Thousand Void Crush

January 7, 2009





*Name: Thousand Void Crush

*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: TV Crush

*Do you use a pseudonym? No

*Members: Dave Wesley, Monte Schaffer, Casey Borchert, and Craig Grossman

*Founding Members: Dave Wesley and Monte Schaffer

*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: We are definitely digital deconstructions.

*Another genre descriptor: "Spamation"

*Why you use this descriptor: We created a serious of tracks that each highlight a different form of spam or dogma - ranging from personal ads, self-help propaganda, musicians wanted ad, and food recipes.

*Location: Minneapolis

*Original Location: Minneapolis

*What is your creative/artistic background: DW - Musician, DJ and Producer - Guitar since 5 years old. Active in bands and now the electronic scene from a young age until now. Currently concentrating on own brand of political dub techno that I call "arctic dub". Founded Sursumcorda the website and club... and now Arctic Dub Records and Machine Based Reasoning (a social network for dub techno, minimal, and experimental music fans, DJs, and producers.

*History: 10 years.

*Born: I was born in Minneapolis in '63. Don't know about the others. Same general age range.

*Motivations: Always been motivated by outsider artistic expression and sound production is in my blood.

*Philosophy: All expression comes from the same source. I see reusing media or appropriation as just a lower level of granularity when compared to traditional musical components, like the Western 12-note scale, etc. Combining sonic elements in time at a specific time and place - always produces unique human expression. TV Crush recent activity has focused on live improvisational performance (and performance art) - always combining deep groove with ambient guitar and computer generated found sound and atmospheres.

*How would you like to be remembered: As an outsider artist.

*Web address: http://www.davewesley.com