EOTO comes to MEOW WOLF! With Pherkad. 8pm Doors// 21+ Tickets on sale
now! ••••https://sfevents.meowwolf.com/event/eoto
[https://sfevents.meowwolf.com/event/eoto]•••• A live band on
hi-tech hyperdrive, EOTO has forged new territory in the electronic
dance music movement. Locked and loaded with computers, loopers, midi
controllers, routers, software, mixers, and the latest in music
technology, multi-instrumentalist Michael Travis and
percussionist/vocalist, Jason Hann have sent a speeding bullet through
the electronic dance community due to their innovative 100% improvised
approach and as a result, their exclusive sound. Not just a haphazard
foray into experimental music, the duo starts their musical adventure
from scratch (there are no pre-recorded loops, no backing tracks, and
no pre-constructed songs in their live production) building each set,
note-by-note, beat by beat, live before the audience as each show
explodes into a full-scale dance party. A double-headed juggernaut,
the duo works effortlessly as they twist and turn through a series of
genres including Drum & Bass, Electro, Dubstep, House, and Glitch Hop
dance music; virtually constructing a new sci-fi soundtrack each night
they perform. What makes EOTO extraordinary is the way the duo designs
their performance by looping live guitar, bass, and keyboard synths,
alongside with live drums and vocals, to carve out their sound right
before the eyes and ears of the audience. No small feat in music
production; even the highest order of studio producers, audiophiles,
and musicians have a hard time wrapping their head around EOTO’s
approach, and the wild ride that results. Much of EOTO’s
other-worldy sound takes place long before the band takes the stage.
Using unique mic placement and internal software EQ for the drums,
combined with an internal system for self mixing and monitoring, EOTO
is able to craft its sound to the audience in a way that most sound
engineers might overlook when mixing an electronic band. It’s not
just rock instruments on stage mixed with computer sounds, its live
instruments treated in a different way, sonically, for the purpose of
performing a different style of music. These nuances are always a
source of amazement when EOTO is approached about how they “get
their sound”. Best known as the drummer and percussionist for the
wildly successful String Cheese Incident, Michael Travis cut his
musical teeth in the junior high school marching band playing the
French horn in the early eighties. However, his deep love for rhythm
has always played a major role in his career. In 1986, Travis picked
up the hand drum and started playing guitar in Santa Cruz, California.
It wasn’t until 1995, when the drum kit found its way into his life,
a moment that would shape his career forever. For more than twenty
years he has held down the rhythm section for audiences spanning
hundreds of thousands of fans, in cities around the globe. His keen
interest in international and world music has dotted his career
allowing him to explore multiple genres of music, while keeping
dexterity in each instrument he plays. His ability to perform as
adeptly on the guitar, bass and drums allow EOTO to create a rich
organic sound, often overlooked in today’s press-play DJ community.
When Jason Hann joined Michael Travis in the rhythm section of the
String Cheese Incident in 2004, he was no stranger to the big stage.
Performing professionally since the age of 12, he has toured and
recorded internationally with the likes of Isaac Hayes, Loreena
McKinnett, Dr Dre, Rickie Lee Jones and Vinx. His depth and knowledge
of percussion has taken him around the world to study in countries as
far as Mali, Ghana, Haiti, and Korea allowing him a rare deftness to
switch seamlessly through a variety of genres of music, whether it’s
Rock, R&B, Pop, Jazz, Latin, Latin-Jazz, Flamenco, African, Persian,
Electronica, Techno and World music. With an extended biography that
reads like the who’s who of music, it’s no wonder he found himself
naturally drawn to developing a more experimental sound of his own,
with EOTO. As the perfect musical pairing, EOTO draws upon their rich
history, training, and diverse influences to create an innovative yet
fully improvised electronic music experience unlike any other on the
scene today. EOTO has had many unique sit-ins that have allowed for,
yet, another mark of their original sound including, The drummers of
Stomp, members of String Cheese Incident, members of Umphrey’s
McGee, Stanley Jordan, Dominic Lali (Big Gigantic), David Satori &
Sidecar Tommy (Beats Antique), Billy Kreutzman, Vinx, Toni Childs,
Karsh Kale, Jamie Janover, Steve Kimock, Jamie Shields (New Deal), and
Adam Deitch (Lettuce) just to name a few.
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