Diagram of Suburban Chaos
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Diagram of Suburban Chaos is the pseudonym of William Collin Snavely, a composer of electronic music
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rave scene played a major part in his musical development. He and his older brother formed a musical partnership recording homebrewed techno to cassette with a mixer and an old tape deck.
Snavely moved to Seattle in 1997, where he met Darrin Wiener, the cofounder of Imputor?
Records. They worked together on several projects, and the first Diagram of Suburban Chaos album, Status Negatives, was released by Imputor? in 2002.
Snavely has released a number of tracks since then on labels including Tigerstyle
and Audiobulb. While his professional focus has moved more towards soundtrack
composition and sound design http://diagram-of-suburban-chaos.com/projects.htm, Snavely continues to write under the D.O.S.C. name and hopes to release a second album in the near future.
April 26, 2011, brings a new EP on Imputor?
, Edge of the Pool.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
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Biography
Snavely has been creating electronic music in various forms since childhood, when he taught himself to edit waveforms and sound effects on an Amiga computer. As a teenager, the OhioOhio
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rave scene played a major part in his musical development. He and his older brother formed a musical partnership recording homebrewed techno to cassette with a mixer and an old tape deck.
Snavely moved to Seattle in 1997, where he met Darrin Wiener, the cofounder of Imputor?
Imputor?
Imputor? is an independent record label founded in 1999 by Darrin Wiener and Jordan Snodgrass. Originally based in both Seattle and San Diego, Imputor? began releasing experimental electronic music , and has since expanded into styles such as Indie rock and Comedy...
Records. They worked together on several projects, and the first Diagram of Suburban Chaos album, Status Negatives, was released by Imputor? in 2002.
Snavely has released a number of tracks since then on labels including Tigerstyle
Tigerstyle
Tigerstyle are a Scottish bhangra group from Glasgow from a British Punjabi background. They are made up of two brothers, Raj and Pops, trained in classical tabla, gurmat sangeet and various forms of Punjabi folk music and instrumentation...
and Audiobulb. While his professional focus has moved more towards soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
composition and sound design http://diagram-of-suburban-chaos.com/projects.htm, Snavely continues to write under the D.O.S.C. name and hopes to release a second album in the near future.
April 26, 2011, brings a new EP on Imputor?
Imputor?
Imputor? is an independent record label founded in 1999 by Darrin Wiener and Jordan Snodgrass. Originally based in both Seattle and San Diego, Imputor? began releasing experimental electronic music , and has since expanded into styles such as Indie rock and Comedy...
, Edge of the Pool.
Discography
- Status Negatives Imputor?Imputor?Imputor? is an independent record label founded in 1999 by Darrin Wiener and Jordan Snodgrass. Originally based in both Seattle and San Diego, Imputor? began releasing experimental electronic music , and has since expanded into styles such as Indie rock and Comedy...
- Status Negatives (European Release CD) Zealectronic
- Mixed Signals: Cheetah (CD) Tiger Style
- Mixed Signals: Cheetah (2x12") Rocket Racer
- Exhibition #1:Pentfor (MP3) Audiobulb
- Exhibition #2: So Gone (MP3) Audiobulb
- Extreme Electronics And Splintered Beats: Shielded By The Sun (UndaCova Remix) (2xCD) Darkmatter Soundsystem
- Switches: Wishing A Disease (CD) Audiobulb
- Intricate Maximals: So Gone (Ventrimix) (CD) Audiobulb
- Exhibition #3: Nerve Cycle (CD) Audiobulb
- Edge of the Pool (EP, iTunes) Imputor?
Reviews and articles
- Digital Nimbus: Status Negatives Review
- Grooves Magazine: Status Negatives Review
- Transworld Stance: Status Negatives Review
- BPM Magazine / DJMixed.com:Status Negatives Review
- Spin: The Hit List - More Artists You Need To Know About
- Digital Artifact: Status Negatives Review
- Pulse! Magazine (Tower): Status Negatives Review
- Allmusic: Status Negatives Review
- Creative Loafing Atlanta: Tristeza - Mixed Signals Review
- Philadelphia City Paper: Status Negatives Review
- The Portland Mercury: SUDDENLY, ELECTRICITY! - An Imperative iDM Show/Dance Move Guide
- The Portland Mercury: Show Preview
- Willamette Week (Portland): Status Negatives Review
- Allmusic: Tristeza - Mixed Signals Review
- Mixer: Status Negatives Review
- Feature Magazine (SD): Status Negatives Review
- SLAMM Magazine #176: Status Negatives Review
- SLAMM Magazine #176: Tristeza - Mixed Signals Review
- em411.com: Status Negatives Review
- Rock Bites Daily: Diagram Of Suburban Chaos announce debut LP
- anti-statik: Status Negatives Review