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Robot Invasion: VOCODERS on The Sound Of Plaid
Tuesday, 09 November 2010 19:09
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Hide, evolver! It's a ROBOT INVASION!
Well, at least it sounds an awful lot like a robot -- it's the vocoder, and its our topic for this week's episode of The Sound Of Plaid. For those that slept through the breakdancing craze in the 80's or Clockwork Orange in the 70's, the vocoder is that studio gadget that takes a human voice like yours and transforms it into a transformer ("more than meets the eye..."). But the vocoder's history is more than beats -- it was a top-secret military project that heads of state used to speak securely throughout World War II.
This bizarre and unlikely army-to-electro history isdetailed in the book How To Wreck A Nice Beach by Dave Tompkins. It's a great read, loaded with great tales of how this music studio magic trick started its career by saving (or maybe destroying) the world, serving as a private telephone line between presidents and prime ministers. It's also loaded with a great playlist of vocoder-laced music, be it the Clockwork Orange soundtrack, Kraftwerk, the majority of electro, Daft Punk, and beyond.
Join TradeMark and Frilly for the secret history of the vocoder on this week's episode of The Sound Of Plaid, live from the Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej (aka the Center for Contemporary Art) in Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland. 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 later in the week.
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Post X-Mass Xtravaganza (The Place To Be)
Thursday, 07 January 2010 22:03
Our first live performance of 2010! Although we'll be generally lying low over the next few months to work on our album, we invite you to spin the Wheel Of Mashup and get your year started off right. Spin the wheel, make a mashup! This line-up offers a range of musical variety we usually only see at European shows, which give us an opportunity to take a few chances too. Along with our giveaways of free ECC All-Access Mash lanyards and CDs to everyone who spins our wheel, there's free gifts for the first 50 fans and more... see you there!
WHAT: Post X-Mass Xtravaganza (The Place To Be)
WHEN: THIS Saturday 01/07/2010 9pm-?? (ECC headlines at 1am)
WHERE: 5lowershop 992 Peralta Ave, San Francisco, 94110
HOW MUCH: Dunno, but I'm expecting cheap-ish
APE CON MYTH Presents
A POST X MASS XTRAVAGANZA (THE PLACE TO BE)
Free gifts to the 1st 50+ entrants wondrous decorative left overs and De-constructive dance party
with
The masters of copyright infringement
"EVOLUTION CONTROL COMMITTEE"
17 years on and still Beyond the realm of comprehension
"KREAMY 'LECTRIC SANTA"
Spastic classico no wave blitzkrieg
"STRIP MALL SEIZURES"
Electronic mavens
"CHEN SANTAMARIA"
Kyle H. Mabsons
"GARDEN STATE"
kidney displacement surgery
"SNAGGLETOOTH"
On a hole different galaxy
"FAUX PSUDO FAKE FAKE"
MC'd by "PLAYING"
DJS - TURBO, KYLE H. MABSON, BROCK
THE 5LOWERSHOP-9pm Sharp All AGES-
Subversion panel discussion
Friday, 08 October 2010 05:51
As we settle into our artist-in-residency here in Warsaw, we are starting to meet people of all sorts of artistic persuasions. One kindred spirit goes by the name of Micha? Libera, and under the guise of Fundacja Cztery Dziewiecdziesiat Dziewiec he moderates a series of panel discussions on topics that you evolvers would appreciate -- his previous one was on John Oswald. And the next one? Subversion and Dispepsi, the 1997 Negativland album.
The ECC's TradeMark G. and Christy Brand will join Jacek Staniszewski in a discussion moderated by Micha? Libera on Tuesday October 12th at the Zach?ta National Gallery in Warsaw.
Krew na li?ciach: Subwersja # Negativland
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12.10: SUBWERSJA # NEGATIVLAND
Go?cie: The Evolution Control Comittee [USA], Jacek Staniszewski [PL] Miejsce: Zach?ta [sala multimedialna] Prowadzenie: Micha? Libera ...Czas: 18.00 Uwaga: spotkanie w j?zyku angielskim Subwersja – bodaj najmodniejsze s?owo w sztuce lat 90. Mia?a by? najskuteczniejsz? a by? mo?e wr?cz ostateczn? krytyk? kapitalizmu. G?ównie dlatego, ?e w?a?ciwie nie by?a krytyk?, ale wojn? podjazdow?, partyzantk? uprawian? bez z?udze? co do tego, kto jest silniejszy i kto ostatecznie wygra. W ?wiecie muzyki, rozumienie subwersji niemal pokry?o si? z pl?drofoni?. [...] |
ECC on KALX Radio 10/19 (tonight!)
Monday, 19 October 2009 14:03
Last-minute, but:
TradeMark G. of The ECC returns to KALX 90.7 FM Berkeley Radio to visit Tumble Weed's show Monday 10/19/09 (tonight!) from 7p to 9:30p PST. Start out the week right with TradeMark G. as he excavates the ECC archives for rarities both new and old, sharing ECC tunes from the past 20 years!
Not in Berkeley? No problem -- listen online:
MP3 128k Stereo stream
MP3 56k Stereo stream
MP3 24k Mono stream
Best of all, during the show you can call in requests or questions!
DJ Studio Phone: (510) 642-KALX
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