{"id":4311,"date":"2012-01-06T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T03:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4311"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:52:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:52:54","slug":"iow-whole-lotta-harsh-2-b-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4311","title":{"rendered":"IOW: Whole lotta HarsH 2 B had"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Links<\/strong> segment of today\u2019s C-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne<\/strong> column we gave props to Matt HarsH<\/strong>, who tells CUBlog<\/strong> he\u2019s embarking on a new series of music video projects after pouring most of his recent energies into club shows and live taping. (Both are prevalent in the bulk of his YouTube<\/strong> channel uploads.<\/a>) First out the gate is a charming collaboration with Sam Ambler<\/strong> for the song \u201cLovesick<\/strong>,\u201d performed by Urbana<\/strong> acoustic troubadour Morgan Orion<\/strong>, which made its on-line premiere last month:<\/p>\n

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It hardly means he\u2019ll scale back on the live gigs, especially where he can flex his creativity. On December 9<\/strong>, HarsH helped arrange \u201ca night of electronic and experimental music\u201d at Mike \u2018n Molly\u2019s<\/strong> in downtown Champaign<\/strong>, which featured live performances by Anna Karina, Blueprints for a Future Technology, Forgottonia Secedes, Kirkwood West<\/strong>, and Psychic Twin<\/strong> along with a real-time video installation. We didn\u2019t get to experience it firsthand but we can<\/em> point you to the following example of HarsH\u2019s multimedia environments, which illustrated Smile Politely<\/strong>\u2019s coverage of the December show. This previous cornucopia, staged at The Highdive<\/strong> in 2008, is called \u201cRHXQ<\/strong>\u201d and involves video projection, hanging sheets, vocalist Jonah<\/strong> from Blueprints\u2026, and backing duo Kristov\u2019s Agenda<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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HarsH occasionally sets up similar installations in venues like the Urbana Independent Media Center<\/strong> and Champaign\u2019s Caf\u00e9 Luna<\/strong> when not booking and promoting an arsenal of hip-hop, dubstep, and turntablist events throughout Illinois<\/strong> and Missouri<\/strong>. These include the down tempo Chillax<\/strong><\/a> gigs, the rambunctious Dubstep Massacres<\/strong><\/a>, the massive Wolf Pack<\/strong><\/a> showcases in league with the Chicago<\/strong> label of the same name, and the Common Mind<\/strong><\/a> extravaganzas combining the forces of music, visual, and media artists.<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the \u201cImages of the Week\u201d Dept.: Stop, drop, and watch the new music video for “Lovesick” by Morgan Orion, produced by Sam Ambler and Matt HarsH, the latter whom we discuss further because he concocts cool musician\/projection hybrids in clubs. Of course, we have a clip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,29,13,20],"tags":[864,862,863,202,203,201],"class_list":["post-4311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-images-du-cu","category-music-video","category-public-events","category-videos-du-c-u","tag-chillax","tag-jonah","tag-kristovs-agenda","tag-matt-harsh","tag-morgan-orion","tag-sam-ambler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}