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AREA C was formed in 2003 by Erik Carlson. AREA C's compositions examine the texture and tonal characteristics of sound, working with live loops, their cyclical relationships, and the details of their decay over time. The work blurs boundaries between digital and analog as well as electric and acoustic, foregrounding sound sources from out of the way places.
Using looping tools, effects pedal and real-time tape recorder manipulation, AREA C strives for the creation of subtle, textural and dynamic sounds through acts of sonic manipulation, disintegration and recombination, applied in the studio and during performances. Improvisation also plays an important role for AREA C, with live performances often based on extended explorations of minimal thematic starting points or clusters of note and melody.
In addition to original experimental releases and performances, AREA C also works with audio art, installations, soundtracks and sound design, collaborating with architects, filmmakers, poets and photographers. AREA C's work has been featured in the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, the Architectural League of New York, Sundance Film Festival, RISD Museum and Brown University, among other venues. AREA C recently completed a permanent interactive installation titled "Lo Rez / Hi Fi" in Washington DC, a collaboration with architect J. Meejin Yoon of MY Studio / Howeler+Yoon Architecture.
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Erik Carlson lives in Providence, RI. He is the primary writer for AREA C, playing guitar, farfisa, sampler, recorder, etc. Erik performs and collaborates with Joel Thibodeau in Death Vessel. He also works as an architectural designer and spent the last 6 years with the award-winning firm SINGLE speed DESIGN, based in Cambridge, MA. For live shows he is often joined by Jeff Knoch, on farfisa and harmonium.
Prior to forming AREA C, Erik was a founding member of Purple Ivy Shadows ('92 - '02) and Seeland ('00 - '01, with I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness's Ernest Salaz). With Purple Ivy Shadows, he released records with Rykodisk, Slow RIver, Spinart, and Dark Beloved Cloud Records.
Crucial Musical Collaborators:
Jeff Knoch plays farfisa and harmonium with AREA C and is a frequent collaborator in recordings and live shows. He recently returned to Providence from travels in the southwest desert with Parmalee, his dog. Jeff is a founding member of Providence's Urdog and currently performs solo under the name Eyes Like Saucers.
Joel Thibodeau is from Maine but lives in the backwoods of Rhode Island and is Death Vessel. He was there at the beginning when he and Erik were starting anew after the demise of their previous bands, each lending a hand in forming what would become Death Vessel and AREA C. Joel plays guitar, violin, persussion and sings in AREA C. Prior to all that, he was in Stringbuilder with his brother Alec.
Honorary Members: John Hong (bass, saxophone, piano, voice) and Frank Mullin (drums).
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