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Hey Everyone- As we announced last month, Tautologic is getting back in gear for live gigs this summer and early fall and (a few months after that) more recording. Also, we'll continue our anniversary looks back at West Is North, East Is South (2000) and Wheels Fall Off (2021). Read on... |
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TAUTOLOGIC’S WHEELS FALL OFF TURNS FIVE! Tautologic’s Wheels Fall Off was released 5 years ago, this April. We continue our look back at Wheels Fall Off with the second track, "That's What I Hear." I began writing "That's What I Hear" by noodling around on a chord progression that used open/drone strings on an acoustic guitar. I might've started the song during a television commercial break (remember those, before streaming?). I'm pretty sure that I was sitting on the couch in the living room of a house in Hyde Park that several members of Tautologic rented from 1997-2003. I played guitar on early versions with the Ethan Sellers Band, a folk-rock Tautologic spin-off. When I brought it to Tautologic, I switched to keyboards and the song transformed into something like a more frenetic and funk-rock take on a Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield vibe. The lyrics always had a protest vibe, but the subject matter changed from version to version, eventually landing on themes of government corruption and declining empire that seem pretty prescient to the present moment in US/world history, if I do say so myself.
TAUTOLOGIC - 25th ANNIVERSARY OF WEST IS NORTH, EAST IS SOUTH: My rock band Tautologic’s debut album, West Is North, East Is South, turned 25 last June. We reach the twelfth and final track of our retrospective this month with “A Year's Journey.” Pat Buzby composed and played piano and percussion on “A Year’s Journey.” Ken Arai played Pat’s lovely lyrical cello part. The percussion is actually just Pat thumping and whacking on the body of an acoustic guitar - a Gibson Hummingbird, if memory serves. It’s a nice quiet moment that ends the album on a question mark, as if to ask "The end...?" Of course, we now know that it wasn't the end. Read on for news about the next chapter, which started with recording sessions at Rax Trax and Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and now continues to the live stage this summer/fall....:
TAUTOLOGIC WILL RETURN TO THE LIVE STAGE Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 5th. Tautologic will return to live duty at these two gigs...:
Saturday, August 1st 7-10pm
Saturday, September 5th 4-6pm We're still plotting out our setlist and other details, but I would expect some new songs and new arrangements of some classic Tautologic tracks, as well as a few creative covers. If you want to freshen up on our past work before hearing us, we have three albums up on Bandcamp - two of which are celebrating anniversaries…
GET TURTLE DOWN MUSIC AND MERCH: Head on over to https://turtledownmusic.bandcamp.com, pick yourself (or a loved one) out something nice (downloads, CDs, t-shirts, posters) by Tautologic or any of our various spin-off and related projects, including releases by me, Logical Fleadh, or Le Travaillant. Turtle Down Music is operated by me and Tautologic co-founder Pat Buzby. Pretty much everything we make goes into making the next recording, so your ongoing support is appreciated. Buy the current stuff and we'll make some new stuff! Next Bandcamp Day is this Friday, May 1st - but any day is a great day to get some of our music! |
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Hope you're doing well, Ethan Sellers |
