Upcoming Events by Dan Burke and Thomas Dimuzio

“Quiet can be the loud, and loud can be the quiet - if someone can proof that point then its Thomas Dimuzio and Dan Burke”— Vital Weekly

“ ...an audio verité document of this singular and extremely frightening point in history.”— Tiny Mix Tapes

“ ...a collection of sonic textures that further listening only expand upon.”— Brainwashed

“ ...its disorienting effects tend to sneak up on the listener, and pack a punch all its own.”— Fake Jazz

“Burke and Dimuzio have created and unfortunate, unpleasant, and necessary soundtrack to the distressing times.”— Foxy Digitalis

“This is sound that happens slowly, deliberately, with an emphasis on minimalism and droning waves of meditative unease...”— The One True Dead Angel

Given the subtext of creeping fascism and the slow stomp of totalitarian boots, it is no surprise that the soundtrack for such upheaval, "Upcoming Events," is an angry mix of Industrial pounding, locomotive propulsion, and general sci-fi soundtrack eeriness. There is even a fairly long and maddening tape of an encounter with a police officer who only wants to hear obedience, not reason. In its rage and sublte sadness over the political, noise masters Dan Burke and Thomas Dimuzio collaborate once again to create a seamless set of fifteen tracks, mostly cobbled from live shows, that express more ideas and variations of tone and colors than most noise recordings. It is like they are combing through sounds for evidence of the rage building because of recent history; their collage of brutal tones a form of resistance. So many people, at least among those I know, are so mad and scared and unsure that often they can?t express what they feel as the political intrudes so deep into their personal lives. Instrumental music, of the sort here on "Upcoming Events" seems the proper response. To listen to tracks like "Deregulation" "In God We Trust" and "Freedom Fries," along with that recording of an arrest, "Leave Here Right Now" may be the only satisfying outlet for those feelings. Burke and Dimuzio have created and unfortunate, unpleasant, and necessary soundtrack to the distressing times. —Mike Wood/Foxy Digitalis

Illusion Of Safety’s Dan Burke and Thomas Dimuzio combine forces pushing sonics and music to higher realms. Masters of sound, noise, juxtaposition and space, their spontaneous performances unfold like labored compositions with visceral vibrations echoing in volume. Pushing the envelope, the attack, the decay, and overall decimation as a faint light flickers brilliantly.