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Pacific Greyscale album now available from Digitalis Industries!
http://www.digitalisindustries.com/music/?portfolio=digi-ltd245-wzrdryav-pacific-greyscale

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If you'd like to use any of these tracks for your mixes/podcasts send a request to the inbox or email me: wzrdry@gmail.com

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Artist Bio:

As a child of the 1980s, Vancouver-born producer Kelly Claude Nairn (WzrdryAV) was hypnotized by the results of New York City resourcefulness: raw, sparse, drum machine hip-hop and later, the eclectic sample-based rap of the 1990s. Raised by a new age mom and jazz freak artist dad, pillaging the family record cabinet for inspiration was a natural progression. Two turntables, mixer, and a sampler later, Kelly was soon making deft left-field instrumentals. Concurrent w/ electro-acoustic study under granular synthesis pioneer Barry Truax at Simon Fraser University, field recordings, audio collage, sound object manipulation, and slightly unhinged ambient works were added to his expanding cache. Foundation and technique in place, by the new millennium, the beat maker was putting a revelatory breakthrough into practice, “sample anything.” From big screen cinema and late night VHS sessions to TV sign off music and nature sounds, nothing was off limits. This not only led to the creation of WZRDRY (Kelly’s imprint and artistic umbrella), but a range of productions released internationally on vinyl, cassette tape, and compact disc.
 
Today, Kelly combines his academic background w/ a personal self-taught approach, equally informed by British Columbia’s street meets tree topped mountains and oceanic reflections. Utilizing analog and digital equipment, new tracks aim to create a place/atmosphere/mood via magnetic programming and universal rhythms. While deliberate melodies are uncommon, repeating fragments of tones/chords and foggy loops/drones manifest themselves in the most unexpected ways. “I'm putting together and playing back sounds for the audience that I find evocative for my own escapism,” states the producer, encouraging listeners to join the trip and interpret, as they will. The music of WzrdryAV goes beyond the increasingly fast-paced cultural landscape, gradually slowing the pace and returning some long forgotten feeling to auditory expression. Touching on the influence of Jamaican dub and Detroit techno in his oeuvre, “It's about facing limitations by looking within to work in different ways and develop one's creativity.” Here’s to the future... Listen, live, and learn!

If you're looking for copies of the limited edition CD version of Magnetic Haze hit me up on wzrdry@gmail.com There are a few copies left!

wzrdryAV   Vancouver, Canada

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  • Pacific Infinite Artwork

    Pacific Infinite

    wzrdryAV on July 10, 2012 23:41
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    Interludes From A Broken Sampler

    wzrdryAV on April 18, 2013 00:01
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    Introvert Stage 2 (Preview Clip)

    wzrdryAV on March 21, 2013 04:32
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    Introvert (Preview Clip)

    wzrdryAV on March 14, 2013 03:44
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    Green Malay

    wzrdryAV on January 13, 2012 00:55

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