Revved Up by RPM Orchestra
RPM ORCHESTRA - Revved Up
A 4-track EP of live performances, in which the Phoenix AZ-based quintet plays some sixteen minutes of its patented proto-Industrial Americana "dieselpunk music" sound.
Che Fiero Costume (Live)
The band's last single performed live, ft. guest vocalist Andrea Garber, a cover version of the Italian Opera song by Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690).
Into The Unknown
Music from a silent film score screening of "The Unknown" (1927) at PHX's Orpheum Theatre, Oct. 2021.
Penalty Pass
Music from a silent film score screening of "The Penalty" (1920) at FilmBar PHX arthouse cinema in 2018.
Walkabout (Civic Space)
Music from a multimedia performance, the band plays live to a reel-to-reel player's playback of a field-recording* made earlier that week while walking through downtown Phoenix's Civic Space Park. During this performance, the audience sat in a darkened The Project Space venue, the only "light" being stars projected on the ceiling as the band played.
RPM Orchestra is -
Jim Dustan: bass, guitar, live sound engineering on Tracks 1, 3, & 4.
Erik Hunter: drums & percussion, samples
Pete Petrisko: acoustic foley, gourd shaker, shortwave radio, upright slinky
Jocelyn Ruiz: flute, keyboard, squeezebox, vocals + vocal manipulation
Vic VOID: granular samples, prepared cello, live sampling & manipulation of (Andrea Garber's) vocals on "Che Fiero..."
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Andrea Garber: guest vocals on "Che Fiero Costume (Live)"
Tracks 1 & 4 were recorded during a live multimedia performance at The Project Space, Historic Grand Ave, PHX, Feb 2020.
Track 2 was recorded by The Orpheum Theatre during our silent film performance presented by Friends of The Orpheum Theatre, Oct. 2021, in downtown PHX.
Track 3 was recorded during a silent film score screening of "The Penalty" (1920) at FilmBar PHX arthouse cinema, March 2018.
Cover art: from Susan Arreola Postcard Collection (Burton Barr Central Library, Arizona Room) illustrating downtown PHX, 1952.
*Field-recording used (in "Walkabout") starts at the SE corner of downtown PHX's Civic Space Park, picking up the (unheard by human ears, but heard by rec. device) crackle and buzz of nearby city electrical/utility boxes, before slowly moving into and crossing through the park, where birds are heard at regular intervals, the siren of a police car goes by, and finally, a Valley Metro light rail train passes as it pulls into the nearby station.
For more about DIESELPUNK MUSIC, see the...
dieselpunksencyclopedia.wordpress.com/6-3-dieselpunk-music/
The original studio-recorded "Che Fiero Costume" single (with Italian AND English lyrics in description) is available @
rpmorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/che-fiero-costume-rpm-orchestra-ft-andrea-garber
Tracklist
| 1. | Che Fiero Costume (Live) - ft. Andrea Garber | 1:37 |
| 2. | Into The Unknown | 5:03 |
| 3. | Penalty Pass | 3:18 |
| 4. | Walkabout (Civic Space) | 5:49 |
