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An interesting caveat to consider metaphysically as well as geographically:  that perhaps the most interesting efforts in contemporary music do not occur in our major cities, but in areas one might seldom think to explore.  Such a premise was suggested by Kyle Gann, in New York’s Village Voice, in reviewing my composition, ‘to release... to allow... to emerge...’, premiered by The Atlanta Contemporary Chamber Ensemble for New Music America 1992 at Georgia State University.  

I've been creating works since 1972, premiered at such venues as Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, The Electric Mountain Music Festival of Central Wyoming College, the 11th and 16th Annual International Electronic Music PLUS festivals, the Festival Synthese Bourges in France, and Atlanta’s own Eyedrum.  I've also performed with the avant-garde performing group Phobia Nova at venues including Atlanta’s Railroad Earth (in conjunction with Pauline Oliveros) and The Contemporary, and, through Composers’ Resources, an organization I founded in 1980, sponsored performances of contemporary instrumental and electronic music by some of the world’s most noted and interesting composers.  

Can a 20th/21st century composer maintain music creativity as an art form free to explore new areas and uncover new truths about sound, time, aesthetics, and our relationship to these elements as both individuals and a society, while surviving on an ever-more challenging planet?  Maybe... with some energy, some luck, some talent, and the inspiration of some very energetic, talented, and amenable colleagues!

And time.  

Time is Music.  Time is Memory.  Time is Achievement.  Time is Life.

d/a73 imprint found genesis in 1994 as a zine and vinyl record label.  The first release was aiding Little Rock, Arkansas' File Thirteen Records put out the Thumbnail “The Sound of...” LP.  Next d/a73, or Double Agent 73 as it was then known, aided in the release of the Serotonin “While I Breathe I Hope” EP. The last recording on vinyl to be released was the Harriet the Spy “God Gave Us Music and the Courage to Sing” 10” EP.

Entropy sets in.

The next string of records came out in 2001, the 5 Spoonbender records. 2005 saw the label changing format, philosophy and even name (to d/a73).  Contained as a website, d/a73 began distributing all of its records for free, with artists such as Clutter, Susan Matthews, Lone Logician, 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing in the Night, Syntheteque, Sideways and Sugar, Faun, Taihen Ziko and The Sony AllStar.

Entropy sets in.

Present Day: d/a73 imprint is reconstituted with its back catalog, and, just as importantly, new artists such as Wave Shaper, Luciano Parra and more to be announced.

Someday, entropy will set in again. This year marks the 20th anniversary of d/a73, from a tiny zine made in Colorado Springs, Colorado to, um, me sitting here at a computer in Nashville, Tennessee. d/a73 is a thread throughout my life, a source of great friendships and memories. I hope you enjoy the recordings.

David Wright LaGrone

These are working demos for the Station Stories Project.
All Music/Sound by Daniel Hopkins

http://www.stationstories.com/

Live performances at Manchester Piccadilly Station to a private audience in headphones, in a very public place, taken on a trip of conspiracy, murder, love and revenge...

Station stories is a unique, site specific, live, literature performance event using digital technology and improvised electronic sound. From platform to platform, café to café and shop to shop, six writers take you on a creative trip at Piccadilly station and read specially commissioned stories. Our published and award winning writers include: David Gaffney, Jenn Ashworth, Nicholas Royle, Peter Wild, Tom Jenks and Tom Fletcher. Sound Artist: Daniel Hopkins
HOW IT WORKS

You are at Manchester Piccadilly Railway Station - You are wearing headphones - You are with a group all wearing headphones - The stations is crowded, people rushing everywhere - You can hear someone speaking in your headphones. She is telling you a story - The reader of the story is somewhere in the crowd, she is reading the story now, it's live - You try to pick her out from the crowd - Eventually she comes into view - She continues to tell the story. She talks to rail travelers around her. They don't know she is telling a story. They don't know she is transmitting live - They don't know about us - This is story telling with a difference - This is performance with a difference - This is Station Stories

For Booking Inquiries Contact music@tonevizion.com

Tonevizion is an experimental-bass, psy-bass, trip-hop, and glitch-hop musician from Indianapolis, Indiana represented by the Conscious Electronic independent music label. Growing in scope and depth with each new release, music by Tonevizion builds crowds, interest and emotion for recordings, performances and playlist spots which never fail to excite audiences.

 

Asked to describe his songs personally, Tonevizion describes having founded his own subcategory of EDM he calls “space hop.”

“Space bass is a blend of vibey and spacey melodies, experimental bass lines, and deep subs,” says Tonevizion. “My music tells a story with each track. I craft my DJ sets to do the same, taking the listeners on a sonic journey through space and time.”

 

Tonevizion’s repertoire includes such drops as “The Calling,” released August 2020 from Conscious Electronic. “The Calling” by Tonevizion continues to garner widespread critical and fan acclaim. Tonevizion’s tone, style and thematic ambience on “The Calling” have made it a resounding success with a variety of audiences.

 

Talking about the overall themes of his music, Tonevizion writes, “The Tonevizion project was started with the concept to tell stories with sound, to take listeners on a multi-dimensional sonic journey.”

 

In case this trip seems unlikely, it helps to note that Tonevizion calls his songs “psychedelically influenced.” He also describes music in almost medicinal terms.

“I enjoy making and listening to music,” he says. “It regulates me, regardless of the day I am having or the mood I feel. Music has always guided me. I make music as a form of self expression, to share my experiences with other humans, and to share that feeling which music has always given me.”

No newcomer to the stage, Tonevizion has performed live all over the state of Indiana, out west in Denver, as far south as Nashville, and as far north as Shepard, MI. He has dropped three official, label releases to date, and has shared the stage with such popular artists as Mr. Bill, iLL Gates, Phutureprimitive, ZEE, Psymbionic, as well as other nationally touring musicians.

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