earcon explores the extreme
sonic possibilities afforded by contemporary means of sound
production, fusing the controlled and the random into a volatile,
ever-twisting whole.
Although a voracious fan of music,
listening to everyone and everything possible, the path into a
recording studio would prove long and circuitous.
First,
earcon incorporated sound into art installations. These noise
experiments, comprised of both warped field samples and inchoate,
haunting textures, possessed many of the characteristics of what
would later become his signature sound.
Shortly after setting
up shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he began to show his work in a
variety of settings, from Brooklyn's famed Lunatarium, alongside the
likes of DJ Spooky, to Chelsea's Caren Golden Fine Art, where he
shared space with venerated sound artist Christian Marclay.
His
sonic investigations necessitated increasingly complex compositions,
requiring him to look outside of visual art and into the world of
music. He began playing gigs, first at dives and then later at
mainstays like Share, Remote Lounge, Tonic and CBGB's. In 2001 at a
neighborhood bar, he and hip-hop producer, Cave Precise, had the
first of many friendly conversations. Those discussions provided the
spark for what began initially as a tentative collaboration but soon
escalated into the intense effort that produced Man From Planet
Risk's ‘Escaping Chixalub‘.
earcon continues to compose
and perform music with Man From Planet Risk as well as various side
and solo projects.
Presently, Eyekhan extends his work in
painting and sculpture into the digital visual realm primarily
working with .gifs of destroyed .jpegs.
Both earcon's and
Eyekhan's works can be viewed or heard on the web at eyekhan.com
