Collabo Biographical Information

Collabo formed in the spring of 2002 in order to explore the experimental and improvisational side of electronic music and multimedia performance. David Halsell and Marcell Marias had both been in numerous bands and collaborations throughout the 80s and 90s and decided to start something new in 2002.

Desiring to work in a non-narrative form, Collabo utilizes a methodology that prioritizes sonic texture and live manipulation of sound. The “Theme from Collabo” evolved from 40 minutes of a multitrack live recording jam, which was then edited and reprocessed. This recycling of elements is key to their compositional style and experiential philosophy. Live performances will be recorded, and samples from those recordings can be laid down onto another sonic bed where a new composition emerges.

Collabo is dedicated to full sensory experience, and visuals are an important part of this. Video elements from diverse sources — nature, digital imagery, and manipulated footage combine to form a visual texture woven on top of the sonic landscape.

Collabo engages audio and visual exploration in a culture that is both creatively stagnant and cognitively vacuous. Audiences attending a Collabo performance see and hear something out of the ordinary, and Collabo exists to twist the corkscrew into their temples in a pleasing and provocative manner.

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Name: Marcell Marias
Known Aliases: The Hungry Hungarian
Age: 33
Role: Co-producer, beats, synth, samples, noise
Previous Roles: same as above
Previous Projects: Dusk, Broccoflower, Teknosphere, Fatalist, Mystic Circle, Disentombed, Mementomori
Other Activities: Funky Photons, Freakadelic

As an electronic musician, Marcell has released a couple of recordings, including a solo 12” project in 1992 entitled Broccoflower, and, as a member of Dusk, an ambient CD project called Atmospherea with partner-in-sound Simone Shannon. Experimentation in sound and video led Marcell to incorporate visuals into live solo performances and Dusk shows. As Vortexya, Marcell and Simone also provided visuals for Meat Beat Manifesto on a part of their national tour in 1996. In 1998, he founded Freakadelic Records with partners Tim Harper (Dub Assassin), Ron Royster, and Simone Shannon.

Name: David W. Halsell
Known Aliases: none currently
Age: 34
Role: Co-producer, bass, noise
Previous Roles: Guitar, engineer, noise
Previous Projects: An 425lb. Yorkshire Sow, Level One, Tojo Pilot, Pollimation Blue, The Carpet Knight Corporation
Other Activities: Sculpture, Digital Art

David has played various instruments and machinery in multiple recording and performative projects. In the performance art group An 425 lb. Yorkshire Sow he co-produced and performed in several events involving bodily emissions, noise, and orchestrated stage productions. A cassette release documenting the audio component was released in 1986. He also played in several garage punk bands before returning to more experimentation with artistic collaborations with Alex Keller (now of Rebreather) which culminated in a recording of The Carpet Knight Corporation.