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Emergency Broadcast Network is the name of a multimedia performance group formed in 1991 that took its name from the Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Broadcast System

The Emergency Broadcast System was an emergency management warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System....
. The founders were Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design

The Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877 and is currently located at the base of College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island and contiguous with the Brown University campus....
 graduates Joshua Pearson, Gardner Post and Brian Kane (author of the Vujak
Vujak

VuJak was the world's first video Sampler , a VJ remix and mashup tool created in 1992 by Brian Kane, Lisa Eisenpresser, and Jay Haynes. The original name of the project was Mideo, but it was later changed to VuJak....
 VJ software). Kane left EBN in 1992. The EBN Live Team included DJ Ron O'Donnell, video artist/technologist Greg Deocampo (founder of , and founding CTO of IFILM.com
IFilm

ifilm.com was an online archive of short films, trailer , and other video clip of interest. Ifilm.com was originally founded by independent filmmaker Raphael Raphael in 1997 as an independent film and media collective....
), artist/designer Tracy Brown and technologist Mark Marinello.

Josh Pearson, EBN's charismatic front man and principal performance artist, was also EBN's music composer and main video editor.






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Emergency Broadcast Network is the name of a multimedia performance group formed in 1991 that took its name from the Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Broadcast System

The Emergency Broadcast System was an emergency management warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System....
. The founders were Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design

The Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877 and is currently located at the base of College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island and contiguous with the Brown University campus....
 graduates Joshua Pearson, Gardner Post and Brian Kane (author of the Vujak
Vujak

VuJak was the world's first video Sampler , a VJ remix and mashup tool created in 1992 by Brian Kane, Lisa Eisenpresser, and Jay Haynes. The original name of the project was Mideo, but it was later changed to VuJak....
 VJ software). Kane left EBN in 1992. The EBN Live Team included DJ Ron O'Donnell, video artist/technologist Greg Deocampo (founder of , and founding CTO of IFILM.com
IFilm

ifilm.com was an online archive of short films, trailer , and other video clip of interest. Ifilm.com was originally founded by independent filmmaker Raphael Raphael in 1997 as an independent film and media collective....
), artist/designer Tracy Brown and technologist Mark Marinello.

Josh Pearson, EBN's charismatic front man and principal performance artist, was also EBN's music composer and main video editor. The music and video editing techniques he personally developed and refined have been hugely influential on a generation of advertising and music video editors.

The first EBN video project was a musical remix of the Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
, created in 1991 as the war was still ongoing. The VHS tape of the remix project, which contained the George H.W. Bush "We Will Rock You" cover, became a viral underground hit, and was distributed widely by fans as bootleg copies. In the summer of 1991, EBN traveled with the first Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
 tour, distributing tapes and showing their videos on a modified station wagon with TVs on the roof. The group also became well known for their media sculptures and stage props which were created by Gardner Post.

The EBN modus operandi was to take cable television broadcasts and remix them with a funky beat, often having the lyrics "sung" not by a singer but by half-second sound clips from TV, spliced together. For example, the lyric "electronic behavior control system" would be created with a clip of Ross Perot
Ross Perot

Henry Ross Perot is an United States businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United States in U.S....
 saying "electronic", followed by a clip of George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
 saying "behavior", then Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel

Edward James "Ted" Koppel is an United States broadcast Journalism, best known as the News presenter for Nightline from the program's inception in 1980 until Koppel left in late 2005....
 saying "control", and finally a clip of Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office....
 saying "system". This technique has been named video scratching
Video scratching

Video scratching is a video editing technique used within the music industry. It is a variation of the audio editing technique scratching.It is typically used in either music videos or live performances, with one or more individuals manipulating a video sample to make it follow the rhythm of whatever music is playing....
.

Among their videos are " and " from their 1995 album Telecommunication Breakdown
Telecommunication Breakdown

Telecommunication Breakdown is the second album by Emergency Broadcast Network. The CD release included three video tracks in addition to the audio as well as a floppy disc that included AV editing software....
, which mocks the way television controls our lives. Another was a cover of "We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen . One version was used as the opening track on their 1977 album News of the World ....
" by Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
, with a vocal track made up of remixed clips of George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Bush held a variety of political positions prior to his presidency, including Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan and Director of Central Intelligence under Gerald R....
 making announcements about the Gulf War
Gulf War

"Persian Gulf War" and "First Gulf War" redirect here. For other uses, see Persian Gulf War .The Persian Gulf War was a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a Coalition of Gulf War from 34 nations commissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait of Kuwait in August 1990....
. Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
 of U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 took notice of their work and hired them to provide visuals for their Zoo TV Tour
Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1992 through 1993....
. EBN's video work featured prominently into the show, and their "We Will Rock You" cover was played at the beginning of each show. EBN also produced visuals for The Edge
The Edge

David Howell Evans , more widely known by his nickname and stage name The Edge , is a British people Irish people musician known best as the guitarist, keyboardist, and main backing vocalist for the Ireland rock band U2....
's performance of "Numb
Numb (U2 song)

"Numb" is the third track from U2's 1993 album, Zooropa and was released as the album's first single. The song is a repeating, monotonous mantra spoken by The Edge with a drumbeat sampled from the Leni Riefenstahl film Olympia ....
" on the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards
MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 in television by MTV to celebrate the top music videos of the year....
. In addition to the visuals, audio from those clips were featured in the live performance to create rhythmic effects.

Brian Kane has since worked a number of times with British AV artists Addictive TV
Addictive TV

Addictive TV was formed in 1992. The UK DJ/producers and audiovisual artists are the team behind Optronica - the visual music and VJ festival held at the National Film Theatre and British Film Institute IMAX in London, UK....
 on many of their projects, both live and recorded - including Mixmasters
Mixmasters

Mixmasters was a late-night music show, and later a DVD series, of audio-visual and DJ:VJ mixes produced by AV artists . The series ran from 2000 to 2005 and aired in the UK on ITV....
 and at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an modernism and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch....
.

Greg Deocampo continues his video remixes independently today, using footage from the 2003 invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
 (which he refers to as Gulf War II). In 2006, Deocampo started working with a trio of London video turntablists, Eclectic Method: Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar, and Geoff Gamlen.

External links

  • - Group discography and brief history.
  • - Production Company information.
  • - Personal site of Brian Kane
  • - Blog and video site.
  • - Personal site featuring EBN music videos in iPod
    IPod

    iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle....
     Video format.
  • - Personal site for EBN's original project audio engineer.
  • - Myspace tribute page for EBN.


Interviews

  • - Interview with Greg Deocampo, featuring The EJ MIDI Turntable.
  • The Some Assembly Required
    Some Assembly Required

    Some Assembly Required is a sound collage radio program in the United States, produced in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the first radio show known to focus exclusively on works of sample based music, and appropriation in audio art....
     Interview with Emergency Broadcast Network's Gardner Post.