Artist description Current: Dan Burke working with electronic synthesis, computer composition & manipulation, musical reference, and close microphone searching hands.Referencing external & enhancing internal locations, manipulating semi-recognizable elements in structures of a re-arranged language of error. Destroyed music, broken sound, disturbed ambience and the quest for the sublime.

Music Style experimental, electronic, ambient, electro-acoustic improv

Artist History Illusion Of Safety has been the ongoing project of Dan Burke since 1983,working with numerous individuals in various combinations of one to 10 members. Their work has been continually evolving, never settling into aneasy niche. Each collaborator has brought their own unique perspective to theproject. Since 1991 IOS have released 15 CDs on labels such as Silent, OddSize, Staalplaat, Soleilmoon, Manifold, Tesco, and Complacency. As of June2000 IOS has completed over 170 live performances in the U.S., Europe, andCanada. At times their work has been called ambient, post-industrial,electro-acoustic, electronica, noise, sound collage, improvisation, and powerelectronics. Unable to categorize their work into one style, each release,live performance, and sometimes individual piece often shifts abruptly fromone atmosphere to another. Leading some to describe their output asschizophrenic. Their work is Decomposition: using obscure sources, exhibitinga strong sense of balance in structure and sound color, juxtaposing thebeautiful and the disturbing.

Instruments computer, synthesizer, sampler, microphone, & conventional.

Albums 15 CDs, 2 Lps, 4 7

Press Reviews "...curiously sidesteps the elements of post-industrial, experimental, and ambient musics in the creation of something fascinating and uncategorizable."-i/e "...strikes a balance of power and originality essential to a trulyinnovative and entertaining record in any genre." -CMJ "...intriguing in its avoidance of cliche, and difficult tocategorize in its aesthetic." -Sound Choice "IOS are an instructor's guide on how to use samples in an innovative way." -MFTEQ

Additional Info 2 t-shirts, & love

Location Schaumburg, IL - USA

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