Sloth Brain has been stealthily creating visions of and for the world in an electronic mode since early 1996. The music of sloth is built upon the fundamental notion of improvisational sound sculpting with whatever is at hand. Most recently a ukelele has added a new dimension.
In November '96 we performed at Modern Fuel Gallery in Kingston Ontario (http://www.modernfuel.org/) for the opening of an exhibition titled 'Soft Copy/Hard Copy' featuring works by Ian Carr-Harris, Robin Kingsburgh, Rebeccah Fahrig, Sasha Lee, Digital Soup and ten-to-the-x. In September 2003 we played the launch party for a collaborative project called 'The New Icon', initiated by CG artist and electronic musician Aleks Berland-aka Karmakat (http://karmakat.ca/karmakat-the-music).
Sloth Brain performed for Nuit Blanche 2009 in Toronto. We presented an improvised series called 'Phases of Venus'. Over 2700 people visited the venue.______________________________________________________
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The gathering of field recordings continues, such as those utilized in 'Hartebeesthoek' and 'Alpen Gnome'. The video 'I Love You Smoothie' is an artifact of observing the city of Toronto at night.
'Silverhawk' is a requiem of sorts for the Jamaican sound system by the same name that went down to defeat at an infamous sound clash by the hands of the powerful and historic Killamanjaro. Check out UK Cup Clash 2008 for info on the crew: http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/ukcupclash08/ . 'Saltatio Astronomica' is a 'commissioned' short suite of music for a dance performance.
Looking ahead, we will be offering you ever more surprising hits to occupy your pets while you're out shopping.
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---------------------------"For me, an area of moral clarity is: you're in front of someone who's suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act. " Paul Farmer, Anthropologist and Physician.The United Nations Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti, he is the author of a number of books related to his work in Haiti including: 'AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame', Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Dr. Farmer co-founded Partners in Health (PIH) out of a clinic in Cange, Haiti in 1987.
