A couple of weeks ago, my friend Steve and I headed up to PDX to go see Edison on his Death Stare Tour. I’d been following Edison on the monome discussion boards for some time, and I really enjoyed his video performances and his two albums. On a whim, I shot him a message on his MySpace asking if he’d mind if I shot some video of him and recorded his performance, and left him my number. A couple of hours later, he’d called me back and left me a voicemail giving me the OK. I wasn’t really sure how it was going to work; I didn’t know anything about the venue, or the sound system or anything. I just packed the camera, recorder, and a slew of cables and hoped for the best. The Ella Street Social Club was a DIVE. A charming dive, with a bathroom door that didn’t lock, and open stalls, one large(ish) room and a tiny little stage. The “sound system” was a crazy 80′s-era 4 channel mono amp head with crackly pots, missing input jacks, and two completely random speakers on each side of the stage. DIVE. Haha.

We made due though, and after introducing myself the Edison and Owner/Operator, I was able to tie directly into their sets. I wished they had started an hour earlier so I could have gotten to see Egadz set. Anyway, here’s the resulting video(s)