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Most likely born in edmonton alberta in canada, c. 1971, education pursued across three canadian provinces between 1990-97 with a focus on music performance and theory throughout; raised well outside of the churchbased infrastructure of conservative late 20th C. northern alberta, married in ontario c. 1997 and divorced in 2003, however a separation prior to this is most likely evident in his early return form the ‘"eastern sojourns".The aesthetic disparity typical of late 20th/early 21st C. postmodern electronicisms make the cataloging of the composer-performers works a near thankless cause for even the most assiduous scholar; however, digital ‘"watermarking" has now made it possible to trace the collected works, samples, AIFFs, etceteras--confirmed and questioned alike--back to a single 2nd generation iBook licensed to proxyboy, a well known regional tag for Lane Arndt.

Resistant to the scholarly task of definition through categorization, the composers output must be taken for what it is: equal parts experimental ethos and structural pathos within a framework of tones and frequencies, leaving none wanting for any thing more than a hint of identity in the futile search for unity of form and function; the postmodern anti-form of openness. As a guitar player l.a. trades in a type of fluent free associations, at times attempting to navigate the slippery slope of the outside/straight-ahead callosum. Functioning at erratic intervals as either (or both) ‘"the Specialest" and ‘"cUPS", all levels of sonic disparity are juxtaposed in his abstract experimental approach to electronics.

The Improvised Network vol. 1-69 released in micro-runs of 5-20. CD-R. Hand made one-of-a-kind design for every release. Live Recordings at Second Fiddle Books, Edmonton Alberta 2001-2002.
The Improvised Network vols 70-95 (TINFest) (unreleased pending liability) 25 CD box set of the innaugural TINFest festival of improvised music, featuring 40 area improvisors recorded over 11 nights in Edmonton Alberta. june 2002.
Split evening between Vertrek Ensemble and the four core members of TIN. (feb 2002) 3 cd-r micro release (20 copies) with hand made cover art.
Collaborative invitational performance featuring Ian Birse (audio/video) and Laura Kavanaugh (soundfloor sampling and live manipulation) and the four core members of TIN. May 2002 (unreleased).
cUPS "edition 1" 3-song live electronic home recording 2003. CD-R. issued in
hand-made package and distributed freely to those who like such things; summer 2003.
cUPS "edition 1.1" re-release of "1" with two extra tracks. CD-R. issued in
contrasting hand-made packaging; summer 2003.
Bringing Fish "Aeroport" by Mark Templeton with beats and production by Lane
Arndt. released Edmonton 2003.

"Kayinko" a piece composed with improvisatory flexibilty as a colaboration with
dancer/choreographer Kay Grigar for the closing ceremony of Edmonton-based
Lattitude 53ís 2003 "Visualeyez" festival of the visual arts et al.
"smiles for wendy" a minimal idm track written for a short film by cynthia
sentara called "Nada Anew" a work which features as namesake of the film, a
brilliant poem by Brian Chan. Screened at Metro theatre in The Citadel Theatre
in Edmonton Spring, 2003. (Film can be seen at Zed.com where it was featured on
July 14th.)