BORDERS

Emptyset is the innovative electronic duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas.
The duo composes within a complex set of self-imposed parameters or rule
sets and the results of their expeditions on Borders are at once minimal and
visceral. Focusing on shifting timbral changes over melody, Emptyset's work is
an exploration of the relationship between rhythm, texture and space.
The pair shares a history in Bristol's underground music scene as well as an
impressive list of production credits. Ginzburg, now Berlin based, runs a
network of record labels including electronic music label Subtext and Arc
Light Editions, whose reissues include a work by Arthur Russell. He's a prolific
producer and remixer for both independent and major labels, with diverse
projects such as Faint Wild Light, Ginz and more recently Bleed Turquoise.
Purgas, now based in London, founded the We Elude Control label in 2009,
a curated collection of rare experimental music. Purgas is an artist, writer and
curator who has presented projects with Tate, Whitechapel and Serpentine
Galleries, and he is also an active promoter of electronic music in eclectic
spaces from a carpark to a Modernist pavilion.