Alexis Georgopoulos is a San Francisco-based artist, writer and musician, t… Read Full Bio ↴Alexis Georgopoulos is a San Francisco-based artist, writer and musician, though he hesitates to use such terms, especially the latter. As a member of rhythmic experimentalists TUSSLE and OutFolk collective THE ALPS, Alexis Georgopoulos has toured the world and released critically acclaimed work. He's performed in gallery spaces such as DEITCH PROJECTS (Manhattan & Brooklyn), MoMA (San Francisco), JACK HANLEY GALLERY (SF), LUGGAGE STORY GALLERY (SF), ADOBE BOOKSHOP (SF) and the FRIEZE ART FAIR (London). He's composed music for sound installations; curated art programs which have included artists such as SIMON EVANS, JO JACKSON and CHRIS JOHANSON; written on Visual Art, Design and Music for international Arts & Culture publications such as i-D, Tokion, The Blow Up and Vice, Sleazenation, San Francisco Guardian and Anthem; taken part in various avant-garde workshops; and had numerous deejay residencies.
This site is devoted to his most recent project: ARP. An attempt to return electronic music to a less-sterile time, Alexis spent a few weeks in Spring 2006 improvising with analog synthesizers, pulse machines, flute, strings, pedals and an old 4track cassette recorder. Nearly all the music was recorded live. Very few loops were used - in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re: natural) edges Alexis feels have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. Instead, he's gone back to the days when groups/artists like CLUSTER, KRAFTWERK (circa "Ralf & Florian"), DAVID BOWIE & ENO (circa LOW), ASHRA, CAN, FRANCO BATTIATO, TERRY RILEY, JOHN CALE, and TANGERINE DREAM played live, leaving mistakes and the natural flow of things on display.
If there is something "vintage" about ARP, it is this decision to get to know synthesizers from the ground up, playing the machines as live intstruments. The result is not "clinical" - quite the opposite: it is often pastoral and imagistic, imbued with a Romanticism for a future that will never come to pass, glowing in white and orange and blue light, like an evening sunrise on the French Riviera.
The ARP debut (2/3rds of which can be heard here) will be released by Norwegian imprint SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (LINDSTROM, KIM HIORTHOY, JIM O'ROURKE, THURSTON MOORE) in early 2007. The cover will feature the Artwork & Typography of TAUBA AUERBACH, represented by DEITCH PROJECTS. These pieces were originally presented as a sound installation in collaboration with Architect Kyu Che as part of a show curated by ARTFORUM and FRIEZE contributor MATTHEW HIGGS. Photographs of the installation can be seen in the picture section here.
Alexis is reachable at: Arp001@gmail.com
- arp (ａｒｐ / アープ) was also the name of a Japanese music unit active from 1998-2010
This site is devoted to his most recent project: ARP. An attempt to return electronic music to a less-sterile time, Alexis spent a few weeks in Spring 2006 improvising with analog synthesizers, pulse machines, flute, strings, pedals and an old 4track cassette recorder. Nearly all the music was recorded live. Very few loops were used - in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re: natural) edges Alexis feels have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. Instead, he's gone back to the days when groups/artists like CLUSTER, KRAFTWERK (circa "Ralf & Florian"), DAVID BOWIE & ENO (circa LOW), ASHRA, CAN, FRANCO BATTIATO, TERRY RILEY, JOHN CALE, and TANGERINE DREAM played live, leaving mistakes and the natural flow of things on display.
If there is something "vintage" about ARP, it is this decision to get to know synthesizers from the ground up, playing the machines as live intstruments. The result is not "clinical" - quite the opposite: it is often pastoral and imagistic, imbued with a Romanticism for a future that will never come to pass, glowing in white and orange and blue light, like an evening sunrise on the French Riviera.
The ARP debut (2/3rds of which can be heard here) will be released by Norwegian imprint SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND (LINDSTROM, KIM HIORTHOY, JIM O'ROURKE, THURSTON MOORE) in early 2007. The cover will feature the Artwork & Typography of TAUBA AUERBACH, represented by DEITCH PROJECTS. These pieces were originally presented as a sound installation in collaboration with Architect Kyu Che as part of a show curated by ARTFORUM and FRIEZE contributor MATTHEW HIGGS. Photographs of the installation can be seen in the picture section here.
Alexis is reachable at: Arp001@gmail.com
- arp (ａｒｐ / アープ) was also the name of a Japanese music unit active from 1998-2010
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Amanda Kuechenmeister
They are going to try this on me. I'm almost 5 months post ACL reconstruction and still have pain and some serious tight hamstring issues. I'm no longer looking fwd to it.
Clinically Pressed
Hopefully it wasn't too intense. The idea of the current is common an every effective and we hope it helped you out. Thanks for watching.
Andy Askow
This is probably my new favorite video...
Clinically Pressed
Agreed. Kyle and I were ok that it was AJ.
John Harkins
How much does this machine cost?
hikermansteve
@Journey Drum Bum I'm going through a session now. Gotta say, don't do this yourself. No substitute for a qualified person helping you. This is intense and must be committed.
Journey Drum Bum
You can get systems at $3,000 and do your own treatments with evaluations through video analysis. There's a company that will send equipment free for evaluation, then if ARPwave is right for you, you can keep equipment and commit to 20 minimum sessions done through video also. I believe its $580 for sessions, and same for lease of equipment. $1,160 total cost depending on how many "Management sessions" you may need.
Clinically Pressed
From my understanding it uses more direct current and with that allows you to utilize more of the stimulation as it occurs with movement. I haven't ever tried doing a split squat or anything with a 'traditional' estim machine and using a 'Russian' current to replicate but the ARP seems to be designed specifically for that reason.
John Harkins
I've heard good things about it, but I can't understand the difference between this and a stim machine
Clinically Pressed
We don't utilize one at Clinically Pressed but I believe Dan form Axon referenced it between the $15-20K range.