EOTO
Encyclopedia
EOTO is an electronic band consisting of Michael Travis
and Jason Hann
.
The band formed in 2006 as a side project of The String Cheese Incident incorporating looper pedals, like Echoplex
and the DJ program Ableton
. According to one reviewer, the duo sets their live instruments free and take on a new electronic flavor.
The band played their first show at Sonic Bloom
in May 2006. In 2008 they played over 200 live shows and more than seven hundred shows in 48 different states during the five years since their founding. The band performs at Apple Stores to demonstrate how they produce their music in concert.
EOTO has released three studio albums. Each album is mixed and mastered from one live take including some pre-set sounds. EOTO also record many of its live shows and makes them available to fans on the Internet
.
After experiencing dubstep
at DJ Skream
's set at Shambhala
during the summer of 2008, they duo saw a change in their sound. Fire the Lazers!!!, their 2009 studio release, introduced a buzz-saw bass and heavier backbeat. Their music also incorporates sludge metal
bass sounds and punk riffs.
EOTO originally stood for "End of Time Observatory", with the members pronouncing it as E-O-T-O, soon letting it blur to EeOhToe. After some Japanese fans pointed out that the word means "good sound" in Japanese, the band has officially been the word EOTO instead of the acronym.
Hann uses a Jazz Mutant Lemur Multi Touch pad, a Korg Pad Kontrol, a TC Helicon Synth Voice Tone Pedal, a Behringer Xenyx 502 mixing board, Paiste Cymbals, Pearl Drums
, Peace 8" popcorn snare, a Toca Djembe,
and Telefunken
microphones.
Travis uses 2 MacBook Pro
computers, one running Ableton
and one running Reason, 2 Behringer
BCR 2000 MIDI controllers, a Juno 106 keyboard, a Nord lead keyboard, a Korg MS 2000 keyboard, a Korg Kaos pad, a 5 string P Bass
, a Les Paul
Custom Guitar, an Octave Mandolin, an ONYX 12 Channel mixing board, and Behringer Xenyx 502 mixing boards.
Michael Travis
Michael Travis is an American musician.-Bio:Travis was born in southern California. He graduated from University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Science in 1989 and moved to Crested Butte Colorado....
and Jason Hann
Jason Hann
Jason Hann is a American percussionist.-Early life:Hann grew up in Miami, Florida. He studied music in Ghana, Haiti, and Korea.-Career:Hann was a member of The String Cheese Incident, an American jamband. In 1999, Hann performed on the '2001' by Dr Dre....
.
Description
The band's music is created live and without prerecorded loops.The band formed in 2006 as a side project of The String Cheese Incident incorporating looper pedals, like Echoplex
Echoplex
The Echoplex is a tape delay effect, first made in 1959. Designed by Mike Battle, the Echoplex set a standard for the effect in the 1960s and was used by some of the most notable guitar players of the era; original Echoplexes are highly sought after....
and the DJ program Ableton
Ableton
Ableton AG is a Berlin-based music software company that produces and distributes the production and performance suite Ableton Live and a collection of related instruments and sample libraries.- History :...
. According to one reviewer, the duo sets their live instruments free and take on a new electronic flavor.
The band played their first show at Sonic Bloom
Sonic Bloom
Sonic Bloom may refer to:* A foliar mineral solution used in electroculture* Sonicbloom, A San Francisco based hip-hop group that has released 3 full-length albums since 2005....
in May 2006. In 2008 they played over 200 live shows and more than seven hundred shows in 48 different states during the five years since their founding. The band performs at Apple Stores to demonstrate how they produce their music in concert.
EOTO has released three studio albums. Each album is mixed and mastered from one live take including some pre-set sounds. EOTO also record many of its live shows and makes them available to fans on the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
.
After experiencing dubstep
Dubstep
Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....
at DJ Skream
Skream
Skream is a dubstep producer based in Croydon. One of dubstep's first and most prominent producers, he has played an important role in the genre's development. His debut album Skream! was released in 2006, and was followed up by Outside the Box in 2010...
's set at Shambhala
Shambhala
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala or Shangri-la is a mythical kingdom hidden somewhere in Inner Asia...
during the summer of 2008, they duo saw a change in their sound. Fire the Lazers!!!, their 2009 studio release, introduced a buzz-saw bass and heavier backbeat. Their music also incorporates sludge metal
Sludge metal
Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...
bass sounds and punk riffs.
EOTO originally stood for "End of Time Observatory", with the members pronouncing it as E-O-T-O, soon letting it blur to EeOhToe. After some Japanese fans pointed out that the word means "good sound" in Japanese, the band has officially been the word EOTO instead of the acronym.
Equipment
EOTO uses Ableton Live as their primary software for looping. It is installed on Travis' and Hann's laptops which are MIDI synched together through an Ethernet network hub. Travis loops Keyboards, Bass, Guitar and Vocals through his laptop. Hann loops Vocals and Electronic Percussion through his laptop. Travis has another laptop that runs the Propellerhead software Reason, which contains keyboard and bass sounds that he programs.Hann uses a Jazz Mutant Lemur Multi Touch pad, a Korg Pad Kontrol, a TC Helicon Synth Voice Tone Pedal, a Behringer Xenyx 502 mixing board, Paiste Cymbals, Pearl Drums
Pearl Drums
Founded in 1952, the is a multinational corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products, predominately percussion instruments.-History:Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa, who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, Tokyo on April 2, 1946...
, Peace 8" popcorn snare, a Toca Djembe,
and Telefunken
Telefunken
Telefunken is a German radio and television apparatus company, founded in Berlin in 1903, as a joint venture of Siemens & Halske and the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft...
microphones.
Travis uses 2 MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro
The MacBook Pro is a line of Macintosh portable computers introduced in January 2006 by Apple. It replaced the PowerBook G4 and was the second model, after the iMac, to be announced in the Apple–Intel transition...
computers, one running Ableton
Ableton
Ableton AG is a Berlin-based music software company that produces and distributes the production and performance suite Ableton Live and a collection of related instruments and sample libraries.- History :...
and one running Reason, 2 Behringer
Behringer
Behringer is an audio equipment company founded by Uli Behringer in 1989, in Willich, Germany. Behringer was listed as the 14th largest manufacturer of music products in 2007. Behringer is a multi-national group of companies, with direct marketing presence in 10 countries or territories and a...
BCR 2000 MIDI controllers, a Juno 106 keyboard, a Nord lead keyboard, a Korg MS 2000 keyboard, a Korg Kaos pad, a 5 string P Bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, a Les Paul
Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss —known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations...
Custom Guitar, an Octave Mandolin, an ONYX 12 Channel mixing board, and Behringer Xenyx 502 mixing boards.
Studio albums
- elephants only talk occasionallyElephants Only Talk OccasionallyElephants Only Talk Occasionally is the first of three studio albums released by EOTO. It was recorded in the studio in Boulder, CO. Before EOTO had ever played a live show...
(2006) - RazedRazed (album)Razed is the second of three studio albums released by EOTO. Razed was recorded in Michael Travis's house in just three days.-Track listing:#"cacao" – 4:57#"ash" – 5:58#"warp" – 6:30#"camel bend" – 5:45#"tipped off" – 4:40...
(2008) - Fire the Lazers!!! (2009)
Live Compilations
- K-Turns & U-Turns Vol. 1: Fall Tour Compilation 2008 (2009)
- K-Turns & U-Turns Vol. 2: Best of 2009 (2010)
- K-Turns & U-Turns Vol. 3: Best of 2010 (2011)
External links
- OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Austin Daze.com interview; March 6, 2008.
- Colorado Music Board gives EOTO one of their only even-handed reviews January 2010