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John Koch-Northrup replied to John Koch-Northrup's discussion 'posting photos... where? how? why?'on Thursday

That's a really tricky question! On most websites (including all the Ning sites just like this AtmoWorks community is built on...) all you have to do is right-click and save on Windows - or drag a photo to your desktop on mac. I've been looking a...

Ravi Mayor replied to John Koch-Northrup's discussion 'posting photos... where? how? why?'on Thursday

How do I protect my photos from getting downloaded without my permission? These are my personal photographs and I don't want anybody stealing/using them. At the end of the day I would like people to see my art but don't want anybody stealing it.

John Koch-Northrup commented on AtmoNews's blog post 'Interstitial - Temporal Arc Released on AtmoWorks 6/26!'on Wednesday

Two full length tracks are in the music player on AtmoWorks.com - just click play below. The player is also always on the front page of the AtmoWorks site. You can also pop the music out of this page to keep it playing while you surf the web... it...

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About Me:

Hi! I record under the names Relaxed Machinery (current) and Interstitial (in the past). I mainly play piano, electronics, bass, and trumpet.

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Bio: John Koch-Northrup [ relaxed machinery | interstitial ]

John Koch-Northrup has been playing and writing music since the age of five when his grandma began teaching him to play piano. He quickly found he enjoyed making noises with the piano that weren't necessarily written on the page. While these early sessions were highly annoying to anyone within earshot - the rhythms and textures eventually began to evolve into music pleasing to young John's ears - and many years later pleasing to other people's ears. He learned to play classical and also began to explore jazz.

Thoughout school he was a certified band geek: playing trumpet in jazz band, student band director, playing trumpet and piano in state band contests (even writing piano solos for the contests). He also found a love of synths and electronics and joined his first band playing regularly in area bars and clubs at the age of 15. Playing in a band elevated his geeky status slightly, but not tremendously much. After high school he switched to playing bass in live bands. Throughout it all, John began to record songs on borrowed 4-track cassette recorders and drum machines. The music quickly began to evolve from synth-pop to longer form instrumental pieces that hinted towards ambient and industrial sounds.

By 22 he was burnt out on music and put all the instruments away except his piano. His mom passed away, he got a "real" full time job, and he married the love of his life that same year. Nearly four years later he pulled out the gear and played in a band again. It was a musically rewarding experience, but frustrating at many levels and the band imploded within 18 months.

At that point - his long time friend Vir Unis' ambient music career began to take off. This was a great inspiration and it got John to take the leap and start recording his solo material again. Focusing on ambient and minimal techno material, he put together his first demo which eventually was released on the Red Antenna label in 2001. Also in 2001, Vir Unis asked John play live with him at the 2001 Space For Music festival in Milwaukee, WI. This was later released as "Live at the Miramar" on AtmoWorks.

Since then John has released several other projects as Interstitial including a group remix project on The Foundry label with Vidna Obmana, Vir Unis, Saul Stokes, and M. Bentley remixing John's "sub.terra" track which was recorded solely using trumpet and processing. John has recently been taking a few years off from recording.

Discography:

Interstitial - Temporal Arc (2001 Red Antenna)
Vir Unis / Interstitial - Live at the Miramar (2002 AtmoWorks)
Interstitial / Vidna Obmana / Vir Unis / Saul Stokes / M Bentley - sub.terra (2003 The Foundry)

Appears on:

Various Artists - The New Electric Policy (2001 Red Antenna)
Vir Unis / Saul Stokes - Thermal Transfer (2002 Hypnos/Binary)
Various Artists - Portraits (2002 Atmoworks)
Various Artists - Red Antenna Assembled (2002 Red Antenna)
Various Artists - Lappland (2004 Saasfee*)
Jonathan Hughes & Guests - Fluidities (2004 The Foundry)

Website:: http://www.johei.com

Best album(s) of all time?: Modern English - After The Snow
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage / Empyrean Isles / Headhunters
Depeche Mode - most of the 80's...
Saul Stokes - Zo Pilots
Vidna Obmana - Surreal Sanctuary
Cabaret Voltaire - The Conversation / Microphonies / The Crackdown
Pan Sonic - Aaltopiiri (specifically for the 2nd track!)
Monolake - Hongkong
Plastikman - Consumed / Artifakts B.C.
Supergrass - In It for the Money / Supergrass
Miles Davis - most
...it's a lengthy list

Favorite artist(s)?: herbie hancock, basic channel / chain reaction, vidna obmana, cabaret voltaire, beatles, depeche mode, 80's synthpop and industrial, 90's britpop, cecil taylor, steve roach, underworld, japan, david sylvian, autechre, speedy j, and friends.

Are you a musician? What instrument do you play? Type of music?: Piano since I was 5... thanks grandma!
Synths, electronics, trumpet, and bass.
Mainly electronic - ambient / techno.

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At 12:04am on July 3, 2009, zerofish9 said…: Nice work on the 'Temporal Arc' bro!...just popped it into the player, listening to Frozen right now. (Thxz4adding the jpg. to the file ;) Keep me posted on the Relaxed Machinery gig.

At 2:39pm on June 18, 2009, Kevin Pletcher said…: I'm green with envy!!

At 2:23pm on June 18, 2009, zerofish9 said…: Hey John--Flyin thru->howdy do? DL'd Subradial & VU/JJ Transmissions albums last nite, -sweet stuff! /-Particularly like Soke's biorephorm..similar to some of my newer playing styles,-slight filter of jazz influence mixed in.
peace bro~
t.

At 11:05am on June 16, 2009, Ian Michael Peters said…: Thank you so much for your help! I was concerned I must have done something wrong. I very much appreciate your efforts in sorting out my little predicament. My compliments to you good sir ^_^

At 12:47pm on June 11, 2009, SoupcanSam said…: Glad you like the pics.... the name is from the paper bag that I put the prints in years ago from photos taken in the 90's.

At 9:18am on June 8, 2009, John Pedersen said…: Thanks, John, for welcoming me to this really cool site. I'm happy to be here! After reading your bio, I noticed that we have a couple of things in common. We're both from Illinois (I was born and raised in Chicago) and we both played in our first band at age 15. I enjoyed listening to your compelling tracks, as they sounded well-conceived with superb sound design. Regards, ~John

At 6:51pm on June 7, 2009, Gregory Haggard said…: Thank you, John. It is great to be a part of this community. I think you have a good thing here.

At 1:31pm on June 7, 2009, Ian Michael Peters said…: Thank you John, I very much appreciate the welcoming. =)
Actually, I do have a guitar, I just don't know how to play it yet. But!! I will learn!
I hope I can contribute to the wondrous makings that are born here.

At 7:24am on May 18, 2009, Doc said…: Thanks for the welcome, John!

The site looks great and seems to have a good community spirit. Well done!

A quick question: how can I edit/delete my uploaded songs if needed?

Doc

At 1:47am on May 15, 2009, zerofish9 said…: Spending fluid HOURS of listening to atmoartists tonite man..i'm a piece of jello right now->totally confused on what CD to get next dangit!,..(that's a good dangit ya know)--too many soundz for the brain to quantify@ the moment,have2comebak and chek again this weekend. I usually reserve myself 1-2 artists' cd's a month..prob. get the brand/earth rest of time. Oh!,..and holy$#!tbake batman..noticed the coming soon albums and saw Hillier's been busy with Steve--definitely saving some change for that one!
peace J.~