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Mata Hari: Eye of the Dawn
Mata Hari: Eye of the Dawn been playing music in this incarnation
since Fall 2004 and were founding members of Fault Collective and
Bitch Velour. They've been fast friends since 2001. There are two
projects under construction. The first being a death metal project
featuring the nasal contributions of John MInemeyer and the second
being inspired by the trials and tribulations of Early American
Women...
They are a cello duo with the occaisonal guitar thrown in for good
measure. The two ladies have played together in other outfits, though
this is the most self explorative and instrumentally sparse.
Nate Mars
NATE MARS started
his music career back in 1996, playing the bass guitar for a few
hardcore bands in upstate New York and while watching Twilight Zone
episodes with no volume in his parent's basement, Nate wrote his
first music under the influence of this visual inspiration. He began
his musical career using little more than a cassette 4-track to
create beat-oriented, film inspired music.
 Nate
Mars always had an interest in electronic music, even as a bass
player. In the year 2000, he began to learn the fundamentals of
the turntables. During his quest to master the decks, he came to
a realization that he saw beyond the limits of a single instrument.
Instead, he heard a unified composition of many instruments. Recognizing
electronic music as the modern form of composition, he saw production
as the next logical step in his musical journey.
Nate Mars, now 25, has more than acquainted himself with many aspects
of the musical world he has submerged himself into. With his musical
talent crossing most traditional music boundaries, DJ/Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist
Nate Mars fuels the NYC underground electronic music scene with
his own hybrid of laptop programming and live instrumentation to
produce drum and bass tracks. The combination yields his love of
both organic composition and technology.
When asked why he swapped out his rock roots for electronic music,
Nate responded, "I never stopped playing instruments to make electronic
music, I still practice all the time. I'm trying to break the preconceived
notion that instruments and circuits can not be integrated together
successfully as one sound. I want to bridge the gap by flipping
the crossfader on people's brains and allowing them to see that
all mediums of artistic expression should be embraced, since it
is the message that is really important."
 Nate
Mars is making his way to the ears of electronic fans everywhere.
In August 2004, his track "Concentric Circles" was released on Liberation
Systems' The Deprogramming Sequence. This compilation also includes
such accomplished artists as DJ Spooky, DJ Wally, Guillermo Brown,
amongst others. In addition to the CD release, "Concentric Circles"
will also be featured on the limited edition vinyl. The compilation
is available domestically and in Europe through Morpheus Distribution.
The track "Concentric Circles," is the aural illustration of stone
throwing. Every action - even the smallest ripple - sets in motion
a chain of events that go beyond what we see. It's the keen observations
of what most people never perceive that inspire Nate Mars to weave
together the auditory pieces of his actions and those in nature
to make music.
Nate Mars is currently in the studio finishing up an EP scheduled
for a Winter 2006 release. Check out the new tracks here.
www.natemars.com
Liberation
Systems: The De-programming Sequence
Nate
Mars on MySpace
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