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::"...US sound artist Conure...creates complex and original works of electronic manipulation full of rich textures and fine details that don't fall into an easy category."
-Patrick (Self Abuse Records/Solipsism)::
::Conure is Mark Wilson of 15 Degrees Below Zero. I started this project in May of 2000, shortly after the formation of Imperial Floral Assault Unit, the pre-cursor to 15DBZ. After years of being a music consumer, I decided it was time to create something of my own. Since that time, I've had numerous CDR releases on such labels as Troniks, Zaftig Research, Immanence Records, Solipsism, Cohort Records, and Sonora, amongst others. I also have CD releases on Crunch Pod and Edgetone Records. In addition, I've been fortunate enough to play multiple shows on both US coasts as well as international shows in Victoria and Montreal, Canada and Berlin, Germany.
In the beginning, I took a more electronics- and software-based approach to noise. However, over the years, lo-fi equipment and sound sources have begun to dominate, an approach that I feel much more comfortable with, an approach that has led to a considerable evolution in my sound as I feel more in control of what I'm doing. I look forward to seeing where I go from here.
My greatest thanks go to Dan and Mike from 15DBZ for all of the advice they have given me over the years and to Ben Arp from Crunch Pod for all of the support.::
::EQUIPMENT USED (current and past):
keyboards (Yamaha CS2X, Roland JP8000, Midiman Oxygen8), Roland MC-303 Groove Box, Roland MS-1 sampler, various software applications (Ableton Live, Fruity Loops, Cool Edit Pro, Sound Forge, SimSynth), mixers (some Alesis 16 track behemoth, Behringer Eurorack UB1202), Roland ED UA-30 Audio Interface, Edirol USB Audio Capture UA-25, found sounds, field recordings, samples, minidisc recorders (Sharp MD-MT15, Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH910), various CD players, contact mics and other microphones, laptops (some Dell Latitude model, Toshiba Portege 4000, Toshiba Tecra A4, Toshiba Tecra A9), various effects (Line6 DL4 Delay Modeler, Electro-Harmonix Doctor Q Envelope Follower, Ashdown Bass Envelope Filter, Boss Digital Reverb/Delay RV-3, Alesis NanoVerb, Boss Digital Delay DD-3, Arion Digital Delay/Sampler DDS-1, DOD Overdrive Plus FX50-5, DOD Equalizer FX40-B, Boss Hyper Fuzz FZ-2, Boss Hyper Metal HM-3, DigiTech PDS 1550 Programmable Distortion, Boss Heavy Metal HM-2 distortion, Darelectro Milkshake Chorus, Boss Distortion DS-1, Boss Enhancer EH-2, Ibanez Thrashmetal TM5, Arion Octave MOC-1, Boss Bass Flanger BF-2B, DOD Stereo Phaser FX20-B, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Metal, Danelectro, FAB Flange, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Johnson Fifties Tremolo FT-2,
Wholenote Phaser PH-170, DOD FX7 Guitar FX Processor/Preamp, Jim Dunlop USA Original Crybaby GCB-95, Dunlop USA Crybaby 535Q, multiple software effects), various turntables and records, toy electronic drum, portable television, various radios, guitar::
