The Tank's night of crush-worthy electronic music returns for a second date! A wild-at-heart, all animal line-up will make you sway wistfully to their blissful beats-- Animal Style with his guitar and Game Boy and VBlank with his mastery of eclectic visuals from lo-fi to hi-fi will be coming up from Philadelphia to join NYC's own Data Dog and The Fearsome Sparrow.
Animal Style
Joey Mariano has been making electronic music since the year 2000 and playing guitar since 1991. Trained as a jazz guitarist, joey first gained critical acclaim for his unique guitar style with his early experiments in improvised music. Recently, under the alias animal-style, he has been writing chiptune music on programs like Nanoloop, LSDJ, and famitracker. Along with popularizing the 8bit fuzz guitar pedal (FXDocotor.com) by intertwining catchy melodies with crafty guitar riffs, Mariano has also spent some time bridging the gap between classical music and chip tunes with releases like Gameboy Madrigals. Inventor of the Gameboy Foot Controller, he continues to innovate the live performance of chip music through improvisation and creativity.
http://animal-style.com
Data Dog
Data Dog! An electronic-pop duo based out the NYC area featuring Long Island natives Robert Flato and Dan Arnes. With their minimal electronic, noisy pop and synth heavy beats, Data Dog colors their songs with vocal harmonies, creating a unique blend of styles. A true-blue collaboration, with songwriting and vocal duties handled by both dogs, Data Dog's live shows are a sight to behold, with acoustic guitars, keyboards and laptop beats creating the sonic landscape by which they navigate. So please, take a break from your life, and listen to Data Dog.
http://www.myspace.com/datadogmusic
the fearsome sparrow
"Brooklyn's the fearsome sparrow produce music that submerges listeners in rich electronic textures and bittersweet vocals.... Fans of even the most glitch-laden and experimental electronic music should be able to appreciate Fearsome Sparrow." (Dvorak, Deli Magazine 8/27/07)
Liz Godoy grew up in Mexico. Studies in classical ballet eventually took her to Cuba. After a year in Architecture school back in Mexico she left and moved to San Diego at the age of 19. Brenden Beu was born and raised in San Diego. Early studies in guitar and piano led him to a formal education in electronic music composition at San Diego State University.
Liz knocked on Brenden's door without an introduction. Brenden was confused by this... he still is.
They have been living in Brooklyn since 2005 where they have continued writing and recording music that is uniquely theirs.
http://thefearsomesparrow.com/
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