Has there been any discussion here of One Ring Zero? I listened to them today on Fresh Air because the name sounded familiar. When they started talking about Brooklyn I realized that it sounded familiar because they play semi-regularly at a local club whose mailing list I am on. But I still wonder if they've popped up here, too.
Much of the interview dealt with the claviola, which is at the heart of their sound. It's also extremely rare; I think they said 14 were made. They know about it and have one because they were both Hohner technicians and grabbed it when it showed up at the warehouse.
NYCistas (or anyone who'll be in town), they're playing at Housing Works on Wednesday as part of the Paris Review event. Paula Fox, Nathaniel Bellows, and Melvin Jules Bukiet will be reading. I'm going to go support the cause so look for me if you go.
The claviola sounds pretty cool. I tried for a while to grab a Pianet T (made by the same guy) off of eBay, but was always outbid.
BTW, I had my first practice as a band keyboardist yesterday, and it went well, although I stayed up half the night working on my all-synth concept album and sewing a cape. Jon, why didn't you tell me that this was going to happen?
Jon, why didn't you tell me that this was going to happen?
It would've helped had you already been playing with an improvisational multi-keyboard drone-rock band. Takes the edge off.
I stayed up half the night working on my all-synth concept album and sewing a cape.
Dude, tell me you're not channeling Rick Wakeman. I do not want to have to go to Austin for an intervention.
Y'know, not enough hard rockin' people appreciate Rachmaninoff. I really should get to work on that rock opera based on his works.
I would COMM this if I had a clue what you two are on about.
Fickt nicht mit der Rachmaninoff!
The first album I ever owned, given to me by my brother, was "Journey to the Center of the Earth".
Bon bon, we're making fun of this guy who made this mess and this guy who made this mess.
But Jon is right. If I were doing something more artsy-but-not-fartsy, I might feel a bit less like the geeky guy in the corner. Jon manages to come off more like Brian Eno than an aspirant to the mantle of Gentle Giant; I should take a cue from his onstage demeanor.
Edit -- Jon, I first heard Journey To The Centre Of The Earth when my "cool" across-the-street neighbor played it for me at about age 11. I still recall being unable quite how to take it.
Much of the interview dealt with the claviola,
"Claviola" sounds like a word that Mr. Burns would use.
