offthesky

bio (performance list below):

(michael) jason corder began devising sonic schemes in the womb by performing on the uterus wall to cope with the intense darkness. he finally forged an escape plan in 1977 and upgraded his musical medium to a sterling kitchen floor kit. many years later during the dark ages of the 386/amiga, jason retired the cutlery to began forging into the vast void of 8bit tracking.

later he began his travels to countless electronic music events which catalysted him into a fertile pit of sonic clay. using adverse software such as buzz, jason began an evolution. though after realizing the creative short comings of purely digital creation, acoustics, space resonation, and concept became common place. instruments such as guitar, piano, sine waves, field-recordings and weather pattern data are mainstays for off the sky.

today jason resides in the city of denver, colorado and composes experimental electronic music in collaboration with other working musicians. occasionally, he still writes music for fetuses..

about the moniker, or why offthesky?

off the sky was the original version but much later jason decided to simplify and evolve the phrase by truncating the spaces to forming an even more unique morpheme. originally the idea of the truncation was in order that solo projects could exist and be released under the offthesky iteraton and group based projects could use the off the sky version - however this quickly became confusing for labels, the fans, and the scene in general so jason has since decided to simplify and go minimal with the latest evolution of 'offthesky.

as the story holds, years ago jason - being a movie freak - was watching the film 'trainspotting' and translated a thickly spoken phrase from a particular scene where renton is declaring his will to get 'off the scag'. jason swore for the longest time that the main charachter of the film was saying 'off the sky' - mis-interpreting 'sky' to having been a british street slang reference to heroine and the act of getting high on heroin. not until years later, until the internet matured to a point was jason able to consult the actual script for trainspotting realizing that the phrase 'off the sky' was actually not in the movie:

Renton: Never again, Swanney. Im off the scag.
Swanney: Are you serious?
Renton: Yeah, no more. Im finished with that shite.
Swanney: Well, its up to you, man.
Renton: Gonna get it right this time. Gonna get it sorted out. Gonna get off it for good.

also jason has produced several misc. records using his own name: jason corder - typically these 'non-descript' projects that don't quite fit into any band or other moniker get put into the 'production' category that go under his own name - much like a film director would put their movie under there own name. other groups/monikers jason is or was involved in besides offthesky are: color cassette, juxta phona, aeris ash, muridae, shelters end, and lights like windows.

for more information on various releases related to jason corder and offthesky, pleaes visit his main discogs page and follow the bread crumb trail of links from there.

for more please visit:
offthesky via myspace

for a complete list of all major sonic tools involved click here
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offthesky live performance schedule:

/// 2010 ///
10.9.10 grave rave, boulder
9.30.10 dork bot, denver
9.26.10 red cell event, new mexico
9.24.10 astroland, boulder
9.23.10 botanic gardens, denver
9.11.10 surfacing, denver
9.12.10 textures, denver
8.6.10 first friday, denver
7.22.10 biennial, denver
7.11.10 titwrench festival, denver
7.10.10 biennial, denver
7.9.10 biennial, denver
6.13.10 transitor festival, denver
5.15.10 spine, denver
7.15.10 first friday, denver
4.17.10 communikey festival, boulder

/// 2009 ///
10.11.09 boomslang festival, ky
10.03.09 zebra lounge belgium
09.17.09 botancial gardens denver
08.13.09 film screening, louden house
07.20.09 live at CPR
06.14.09 phonograffiti installtion: BMOCA boulder, co
03.23.09 audio/video at Cranbrook, Detroit

/// 2008 ///
upcoming:
10.30.08 Audio/Video performance with Klimek
10.22.08 Audio PA at CPR
10.20.08 Audio/Video at FACT house
10.9.08 Audio/Video at CPR opening night
09.27.08 Audio/Video performance at Decibel in Seattle
09.26.08 Video performance at Decibel in Seattle
09.17.08 Ambient set at Void
08.16.08 Short experimental set at Void
07.18.08 co installation at object + thought gallery in denver
07.15.08 phonograffiti inst. opening for matmos in boulder
05.31.08 video PA at Mutek (deadbeat/dj olvie)
05.31.08 solo PA - textures in Montreal
05.20.08 headphones only show - 503 oldham ct
04.26.08 wrfl FREEKY festival; phonograffiti installation
04.20.08 communikey festival - live audio video
03.12.08 solo audio performance - 503 oldham ct
02.30.08 womens 09 p.a. / phonograffiti
01.13.08 ice house performance - audio video pa

/// 2007 ///
12.07.07 university open studio - live interactive sound/video installation
8.18.07woman's dressing room 09 - live audio

4.25.07woman's dressing room 09 (video pa)
3.24.07CD Release for the 'geist cycles LP'
arts place - lexington, ky

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/// 2006 ///

..America..
10.16.06 Woman's Dressing Room 09 - Lexingon, KY

..Europe..
6.24.06 KinkFM Radio Show, Amsterdam
7.02.06 Maison Follie, Belgium
7.02.06 Chapelle de Boendael, Belgium
7.07.06 PROJECT 101 Space, Paris
7.08.06 Silk Club via Cocoon, Germany
7.10.06 Liquid, Germany
7.16.06 Santarcangelo Theatre Festival, Italy

..Canada..
6.02.06 Piknik Elektronik, Montreal
6.03.06 Mutek, Montreal
6.05.06 Le Placard, Montreal
6.12.06 Laika, Montreal
6.13.06 Club La Rouge, Quebec City

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///2005 ///

..America..
8.13.05 open Warhouse space, Detroit (Social System gig)

..Europe..
4.02.05 Theatre Graaf Wichmann, Amsterdam, NL
4.03.05 Thalia, Wuppertal, DE
4.06.05 Liquid Room, Mannheim, DE
4.09.05 Rosis, Berlin, DE
4.10.05 Toon Festival, Amsterdam, NL

..Canada..
6.5.05 Mutek Festival, Montreal Ca

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///2004 ///

..Canada..
3.12.05 Le SAT, Montreal, CA
3.13.05 La Rouge, Quebec City, CA
3.14.05 Laika, Montreal, CA
3.17.05 Public Arts Venue, Ottowa CA

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