Circa 1980, I came in contact with a group of intensely motivated, musically-involved, artistic people who assisted in growing the concept of CENTRAL CONTROL, originally a personal project studio which sprang from a core concept involving multi-media experimentation. Musical ideas developed into multi-track recordings; slide shows were accompanied by original soundtracks; songs became music videos. Electronic images were transformed into photographic renderings and vice versa. Abstractions coalesced into motion pictures.

Musical collaboration and a challenging partnership with guitarist and songwriter, James Seven, led to the birth of a new techno-synth duo and CENTRAL CONTROL became its name. It was perfect for a New York electronic music group of the 1980s whose videos appeared in art/performance venues and dance clubs from Manhattan to Long Island to Washington, DC. One in particular, Out of Dream, was featured in art museums coast to coast.

Close association with electronic engineer and designer, Jan Hall, resulted in the development of the Synchrom, a custom built video color synthesizer that was used extensively in the art and music video works that followed. The Synchrom gave these projects a uniquely colorized look with a raw electronic edge.

The CENTRAL CONTROL name and logo came to represent group efforts as well as my solo projects. During the early to mid-'80s, the following friends and associates helped make many of the music and art videos possible: