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"...sounds like a more spaced out version of Fuck Buttons...the inclusion of the homemade three-stringed synthesizers add to the unique vision and sound of Synthetic Biology." -Pennyblackmusic.co.uk "Chase Scene Through DNA Wormholes" with its driving rhythm and technological bleeps is more Krautrock in construct." - www.leicesterbangs.co.uk |
FB009
Rubber Band Banjo The fifth full-length Rubber Band Banjo album, Synthetic Biology, is a soundtrack to a synthetic biology film in outer space. This album travels through sci-fi jazz, avant rock, electronic soundscapes, ambient textures, and nightmare industrial collages. Synthetic Biology purposely juxtaposes natural sounds that travel through the air with more artificial sounds that are captured with contact mics that travel as vibrations through objects. Since the scientific field of synthetic biology involves the artificial introduction of DNA into a host organism to program cells for a particular function, this album illustrates the competition between these natural and artificial elements. The following musical instruments are used on this album: Kaossilator, Mandala percussion, 3-stringed zither, Buddha Machine, Kaoss Pad 2, MIDI instruments, sampler, electronic drums, and natural recordings. The artwork includes colorful stills from this imaginary synthetic biology film. Synthetic Biology will be released worldwide on Fringe Biology Recordings in May 2010. Listen to full-length mp3s at the Rubber Band Banjo MySpace page Released: April 2010 |
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FB003
Rubber Band Banjo The fourth full-length Rubber Band Banjo album The Circlemaker emphasizes the use of unfamiliar sounds played on homemade instruments and electrified objects. These recordings are inspired by avant rock, krautrock, and whatever comes out of experimenting with electrified objects and instruments largely made from junked parts. (Electronic release on Weirdomusic Recordings, CD release here) Wave Genetics DVD (FBV001) is FREE with purchase of this CD! Released: February 2007 |
mp3 download FREE (download below) Repeating Elements 1 |
FB008-Vault
Rubber Band Banjo Constructed using an electronic drum set, lap steel percussion, and homemade instruments. This is a 19+ minute collage piece of interacting repeating elements where the tracks flow freely into one another. Released: August 2005 |
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FB006-Vault
Rubber Band Banjo Loosely inspired by the mechanisms of evolutionary change in bacteria with high mutation rates, this album was constructed using heavy tweaking of electronic sounds, guitar percussion, shortwave, and natural recordings. Hypermutator purposely fuses and jumps between IDM, krautrock, jazz, video game music, cut-ups, drums 'n' bass, dub, no-wave. Released: May 2005 |
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FB002-Vault
Rubber Band Banjo An integration of different genres from the electronic musical junkyard (video game soundtracks, jazz, Middle/Far Eastern, trip hop, trash can fusion, sci-fi soundscapes, African, and many others) to form semi-hypnotic, sometimes danceable, and whacked out rhythms. Released: December 2002 |
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FB001-Vault
Rubber Band Banjo Bloop-bleepy Perrey and Kingsley meets Mr. Bungle Nintendo-esque music. Rubber Band Banjo in his rawest form. Released: March 2002 |
