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Welcome to May -- the big month with the shortest name.

For The Evolution Control Committee this should be a productive month.  With our travels to Europe, Seattle, and Los Angeles are out of the way we have 7 weeks until The ECC goes down under to Australia for the Liquid Architecture and On Edge festivals, followed quickly by the Ingenuity Cleveland festival.  During those 7 weeks work on our new album "All Rights Reserved" becomes top priority!  The majority of tracks are done, but there's still a lot of producing, mastering, artwork, promotion, and more to do before a release date is even in site.  Our rough target: this fall.

So if that's our top priority, why the heck did we agree to perform every single weekend this month?  oops?

If you're in San Francisco, don't miss Saturday's show!  Bootie is the biggest mashup music club night in the world -- this will be massive!

SHAKE YOUR BOOTIE: The ECC Returns to the Mashup Mecca this Saturday

Bootie's mashup empire has been growing with imperial zeal, reaching many major cities in the US, Europe, and even Australia and now in Beijing.  Although The ECC performed at Bootie's LA night just a couple months ago, it's been a couple years since The ECC headlined at Bootie's mothership night here in San Francisco.  And it is MASSIVE!  They had to make their monthly night twice monthly because they were regularly selling out the 1,500-ish capacity DNA Lounge every month.

That means this will easily be the largest US audience yet to see our new VidiMasher 3000, which has been dropping jaws everywhere.  The VidiMasher shares our mashup secrets with you -- watch and see how all of our live, improvised mashups are cut and pasted right on the spot.  It's made our Wheel Of Mashup shows really fun, really amazing, and really unique.

WHAT: The Wheel Of Mashup & VidiMasher 3000 @ Bootie SF
              w/Adrian & the Mysterious D, Dada, Tim Barsky, DJs Malderor & Mad Murdock
WHEN: This Saturday, May 9th, 2009 / 9pm / ECC @ 11pm
WHERE: DNA Lounge / 375 11th @ Harrison / San Francisco, CA
HOW MUCH: $12 / Half price before 10pm / 21+

RADIO ACTIVE: Archives of Recent ECC Visits from Radio

The ECC recently paid another visit to the ubRadio Salon, the weekly internet radio show of Big City Orchestra on DFM Radio International.  We believe this collaboration made for the best show yet!  Joined once again by Univac, the two-hour show of improvised sounds and music had a handful of memorable moments.  But don't take our word for it:  Listen to the archive of that episode (as well as other episodes ECC has participated in) thanks to archive.org.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=ubradio+68

Our interview on Another Nice Mess with DJ Marcelle was quite good, and we thought it a shame that the archive would only be available on her site for one week.  So:  Now for your permanent listening pleasure, our complete interview (aired April 14th, 2009).

http://evolution-control.com/index.php/experiments/mp3s/40-mp3s/177-archive-of-ecc-interview-with-dj-marcelle

The ECC has our own radio show too: The Sound Of Plaid airs every Thursday on Shouting Fire:

10a PST / 1p EST
 2p PST / 5p EST   (repeat)
 6p PST / 9p EST   (repeat)

OPERATRON: "Foibles Mench" Mashes Up Opera, Robots, Dance, and ECC

Longtime collaborator (Gaga; Cheese & Pants Theater), friend, and fellow Ohio ex-pat Gary Xaoui is producing an opera (as it were) to be performed one night only, Saturday May 16th 2009, with music produced and directed by The ECC's TradeMark G.  While talking with Xaoui he summed up the show in this quip:

"Think SRL... but with a plot."

THE OPERA NEEDS:  Drummers / Dancers / Set Builders
... and robots too, in case you have some... or are one.

For more info, email Gary Xaoui .. or TradeMark G. ...

Foibles Mench - Opera! Robots! Fire!
Live Mixed Arts Performance Depicts Man's Evolution and Destruction

HOW: Live performers, robots and clever props; tell the tale of the evolution of humanity from primitive to modern and beyond. Humans use machines first to improve and then to unwittingly destroy their environment, with the machines eventually taking over and destroying everything including themselves.

WHAT: "Foibles Mench" (man's folly) is a combination of performance, robots and live music that synthesizes opera, modern dance, and fire/machine art to present a narrative of the birth, destruction, and rebirth of civilization.
WHY: Everyone loves fire and robots - this event combines a variety of performance art styles with a strong plot and well planned sight-lines so that everyone can see the action!
WHERE: NIMBY, 8410 Amelia Street, Oakland CA 94621 (http://www.nimbyspace.org/)
WHEN: Saturday, MAY 16th at 10pm (Doors open at 8pm).
COST: Cost: $15 advance, $20 at the door (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/63231)

- TradeMark G. / The Evolution Control Committee

ECC IN THE EEC:  The Evolution
Control Committee convenes in Europe
The pace has been picking up here at ECC headquarters, but for too
long now all the fun's been here in California.  So let's switch
it up -- with great pleasure, we announce upcoming dates for The ECC
in Europe!
First Stop: LONDON
Thanks to the unstoppable Nigel Turner of Pickled
Egg Records, our first stop (and only UK show) is the Betsey
Trotwood in London.  We'll be rounding out a Pickled Egg
showcase and sharing the stage with freeform jazzers a.P.A.t.T.
and cartoon poppers Freeze
Puppy. This will be our first show abroad with The
Wheel Of Mashup and the Vidimasher
3000 -- if you're in the UK, don't miss this!

What: Pickled Egg Showcase: The
Evolution Control Committee, a.P.A.t.T., & Freeze Puppy
When:
Saturday March 28th, 2009 • 8pm
Where: The Betsey
Trotwood‎ • 56 Farringdon Rd • London, EC1R 3BL
How Much:
£7
Link: http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk/
Second Stop: EINDHOVEN
No small event, this: The STRP
Festival generously invited The ECC to be part of this great art
and technology festival.  And we're in great company: Other
names on the bill include Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Laurie
Anderson, and many
others that we can't wait to see, let alone share a stage with. 
The ECC is doing double duty, performing with the Thimbletron on
Friday April 3rd and then with the Wheel Of Mashup on Saturday April
4th.  With so much great music, art, film, and workshops, you'll
kick yourself plus a couple dogs if you miss this.

What: The STRP Art and
Technology Festival
When: Thimbletron: Fri 03-Apr-09 @
midnight • Wheel of Mashup: Sat 04-Apr-09 @
midnight
Where: Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

How Much: € 57 for both nights, and worth it
Link:
http://www.strp.nl/
Third Stop: AMSTERDAM
A great end to our MiniEuroTour, ECC will round out an evening at
OCCII with Brooklyn's The
USAISAMONSTER.  If you
got sticker shock from the price of the STRP Festival above, come to
this show for only a fiver!

What: The ECC with The
USAISAMONSTER
When: Monday April 6th • Doors at
2100
Where: OCCII • Amstelveenseweg 134 • 1075 XL
Amsterdam
How Much: € 5
Link:
http://www.occii.org/nightdetails.asp?id=698

NEW ECC VIDEO: Live in Bootie Los
Angeles @ Echoplex
Man, that rocked -- our show in Los Angeles was
throw-your-hands-in-the-air awesome.  Thanks, Bootie!  In
case you missed it, or even if you caught it, there's a great video
recapping the party.  Give it a view and then our April 26 LA
show on your calendar!

https://twitter.com/TheECC
We're on plenty of other social networking sites, including Facebook, Mog, Last.FM, SoundCloud, and of course, MySpace.

T'is the season -- hope your holidays are progressing stress-free
and pleasurefully. To merge the holiday spirit with our own
cut-n-paste spirit, we thought we'd offer you a gift: From
Plagiarhythm
Nation v2.0 (available on iTunes),
it's a festive cut-up. Sing along, won't you? "Jack Frost
roasting on an open fire..."

Listen or
Download:
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Wow! When a hoarse-voiced TradeMark G. made a little YouTube
video demonstrating our new video mashup screen, we certainly
didn't expect that over 142,000 of you would see it...!
Thanks to BoingBoing,
Laughing
Squid, Hack
A Day, and others for posting this around, ultimately pushing it
all the way to be a featured video on YouTube's home page:

Thanks! It's inspired us to make a live video of the
screen in action at a recent Wheel Of Mashup show at the Red Devil
Lounge. Should be done soon! And although the video just
fell off YouTube's home page, it should stay on their full
list of featured videos for the next few days.

Watch the
video:
_{http://evolution-control.com/index.php/news/press-reviews-and-interviews/39-press/154-oh-you-just-like-us-for-our-video-mashup-screen}

We're
pleased to announce that the STRP
Festival has offered The Evolution Control Committee our first
opportunity to perform in Eindhoven, Netherlands. We promise that
our April 3 & 4, 2009 appearances will be memorable -- but why
let Eindhoven get all the fun?

The ECC is currently seeking shows in Netherlands, Germany,
Spain, France, and Belgium for mid-March to mid-April 2009. If
you book shows for a festival or venue, let's
talk! It's been many years since The ECC has performed in those
countries and we're excited to go back and show off our new
video mashup screen for the first time in Europe.

Visit the ECC
Bookings page for videos, photos, and one-sheets of the Wheel
Of Mashup show and Thimbletron
show we'll be touring. Email your booking inquiries to:
booking@evolution-control.com

_{http://evolution-control.com/index.php/contact/bookings}

evolve,

- The Evolution Control Committee

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        ***  THIMBLETRONIC ENERGY:  ECC COMPETES @ YURI'S NIGHT BAY AREA... HELP US WIN!  ***

    No doubt jealous of the Maker Faire, NASA has recently gotten in on the action with Yuri's Night, a birthday party of sorts for man's first moments in space, and the man who did it: Yuri Gagarin.  It's an airplane-hanger-sized geekfest with real live astronauts, scientists, and geeks from NASA and beyond.

    And "Beyond" is where we get in: The ECC is competing in the Musical Interface Competition, and we need your help!  The Thimbletron is sure to wow judges, but audience reaction is part of the game -- and that's where YOU come in.  So... come in!  If you're in the Bay Area, come to Yuri's Night at 2:30pm (yeah, in the afternoon... some "night", huh?) and get energized by the Thimbletronic power.

Bay Area Yuri's Night
http://bayarea.yurisnight.net/2008/

The CDM Futuristic Music Design Challenge
http://yuricdm.com/2008/03/19/futuristic-music-design-challenge/

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        ***  THE SOUND OF PLAID:  ECC INTERNET RADIO EVERY THURSDAY  ***

    Every Thursday 3 times a day, The ECC's TradeMark G. hosts The Sound Of Plaid, a weekly internet radio show on Shouting Fire.  For two hours TradeMark features ECC music, audio curiosities from The ECC's expansive audio archive, and specials like The 20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time.  This week featured screw-ups from 20 down to 11; tune in next week to hear 10 down to 1!  Some excerpts such as Torture Music are posted to The ECC website, but the only way to hear the whole show is through Shouting Fire.

Shouting Fire
www.ShoutingFire.com

The Sound Of Plaid airs every Thursday at:
10am PST        1pm EST
2pm PST 5pm EST
6pm PST 9pm EST

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        ***  DINOSAUR GARDENS:  ECC ARCHIVE DUMPSITE  ***

     The ECC has been dumping gems from the ECC audio archive into music blog Dinosaur Gardens for nearly two years now.  Ever wondered where the samples for our song "Don't Miss The Great Snatch" come from?  Hear 'em and download 'em!  The ECC has also posted porno 8-tracks, survival shelter radio ads, and more.  Every post is accompanied by high quality MP3s of the compete album or source featured.

Dinosaur Gardens
http://www.dinosaurgardens.com/

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enjoy,

- TradeMark G. & The ECC

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