NEW MATERIAL ON WINTER TOUR
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Los Angeles-based instrumental duo El Ten Eleven will
close out the year with back to back shows this month: they will headlineDecember
30 at the Constellation Room in Santa Ana,
CA followed by a New Year's Eve blowout at Soda
Bar in San Diego. Fresh out of the studio,
guitarist/bassist/loop virtuoso Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim
Fogarty will debut a handful of newly recorded songs scheduled for
release next year. In January the guys will set off for a winter tour that will
wind through Northern California, Washington, Vancouver, Montana and
Colorado. Anthemic indie rockers Races will be main support
on the entire tour.
Ever the consummate road warriors, El Ten Eleven have
spent a majority of the last 18 months trekking across the country in support
of their fourth LP, It's Still Like A Secret, released
last year on their own Fake Record Label. With a mesmerizing
live show and a DIY ethos to get in the van and play as much as possible, the
band has grown their impressive and devoted fanbase exponentially. Over their
eight year career they have logged hundreds of thousands of miles on the
odometer and this year surpassed the 500 shows mark when they added another
80 gigs to the tally. In addition to multiple national headlining tours they
also played several festivals in both the U.S. and Canada and most recently
they supported New Order/Joy Division bassist Peter Hook at his LA
appearances.
El Ten Eleven has forged a unique sound that mixes
atmospheric soundscapes with pulsing electro-rock. Over four albums they've
demonstrated that instrumental music doesn't have to be bloated, pretentious
or sleepy. "They drive somewhere between a roughed-up version of Sigur
Rós and Ratatat you wouldn't dare bring home to your parents," exclaimed Filter while Los
Angeles Magazine declared: "The act is a wonder to behold live,
but on the group's fourth album, the layered sound is just as hypnotic."
El Ten Eleven's live show is truly a technical marvel to
witness as the duo recreate their pounding landscapes without the help of a
single computer or sequencer. Dunn works a double-neck bass/guitar (sometimes
playing both simultaneously with different hands) and a fretless bass and
loops himself live while he dances on an arsenal of pedals. Fogarty pounds
his drum kit and electronic drum pads and also occasionally loops himself.
"As each layer upon layer is set, El Ten Eleven's songs coalesce into
head nodding, cog-spinning music machines," LA Weekly exclaimed
about the musicians' method. Whether you geek out to the band's jaw dropping
skills, bliss out to the soaring instrumentals, or dance to their
electro-influenced jams, El Ten Eleven is a band not be missed live.
El Ten Eleven's music is highly sought after and has been
heavily used in the realms of television, film and advertising. Of
significant note are the highly acclaimed trilogy of design documentaries
"Helvetica, "Objectified" and "Urbanized," which
is currently screening worldwide. These films, directed and produced by Gary
Hustwit, were scored by Dunn and prominently feature El Ten Eleven's music.
"Urbanized" will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on February 14,
2012 and is streaming in HD atUrbanizedfilm.com.
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