Pure Rave

Pure Rave, a collective based in Detroit, Michigan, is an ongoing experiment in “chance dance”. Set amidst the context of contemporary Detroit electronic music, rhythmic sonic collage is created from various prepared turntables, “damaged” records, drums machines, and 133.33 bpm loops. At Harvestworks they will take their self-proclaimed “old-world indeterminate” production style to another level and create a program that bridges experimental DJ performance style and electronic music composition.

Core members Nick George and Bryan Dulaney expand on techniques developed by experimentalists Christian Marclay, Pierre Schaeffer, Otomo Yoshihide, Maria Chavez, Qbert, and Graham Dunning, approaching the Pure Rave project as a set of rules and limitations for an inaccessible academic experimental music scene and vapid modern DJ culture.