an excerpt from an article on electronic music
in the Boston Phoenix Fall Preview.
(September 12, 1997)

Boston also sports a lively underground electronica scene, which is represented most visibly by the Toneburst collective. An assorted mix of DJs, ambient/experimental musicians, performance artists, video technicians, and others, Toneburst holds occasional events at odd locations throughout the city. A typical party features rooms draped with lights, video screens, installation art, and other multimedia toys, with electronica of every stripe as the aural backdrop. This April, New York illbient provocateur DJ Spooky and "mutantrumpet" player Ben Neill performed a breathraking set of challenging, abstract beats with the Toneburst crew in a stunningly decorated hall at Mass Art. Be on the look out for other special Toneburst guests in the future...

- Chris Tweeny