Pawn Shop Records

Known aliases: Neil Wiernik, Whisper Room, Dropfile
Last known whereabouts: Toronto, Canada
Web presence: phoniq.net, virb.com/thewhisperroom and Neil also co-curates vagueterrain.net – an online digital arts quarterly.

The basics:
Montreal ex-pat naw (Neil Wiernik) who currently calls Toronto his home, began composing electronic music in 1988 with explorations in audio art and experimental music. Neil’s interest in sound and technology has lead him to a continued questioning and refinement of audio tools and modes of production resulting in experimentation with altered instruments, modified devices, and custom software environments. Neil’s music could be described as warm, atmospheric, and cinematic electronic music. The sound design of naw is firmly grounded in the rich traditions of dub studio culture but can also be weighed alongside formal contemporary composition. His music was recently described in “The Wire” as having “…the kind of sharpness and clarity usually lost amid the murk and decay of clicks and cuts and digital delays.” Neil has released music on various labels including Noise Factory. In addition to his recording career Neil is an accomplished curator and digital media specialist, he has shown work in a variety of non-traditional spaces since the late 1980′s and his projects have included works in radio, print, and internet diffusion as well as other non-gallery spaces including derelict buildings, billboards, pirate airwaves, and public space. Neil has presented projects at the Finland Contemporary Museum, ISEA, Subtle Technologies Conference, La SAT, The Medusa Complex, Mutek Festival and The Music Gallery. Neil also co-curates vagueterrain.net – an online digital arts quarterly and is a member of the board of directors for Musicworks Magazine .

Past action:
Full lengths
Still Breathing – Vague Terrain (out of print)
City Saturate – Noise Factory Records
Terrain Vague – Rivers Of Recordings
Green Nights Orange Days – Noise Factory Records
The Resound Of A Foggy Autumn Dawn – Noise Factory Records
Gibberish – Piehead Records (out of print)
Re/Sound/Live – A/S Systems (out of print)

Singles and EPs
Cracked Lines & Broken Signals EP – Sentient Sound
Binary Route EP – Noise Factory Records
Anagram – Clevermusic
Sil/ent/mu/te – Orange Records/Tone
Low Level Breathing – Mutant Cactus Recordings
NAW – Seasons P.1 EP – PSR (forthcoming)
NAW – Seasons P.2 EP – PSR (forthcoming)

Compilations and remixes
NAW – Snowfall Firebomb – Thoughtless Times v.3 – Thoughtless Music
Organachrome – Don’s Say Drums Are Not Words (NAW’s Dub Remix) – PSR
Sultan Peppa – Intense Love (NAW’s Dub Remix) – PSR
Dust That Collects – Trial – Pertin_nce
Collecting Dust – Trial – Pertin_nce
Every April [NAW's Amphibious Mating Season Mix] – To Kill The White Glamour/reworks ep – Mickey Eats Recordings
Low Air Pressure – Changes – Pertin_nce
Consumed User – Andrew Duke, Consumer vs. User Remixed – Stratagem Musik
Sustained – No. 3 – Noise Factory Records
Penny Fishing North On Bay – No. 3 – Noise Factory Records
Cloning (1 Blood Made 2) – Aidan Baker, Remixes – Noise Factory Records/arcolepsy
Our Reflection Echoes On (Camembert, Beurre et Baguette mix) – Hexes and Ohs, Goodbye Friend, Welcome Lover – Noise Factory Records
Swap 7 – Swap -Complot
Murpt – 4th year – Wabi Recordings (out of print)
Pkluka – Save Your Fork, There’s Pie! – Piehead Records (out of print)
Knee Deep In A Puddle Of Rain Mix – Unravelled Brown CassetteTape Lying On A Freeway, Standing In The Rain Remix EP – Unravelled Recordings (out of print)
Orialis – No. 2 – Noise Factory Records (out of print)
Brittle Sticks -No. 2 – Noise Factory Records (out of print)
Sksma – fr01 – Future Rhetoric Recordings (out of print)
Untitled – fr02 – Future Rhetoric Recordings (out of print)
Decompost – Black – A/S Systems

Style: Dub, Techno, and warm, atmospheric, and cinematic electronic music.