Earthquake Retrofit is electronic musician Steve Mabrey. Since 2003 EQRF has been performing his unique brand of haunting, melodic soundscapes in and around the Pacific Northwest of America including annual appearances at Autonomous Mutant Fest. His music is created using a wide variety of real and virtual instruments and effects. On 'The Imaginary Robotic Quartet' he uses a variety of data sources, including from radio telescopes, to create sonic space-scapes. The album 'Compared to the Rain' shows something of a new direction in his recordings. 2008 saw the release of 'The Slashdot Effect' and 'Chaos Theory' which were recorded at Thee Asylum in Eugene, Oregon. The beautiful cover paintings are by Chelsea Friedman. Previous releases are: Soundpost to a New Space 2004, Slow Train To Proxima 2005, Don't Squish Kittens 2005, Electric Flu 2006, Dreams and Deliriums 2006, Deathray 2006 and Internal Exile 2007. Another project from the EQRF people is Micha: http://micha.azuru.net Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.