Artist description "Inasmuch as gardens do not conclude with a harvest and are not played for a certain outcome, one never arrives anywhere with a garden...Gardeners celebrate variety, unlikeness, spontaneity. They understand that an abundance of styles is in the interest of vitality. The more complex the content of the soil, for example - that is, the more numerous its sources of change - the more vigorous its liveliness. Growth promotes growth. The most elemental difference between the machine and the garden is that one is driven by a force which must be introduced from without, the other grown by an energy which originates from within itself." - James P. Carse - Finite and Infinite Games. There can be no Automated Gardens

Music Style ambient, drum n' bass, trance, progressive, experimental, big beat

Musical Influences Pete Namlook, Klause Shulze, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Aphex Twin, Plastikman, David Sylvian, Quantum Mechanics

Similar Artists Dreamfish, Aphex Twin, Tango n. Vectif, Future Sound of London

Artist History Automated Gardens will be long remembered for its all night marathons at various chill out rooms throughout North America, including the 13 Network rave with Ritchie (Plastikman) and Matthew Hawtin, as well as the E Network parties. Their eccentric cockpit of blacklights, analog sequencers, turntables, guitars, harmonicas and lots of customized delay and reverb boxes is a visual description of their sound. Lush, ecclectic, adventurous and yet in love with the sweetness of silence and minilmalism. Automated Gardens is the brainchild and inner workings of Toronto native Keram 'Redshift 4.26' Malicki-Sanchez, Jason (Shine) Spanu, and Josh 'NM1' Joudrie. Keram is a veteran of the independent music scene, having founded seminal freakout band Blue Dog Pict and the record label Constant Change Productions. Like Tricky's nomadic habits these recordings are from all different experiences, times, musicians, geographies and studios. For more information please visit the website at www.constantchange.com, or email info@constantchange.com. Constant Change ProductionsNo thing will EVER be the same. Copyright Constant Change Productions 1999. All Rights Reserved.

Group Members Redshift 4.26 (Keram Malicki-Sanchez): guitar loops, keyboards, samplers, vocal loops, tablas Shine (Jason Spanu): turntables, drum machines, fx loops NM1 (Josh Joudrie): outboard gear, onstage console. Also frequent guest members include Marty Stelnick (harmonicas/FX pedals) and D'Arcy McGuire (fretless bass/sub-harmonic synthesizer/FX pedals).

Instruments heart, soul, breath, hands, larynx, sweat, sex, nicotine, grass, gardens, robots.

Albums "Automated Gardens: AN4" (1995) Constant Change Records, "Witch/Head" (1999) Constant Change Records

Press Reviews "Haunting and sweet sounds soaked in a bed of sonic madness. Some may even say ear-candy or mind-food, truly a trip through to the other side of the sound. 'Witch/Head' charts the history of one of Toronto's true ambient collages, and leaves you with an enriched listening experience. Choice selection for 1999.' - Klublife, The Essential Klubbing Guide

Location Los Angeles / Toronto, CA / ON - USA

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