General ECC News
ECC Nominated for Kooba Radio's Band Of Year
Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:22
Back in April 2011 the delightfully odd chaps over at London-based Kooba Radio selected The Evolution Control Committee as their Band Of The Month. Thanks guys! In a year where we'd expected a lot more action & interest for us and our new album, we gotta be grateful for those who did appreciate it. Big thanks to Kooba and especially the Jonny and Alex Show for sharing ECC with their audience!
Kooba's bands-of-the-month all compete in a year-end vote to select Kooba's Band Of The Year, which means we need your vote! It's super quick, click one button, no registration or login needed, no fuss or muss.
To vote, go to:
http://www.koobaradio.co.uk/bands/band-of-the-month/2011/evolution-control-committee/
...and just click the Vote button near the bottom of the page. Done!
Voting closes December 31st. Thanks for supporting us!
Thanksgiving Radio: Songs about Johnny + Turntable Turkey Throwdown
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 05:48
During last week's episode of The Sound Of Plaid TradeMark G. thought that a good future show theme might be all the songs about Johnny: Johnny B. Goode, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Johnny Are You Queer... very complex fellow, Johnny. And then we thought we'd ask for help. And we got it: nearly one hundred replies and comments came from listeners with requests and suggestions -- wow! Johnny Got A Boom Boom, Johnny B. Rotten, The Ballad Of Johnny Cool, John E. Smoke, Johnny Behind The Deuce... that Johnny has done it all.
Thanks to everyone who wrote in. We've collected most of them together and we're ready to play them for you tomorrow (2011.11.24) on The Sound Of Plaid as we honor the everyman legend of lyrics, Johnny. Many chances to hear the show, and if you can't make the times below, you can hear it at The Sound Of Plaid Archives.
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Thursday on DFM and |
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8p-10p PST 11p-1a EST 0400-0600 GMT |
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| Sunday on KAOS Radio Austin: |
11a-1p PST 1p-3p CST 1900-2100 GMT |
BONUS! Big City Orchestra's uBradio Salon (or something like it) is joining Radio Valencia's programming, and to say thanks (it is Thanksgiving Day, after all) they'll broadcast a marathon all-nighter Turntable Turkey Throwdown. Since we're no strangers to uBradio, we'll join in for some of the fun along with guests Ferrara Brain Pan and hopefully Univac. But since we're now on east coast time, we'll only make a few of the beginning hours of the 8p-4a PST broadcast.
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ECC's Stairway To Britney makes Bootie's Top 15
Friday, 18 November 2011 17:45
If you're not familiar with mashup mothership Bootie, get familiar. In San Francisco they're somewhat ubiquitous, what with their weekly sold-out mashup nights at the DNA Lounge... not to mention the dozen+ other party cities on their roster too. But for those (like us, now) who aren't in any of those cities, cast your gaze upon their online presence: their website hosts free downloads of annual CDs, webcasts, monthly Top 10s and more. It's that last one which caught our attention... or should we say, caught theirs:
The ECC's "Stairway To Britney" made November 2011's Top 15 list!
Download that and much more from them. enjoy.
Dissecting The Grunt on this week's Sound Of Plaid
Wednesday, 31 August 2011 04:27
As suggested during last week's Sound Of Plaid, this week we dissect The Grunt. If you don't recognize this instrumental track of The JB's (James Brown's band) by name, you'll definitely recognize its opening trumpet build and other bits throughout. Those samples figure prominently in music from Black-Eyed Peas, Eric B & Rakim, Pharcyde, Ultramagnetic MC's, Salt-n-Pepa, and many others -- in fact, Public Enemy samples it prominently on no less than three tracks on their masterwork It Takes A Nation Of Millions. This week, we explore The Grunt, it's many gruntling offspring, plus a surprise ending about The Grunt's unoriginal origins.
Many chances to hear the show, and if you can't make the times below, you can hear it at The Sound Of Plaid Archives.
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9a-11a PST |
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8p-10p PST 11p-1a EST 0400-0600 CET |
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| Sunday on KAOS Radio Austin: |
11a-1p PST 1p-3p CST 1900-2100 GMT |
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