Short and sweet this week- Ec8or.
Ec8or comes from a short lived relationship between hardcore punk and electronic music. Loud brash and fast, Ec8or was a duo act that played on Alec Empire's Digital Hardcore Recordings label (DHR).
I was first introduced to the group by that same forgotten high school acquaintance that got me into Submission Hold. The tracks "cocaine ducks," "I don't want to be a part of this," and "Notorious 30s" were all on the other side of that mix tape I got. They are also the first three tracks on Ec8or's "All of us can be rich" album.
My mind was blown. At the time I figured electronic music all had to either sound atmospheric like Enya or overly poppy (too poppy) like ABBA but with more synthesizers. As soon as humanly possible I secured a CD copy of "All of us can be rich." Listening to the album during my musically formative years expanded my tastes and got me into breakstyle, drum and bass, and even industrial.
Your homework this week, Dear Reader, is to give Ec8or a spin. I cannot promise that you'll like it as it comes from the era of lofi electronica that's high on treble and bass, and uses low quality sampling possibly as a statement against the techno of the mid/late 90s. It's the distorted guitars, shouting, and rapid fire drumming of hardcore punk played with synthesizers, sequencers, drum machines and turntables.
They were around in the mid-nineties until '99 and they are currently not touring or making more music. However, Gina V. D'Orio still does music with I think her other band Cobra Killer and one of the vocalists from Shizuo. I have actually not looked up Cobra Killer but I'm a fan of Shizuo.
Try "Ec8or & Moonraker" if you want a more techno sound.
Or for the most dynamic range try "All of us can be rich."
Play that at your Thanksgiving dinners!
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