The misconstructionist founder of testcard, adrian uses various divinatory approaches to performance method, seeking answers to 'hidden' truths thru use of vipassana meditation, butoh dance, brain frequency machinery, tarot...his research include e.v.p,haunted spaces, using sound, film drawings and writings..he believes that the answers to life are within the darkness of the self...and to access them one must go beyond the boundaries of the behaviour pattern. Email testcard@rocketmail.com.
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Worked on the Electronic Voice Phenomenon project and Nosferatu, as well as The Turbine Rooms recordings from the Tate Modern perfomances. He was a key figure in the Transmit project brain frequency experiments in Berlin and Kiev. As well as his work with Testcard, Matt is a performer and digital artist in his own right composing for film and performers such as the Butoh master Masaki Iwana. His own recordings can be found at www.mattgrey.com |
Lepke B's blissful regard for the sacred in life has placed him as one of the Testcard knights. His totally unique approach to sound, plunderphonics and visual art have led him to work with some of the most respected people in his field, including the Turntable Hell tour with Otomo Yoshihide. Lepke broadcasts intermittently on London's Resonance FM as The Hand of Glory and his band ... Die Trip Computer Die released their 3rd album in 2006. Lepke appears on many of Testcard's recordings and continues to make guest appearances on the Testcard radio show each month... |
Malcolm has pioneered the 'transmit' project from its early beginnings in russia 2001.A digital artist and sculpture in his own right, Malcolm is continually sought after for his 'hands on' approach to interactive art forms..his work with the physically impaired has led him to co-form his own company 'sensable media' with his partner sue orton flynn. see www.sensablemedia.co.uk
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Another
testcard pioneer; mandy's percussion,vocal and guitar
work can be found on many early testcard recordings,
she later became more interested in samplers, and
most recently began to document and film testcard
performances both in england and abroad... |
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1956-2003
New York professor of social psychology,doctor of
mathematics,writer and performer,marti was an enigma
in his own lifetime,always preferring the 'common
man' to the hi-fliers of life...marti provided often
'political' vocal onslaughts to many of testcards
early performances...
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brought up in a zen buddhist monastary,tim turned
his early training into ear splitting sonic onslaughts
at many of testcards performances, later preferring
to utilise his unique 'sub bass' vocals on spoken
word performances...particularly on 'no more hiroshimas'
at the phoenix gallery, brighton... |
Ian
helliwell was the seminal tape loop and electronics
expert behind testcards early performances. He featured
on the notorious exorcist transmission amongst others.His
own label Geiger Counter specialises in abstract film
and soundtrack production. Ian now performs regularly
around Europe,notably the Avanto festival in Helsinki. |
Simon
Wade,the earliest testcard performer, contributed
the industrial percussion to amongst others the BBC
maidevaille recordings and the JSA performances at
the Albert in Brighton. Simon went on to start his
own label based in London producing his own music
specialising in dub. |
Esther
Hoyuelos is a butoh dancer. She performed with testcard
in Kiev for the transmit project. Her butoh training
with masters such as Masaki Iwana and unique performances
have made her highly sought after in dance. |
