EOTO is hitting the road for an extensive spring tour this week with a custom animated video projection show provided by lighting guru Zebbler (through April 9th). The dynamic duo, known for their infectious 100% live improvised performances will kick off their Spring tour this weekend in St Louis with a Mardi Gras style costume party before they crisscross the countryside with stops in Albuquerque, Denver, Austin, Nashville, Tallahassee Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, New York City and everywhere in between.
Throbbing bass and thudding beats are the signatures of this project from drummers Michael Travis and Jason Hann. The duo moves effortlessly from choppy dubstep to whip-smart, four-on-the-floor house to psychedelic trip-hop. It's a dance marathon and everyone's in it together. A nebulous beast, set lists are only broken up into tracks for the sake of posterity. In reality, changes in mood, energy, and inspiration are reflected "in real-time" by rhythmic and melodic shifts.
Because EOTO starts fresh every night, the band's evolutionary progress has been thrust into hyperspeed, eclipsing standard acts who return to their dusty catalog for every performance. The wobbly, buzz-saw bass and heavy backbeat style has become a signature of their sets, as heard on their live recordings and on the bands most recent 2009 studio release, Fire the Lazers. Newer live material has the duo co-opting sounds from outside the realm of electronic music with scratchy punk riffs and fuzzy sludge metal bass.
The perfect match for EOTO's incredible live improvised performances, projection designer known lovingly as "Zebbler" will also join the band with a custom animated projection show through April 9th. Zebbler was voted one of the top 20 VJ's in DJ magazine in 2007 and is known for delivering an organic visual odyssey with a genuinely live feel. The projection show will include featured content submitted by fans in a recent video contest as well as custom animations created just for the EOTO Spring Tour.
Along with a massive tour schedule and custom eye candy, the band is also launching the first tastes of their new fan-club ticketing program, offering fans an un-heard of $2 ticketing fees! EOTO is also offering the 2010 New Year performance from Denver as a free download to everyone who purchases a ticket for the entire year. For more information about EOTO, the free NYE Download and to purchase tickets, tune into the band's website at www.eotomusic.com
Below is a new live track "Munstra", available for free stream and download:
Spring Tour 2011
3/5/2011 2720 St. Louis, MO
3/6/2011 The SnowBall - Nottingham Park Avon, CO
3/14/2011 Ghostranch Saloon Steamboat Springs, CO
3/15/2011 The Llama Telluride, CO
3/16/2011 The Eldo Crestted Butte, CO
3/17/2011 The Abbey Theatre Durango, CO
3/18/2011 El Rey Theatre Albuquerque, NM
3/19/2011 The Orpheum Flagstaff, AZ
3/20/2011 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
3/21/2011 Rialto Theater Tuscon, AZ
3/23/2011 Club Rio San Antonio, TX
3/24/2011 Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
3/25/2011 Trees Dallas, TX
3/26/2011 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
3/27/2011 The Parish New Orleans, LA
3/28/2011 Revolution Music Room Little Rock, AR
3/29/2011 Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
3/30/2011 Limelight Nashville, TN
3/31/2011 The Valarium Knoxville, TN
4/1/2011 The Orange Peel Asheville, NC
4/2/2011 The Ogden Theater Denver, CO
4/4/2011 Live Wire Music Hall Savannah, GA
4/5/2011 Freebird Live Jacksonville, FL
4/6/2011 The Engine Room Tallahassee, FL
4/7/2011 Zydeco Birmingham, AL
4/8/2011 Masquerade - Hell Room Alanta, GA
4/9/2011 Music Farm Charleston, SC
4/10/2011 The National Richmond, VA
4/11/2011 Abbey Bar at ABC Harrisburg, PA
4/12/2011 Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA
4/13/2011 The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
4/14/2011 Pearl Street Northampton, MA
4/15/2011 Port City Music Hall Portland, ME
4/16/2011 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
4/20/2011 Higher Ground SO Burlington, VT
4/20/2011 Memorial Auditorium Burlington, VT
4/21/2011 9:30 Club Washington, DC
4/22/2011 Irving Plaza New York, NY
4/23/2011 Washington Avenue Armory Albany, NY
4/26/2011 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
4/27/2011 Blind Pig Ann Arbor. MI
4/28/2011 Vogue Theatre Indianapolis, IN
4/29/2011 Madison Theatre Covington, KY
4/30/2011 Expo Five Louisville, KY
5/1/2011 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
5/2/2011 123 Pleasant Street Morgantown, WV
5/3/2011 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
5/5/2011 Skyway Theatre Minneapolis, MN
5/6/2011 The Portage Theater Chicago, IL
5/7/2011 The Portage Theater Chicago, IL
5/26/2011 Bella Music Festival Geneva, MN
5/27/2011 Summercamp Festival Chillcothe, IL
5/28/2011 B.O.M.B Fest Danbury, CT
5/29/2011 Summercamp Festival Chillcothe, IL
6/2/2011 Wakarusa Music Festival Ozark, AR
7/3/2011 Electric Forest Rothbury, MI