Digital Tape Machine

Digital Tape Machine has an interesting approach to live electronic music. Unfortunately, they're really only a side project of a bunch of musicians from other bands (Their drummer is from my favorite band, Umphrey's McGee. If you haven't heard me rant/talk about how great Umphrey's is, I can nearly guarantee you will at some point this semester lol). DTM has released just one album. Definitely worth a listen. It's called "Be Here Now" While they most likely aren't traditional "techno", I think there are a few aspects of their sound our group can find inspiration in. I love the combination of a real drum kit and electronic samples. If we've got any percussionists or drummers in the group we should definitely incorporate 'em!!! At around 4:00 in the above video, one of the DJ's (? I don't really know what to call her) does some cool stuff with scratching and delay. Lastly, a lot of DTM's live shows are improvised. I'm really excited to see where our group goes when not restricted to a composition or specific form!!!