Chop Shop a.k.a. Scott Konzelmann, is a

noise music Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music include ...

ian who has released recordings on Pure,

RRRecords RRRecords is a record label and used- and new-record shop based in Lowell, Massachusetts. RRRecords was the first American record label to publish underground "noise music" in the early 1980s as well as publishing the first American vinyl by Mer ...

, Banned Production, V2_Archief and

Generator Sound Art Generator Sound Art was an experimental arts and culture organization based in New York City, co-owned by the sound artists Gen Ken Montgomery and Chop Shop (musician), Scott Konzelmann.Goldsmith, Kenneth. "Stairway To Eight Track Heaven". ''New Y ...

. Chop Shop creates sound using salvaged materials and speakers to create drones and other sounds specific to the speaker created. Often the speaker features prominently in the packaging as a photo or

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. Chop Shop is known also for innovative packaging using leather, tar paper, steel plates, etc. Konzelmann is also part of

, Inc. in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. In 2005, Chop Shop was part of the ''Activating the Medium'' Festival.

Discography (selection)

* Steelplate – 1991 (2 10" EPs bound to 10" square plate of steel)

. * Tension Charge Discharge – 1994 (3" CD in metal mesh package) V2_Archief. * Plays

Emil Beaulieau Emil Beaulieau, or more fully, “Emil Beaulieau: America’s Greatest Living Noise Artist” (born July 5, 1957) is the stage name of Ron Lessard, a prominent noise musician who primarily records for his own label: RRRecords. He has collaborat ...

– Red & Buried (5" CD) Pure. * Smolder – 1998 (3" CD on copper plate wrapped in lead) V2_Archief. * Discrete Emission (7" record in riveted tar paper (or limited sewn leather) sleeve—one side plays "in," one "out") Banned Production. * Powerdrunk (5" CD in tar paper sleeve) Banned Production. * Rusty Hum (3" CD) Banned Production. * Hello (business card-size CD) Banned Production. * Kaput (3" CD "packaged in a gauze wrap surgical taped to a sheet of cracked safety glass.") Generator Sound Art. * Perpetual Tension (Concert for Speaker Constructions) – Live performance April 29, 1994 at Roulette, NYC (5" CDR) Generator Sound Art. * Breakthrough (5" CDR – "A repackaged edition of the limited 1992 cassette release of the Orgonon field recordings") Generator Sound Art. * Oxide (5" CD) 23five – 2008

References

External links

Generator Sound Art

Banned Production
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