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Califone
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Califone is band from Chicago and it has been critically acclaimed for its experimental post-rock. derive their band. Califone derives their band name after a manufacturer who was quite popular and he used to manufacture turntables, tape recorders and listening stations, that were generally found in public schools from the year 1960 through the year 1990. TimRtili used to perform in a band Red Red Meat. But due to some personal reasons, the band broke off. Since Timrtili till wanted to continue
with his passion of music, so what he did was that he started his own solo project and named it Califone. Later it became a full-fledged musical project with a rotating and regular list of contributors that also includes many former members of Red Red Meat and also many other members from other Chicago bands. TimRtili quotes from the music website Cokemachineglow.com, "When we started doing this, it was a home project. The statement of intent would have been "easy listening" compared to what we were doing with Red Red Meat. This was supposed to be making little pop songs out of found pieces. It was supposed to be just a little home project, and it slowly grew from there. Now it seems like just about anything goes".
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Artist Biography - Califone
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The sound of the band is a rare combination of Red Red Meat's blues rock and also some of experimental music. They also draw inspiration from early American folk music, pop as well as electronic and some acts that are unclassifiable like Psychic TV and Captain Beefheart, respectively. But one thing should be kept in min is that the band does not try to attempt to revive the old band, that is Red Red Meat band, elements, rather they are trying to create a number of musical styles to create a distinctive sound. The current line-up of Califone includes Joe Adamik as the drums, Jim Becker as the banjo, violin player, Ben Massarella as the percussionist, and Tim Rutili for vocals, guitar, keyboards. One unique feature of this members is that they are all multi-instrumentalist.
In the year 1997, the members of Red Red Meat recorded Loftus for Perishable Records and for this recording they collaborated with the members of oRSo and Rex. Then in the year, TimRutili released the album Sharpen Your Teeth, collaborating with Modest Mouse frontman Issac Brock and others. He recorded it under the band name Ugly Casanova. In the year 2005, recorded the album Thinking of You, by collaborating with Freakwater that acted as the backing band. In the year 2006,Tim Rutili under the name of The Unseen Hand, teamed up with Wil Hendricks and Michael Krassner to record the soundtrack for Rank. It was a documentary about bullriding.
A list of albums and singles of Califone are Califone (Flydaddy Records, 1998), Califone (Road Cone Records, 2000), Roomsound (Perishable Records, 2001), Sometimes Good Weather Follows Bad People (Perishable Records / Road Cone Records, 2002), Deceleration One (Perishable Records, 2002), Quicksand / Cradlesnakes (Thrill Jockey, 2003), Decleration Two (Perishable Records, 2003), Heron King Blues (Thrill Jockey, 2004) and Roots & Crowns (Thrill Jockey, October 10, 2006).
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For more information , enjoy the official homepage of Califone
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