Artists:
Ainu: web page
Members: Roshi and Senorfrio.

Ainu is Roshi and Senorfrio, two childhood friends who started playing music together at a party about 5 years ago. Armed with only a pocket sampler, flanger, and a casio Keyboard, they entertained friends and family alike in Frio's basement. So began their mission to get booties shaking to their quirky beats.

Since then, they've played lots of shows in many different venues, including an arcade (Ground Kontrol), a forest full of hippies (Phoenix Fest), a pizza parlor (It's a Beautiful Pizza), an art gallery (Genuine Imitation), Holocene, Battle of the Knobs, and the infamous Danny's in Chicago. However, their enthusiasm for playing live has never waned. The majority of their debut album, Octoporn, was recorded live with no edits, documenting the wild and crazy energy of their improvisations.

After a track on the Portland Electro compilation Toast & Jam Nine and several self-released compilations and EPs, Ainu have finally finshed their debut album. Octoporn is the culmination of two and a half years of recording and experimenting in their personal studio. Dark experimental electro that turns on a dime, the album is a journey through glitch, darkness, and bass. Lots and lots of bass.

T&J Album(s):
(t&j 016) Octoporn
(t&j 009) Toast and Jam Nine
A Nat Hema:
Members: James Boring, The Glorious Moodman.
A nat Hema was a performance oriented project, based in Portland, OR. They used humor and tragedy in various themes and genres to entertain, amuse or upset. They are known for their cult following in the Northwest, cowboy theme shows, "serious" theme shows, the baby robot song, smashing wooden sheep while bleeding from the head and running into traffic during their shows in black cloaks with scythes raised. 		T&J Album(s):
(t&j 008) H.E.M.A.N.I.K.E.
Decapod Claw: web page
Decapod Claw is the production of Jesse James from Portland, OR. He has previously released a split 12" on Outward Music company (omco) with pal:ndröm and appeared as Jesse James on the omco compilation (1997). T&J Album(s):
(t&j 012) necrocrab re-sequencing error
(t&j 015) Lost... / Cursed
(t&j 009) Toast and Jam Nine
Defpoint: web page
Dual: web page
Members: Doug Theriault: guitar, Ed Chang: electronics
DUAL's music is about the tension, release and intersection of sound-objects in space. Their musical textures have much in common with car crashes, dripping faucets and Godzilla in heat. DUAL's goal is to explore new traditions in live musique concrete using electronics and modern cultural artifacts acquired through economical means (broken cake mixers, water balloons, potato mashers, rubber hoses, Korean sand whistles...). 		T&J Album(s):
(t&j 014) Destroy All Improv
ML: web page
Members: Laird Sheldahl, Tanner Volz, Rian Callahan T&J Album(s):
(t&j 006) pajama party
(t&j 009) Toast and Jam Nine
(t&j 019) supersaver
Doug Theriault: web page
Doug Theriault, a sound artist based in Portland, Oregon, works in improvisational live performance. He has presented his work all over the United States with a wide variety of musicians and in many festivals for the last 10 years. All of his projects concern the use of Music Improvisation, in its many forms and contexts. T&J Album(s):
(t&j 010) unidentified
(t&j 018) interface
Yard: web page
Members: Chris Jones T&J Album(s):