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ARTIST BIOS




ZIPZAPZOP

Back after a 15 year-long hiatus, electronic music pioneer, Clark ov Saturn aka
ZipZapZop drops bass & beats that will melt your face & speakers. The latest a/v
project from Space Trucking Mogul, ZipZapZop is the ever evolving eclectic
genre-defying electronic alchemy of sound, blending influences of electro, bass,
trip hop, breakbeat, dub, drum n bass, industrial, indie, techno and house
music, from the Baltimore, Maryland, USA underground. 

ZipZapZop is a long-awaited return to solo producing quick and dirty tracks
after an extended break.  In his small random bits of free time, in between
parenting, baseball coaching and his full time higher ed tech career, veteran
electronic producer from Socks and Sandals, pH10, Electrode Dingus 2026 and
LD-50, Clark ov Saturn, employs both synthesized and analog sounds from live
instruments and recordings with spontaneous stream of consciousness vocals to
create unique, textured, spacey, danceable headnodding tracks that cover the
range of his musical likes. Generally eschewing sample packs, the tracks don't
fit neatly into any templated genre. Saturn builds a personal auditory universe
for listeners to explore - both his darker (ZipZapZop) and lighter (Clark ov
Saturn) sides.  Saturn envisions and dreams of a live act that incorporates live
bass guitar, guitar, saxophone, and percussion along with the electronic
backbone, mind-bending visuals and always new/entertaining antics. 



HISTORY

ZipZapZop.com was started by Clark ov Saturn, Space Trucking Mogul, while living
in Brooklyn, New York and simultaneously performing and releasing records
(minimal techno with Socks and Sandals on Microcosm Music; drumnbass and
breakbeats with pH10 on Terraform Records), DJing for the Sunday dub/ambient
"Undercity" party at Halcyon, performing standup comedy at Comedy Cellar &
Carolines, taking improv lessons at Upright Citizen's Brigade and People's
Improv Theater with folks like Ellie Kemper, Kurt Braunohler and Andrew
Hubschmann, and jetting between NYC, Hollywood, Madrid & Toronto as a SAG actor
 in commercials, TV and films.  

Originally a silly no budget videoblog that started after Saturn auditioned for
the Weatherman slot on Rocketboom, ZipZapZop ran in the 2005-2006 era, before
Saturn moved to the Catskills mountains to pursue a second life career in higher
education technology and online learning.  (During that era, he also jammed
electronics with the Catskills' own jam masters, "Joan Group.") 

Now, over a decade later, after raising two sons with his wife and working
several higher ed admin jobs (State University of New York at Delhi, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, University of Maryland) and earning a
doctorate in business administration, Dr. Saturn returns to the a/v fold with
new tracks and new vibes, as ZipZapZop (but also releasing lighter, house-ier
tracks as Clark ov Saturn.)



MUSICAL ROOTS

 * Piano at 5

 * Saxophone at 10

 * 80's: playing Fender Bullet guitar with Aurelia Iowa's premiere rock band,
   The Fury; 

 * early 90's: playing Rickenbacker bass with "The PryOrrities", Decorah Iowa
   progressive rockers who toured all over the Midwest (w/ Mike McAbee, Dave
   Orr, Gary Fisk); 

 * early-mid 90's: recording tunes on a 4 track cassette recorder with nothing
   more than a microphone and a digital delay guitar pedal in Denver, Colorado 
   (Electrode Dingus 2026) 

 * 1995-98: vocals and electronics for Denver's ledendary LD-50 industrial rock
   band  before heading to New York City to record and perform live drum n bass
   with Recone Helmut as: 

 * pH10, who toured 7 countries playing 23 shows in Europe supporting Dr. Israel
   and the Trumystic Sound System in 1999. pH10 subsequently played the NXNE
   music festival in Toronto (with a Much Music TV interview), and eponymous
   venues all over New York, like the Knitting Factory, Baby Jupiter, The
   Tunnel, the Frying Pan and many others, while putting out a full length
   record and a couple singles on vinyl/CD with Terraform Records. (See pH10 web
   below - https://youtu.be/hk9vfT_VIhM) 

 * Saturn then branched off and formed Socks and Sandals with Sean Smith (aka
   Nicolas Sauser), who proceeded to play epic minimal techno at venues such as
   The Bunker, Halcyon, Northsix, Hampshire College and others and produce EPs,
   singles and remixes for Ezekiel Honig's Microcosm Music imprint. 

For more history, especially of the Denver era, see this 1 hour documentary on
Clark called "Clark Saturn: Incidentally Genius" by Nicolas Sequeira, of Nicolas
Comics, embedded below. Or listen to this 2 hour retrospective radio show,
Electronic Air, from December 2023 with example songs along the way. 



MUSICAL INFLUENCES:

Chicago 80's acid house ala WBMX + Detroit techno + Industrial (Front 242, MBM,
Ministry, RevCo, Nine Inch Nails, Nitzer Ebb) + Minimal Techno + Drum n bass +
Trip Hop + Dub reggae + Frank Zappa + Ween + LCD Soundsystem + Boards of Canada
+ Autechre + Aphex Twin + Beastie Boys + A Tribe Called Quest + Daft Punk +
Plastikman + Monolake +  Lil Louis + Sleaford Mods + Gesaffelstein + Tones on
Tail + Bauhaus + Sun Ra + Cannabliss + Rezz + pheel. +  Chmura + Saka + Arovane
+ Kid Cudi + Deadbeat + Future Sound of London + Recondite + Isan + 808 State +
Meat Beat Manifesto + Higher Intelligence Agency + King Tubby + Mad Professor +
Little Dragon + A Guy Called Gerald + Jungle Brothers + Pixies + Sonic Youth +
Medicine + My Bloody Valentine + Lee Scratch Perry +King Tubby



WHO IS THIS PERSON BEHIND THE MUSIC BY PRINCIPLES? 

Pronouns: he/him/his
Hetero cis male  (anti-toxic masculinity)
Married, 2 sons
Speak English, moderate German, Norwegian; little French/Spanish
Leftist social democrat
Religion/Spirituality: Vipassana meditation/Buddhism
Pro-human rights/choice
Pro-LGBTQIA+ rights/ally
Pro-DISCO ally (disabilities community)
Pro-Environment/Nature ally
Pro-plant medicine/neural exploration freedom for adults
Anti-Fascist
Snowboarder,  Mountain biker, hiker
Dog/animal lover
World traveler  (Continentally, still haven't been to South America,
Australia/NZ or Antartica. )
Eclectic multi-genre music  lover
Day career:  Higher education administration,  school of social work, Doctor of
Business Administration





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ALL MUSIC VIDEOS + STORIES




WhyaGottaGaslight? (February, 2023) https://youtu.be/Bfhs60FaECQ This video was
created by David Fodel, Curator and Director of the Lafayette Electronic Arts
Fest (LEAF) in Lafayette, Colorado. David is an old friend from my Colorado
days, and was kind enough to bring me into the Radiovalve fold with a live
call-in electronic DJ talk show "ChatterValve" back in 1998/99. I shared a set
of images and videos from my past life & travels, and he edited them all up into
this wicked cool video.

RecognizeMyself / It's Still Me (November 2022)  https://youtu.be/dik7pvbncDk  I
met Chris Jordan (aka Seej from seej.net) at a college friend's dinner party in
Brooklyn, ca. fall 1999 and found out that he is an amazing video artist, maker,
tinkerer, light projectionist, creator and human! He has since done live visuals
at shows for pH10 (the Tunnel and several other venues), Socks and Sandals (The
Bunker and other venues!) and myself/our family (wedding party at Galapagos,
Brooklyn). Chris has created visuals for tons of my work & I'm so honored to be
able to share his creativity in this format. For this one, Chris experimented
with LED lights & mirrors to wondrous effect. You will see more of his videos
below. 

StuckInTheMachine (November 2022) - https://youtu.be/Df68SYDp5Oo  - created by
Nic Sequeira of Nicolas Comics in Denver, Colorado. Nic noticed some very old
grainy videos I had posted on YouTube from Denver in the 90's - which he found
to be very nostalgic and interesting, since he was born in the early 2000's. Nic
creates all kinds of wild and interesting videos on his YouTube channel, and
took the themes of the track: AI, machines, human-computer interfaces - and
created an epic multi-modal layered iconic video. I added some analog video
feedback loops as a layer on top - and voila!

SpaceTimeDream (November 2022) - https://youtu.be/dik7pvbncDk - I created this
one myself using old analog video feedback loops and some captures from fractal
software. 

Runnin Out: https://youtu.be/cy1Ts0c8tNM - this was repurposed from Chris
Jordan's awesome drone video for "Rabidity Rules - Clark ov Saturn's Runnin on
Acid Remix)" - and I added in some footage shot on a hike outside and driving
around Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

Our Bodies Collide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arlhGoo83PU - I made this
using images/footage from NASA and the Space Telescope. 

HiberNation (2022) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXLM5eilj74 - I made this
using footage I made in the 90's/early 2000's from a trip to Europe (just after
the pH10 Europe tour in spring 1999, Germany & Norway mostly) - along with 16mm
film loops I had made in Denver in the 90's by scratching images and scribbles
onto film and creating loops to be played with an old 16mm film projector - then
captured on video. It also uses footage from Burning Man, 1996/1998. 

Vaccine Day (2022) - https://youtu.be/Sctg0tb94U4 Another superduper Chris
Jordan creation - he made these trippy oil projection videos and I added some
vocal face footage and guitar, etc... 

Supersonic & Freewheeling Technicolor Dream -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSt_PoCF2F0 a very old track I made in ca. 2002,
that was lost & found 20 years later. Simple mix from sampler to 2 tracks, not
really mastered/mixed... But a fun track and I used Chris Jordan's oil videos
combined with my own silly singing face & antics. 


Many more videos on the YouTube channel... 




STM DISCOGRAPHY (+)






 * July 2023 - ZipZapZop "TheTruthParasite" (5th/final release for
   AlienPoleDance EP)

 * June 14 2023 - Pill Hil Deans "GTTFFU" ; ZipZapZop "ThrowItAway" 4th release
   for AlienPoleDance EP)  - Release Party at Abbey Burger on 6/9!

 * May 17 2023 - Pill Hill Deans "PHD Theme Song" ; ZipZapZop
   "WhatYouNeedWhatYouGet" (3rd release for AlienPoleDance EP)

 * April 20/21 2023 - ZipZapZop "AVisitation" 2nd release for AlienPoleDance EP
   (official video releases 4/21/23 - secret official release party); Pill Hill
   Deans "SendingMeFlyingInTheSky" single

 * February 14 2023 - ZipZapZop "WhyGottaGaslight?" single (1st from
   AlienPoleDance EP)

 * November 17 2022 - ZipZapZop "LucidDreamWalking" EP 

 * July 30 2022 ZipZapZop "Our Bodies Collide" single

 * May 17 2022 Clark ov Saturn "Runnin Out" single

 * ***2022 - ZipZapZop - Pandemic Outer Space Jams EP

 * 2021 - Amaal Saturn EP (Clark ov Saturn) 

 * 2021 - e23 and Chris Mosdell "Rabidity Rules" (Clark ov Saturn's Runnin on
   Acid Remix)

 * 2021 "Cheetos Found in Space" - this prank call recording was actually made
   around 2005-2006 in ZZZ days. I added it to Socks and Sandals Found in Space
   and just released.

 * 2007-2011 Joan Group recordings on YouTube/Macjams, Last.FM, etc.

 * **2007 Socks and Sandals  - "Rishi Saturn EP" on Microcosm Music  (vinyl,
   digital) Kompakt distribution and streaming apps

 * **2006 Socks and Sandals - Shatter EP on Microcosm Music (vinyl, digital),
   Kompakt distribution and streaming apps

 * **2005 Socks and Sandals self-released 7" vinyl "Topfit" b/w "Schnee"

 * 2001 (?) pH10 - Quarks and Gluons on Terraform Records (CD, vinyl single)

 * 1999 pH10 - Sci-Fidelity on Freedom Zone (CD)

 * 1998 (?) pH10 - Recone Helmut vs. Clark ov Saturn self-released CD

 * ***1997 FluffBubble 2026 Nitrogen Jukebox live recordings self-released on
   cassette

 * ***1997 LD-50 "Firmware" self-released cassette

 * 1996 Clark ov Saturn - Majic Carpet self-released cassette

 * ***1994 Electrode Dingus 2026  - Hydrogen Jukebox self-released cassette  (4
   track cassette recorder + digital delay pedal + microphone + instruments)

 * ***1991 Clark ov Saturn "The Floor of Happiness" self-released cassette  (4
   track cassette recorder with Dr. Rhythm drum machine, bass, guitar)

 * 1990 The PryOrrities "Firelands" self-released cassette (1st studio
   recording)


***Many of these archival tracks from past projects are available on
SoundCloud. 

**Some pH10 and Socks and Sandals tracks are also available on many streaming
apps such as Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal & Pandora. 



PRESS






It's been a while! Just getting back into this... Rebirth in 2022! ... 


A love affair with a well-placed sample gave birth to pH10  -Denver, Colorado,
Westword, 2009

"Betts and Saturn became pH10, a chemistry-inspired name that evolved from the
former moniker. The sound evolved along with the name: Industrial no more, pH10
embraced the dance underground and became a drum-and-bass/breakbeat outfit, a
shift Betts acknowledges as happening largely because of Saturn's influence.
Together they put out two albums — Sci-Fidelity in 2000 and Quarks and Gluons in
2002 — and had some success touring, including a six-week tour of Europe. In the
course of working on another record, Betts began to feel that the partnership
was no longer working out, so he and Saturn parted ways after writing an album
and a half's worth of material and then scrapping it.

Saturn started a minimal techno outfit called Socks and Sandals but had one more
major contribution to make toward pH10. It was he who introduced Betts to Sarah,
the woman who is now his partner in both music and life." 

-Corey Casciato


 Dancing in Your Sleep: Label Microcosm Calms the Nerves - New York City,
Village Voice, 28 Feb 2006

"(Ezekiel Honig) - The 28-year-old producer has two full-length CDs on his label
(which also includes releases by artists Socks and Sandals and Someone Else),
People Places and Things, and his collaboration with Morgan Packard, Early
Morning Migration. The two discs inhabit an REM-like dream state—what sounds
like water leaking trickles over the vibrating hum of a synth while rhythms fade
and reappear without warning."

-Tricia Romano



Weatherperson Wanted. Bring Own Map. And Jokes. - New York Times, 2005

Then Clark Saturn ambled into the room. Freckled and antic, with a beaklike
nose, he was wearing a ripped Schlitz bowling shirt and immediately confessed
that "I'm not feeling very pretty today" because he had just come from a
softball game. His weatherman jokes ("It's very smoky in Amsterdam") generated
chuckles, but it was his quirky, non-TV persona that most appealed to Ms.
Congdon. And Mr. Saturn was a fellow citizen of the Web, to boot.

"I teach German over the Internet," he explained, in all seriousness. "That's
what was attractive about this to me."

After Mr. Saturn departed, Ms. Congdon declared him her favorite. "Clark
Saturn," she cooed. "The best weatherman name ever!"

-John Freeman Gill



Listings - NYC, Village Voice, January 1, 2002

"After a hectic week of partying and ringing in the New Year, most folks
probably want to relax. The best chill-out night in town turns two: Grab a cup
of java and massage your brain cells (or what’s left of them) at the Second
Anniversary Undercity party at Halcyon. No out-of-towners, just the stellar
locals who fiddle with decks and effects from 3 in the afternoon till “late.”
With Mercy_killaH & Hazmaat, BPM0, Klevervice, Clark ov Saturn, DJ Spinoza, Sean
Smith, Sheldon Drake, and Instruction Shuttle presenting all manner of ambient,
experimental, and minimal techno. Sunday @ 3, Halcyon, 227 Smith, Carroll
Gardens, Bklyn"

-Tricia Romano



"Best Career Upgrade by a Former Local" - Denver Westword - Best of Denver, 2001

"Clark ov Saturn was a multifaceted contributor to Denver's scene before his
1999 move to New York City. His local-access cable show -- one teaching German,
no less -- never seemed to get in the way of his ambient DJ gigs or the touring
schedule of his techno/industrial unit, ph-10. Now ensconced as a DJ in Brooklyn
coffee shop/vintage store Halcyon (its global prestige goes far beyond the dark
roast), Clark has found time to expand his portfolio. Which explains why the
Clarkster was found strolling through Manhattan, coffee in hand, in the guise of
a dot-com superstar in one of Visa's Christmas commercials. Go, Clark."



Backwash  - Denver, Westword, 2001

The planets must be aligning. That's one way to explain the one-night-only
return of pH10, which headlines a multi-bill show at Club Sanctuary on Thursday,
November 22. Ever since "Space Trucking Mogul" Clark ov Saturn and "Professional
Speaker Killer" Recone F. Helmut (late of LD-50) left the Front Range for the
newly hipsterized, brownstone-lined streets of Brooklyn, the electronic duo's
appearances here have been rare. But that's not to say that all ties to the area
have been cut. This summer, pH10 released its second full-length album, Quarks
and Gluons, on local electronica indie Terraform Records; so far, the album has
helped heighten the group's status in its adopted New York home as well as in
progressive dance-music circles around the country. Live shows are a playful and
irreverent blend of party-time ambience and vaudeville theatrics: Thursday's gig
promises strip-tease performers, pulsating helmets, and vacuum cleaners serving
as stage props. That's all topped by an original, vigorous form of drum-and-bass
christened "fungle."

PH10 has proved itself to be one of Denver's most fun and upwardly mobile
exports; we're just happy that the duo returns to the farm every now and then.
Brought to town by the local New Vision America crew, pH10 appears with live
acts Emptyhead and GloLab and drum-and-bass DJ Nightstalker. Welcome home, you
strange boys."

-Laura Bond



HitPick - Denver Westword, 1999

"pH10, Friday, October 15, at Seven South, will return to the state but not the
planet at their first show in the area since relocating to New York City earlier
this year. The eclectic duo -- a curious collaboration between former LD-50
members Recone Helmut and Clark ov Saturn -- combines electronica, drum and
bass, ambient and even the occasional lounge theme into a musical stew that's as
danceable as it is smart. It's a style that's gained the twosome the hard-earned
respect of crowds in European and New York clubs, including the infamous
Knitting Factory, that bastion of avant-garde and experimental music. With DJ
Jackalope on the bill, Friday's show should prove a worthy adventure in
turntabalism, with Helmut and ov Saturn as your trusty sonic tour guides."

 -- Laura Bond

(Just after playing Knitting Factory with Trumystic Sound System) - Village
Voice



Feedback - Denver Westword, 1998

CLARK OV SATURN VS. RECONE HELMUT, THE DEBUT BY PH10, PROVIDES YOU AND YOURS
WITH FOUR SONGS OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT'S WITTY AND PROPULSIVE. "CORPUSCLE"
MATES CONVINCING SLAMS WITH COSMIC BUBBLES, "7TH BOTTOM" IS AN ADVENTURE IN
QUASI-AMBIENCE WHOSE CHANGES IN DIRECTION ARE ALWAYS WORTH FOLLOWING, "AMBULANCE
DRIVERS" SPEEDS INTO DRUM-AND-BASS TERRITORY, AND "PROVERBIAL KICKS" DRAGS FRANK
SINATRA INTO THE TECHNO ERA. SATURN AND HELMUT ARE FULL OF IDEAS BUT NOT FULL OF
THEMSELVES."

-Michael Roberts


"Chemistry Class" - Denver Westword, 1997

"We always conceptualize the look of our shows," Saturn says. "We use LCD pixel
projections, track spots, computer video mixing, fog and smoke."

"You gotta love smoke," Helmut pipes up. "Smoke works wonders."

"And who knows?" Saturn continues mischievously. "You might see live wrestling,
ant farms, Jell-O sploshing, animal tricks...The sky is the only limit."


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VIDEO/AUDIO HISTORY

pH10 Live drum n bass on Much Much @ NXNE, Toronto



Mixed reel - standup, film, commercial



Documentary on Clark's music, etc. history by Nicolas Sequeira of Nicolas Comics



All standup reel at Carolines, Comedy Cellar

pH10 live drum n bass on SoulLook Japan TV 



Reel of SAG commercial acting (NYC, Hollywood, Madrid, Toronto; Abrams Artists)



Teaching German on cable access in Denver, mid-late 90's



9News in Denver story

pH10 

drumnbass, breakbeat, dub
Vinyl/Digital Releases on TerraForm Records

Clark ov Saturn and Recone Helmut
1996-2001

2000 NXNE Toronto & Much Music TV News spot

1999 Europe tour with Trumystic Sound System

Spotify - Quarks and Gluons

Spotify - Sci-Fidelity




Socks and Sandals

minimal techno,
ambient house

Vinyl/Digital Releases on
Microcosm Music

Sean Smith and Clark ov Saturn

Spotify





Clark ov Saturn 

acting reels:
commercials, film, TV
NYC/LA/Madrid/Toronto 

2000's



Tele What? How Clark got his start on the ed tech career path in 1990's
Denver, Colorado...



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Live... Kind of...
ARTIST BIOS
ZipZapZop
History
Musical Roots
Musical Influences:
Who Is This Person Behind the Music by Principles?
Pill Hill Deans
ALL MUSIC VIDEOS + STORIES
STM DISCOGRAPHY (+)
PRESS
CONTACT
VIDEO/AUDIO HISTORY
DJ MIXES
Table of Contents


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