Artist description Endif draws upon a broad spectrum of experiences and influences and distills them into original sonic compositions incorporating driving percussion, gritty noise theory, precision analogue synth lines, raw vocals, and tightly controlled experimentation. Ten years spent applying carcinogenic concepts to various hardware and software based audio tools has led to the marriage of precision editing with mastery of obscure sound mutation techniques. Emphasis is placed more upon energy, emotion, context and texture than on stale commercial formulas, towering arrangements or catchy pop hooks. The net result has dragged this one-time studio project out of the shadows and into the conciousness of hard-electronic enthusiasts across the planet. DJ's have found Endif's output highly compatible in both club and radio applications, and new playlists are infected daily. Endif has played on stages across the US, both headlining and supporting shows with such diverse artists as Spahn Ranch, Dripping Rictus, Switchblade Symphony, Wraith, Hate Dep't, Invertabrae, :|Krew, and Monstrum Sepsis. A full length release is scheduled for Summer of '03 and will include remixes from a variety of artists. Additional energy expenditures relate to sustaining and organizing the cultural engineering experiment commonly referred to as the Thirdwave Collective and its attendant projects and Sites.

Music Style hard electronic/industrial

Musical Influences sleepless nights, blinkylights, knobs, sliders, membrane switches,lysergic acid diethylamide, userfreindly supercomputers, dreams, voltage fluctuations, sudden flights of birds, synchronicity, that which has yet to be

Similar Artists stuff, this other thing, and that doodad over there

Artist History MEMBERS: Endif is Jason Hollis. BIO: Originally from Reno, NV, where the project was known as Epilogue. Moved to San Francisco in 1993 and clubbed his brains out while learning how to organize, promote, and run events from downstairs neighbors Shawnie and X of House of Usher. Exhausted by SF, he moved back to Reno a year later. While in Reno Jason and his co-conspirators Doree Dawn, Kiisu D'Salys, and Jeff Bailey, pretty much owned the dark events racket in Northern Nevada for the remainder of the 90's, with their reign of terror stretching from '94 to '99. Helped maintain a pirate radio station for a year and a half. Promoted and DJ'ed numerous club nights including Shadow Garden, The Vault, and SystematiK. Published 'SIC' and 'Emission' Zines. In addition to several solo live shows and guerilla performances as Epilogue and Winterlong, Jason opened for Hate Dep't twice, Switchblade Symphony, Spahn Ranch. In late '99 Jason reached escape velocity and slipped the clutches of the Reno Vortex and moved to Seattle. Ditching his hardware sequencers and old life in the process, Jason bought a macintosh and went into a digital-audio cocoon in a tiny overpriced studio apartment on Capitol Hill and rode out the final days of the DotCom boom. Upon emerging, he moved to Chicago in mid-2000 to harvest the wealth of opportunity available in its fields of cultural flux. Currently working on a full length release and playing out at least quarterly if not monthly. Additional energy expenditures relate to sustaining and organizing the cultural engineering experiment commonly referred to as Thirdwave Collective.

Group Members Endif is Jason Hollis. Other snap-in Modules have included: Will Shade- Multifunction Live Performer Unit with 2GHZ Remix Co-Processor Alfred Trautman- Single Serving Vocalist Fred Beecher- Sonic Alchemist

Instruments blinky lights, knobs, supercomputers

Additional Info Member Thirdwave Collective- http://www.thirdwavecollective.com

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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