DJ Emmfour
"Symmetry is the design tool of the weak," says Emmfour. Then he goes on to prove it, spinning drum-and-bass sets that leave aficionados weak in the chest. Architect by day, turntable artist by night, designer 24-by-seven, Emmfour (known to the uninitiated as Scott Gustafson) is gleeful in one moment, taciturn in the next. He maps that sensibility across his media -- posters, tees, rockin' sets, his softFIRM | urban systems research project. Scott is a pragmatic modernist of the first order. Along with co-conspirators AZSessions, the transplanted Midwesterner sets a standard for aural design excellence. NAME:"emmfour ." OCCUPATION:"Architect / urbanist / graphic designer." QUOTE:"if you ain't rockin' more, what you rockin' for?" (the high and mighty) BAND OR MAIN GIG:"AZsessions." OTHER CO-CONSPIRATORS:"the azsessions and cookin' crews, awful nice" LIFE STORY IN BRIEF:"perfection is a cumulative process." BORN IN:"libertyville, il." HOW LONG IN TUCSON:"since july, 1999." ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE TUCSON:"frontier." WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN ON THE LOCAL SCENE:"greater participation for common goals, less scene politics dividing groups." CONNECTING POINTS:"drake ballroom, hazy dayz (RIP), che's lounge, awful nice headquarters" ARTIFACTS:"softFIRM | urban systems research - http://softfirmstudios.net, AZSessions http://azsessions.com." CONTACT: |
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