Biography
IF, BWANA
Since the 1980s, Al Margolis has earned an international reputation for
his experimental music recorded under the name If, Bwana. Realized with
a range of collaborators, If, Bwana music is a fusion of ambient,
industrial, and musique concrete, featuring strange soundscapes that
are both soothing and unnerving, often at the same time. Margolis has
also been very active as the owner of two prolific labels, the cassette
label Sound of Pig and, since the 1990s, Pogus Productions, a CD label
with a focus on experimental contemporary classical music.
MICHÆL PETERS
Michael Peters is the author of Vaast Bin (Calamari Press, Fall 2007).
Various manifestations of his written-sound-images have appeared in
journals and books like Sleepingfish, Word for/Word, LUNGFULL!,
Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures, SPELL, Spinning Jenny, and Richard
Kostelanetz's Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. His visual poetic
structures can be found in various special collection libraries like
the Sackner Archive; they have also appeared in numerous galleries and
anthologies, such as the recent Ohio State Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection and the
Minnesota Center for Book Arts' Vispoeologee. Most notably with Poem
Rocket and the Be Blank Consort, aural manifestations of his sounds
have appeared on recording labels such as Atavistic, P Entertainment,
Magic Eye, and Luna Bisonte Prods. This appearance at Issue Project
Room will be his third collaboration with Al Margolis.
Since the 1980s, Al Margolis has earned an international reputation for
his experimental music recorded under the name If, Bwana. Realized with
a range of collaborators, If, Bwana music is a fusion of ambient,
industrial, and musique concrete, featuring strange soundscapes that
are both soothing and unnerving, often at the same time. Margolis has
also been very active as the owner of two prolific labels, the cassette
label Sound of Pig and, since the 1990s, Pogus Productions, a CD label
with a focus on experimental contemporary classical music.
MICHÆL PETERS
Michael Peters is the author of Vaast Bin (Calamari Press, Fall 2007).
Various manifestations of his written-sound-images have appeared in
journals and books like Sleepingfish, Word for/Word, LUNGFULL!,
Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures, SPELL, Spinning Jenny, and Richard
Kostelanetz's Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes. His visual poetic
structures can be found in various special collection libraries like
the Sackner Archive; they have also appeared in numerous galleries and
anthologies, such as the recent Ohio State Visual Poetry in the Avant Writing Collection and the
Minnesota Center for Book Arts' Vispoeologee. Most notably with Poem
Rocket and the Be Blank Consort, aural manifestations of his sounds
have appeared on recording labels such as Atavistic, P Entertainment,
Magic Eye, and Luna Bisonte Prods. This appearance at Issue Project
Room will be his third collaboration with Al Margolis.
