Octant: Halo (Live): CMJ 2010 Part 7/10

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This past Roctober, New York hosted its yearly CMJ (College Music Journal) Music Marathon. As the name indicates, The CMJ Music Marathon is a massive concentration of 100s of bands that descend on NYC like locusts and swarm every NYC venue over the course of a week leaving hangovers and ringing ears in their wake Download Sherlock Holmes Season 1. There are those out there that like to believe that it is an indicator of the stylistic forces that will drive major musical themes for the coming years 더 지니어스 룰 브레이커.

The most notable bands caught at CMJ 2010 are: Savoir Adore, Alex Winston, Octant, Candy Claws, Kisses, Titus Andronicus, Holy Ghost!, Mathew Dear, Dean and Britta, Crocodiles, The Blow, and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 인카운터. Other bands caught were: Invisible Kid, Eklin, Samuel, Buke and Gass, Gold Panda, and a few others. We are in the thick of a 10 part CMJ series featuring the highlights of CMJ 2010 so check the archives and be sure to check back daily 구글 드라이브 모바일 폴더 다운로드!

The most memorable and lasting CMJ experience isn’t so much hearing or seeing the next big thing but rather stumbling on to something odd or really special cd 번호부 다운로드. This year I got a tip from TSOI’s own Kevin to see Octant, a project of Matt Steinke of Satisfact/Mocket fame and more recently involved with the also excellent The 5 Cents (see TSOI archives) Morning yard. Octant is composed of Matt and his army of tiny robots that pick up keyboard and rhythm duties and act as his full band. Matt, clearly a mechanical/computer genius has programmed tiny instruments of carefully calibrated turning gears and pneumatically triggered percussion to create a totally automated but beautifully organic band 7zip Hangul. I can’t fathom how one could properly put into words the performance but it was unsuspectingly beautiful and oddly touching experience. How is it that the show comprised mostly of a robotic band provide far and away the most intimate show of CMJ 2010 Download situational drama?

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