by Chris Young on February 5, 2010
Electropolis is a city in the distant future where blips rule the day and bleeps conquer the night. A place where the humans are divided–there are the dance masters and master dancers. The dance masters create electro-rhythms and force the master dancers to disco-funk and hustle to their penetrating beats.
But harmony does not reign in Electropolis. The savage, thumping packs of dance masters each battle for supreme control over the master dancers, and groups of these inhabitants have arrived in Portland.
The crusade for supreme control of Electropolis takes place at Someday Lounge on Saturday, February 6th between Arohan, Serious Business, Sex Life, Soft Metals, Starlight & Magic, Very International Love, and The Pragmatic.
Dance masters are planners and thinkers, fabricating beats and parties. But without the lowly master dancers, they have no reason to exist. Thus, it is up to you, the master dancer, to keep the machine running, let the beat pound on.
Dance to the duel and determine who will rule Electropolis on Saturday night.
With the help of the E.T. phone, OMN was able to beam a transmission into the future and alphabetically ask Electropolis’ princesses and powerhouses about their arrival at Someday on Saturday.
Listen to Very International Love “Fire” while you read.
Arohan
Who are you?
Arohan: …is Taylor Gehrts, a Portland native working on electronic music for the last decade and also one half of the ambient duo Mori. He loves dancing and making others do the same. The Arohan project started up about 3 years ago and hasn’t stopped changing sounds since–from instrumental techno/house to updated 80’s inspired vocal pop and back. Don’t get too used to my sound.
Serious Business: Three businessmen specialized in the art of dance; Jason Mampel, Daniel Diana-Peebles, and Jeramie Moran.
Sex Life: Bobby Smith, Ashley Long, Colin Jenkins, and Niko Kwiatkowski.
Soft Metals: …is the electronic music of Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks. Metals are strong and represent permanence. It is difficult to shape them to our purposes, but it can be done. It is the idea of humans shaping the resources on our planet that have always been here–our intelligence, our inheritance of things that other humans left behind, and what we make of them.
Starlight & Magic: We are the heavens’ execution of freestyle synth passion, an exercise in the pleasures of the flesh, and a couple of fine m-effers.
Very International Love: Joe Turner and Connor Dudley.
What is Electropolis?
Arohan: It’s a party, and an idealistic techno all-the-time fantasy city (similar to Berlin).
Serious Business: A sci-fi dance party featuring the talents of Portland’s finest electronic musicians.
Starlight & Magic: According to Google it’s a four-part “retro themed” future sci-fi mystery comic series set in “1999 as envisioned in 1939.” It was supposedly created by Dean Motter and run from 2001 to 2002, but we know better than to believe that!
Very International Love: Electronica for the People!
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