All improvised and written on the spot using Ableton Live and synths, guitar, bass and drums by Eric VanderVorste & Sam Rivkin on April 28th, 2023. Opening the night for Manic Focus at the Fine Line.

Fine Line, Minneapolis, MN - 04/28/2023

All improvised music created by Sam Rivkin & Eric Vandervorste. Written and recorded live at Marquette Place for Merge's Friday the 13th event by Cosmic Synergy and Unified Field Theory.

Sam Rivkin - Synths / Guitar / Bass / Looping
Eric Vandervorste - Drums / Percussion

Mastering by Adam Ovoid

Merge at Marquette, 10/13/2023 - Minneapolis, MN

Betafuse live at Unified Fields of Consciousness festival in Franklin, MN on June 3rd, 2018.

Unified Fields of Consciousness, Franklin, MN - 06/03/2018

Primordial Deliverance

Collective

Lyxel

Nomoshift

Hypercannon

Starscraping

Black Hole

Gravity Drive Activation

Evacuation

Sentience

Ex Inferis

Libera Te Tutemet

Distress Signal

Intro - 2047

Sunrise Set 07/31/2016, Stilldream Festival, Belden, CA

Kitty Cat Klub with BadnRad and Trnstyl on January 14th, 2017.

01/14/2017 Kitty Cat Klub, Minneapolis, MN

Released July 7th on The Great Magnet

100% improvised music recorded between December 2016 and May 2017 in Minneapolis, MN.

Engineered and Mixed by Sam Rivkin and Eric VanderVorste.

Mastered by Adam Westover (Ovoid).

Artwork by Resonant Language.

/prēˈpänd(ə)ˌrāt/

/ēˈlo͞osəˌdāt/

Biomechanical singularity; Earth starts to dissipate as we move to the stars.

Released July 7th, 2017 on The Great Magnet

100% improvised music recorded between December 2016 and May 2017 in Minneapolis, MN.

Engineered and Mixed by Sam Rivkin and Eric VanderVorste.

Mastered by Adam Westover (Ovoid).

Artwork by Resonant Language.

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/əˈmalɡəˌmāt/ II

Superstructures formulate; Ideas sprawl as technology moves.

Released July 7th, 2017 on The Great Magnet

100% improvised music recorded between December 2016 and May 2017 in Minneapolis, MN.

Engineered and Mixed by Sam Rivkin and Eric VanderVorste.

Mastered by Adam Westover (Ovoid).

Artwork by Resonant Language.

/ˈäskyəˌlāt/

Coming from a wide array of places around the world and musical styles, Abiogenesis brings together an eclectic spectrum of experimental electronic music. Abiogenesis meaning spontaneous generation symbolizes how each song gets crafted from a machine and brings forth sounds that come to life and bring the listener to new realms. Heavy, squishy, experimental, dub, and some downtempo all come together to create a true journey that is sure to make you feel and rock your sound system.

Mastering by Ovoid
Artwork by Nicholas Voltaggio

Occam's Razor [The Great Magnet: Abiogenesis]

11/09/2017 The Loft, Minneapolis, MN Supporting Phutureprimitive

Many Visions

Helicoid

Zygal

Molochizle

Optophormula

Sudiform

Recorded and created in the moment live at Infrasound Music Festival 2018.

Mastered by Ovoid

Infra

Highbridge

Myst

Written and recorded in the moment live at Prairie Pothole Music Festival 2019 in Anamoose, North Dakota. This was our last Betafuse show before we went on indefinite hiatus. Thank you for all the love and support. We are forever grateful.

Mastered by Ovoid
Created by Sam Rivkin & Eric Vandervorste

Prairie Pothole, Anamoose, ND – 07/20/2019

100% Improvised Electronic Music

Betafuse is a Minneapolis-based live electronic duo made up of Sam Rivkin and Eric VanderVorste. Using a vast array of sound sources and Ableton Live as a looping and FX vehicle, the two produce non-stop sets of Glitch-Hop, Dubstep, House, and Experimental music. Everything is made on the spot and in a 100% improvised format using no pre-recorded material.

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