erich hubner - guitars strings magnets feedback voices these noises, others at times including: danni iosello- drums vocals, will tocaben- guitar vocals, alex tocaben- vocals, clay blair- bass, jonpaul hess- organ, vocals, tim hurley- guitar,etc.
Influences
popped corn, green beans, sunlight, water, beatles, velvet underground, minutemen, big star, blonde redhead, devo, fela kuti, spaceman 3, stooges, everly brothers, king crimson, modern lovers, buck owens, swayzak, danielson family, man or astroman?, the who, kinks, dirt bombs, aretha franklin(imagine singing with her best voice for an hour), my bloody valentine, flat duo jets, tony allen, neutral milk hotel, tom waits, beck, bettie serveert, harry nilsson, kraftwerk so many more there's sun ra, coltrane, jamal, kirk, chocolate watchband, tremolo beergut, diplo, the monks, richard devine, bjork, david bowie, bob log, the lonesome organist, sister rosetta, the list keeps growing how to stop it is the question, you end up branching out onto different limbs full of memories and relations between sound and life crashing together. even zz top is transcendant at times, and then there is the issue of movie soundtracks and classical music on and on and the mind just reels so you end with this sentence while reeling off hundreds of thousands of bits of song data in your head,
Sounds Like
long and short wave forms drums guitars reverb echo distortion cymbals voice electronics loops beats lyrics songs
oh. erich here. el hub began as a desire to have something to sell at a christmas store i ran with my girlfriend and one of our dearest friends. so a christmas classic- the legendary "christmas is a bummer"- was recorded and sold. the songs were original compositions because i wasn't sure which of the classic holiday tunes were in the public domain. and i used the name el hub because i come from the american south where there are way too many singer songwriters with first and last names( god love 'em), and not enough bands with electronic minds. odd then, that 'christmas' is a primarily acoustic record. bands need names first. the name would be el hub. it would be a flexible project, adaptable to different situations and sounds. clarke plays drums, and i love drums! after playing music with other people we met each other and decided to play music together. it's a great thing to do. we're proponents. try it if you've never done it. i'm sure that this section will grow with time to include honors received and a host of other historical facts that have not been created yet as we are a new project. we will begin to try and sell ourselves as a band to the public through the beauty of electronic awareness. future time-
yes i am in the DC zone, the nations capitol. i heard the National anthem in Safeway yesterday. i wasn't sure what to do, pull my cart over and put my tater-tots over my heart?
wait....me thinks you be not atop this continent at present. See? I have some memory retention capacity left.Hope your travels are going well & you will be in Nashville after you return.You know, Kerouac did NOT drive a 1948 Ford across France my friend.... come back to the states ....Gas is CHEAP these days....hehe....JV
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