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El Ten Eleven is a Los Angeles-based instrumental indie rock duo consisting of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty. What separates El Ten Eleven from their musical peers is that they are only two musicians on stage creating pounding landscapes of sound with no laptops or sequencers. Dunn switches off (sometimes mid-song) between a double-neck bass/guitar and a fretless bass, while his feet dance on an extensive floorboard of looping devices and effects pedals. He plays everything live, loops himself and juggles all the layers of tracks on top of each other.
Fogarty switches between traditional acoustic drums, roto toms and electronic drum pads, usually within each song. To add to the insanity, Fogarty will occasionally loop himself as well.
The densely textured, atmospheric instrumental sounds of their first two full-length albums (the self-titled debut El Ten Eleven and their follow-up Every Direction Is North) have been praised alongside the work of such post-rock elite as Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, and Sigur Rós. With their third album, These Promises Are Being Videotaped, the duo took a leap in a new musical direction more akin to the work of dance-rock envelope pushers Ratatat and Soulwax.
For their fourth full length, It’s Still Like A Secret, due November 9, the duo has taken the best elements of their first three albums and combined them into something extraordinary. “On each record we learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t,” Dunn explains. “This is the perfect amalgamation of everything we do.”
The densely textured, atmospheric instrumental sounds of their first two full-length albums (the self-titled debut El Ten Eleven and their follow-up Every Direction Is North) have been praised alongside the work of such post-rock elite as Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, and Sigur Rós. With their third album, These Promises Are Being Videotaped, the duo took a leap in a new musical direction more akin to the work of dance-rock envelope pushers Ratatat and Soulwax.
For their fourth full length, It’s Still Like A Secret, due November 9, the duo has taken the best elements of their first three albums and combined them into something extraordinary. “On each record we learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t,” Dunn explains. “This is the perfect amalgamation of everything we do.”
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Audiobinge wrote:
Seeing these guys on Thursday. Hope I can get my falling/brobocop seven inch signed. Cop one If you haven't yet! http://fakerecordlabel.bandcamp.com/album/frl005-brobocop-falling Stoked!
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lovesoundsss wrote:
so goood
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iqblmhmdynzwrd wrote:
AWESOME !
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willpesh wrote:
The best two piece in the world! When they come to England, I can die happily
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TimeColumns wrote:
Such a killer band! Definitely making waves in terms of what constitutes a "band" nowadays... Check out another two-piece looping progressive/post-rock duo - TIME COLUMNS. Lots of odd time signatures, epic buildups, complex looping and virtuosic drumming. FREE DOWNLOADS: http://timecolumns.bandcamp.com
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nysynecdoche wrote:
The Paranoid Android cover is atrocious. It's the worst thing I've ever listened to! But the rest of that album is ok. Debut is the best, havent listened to the last one, though.
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bruno_borat wrote:
Helvetica(film) introduced me El Ten Eleven
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nuggetman415 wrote:
The show last night in DC was off the hook -- I was right in front of Kristian's pedalboard the whole time, and I got to talk to him after the show for a bit. Great guy, great music. Kudos
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scialquarantine wrote:
Absolutely amazing show in RI last night.
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Audiobinge wrote:
http://fakerecordlabel.bandcamp.com/album/frl005-brobocop-falling
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Boredom_Defined wrote:
If you play anywhere in Alberta, I will sell both of my testicles to come.
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gustavorichieri wrote:
come to brazil!!
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nofuqureality wrote:
I'm enjoying this way too much.
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Ogyeoyo wrote:
this
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gustofmutts wrote:
seeing this band live was one of the coolest live experiences ever. their guitarist/bassist shames minus the bear's looping techniques.
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
The fact that there are only two members made this band way better.
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theJASONagency wrote:
this band is so amazing
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lagginswag wrote:
ill be missing their show also.. they seriously pwn live. last time i saw em i caught kristians pick. yeaaa
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MCScratchnsniff wrote:
kicked ass hard in athens ga
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EccJM wrote:
Also, Dax Pierson is in my top 10 favorite songs of all time.
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Mar
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35 Denton
Downtown Denton, Denton, United States
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- Mar 27 El Ten Eleven SPACE, Evanston, IL, Chicago, United States
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Middle of the Map Fest
Beaumont Club, Kansas City MO, United States
25 going
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