Resonant Vibes is super excited to give our readers an exclusive audio interview with Michael Travis, half of the incredible powerhouse duo EOTO. (Click the play button below to have a listen.)
EOTO was first mentioned to the Resonant Vibes community back in my “Livetronica” blog post. The band is comprised of two members from the highly acclaimed jam band String Cheese Incident (SCI), which took a hiatus back in 2007. Jason Hann is the drummer who handles most of the rhythmic elements of the music and Michael Travis takes care of all the melodic and tonal instrumentation as well as some percussion aspects. EOTO started when Jason Hann joined SCI back in 2005. As both Travis and Hann recall, they started jamming whenever they had breaks from SCI practice with no plans of creating another band. When they started experimenting with looping via Abelton Live, the EOTO concept was born. Some of the duo’s biggest influences are DJs and they strive to create pure electronic dance music with the motto- 100% improvised, nothing pre-recorded and nothing pre-planned! You will never see the band perform the exact same thing twice.
Since the SCI hiatus, EOTO has been performing relentlessly all year round, gaining a very strong fan base in the process. The guys just started a month long tour which runs all over the united states with out a single day break. I highly recommend you check them out if they come to your area. I had the pleasure of seeing them perform at the Summer Camp Music Festival and it was absolutely stunning!
Check out the EOTO profile page in the Resonant Vibes network to learn more about the band and to download a full live show. Resonant Vibes will have a lot more coverage and exclusive content from EOTO coming soon.
Enjoy this fantastic exclusive interview!
John “The Grizz” Grisanti
Tags: Ableton Live, DJs, EOTO, EOTO Interview, Jason Hann, Livetronica, Michael Travis, Michael Travis Interview, String Cheese Incident, Summer Camp Music Festival
2 Responses to “Exclusive Audio Interview with Michael Travis from EOTO”
he supports the livetronica genre. Most bands hate to have themselves categorized, but he doesnt care..kind of a relief.
PROPS TO THE DJ’S!
Duos yes–just saw Big Gigantic open for STS9. Good stuff. Wonder about their staying power, especially Pretty Lights–tours relentlessly but the shows are very similar one to the next so I wonder how the fans will react and if there will really be a solid consistent fan base. Great party no doubt though.
SHPONGLE! YEAH YEAH!
Neo tribalism, exactly what I thought and what I like about them. Very different experience.
Very interesting to hear how the creat/communicate on stage. Always wondered about that.
Shabalah eh!? Pill check?! hmmm..! I thought one of the things that was bad about Rothbury this year was the local-ish crowd that infiltrated the last 2 days of the festival with the weekend only and sunday only tickets (they only offered full festival tickets the first year) and were just ridiculously hammered, not even seeming to care about the festival going on, rather just wanting to get fucked up. Totally killed the community vibe.
Good interview bra.
10/08/2009
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