Endif
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Bio
Endif was spawned in 1991 by Jason Hollis as a means of extracting the sounds and songs rattling around his cranium. Experimentation, live performance, technical accumen, and pushing aesthetic boundaries are core values.
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Initial efforts were simple, often very low grade, poorly recorded, purely exploratory. Subsequent efforts built upon lessons learned, and soon was fit for human consumption. Nearly all of this has been archived, recycled, and used as a sonic mulch pile from which to build new compositions. As a result, even the newest tracks using the cleanest production methods still retain a heritage of decay to varying degrees.
About
Emphasis is placed more upon energy, emotion, context and texture than on stale commercial formulas, towering arrangements or catchy pop hooks. The output is genre-irrelevant, yet given the often harsh soundsets involved, often gets lumped in with the 'Power Noise' catch-all category. Which is fine, as that seems to be where most of the innovation is.
Endif has played events across the US, both headlining and supporting, with such diverse artists as: Pr0metheus Burning, Monstrum Sepsis, Xanopticon, Combichrist, Tonikom, Vuxnut, Antigen Shift, The Operative, Paralyzed Circuitry, Whormongr, Android Lust, Cyanotic, Spahn Ranch, Edgey, Mono No Aware, God Project, C/A/T, P155, Heliosphere, Dripping Rictus, S.Cage, Vers, Null Device, Mad E.P., Neuroverse, RAM, TV, God Module, Synchronicity Frequency, Concrete Cookie and the Dog, W.A.S.T.E., Unwoman, Cruciform Injection, Blind Faith and Envy, Caustic, Glis, Sensuous Enemy, End User, mindFIELD, Imperative Reaction, Cacophony, Mach Fox, Scrape[dx], Ecraft, Switchblade Symphony, The Gothsicles, Paraclude, Schizopolitans, Cruxshadows, Stochastic Theory, Provision, Wraith, Rudement, Hate Dep't., Control Theory, Sensuous Enemy, Victo Ecret, Thoushaltnot, Apraxia, Stromkern, Terrorfakt, Invertabrae, Firewerk, Urceus Exit, Manufactura, Pisstake, and :|Krew.
Live support gigs as percussion/keys for other bands have included: Terrorfakt, CTRLSHFT, Wraith, Cervello Elettronico, Thirteen13, Teknoize, Caustic, Manufactura, and Caustic vs. This Morn' Omina.
Live plug in performers have included Matt Fanale, Joe Ferraro, Will Shade, Alfred Trautman, Kevan Christiaens, Vance Christiaens, Ben Arp, Vuxnut, and Fred Beecher.
Contributors to individual Endif tracks include Siren313 , Fred Beecher, J. Conley, Mort Rigdon, and Alfred Trautman.
