Corpus Callosum

A couple of years ago, I was in a local art gallery and there was this
band called Corpus Callosum playing. They were a most intense, hair-raising
group of young people; at the time 2 boys and 2 girls. Their band featured
unusual instruments, and undercurrents of what you might call "naive
microtonality" -- metal objects, theremin, bowed saw, and such stuff...
They're worth checking out.

They now have 3 CD recordings out, one of which is cut from a live
broadcast on a local radio station. Their newest effort "Machine Under its
Own Spell" is well above their previous CDs in recording quality, and as
usual has some nice microtonal textures in places.

They play a fair bit around the SF bay area, for those of you who might be here.

Their home is here:
http://www.cannedcorpuscallosum.com/
and has some music samples. Check out "Oh my Shadow" for example.

They have a spot here:
http://www.myspace.com/corpuscallosumband

that contains a worthy recent quote...

"The musicians, Avery Burke, Dax Tran-Caffee, Stevie Hryciw and Zach
Michels, compose songs by combining the traditional instruments of
accordion, banjo and guitar, with more obscure instruments like the singing
saw, theremin, wash bucket bass and glass goblets, as well as common
objects such as pots and pans, pickaxes, children's toys and sheet metal."

Rick

Thanks for mentioning it Rick! That is my band.

Although the occasional microtonality of the band is indeed "naive"
(rather, incidental), we do plan to do some ... more "intentionally"
microtonal music. Avery loves that stuff. Since I joined the band
about a year ago (when Kate & Qarly left), I told them it would be
very possible to do that.

Since we use homemade instruments more often than not, I's like to
employ the TUBULON that Igliashon and I built. The tubulon is a subset
of 22-tet, in the form of two overlapping scales: 1) a mode of
Porcupine-8 and 2) a mode of static symmetrical major of Paul Erlich's
development.

If anyone is around the Bay Area of CA, please contact either the band
for info, or me -- so we can MMM together sometime!

-Stevie Hryciw
ps
We also use a blender, but I haven't figured out what scale it's in
yet. :$

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--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Rick McGowan <rick@u...> wrote:
> A couple of years ago, I was in a local art gallery and there was
this
> band called Corpus Callosum playing. They were a most intense,
hair-raising
> group of young people; at the time 2 boys and 2 girls. Their band
featured
> unusual instruments, and undercurrents of what you might call
"naive
> microtonality" -- metal objects, theremin, bowed saw, and such
stuff...
> They're worth checking out.
>
> They now have 3 CD recordings out, one of which is cut from a live
> broadcast on a local radio station. Their newest effort "Machine
Under its
> Own Spell" is well above their previous CDs in recording quality,
and as
> usual has some nice microtonal textures in places.
>
> They play a fair bit around the SF bay area, for those of you who
might be here.
>
> Their home is here:
> http://www.cannedcorpuscallosum.com/
> and has some music samples. Check out "Oh my Shadow" for example.
>
> They have a spot here:
> http://www.myspace.com/corpuscallosumband
>
> that contains a worthy recent quote...
>
> "The musicians, Avery Burke, Dax Tran-Caffee, Stevie Hryciw and
Zach
> Michels, compose songs by combining the traditional instruments of
> accordion, banjo and guitar, with more obscure instruments like the
singing
> saw, theremin, wash bucket bass and glass goblets, as well as
common
> objects such as pots and pans, pickaxes, children's toys and sheet
metal."
>
> Rick

often on the bottom of the motor it will say how many RPM it is, but not always

Stevie Hryciw wrote:

>
>-Stevie Hryciw
>ps
>We also use a blender, but I haven't figured out what scale it's in
>yet. :$
>
> >
>
>
>
> >

--
Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, Kraig Grady <kraiggrady@a...>
wrote:

Oh man!!!!!

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> often on the bottom of the motor it will say how many RPM it is,
but not
> always
>
> Stevie Hryciw wrote:
>
> >
> >-Stevie Hryciw
> >ps
> >We also use a blender, but I haven't figured out what scale it's
in
> >yet. :$
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Kraig Grady
> North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/>
> The Wandering Medicine Show
> KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main.html> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

Whoa, I lubbit! Descartes' Daughter seems to stand out, and
that seems like a killer version of St. James Infirmary. Bravo!

-Carl

At 10:39 AM 6/2/2005, you wrote:
>A couple of years ago, I was in a local art gallery and there was this
>band called Corpus Callosum playing. They were a most intense, hair-raising
>group of young people; at the time 2 boys and 2 girls. Their band featured
>unusual instruments, and undercurrents of what you might call "naive
>microtonality" -- metal objects, theremin, bowed saw, and such stuff...
>They're worth checking out.
>
>They now have 3 CD recordings out, one of which is cut from a live
>broadcast on a local radio station. Their newest effort "Machine Under its
>Own Spell" is well above their previous CDs in recording quality, and as
>usual has some nice microtonal textures in places.
>
>They play a fair bit around the SF bay area, for those of you who might be
>here.
>
>Their home is here:
> http://www.cannedcorpuscallosum.com/
>and has some music samples. Check out "Oh my Shadow" for example.
>
>They have a spot here:
>http://www.myspace.com/corpuscallosumband
>
>that contains a worthy recent quote...
>
>"The musicians, Avery Burke, Dax Tran-Caffee, Stevie Hryciw and Zach
>Michels, compose songs by combining the traditional instruments of
>accordion, banjo and guitar, with more obscure instruments like the singing
>saw, theremin, wash bucket bass and glass goblets, as well as common
>objects such as pots and pans, pickaxes, children's toys and sheet metal."