"The
arrangements
roam,
the
lyrics
stray,
the
instruments are all over
the place, and frankly, we can't get enough of it. It's this sort of
melding of musicalities that makes us excited about the future of
music."
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exaltron is a trumpeter, guitarist, vocalist, beatboxer and freakin'
remix ninja out of NYC. Inspired by compelling rhythms from all over
the world, and equipped with wares both hard and soft, he creates a
sound that manifests and celebrates the infinite possibilities of music
and technology. Get it? "exaltron".
Over intricate beats steeped in hip-hop, drum n' bass,
brazilian and afrobeat rhythms, exaltron blurs the lines between the
synthetic and the organic. Vocal harmonies are chopped up and filtered
into synthy jabs, trumpet is electronically multiplied into a
futuristic big band sound. A solid sense of musicianship and a fetish
for mad-scientist experimentation fuel an ecstatically creative
approach to music.
While his subtly autoerotic slogan, "I remix myself on stage
and it feels good", may be tongue in cheek, exaltron takes the art of
live remix very seriously. After several years of collaborating with
live musicians, such as drummer Andrew Frawley (Karina Zeviani, Ben
Jelen) and bassist Jonny Taylor (Vic Thrill), exaltron decided to take
his begrudging relationship with music technology to the next level.
With a successful exaltron remix project for Billy Martin (Medeski,
Martin and Wood) that built an afro-cuban composition over jungly
samples of illyB's drumming, he was hooked. Adding laptop, footpedal
and midi-guitar to his rig, exaltron the one-man-band and
improvisational musicborg was born.
This maniacal hunger for improvisation and tweaking finds
nourishment in NYC's monthly Warper Party, currently hosted by DJ
Shakey and !INCLUDE. Founded by Shakey and Moldover in 2005, Warper has
become a laboratory for a movement Moldover dubbed "controllerism",
tweaking sounds on the fly using MIDI controllers, analogous to a DJ's
approach to turntablism. Through collaboration and outright cribbing of
his fellow controllerists, exaltron is constantly adding glitchy,
stuttery effects to loops he creates live, gleefully transforming
existing compositions and melodies into unrecognizable musical
derivatives.
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exaltron
hits
the
racks
baby!
Triangulation
was selected by drummer Billy Martin of Medeski, Martin & Wood to
be included on Antidote- Vol. 2 of his series "illyB eats", a
compiliation of tracks by various artists using Billy Martin's original
breakbeat vinyl in their compostions.
This
is
a
limited
pressing
of
1000
copies, so don't delay, order yours
today- And tell 'em you saw it on exaltron.com!
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it now at The Amulet Records Store
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Depth
of
Field
CD
available
now
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To
purchase
your
copy,
go
to
CDbaby.com
right now!.. stop that kid from
cryin!
This
is
a
70
minute
CD
packed
with a wild diversity of tone manifestations
and packaged by hand in a unique translucent stapled sleeve. Definitely
a must for collectors and hardcore fans!
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