter, running predominantly underground nights such as Gentlemans Techno, O.K. Hole, Hostile Ambient Takeover and a resident for Kitti Von Paige’s La Puteria events.
In addition to the club music he has been playing drums and touring extensively over the years with his bands “The Vanishing” and “Bronze” who have amassed a strong discography on labels such as Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL), Rvng Intl., Not Not Fun, Castleface, Enfant Terrible and Cochon.
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