Artifact Unknown is a new music and sound project by Benjamin Bacon (SoundSpade). Music for the Isolation was recorded in a small hotel room in Durham, North Carolina during the initial outbreak of the coronavirus in the USA. This mini-release was recorded with a minimal setup of a Steinberg audio interface, MacBook Pro, and performed on the Moog Matriarch.

Artifact Unknown - Music for the Isolation


— Number Station ZhuHai (V0I3) (Album Preview) (Unmastered). 

Number Station ZhuHai will be the first single and remixes from the upcoming album “Number Stations” by SoundSpade due out summer 2014. The single and remixes will be available April 15th, 2014 at —> http://soundspade.bandcamp.com and previews will be posted on SoundCloud.  

— Number Station ZhuHai (V3I2) (Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3 Preview) (Unmastered).

From the upcoming 87fei87 Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3. Check it out here —> http://87fei87.bandcamp.com on February 23rd, 2014.

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Number Station ZhuHai (V0I3) (Album Preview) (Unmastered)

— Number Station ZhuHai (V0I3) (Album Preview) (Unmastered)

Number Station ZhuHai will be the first single and remixes from the upcoming album “Number Stations” by SoundSpade due out summer 2014. The single and remixes will be available April 15th, 2014 at —> http://soundspade.bandcamp.com and previews will be posted on SoundCloud.  

— Number Station ZhuHai (V3I2) (Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3 Release)

Checkout 20 other great songs made in China on 87fei87 Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3. Check it out here —> 87fei87.bandcamp.com/album/taxeee-tapes-vol-3

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Number Station ZhuHai (V3I2) (Taxeee Tapes Vol. 3 Release)

Three DJ sets from SoundSpade at DADA Shanghai on March 27th, 2014. Total set time 3 hours 55 minutes.

Dada Shanghai - Part Two - SoundSpade - 2014 - 03 - 27

Number Station ZhuHai (V1I1 Kidder Remix) is from the upcoming album, Number Stations by SoundSpade to be released fall/winter of 2014.

https://vimeo.com/94729475

The video was part of a longer video reel for the بیت بر ثانیه (Bitrates) Exhibition in Shiraz, Iran. May 23rd, 2014. 

Music: SoundSpade
Remix: JJ Kidder
Video: SoundSpade

SoundSpade is Benjamin Bacon.

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Number Station Zhuhai (V1I1 Kidder Remix) (Preview)

Chinese New Years Party With Black Eyeliner At Dada Beijing

Dada Beijing - Chinese New Years - 2015

Siouxsie Sioux Excerpt From The TV Show Play At Home With Siouxsie And The Banshees

Play At Home With Siouxsie And The Banshees - Siouxsie Sioux Excerpt

Play At Home With Siouxsie And The Banshees - Robert Smith Excerpt

Black Eyeliner - SoundSpade - With FM3老赵 + CAVIA + Shanyinde - Dada Bar Shanghai - May 15, 2015

SoundSpade - Slight  of Hand (Basement Demo 2002)

DJ Set By SoundSpade At C's Bar In Shanghai, China on July 11th, 2015.

SoundSpade - DJ Set - C's Bar Shanghai - 2015-07-11

SoundSpade - Sophia Skeleton - Parts I to IV - Beijing Live Bounce On November 2nd, 2015.

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Sophia Skeleton - Parts I to IV - Beijing Live Bounce

11日21月 星期六 // Saturday November 21st, 2015 // 
BLACK EYELINER • 黑眼线 

DJ’s: 
DJ SLIDE (US)
PEI (Computer Love Beijing)
SodaPop
SoundSpade

Visuals + Interactives: BRKR + DOGMA LAB 

Black Eyeliner - 2015-11-21 - DJ SoundSpade - DADA Shanghai

// UNFORTUNATELY THE RECORDING IS NOT THE GREATEST //

THE CENTAURS Episode 8: Carl Stone 
With Support from Peng Zhuang and SoundSpade

Carl Stone is one of the pioneers of live computer music, and has been hailed by the Village Voice as "the king of sampling." and "one of the best composers living in (the USA) today." He has used computers in live performance since 1986. Stone was born in Los Angeles and now divides his time between San Francisco and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. His works have been performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and the Near East. In addition to his schedule of performance, composition and touring, he is on the faculty of the Department of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Japan. 

Stone utilizes a laptop computer as his primary instrument and his works often feature very slowly developing manipulations of samples of acoustic music, speech, or other sounds. Because of this, as well as his preference for tonal melodic and harmonic materials similar to those used in popular musics, Stone's work has been associated with the movement known as minimalism.

Date: Friday, December 11th, 2015 
Venue: YunCai Cafe Shanghai


CARL STONE - THE CENTAURS 8 - LIVE - DECEMBER 11 2015

PENG ZHUANG - THE CENTAURS 8 - LIVE AT YUNCAI CAFE SHANGHAI - DECEMBER 11 2015

I needed a new song for a last minute live set I was invited to the day before. "A Pocket Full Of" was the result. This is the live version played at the KIC Shanghai.

This track will also be featured on next summers SIDELINE MUSIC:  FACE THE BEAT: SESSION 4 compilation.

A Pocket Full Of (Live At KIC Shanghai Version)

Track Four - Noise Arcade - Live At Voltage Divider • 分压器 • V • At The Shelter • 2016.01.21

Voltage Divider • 分压器 • V • The Shelter • Shanghai • 2016.01.21

Voltage Divider • 分压器 is a event at The Shelter Shanghai that explores different experimental and avant-garde musical styles and non-traditional production methods. For the fifth installment of Voltage Divider • 分压器 we have very special guests from Beijing: NOISE ARCADE and FLIP FLOP. And from Shanghai, 33 from Duck Fight Goose will perform her solo work and SOUNDSPADE (Voltage Divider / Black Eyeliner / Dogma Lab)

Track And Performance Order

Track One •• SOUNDSPADE (Shanghai) •• 44:02
Track Two •• FLIP FLOP (Beijing) •• 26:05
Track Three •• 33 (Duck Fight Goose, Shanghai) •• 48:21
Track Four •• NOISE ARCADE (Beijing) •• 49:17

Visuals, Interactive And Installations By DOGMA LAB

• https://www.instagram.com/soundspade/
• http://www.dogma.org

Musicians

• SoundSpade • https://soundcloud.com/soundspade
• Flip Flop • 
• 33 • https://soundcloud.com/wushanmin
• Noise Arcade • https://soundcloud.com/noise-arcade-1


Noise Arcade - Live At Voltage Divider • 分压器 • V • At The Shelter • 2016.01.21

BLACK EYELINER•黑眼线 || 4 Year Anniversary • 四周年 •02月06日星期六 • 2016 • Saturday, February 6th • DJ SoundSpade • DADA 北京

The 4 year birthday bash for Black Eyeliner and a night of experimental, dark and evolving genres of dance floor Beats. There will be awesome surprises and out of this world fun with Black Eyeliner resident DJ SoundSpade, special guest NAAAH from Shanghai’s legendary Push N’ Pull, Pei from Beijing’s Computer Love/Bye Bye Disco, Compact Dick and Ozone. DADA 北京

黑眼线四周年纪活动将带来一夜的试验、黑暗舞曲，由黑眼线常驻DJ SoundSpade，来自上海Push N&`& Pull 的特邀嘉宾 NAAAH, 北京 Computer Love/Bye Bye Disco, Compact Dick 和 Ozone。DADA 北京

DJ SoundSpade - Set List 
1. David Bowie - I'm Afraid Of Americans 
2. SoundSpade - A Pocket Full Of (Structural Demo Three For KIC) 
3. Komor Kommando - The factory incident (IVARDENSPHERE mix) 
4. ANNA - Unstable Structures 
5. Wumpscut - Embryodead (Deejaydead Remixx) 
6. Click Box & Run Stop Restore - Helen In The Keller (SoundSpade Reconstruction 1) 
7. Click Box & Run Stop Restore - Helen In The Keller (SoundSpade Reconstruction 2)	 
8. Atom™ - Ground Loop 2	 
9. Phylum Sinter - Das Bootie [cooptrol remix] 
10. Blac Kolor - Frequency Hell 
11. The Real Life - Corporation Of One 
12. Plastique De Reve - Sounds You Hear 
13. JoeFarr - Tape 10 
14. The Cure - A Forest (Plati/Slick Version) 

Black Eyeliner • 黑眼线  •  DJ SoundSpade • 4 Year Anniversary • February 6th 2016 • DADA Beijing

DJ SoundSpade Opening DJ Set For Bye Bye Disco Presents Edgar Peng - March 19th 2016 - The Shelter Shanghai

Track List 
01. The Horrorist - It Goes Like This 
02. Konzept - Human Transmission 
03. Black Kolor - Everything Is In My Control 
04. Dark Sky - Dark Sky - Shutter Speed 
05. Blackhouse With Hypnoskull - Yaam (I Proclaim Your Name) 06. R/eject - God Bomb 
07. SoundSpade - A Pocket Full Of (KIC Mix) 
08. KOMOR KOMMANDO - the factory incident (IVARDENSPHERE mix) 
09. Wumpscut - Embryodead (Deejaydead Remixx) 
10. Mark Verbos - Start Up Drive 
11. ANNA - Unstable Structures 
12. SoundSpade / Click Box & Run Stop Restore - Helen In The Keller (SoundSpade Reconstruction 1) 
13. SoundSpade / Acretongue / Click Box & Run Stop Restore - These Soft Machines / Helen In The Keller (SoundSpadeReconstruction 1) 
14. SoundSpade / Click Box & Run Stop Restore - Helen In The Keller (SoundSpade Reconstruction 2) 
15. Matthew Dear - Drop Science 
16. Sami Koivikko - PÃ¤Ã¤jÃ¤Ã¤sÃ¤ 
17. James T. Cotton - Bizarre Carnival 
18. Matt Whitehead - A Is For Acid (Perc Redux) 
19. Black Kolor - Rule Forever (Cute Heels Mix Two) 
20. Matt Whitehead - A Is For Acid (Perc Redux) 
21. Drax - Phosphene (Perc & Truss Remix)

DJ SoundSpade Opening DJ Set Bye Bye Disco Presents Edgar Peng - March 19 2016 - Shelter Shanghai

AnimadVersion: Release Number Two - 1999 (SoundSpade 2016 Mix).  

A Mix Of Unreleased Demos And Outtakes By The Electronic And Industrial Duo AnimadVersion (Benjamin Bacon + Jon Ford).  Taken From The AnimadVersion Recordings For The 1999 Album 'Release Number One'.   

Track Listing  
01. Lost.V.2.1999 
02. Snag.V.1.1999 
03. Ami.V.1.1999 
04. Serial.V.2.1999 
05. Ignoreum.V.1.B.1999 
06. End.V.2.B.1999

AnimadVersion - 1999 (SoundSpade 2016 Mix)

Hatred Of Capitalism -  Live At Voltage Divider 7 - May 11th 2016 - The Shelter Shanghai

Alpine Decline And GOOOOOSE Performing Live Modular Synthesizer Sets At Voltage 分压器 Divider + Sub-Cinema Presents on June 7th, 2016 At Shelter Shanghai.

— The Epic 4 Hour Modular Synthesizer Documentary • I DREAM OF WIRES
— Live Modular Synthesizer Performances After The Documentary By • ALPINE DECLINE (Maybe Mars) + GOOOOOSE
— Interactive + Visuals • Dogma Lab

Tracks
1. GOOOOOSE - Live Modular Set At Voltage Divider + Sub-Cinema - Shelter - Shanghai - 2016.06.07
2. Alpine Decline -  Live Modular Set At Voltage Divider + Sub-Cinema - Shelter - Shanghai - 2016.06.07

Alpine Decline -  Live Modular Set At Voltage Divider + Sub-Cinema - Shelter - Shanghai - 2016.06.07

GOOOOOSE - Live Modular Set At Voltage Divider + Sub-Cinema - Shelter - Shanghai - 2016.06.07

Earsnail is a Beijing electronic music band consisting of Wang Xu (White+ drummer) and Yan Shuai (Da Bang guitarist ). Both of them have been actively playing in different bands for more than a decade in China. They are trying to create unique sound and interesting tunes, in a way that no one else has played before. 

耳蜗（earsnail）来自北京，成员：王旭 (白＋ 鼓手)，阎帅 (Da Bang 吉他手)，风格方向以电子乐为主，成立于2015年末，成员各自玩乐队十年有余，两人希望用不一样的声音或者以前没有尝试过的想法来做一些有意思的音乐


Bird 4 - 21

VOLTAGE 分压器 DIVIDER • 九

Thursday • July 7th • 2016 // 星期四 • 7月7日 • 2016 • 22:00 
Live Electronics & Performances By // 电子现场 & 表演 阵容:

• EARSNAIL (Beijing • 北京) - (Wang Xu of White+/Yan Shu – live)
• FUTURE GAZE (Shanghai • 上海) 
• SOUNDSPADE (Shanghai • 上海)
• XC3N (Shanghai • 上海)

• Visuals And Interactive Works By // 视效互动 : DOGMA Lab

Thursday • July 7th • 2016 // 星期四 • 7月7日 • 2016 • 22:00 • 30RMB • The Shelter • Shanghai // 庇护所TheShelter • 上海

ABOUT VOLTAGE 分压器 DIVIDER:

Voltage Divider • 分压器 is a series of music and media events based in Shanghai that explore different experimental and avant-garde musical styles and non-traditional production methods. Previous musical guests include Snap Line, Gooooose, White+, Noise Arcade, CHARM, 33, Flip Flop, FM3 LaoZhao, Alpine Decline, Meng Qi, MHP, Nathan Felix, and more. Voltage Divider • 分压器 is organized and presented by Benjamin Bacon, co-founder of Dogma Lab, dj event Black Eyeliner • 黑眼线 and other deversions.

Voltage Divider • 分压器是一系列在上海的探讨不同风格的试验前卫电子乐和音乐制作方式的音乐和多媒体演出活动。在分压器出演过的嘉宾包括Snap Line, Gooooose, White+, Noise Arcade, CHARM, 33, Flip Flop, FM3 LaoZhao, Alpine Decline, Meng Qi, MHP, Nathan Felix等。Voltage Divider • 分压器由Benjamin Bacon组织并推出，他是上海跨媒体设计实验室Dogma Lab的联合创始人和DJ活动Black Eyeliner • 黑眼线的联合创始人。

EARSNAIL - Live At VOLTAGE 分压器 DIVIDER • 9 • Shelter • Shanghai • 2016.07.07

We Make The Terror (V3.5 Extended) by SoundSpade (Benjamin Bacon) 2016

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We Make The Terror (V3.5 Extended)

DJ Set By SoundSpade From MOMA Music Festival In LiuZhou, China On July 30th, 2016. 

MOMA Music Festival - LiuZhou - 2016.07.30

SoundSpade - DJ Set - MOMA Music Festival - LiuZhou - 2016.07.30

Zebre Rouge - Live At Voltage Divider 10 - August, 4th 2016 - The Shelter - Shanghai (coming soon)

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VOLTAGE 分压器 DIVIDER • 十

Thursday • August 4th • 2016 // 星期四 • 8月4日 • 2016 • 22:00 
Live Electronics & Performances By // 电子现场 & 表演 阵容:

• HATRED OF CAPITALISM
• LOADS~NOTHING
• PENG ZHUANG
• ZEBRE-ROUGE
• SOUNDSPADE (DJ)

• Visuals And Interactive Works By // 视效互动 : DOGMA Lab

Thursday • August 4th • 2016 // 星期四 • 8月4日 • 2016 • 22:00 • 30RMB • The Shelter • Shanghai // 庇护所TheShelter • 上海

Live At Voltatage Divider 10 - August, 4th 2016 - Shelter Shanghai

Zebre Rouge - Live At Voltage Divider 10 - August, 4th 2016

Soundspade - A Pocket Full Of (Side-Line Magazine -  Face The Beat Session 4 Compilation) -- https://sidelinemag.bandcamp.com/track/a-pocket-full-of-kic-shanghai-version

https://sidelinemag.bandcamp.com/album/face-the-beat-session-4

Side-Line Magazine launches 4th volume in their popular free 'Face The Beat' series: "Face The Beat: Session 4" - 92 tracks from the industrial underground!

It's almost one year ago that we launched the 3rd volume in the Side-Line powered charity compilation series "Face The Beat". During the past few months we have completed a brand new volume again focusing on getting as many unsigned bands as possible aboard. And what a ride it has been... as we have again been inundated with thousands of submissions. The quality was so high this time that we have increased the number of bands that could participate this time.

"Face The Beat: Session 4" counts 92 tracks (!) from electro / industrial / experimental bands based allover the world.
All the participating bands have one thing in common: they all are supporting our charity work, which this time will go to build a sanitary installation for a public hospital (based in the Mexican state of Veracruz). Why Mexico? Our chief editor Bernard Van Isacker explains: "When I was in Mexico to get wedded earlier this year, I was rushed to a public hospital (where usually the poor people go) with a serious back injury. I was so incredibly well-received and helped out even though it was very clear that the hospital was very much underfunded. The doctors, the nurses, they have done a splendid job in caring for me. But one thing struck me during this period and that was that the poor people waiting outside (sometimes for hours) had no toilet facilities or a place where they could take care of their babies. The hospital had no funds to build this, so I decided to help them out financially. But what I gave isn't sufficient to finish the construction and complete the sanitary facilities. That's when I realised that the charity project to be supported this time by Face The Beat should be this. You know, we are so damn lucky with our public health service here in Europe. So, if you want to help out, then please donate, you'll make the life of so many people a lot easier and comfortable."

"Face The Beat: Session 4" was compiled by Bernard Van Isacker and features lots of new talents, and several familiar 'faces', from the electro, wave, industrial, dubstep, dark folk scene who wanted to put their shoulders under this release. You'll find well known acts such as The Psychic Force, Kant Kino, Antibody, and many more next to a huge lot of new talents which caught our attention in the past few months, many of these bands don't have a label contract or have just been signed recently.

The material was carefully mastered by Erlend Eilertsen (Essence Of Mind) for your best audio pleasure.

Reaching the end of this tumultuous year, and closing in on the Christmas and New Year's festivities we count on you to be generous with your donations - it's no obligation of course, but you'll make sure that thousands of people will be able to wait in human conditions during their hospital visit.

Good to know, there will be no middleman to transfer the donations and just like the previous time the Side-Line team will be donating 500 Euro too just to show you how much we care about this project. You can also support this project with recurrent donations at www.side-line.com/donations/ if you wish to.

Many thanks to all of the bands and labels that have sent material, too many to name (over 2400 this time), and congratulations to all the bands that have made our selection! United we can show that we have our heart at the right place!

A Pocket Full Of (KIC Shanghai Version)

A Pocket Full Of (Side-Line Magazine -  Face The Beat Session 4 Compilation)

Lets Get Naked & Listen To A Bunch Of Voltage 分压器 Divider

Last Month of The Shelter.. Sad to see a legendary venue and cornerstone of underground and independent electronic music in China leave us.. But I'm sure the good people behind the scenes are scheming an amazing comeback next year.

Live Electronics & Performances By // 电子现场 & 表演 阵容:

• MICROSEQ
• FLØØØD 
• NOISE ARCADE
• 33
• GOOOOOSE
• XC3N
• ZEBRE ROUGE
• PENG ZHUANG
• LOADS~NOTHING
• SOUNDSPADE

• DJ COMPACT DICK

• Visuals And Interactive Works By // 视效互动 : DOGMA Lab

Sunday • December 11th • 2016 // 星期四 • 12月11日 • 2016 • 18:00 • 40RMB • The Shelter • Shanghai // 庇护所TheShelter • 上海

Lets Get Naked And Listen To A Bunch Of Voltage Divider - 2016.12.11 - The Shelter - Shanghai

FLØØØD - Live At Lets Get Naked And Listen To A Bunch Of Voltage Divider

XC3N - Live At Lets Get Naked And Listen To A Bunch Of Voltage Divider

Voltage 分压器 Divider

16 July 2017 // 8 pm Doors // 9 pm Performances // 40RMB // ALL Shanghai

Sunday, July 16th, Part 2 of VOLTAGE 分压器 DIVIDER July series of live music events at Club ALL in Shanghai. We have Noise Arcade returning from Beijing, 33 solo from Duck Fight Goose, Uptown R&B legends Peng Zhuang, the mysterious Flitsill, XC3N returns with his hyper 8-bit and SoundSpade.

Tracks

1. Peng Zhuang - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider
2. XC3N - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider
3. SoundSpade - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider (Modular / A Future Robot Funeral)
4. 33 - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider
5. Noise Arcade - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider

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Voltage 分压器 Divider - July 16th 2017 At Club ALL Shanghai

SoundSpade - Live At Voltage 分压器 Divider (Modular / A Future Robot Funeral)

SoundSpade - A FUTURE ROBOT FUNERAL (Demo.2)

Recorded At DOGMA on August 6th, 2017

Benjamin Bacon is SoundSpade

A FUTURE ROBOT FUNERAL (DEMOS)

SoundSpade - A FUTURE ROBOT FUNERAL (Demo.2)

Volume I - Dirty Disco - Live And Remastered

Accept The Candy - DOGMA Lab Shanghai - April 19th 2015 (Live and Remastered)

Modular Roll - Club ALL Shanghai - July 2nd 2017 (Live and Remastered)

Far - Intro from A Future Robots Funeral by SoundSpade. Composed by Benjamin Bacon between 2018 - 2019. Composed, recorded and copyright Benjamin Bacon (SoundSpade).

A Future Robots Funeral

Far - Intro (A Future Robots Funeral - Berlin Mix)

Away (The Day After - A Future Robots Funeral)(Shanghai Mix) by SoundSpade. Composed by Benjamin Bacon between 2018 - 2019. Copyright Benjamin Bacon (SoundSpade).

A Future Robots Funeral (Pre-Mix)

Away - The Day After (A Future Robots Funeral - Shanghai Mix)

Music for the Isolation

Artifact Unknown - Music for the Isolation I

Artifact Unknown - Music for the Isolation II

Artifact Unknown is a new music and sound project by Benjamin Bacon (SoundSpade). Performed and recorded live in a small hotel room in Durham, North Carolina on the Moog Matriarch (midi controller) + Elektron Digitone.

Imperfections are the textures of life.

Cultivating Green

Artifact Unknown - Cultivating Green

I am a new media artist, musician and Associate Professor of Media & Arts at Duke Kunshan University. Current music and sound projects: SoundSpade / Artifact Unknown. Co-Founder of DOGMA. https://benjaminbacon.studio

SoundSpade / Artifact Unknown

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