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= Samur Khouja =

Samur Khouja is a recording-engineer, musician, producer, and owner of Seahorse Sound Studios. He actively releases music and performs under the pseudonyms Conscious Summary and Noon Court.

Khouja founded Seahorse Sound Studios in 2003 in Downtown, Los Angeles. He also operates and curates (the) Handbag Factory, a diy community space for experimental art in Los Angeles.

Conscious Summary
Samur Khouja has been releasing music and performing under the pseudonym Conscious Summary since 2008. Conscious Summary is a mixture of harsh noise, drone, electro-acoustic Music, and ambient. Conscious Summary has toured the United States extensively since 2006, playing festivals such as the International Noise Conference, NorCal Noise Fest, Hell in a Handbag, Brutal SFX festival, Desert Daze and most recently finished a tour opening for Cate Le Bon. His equipment includes but is not limited to modular synthesizers, guitar pedals, MPC1000, Ekdahl Moisturizer spring reverb, and self-made electroacoustic instruments. Most of Conscious Summary's artwork features Khouja's own film photography and analog video manipulation. "Often using an array of home made electronics, organic materials and processed sounds, Conscious Summary produces a soundscape that is intense and intricate. Live performances both fill an acoustic space, and manage to interact with it simultaneously. Live performances often include original immersive projections and video art."

Exhaustions
Exhaustions is a musical release by Conscious Summary on November 2018. "'Conceived during a month long trek through India, Exhaustions is comprised of three pieces composed for synthesizer and voice, that tastefully nod to the landscape focused sound works of composers like Michel Redolfi or Pauline Oliveros, while maintaining a sense of identity equally rooted in drone and electronic psychedelia. Heavily meditative, yet increasingly foreboding, the interplay between richly textured analog ambience and processed field recordings on Exhaustions creates an enveloping fog where themes of miscommunication and dislocation swim intertwined, all while simultaneously questioning concepts of harmony and resolution. A dichotomy in both sound and intent, Exhaustions is a compelling piece of modern electronic composition ripe with concept and undeniable energy that showcases a bold step forward for an artist who denies classification.'"