Experiments
Here in the Experiments area you'll find all the brow-furrowing, chin-stroking activities that The ECC has been up to. Mischievous MP3s, vituperous videos, cued and ready for instant consumption and sardonic satisfaction.
Note the categories to the left. If you want only music, click MP3s. If you want only videos, there's that too. You can also peek into our Testing Area to hear beta tests and unfinished experiments that we're playing around with. And if you're wondering just what the hell we were thinking when we made those experiments, you might find the answers in our blog. Recent additions to all four categories are listed below.
TradeMark interview by Scott of The Spo-Its
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 05:28
A few days after Mardi Gras, The ECC's TradeMark G. was interviewed by Scott Corkern of The Spo-It's. For Scott's upcoming movie "Big Time Nobody" he wanted to get TradeMark's memories and stories about performing a few shows with the Spo-Its well over a decade ago. In spite of Spo-It's sexploitational and dangerous performances, TradeMark's tales were light on detail. Luckily Scott kept going with discussions on music, extreme performance, plunderphonics, and much more.
Thanks to Scott for driving so far to make this happen, and good luck with the movie!
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Love Theme Chop Shop
Sunday, 14 November 2010 22:27
Was trying out some granular synthesis plugins and ended up producing this strangely hypnotic 3-speed collision of this love theme by Willie Hutch from the Foxy Brown soundtrack:
EuroTour Update 2009.03.30
Monday, 30 March 2009 07:04
Hello from Munich!
This is day 1 of 3 here, where we get a little R&R before we move on to our main event, the STRP Festival in Eindhoven (The Netherlands). We arrived last night from London, on a Lufthansa flight which I was sure was going to totally ream us on overage fees for our hefty baggage. Seriously, we were like 80 pounds over. And yet, here we are, flown and fee-free, having somehow slipped by through some combination of sweet talk, charm, rock-star attitude, and being so late for the flight that were almost locked out of it.
Our show in London was intimate (that's "small", diplomatically put) -- the venue was the basement of the Betsey Trotwood (apparently named after a Dickens character, as Charles Dickens lived in the area). Space in the basement was tight, but headlining band a.P.A.t.T. was fantastic, and as a fve-piece band they practically filled the rest of the available space there (but nearly doubled the audience). Owner Richard was very generous with us; we enjoyed many tales of area history as the free drinks kept pouring. Thanks to Nigel of Pickled Egg Records for arranging this.
- TradeMark & Christy
Sound Of Plaid Archive: Experimental Unplugged
Monday, 21 July 2014 10:38
The Sound Of Plaid episode 2014.07.21: Experimental Unplugged
Before electronics made it easy, musicians had to get weird the hard way. In this episode we explore unusual and influential music that pushed the boundaries of composition and instrumentation. From prepared piano to sound sculpture, from Moondog to Weddell seals, these are the strange sounds of an analog world.
Download the episode, or listen to it now:
| Band: | Song: |
| Angus MacLaurin | Secret Handshake 1 |
| Renaldo And The Loaf | Bali Whine |
| The John Benson Brooks Trie | Avant Slant (one PLUS I = II?) |
| Einsturzende Neubauten | Ein Seltener Vogel |
| Andrew Poppy | The Object Is A Hungry Wolf |
| Ferrente and Teicher | Blue Skies |
| Stephen Scott | Sun Catcher |
| Conlon Nancarrow | Study for Player Piano No. 13 |
| Conlon Nancarrow | Study for Player Piano No. 17 |
| Conlon Nancarrow | Study for Player Piano No. 36 |
| John Cage | Three Dances for amplified prepared piano |
| Harry Bertoia | Sonambient: Ocean Mysteries |
| Kotekan | Lift-Off (Peck) |
| Pierre Henry | Vars Pour Une Porte Et Un Soupir |
| Hilton Kean Jones | Eastmontage |
| Douglas Quinn | Weddell Seals (Underwater) |
| Stomu Yamash'ta | Red Buddha |
| Moondog | Death, When You Come To Me |
| Moondog | Instrumental Round, Double Bass Duo, Why Spend The Dark Night With You? |
| Moondog | Moondog's Symphony 1 (Timberwolf) |
| Iannis Xenakis | Charisma |
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