dreamSTATE

Entangled

in patch cords, dreamSTATE's Scott M2 (Scott McGregor Moore)

and Jamie Todd were submerged in the studio, creating their evolving

sound environments with a collection of vintage and modern synthesizers.

The first public expression of their electronic explorations was waveforms,

an ambient soundscape installation. This ever-changing, multi-speaker

creation played continuously for six months at The H5 Project, a holographic

art gallery in Toronto. dreamSTATE's first CD release BETWEEN

REALITIES captures a one hour section of the piece in a 'live

microphone' recording which merges waveforms' electronic textures

with the urban soundscape of the street outside.



Still

working in the deep end of the ambient pool, dreamSTATE surfaced to perform

their atmospherics live with small powerful synthesizer systems. Fresh from live

appearances at the World Electronic Music Festival, Interference Orange and the

Junction Arts Festival, they celebrated the launch of their first CD with an ambient

soundscape performance at Toronto's WEAVE nightclub. In 2000 there was an even

stronger emphasis on live performance. Along with appearances at various events

like the OM Festival and the Alive series, each month the duo performed a chapter

of the Drone Cycle 2000 - a tour through the 12 notes of the chromatic scale as

foundations for ambient improvisations with a series of special guests. A double-CD

summation of the cycle was recorded for future release.

Their

CD, PASSAGE, features dreamSTATE's



soundscapes from the

Bread and Water multimedia installation which was mounted in

the Huron District Historic Goal in Goderich, Ontario from August

to October 2004.

dreamSTATE

have released a live CD from their performance at the OM Festival in 2000

and reviewing other live recordings from 1997-99 to prepare further live soundscape

CD releases and developing various new studio creations. Co-releases are also

planned from recording sessions with James Johnson, Vir Unis and Susanna Hood.

Exclusive tracks are appearing on a variety of ambient and experimental CD compilations

- visit the CDs page

for the latest releases. Jamie Todd has also released 2 new CDs, Synthphonics

1 and 2, the beginning of his new series of ambient sound environments under

the project name URM.

Since

2000, Scott and Jamie have also been curating THE

AMBiENT PiNG (Toronto's long running weekly live ambient music

event) as a garden for new ambient music growth in the city and a

welcoming spot for touring ambient performers from across the continent.