BIOGRAPHY:
With Shoko Horikawa on organ and sampler, Ryan Brundage on drums, and Jesse Hall on guitar-o-bass and vocals, the distorted Oakland California trio Experimental Dental School began to carve a solid niche in the Bay Area's thriving art rock scene in early 2002.
The band's unpredictable sonic approach led to the sharing of stages with other creative bands such as Deerhoof, Numbers, Hella, XBXRX, Mae Shi, Erase Errata, Coachwhips, and Trans Am. Touring regularly in the United States and Europe, (in addition to numerous West Coast swings) the trio swiftly earned respect throughout underground circles.
The full-length CD Hideous Dance Attack!!! was released in 2003, as well as many singles and split records on labels in Sweden, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy and Portugal. With Hall's zealous vocals and bizarre guitar approach, Horikawa's Felini-esque organs, and Brundage's choppy spliced meter drumming, the band's circuit bent art-wave pop has earned the group much praise and adoration. EDS was honored the S.F. Guardian's Best Of The Bay award, as well as #1 spots on local radio stations.
2006 brings Experimental Dental School a US, European, and Japanese tour, as well as their much anticipated Cochon records release, "2 1/2 Creatures". All songs are mastered by Weasel Walter, (Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX) and 4 songs feature the drumming and production talents of Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. 2 1/2 Creatures captures the chaos and enthusiasm that ensues at their live shows, and also reveals a sophisticated studio album. Fusing musicality with colorful test tube ideas, E.D.S. has created and cultivated a sound that is both cohesive and entirely unique.
Biography by EDS:
Casio striking fractured distorted chords with Houdini-precision and ritualistic cadence |guitar sounds like that of a broken down slurpie machine | singing like bird OR bear thru PVC-pipe distorted flamingo microphones | samples of ladies going mad & horses saying hi | gloomy tuba set on fire | vicious/ruff/exploding at times, soft/frolicking at other times.| man VS machine crushing | warm melting | colorfull: mexican resturant colors +xmas lights +silver. pink, silver, red, yellow. We like songs that are : funny + angry + really sad + awkward + mobile + frustrated + liberated.
}}} --Jesse Hall:
Plays "guitar-o-bass" (a custom built low tuned guitar with bass strings ) run though a pile of pedals & gadgets (overbro, miditard).
lyrics involving animals, machines & ice cream tears.
Sings like bear.
}}} --Shoko Horikawa:
Sings like bird.
Plays Casiotone organ with a fractured, careening and churning , disjointed "Flight of the Bumblebee" style.
Dr samples.
}}} --Ryan Brundage:
Drums like octopus in spliced meters, vacillating between gloomy disko & violent, rollercoaster-y polka.
tape loops, found sounds, noizes of all kind.
.-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-..
Bands we have loved before, played with & eventually had to say good bye to:
Deerhoof, Numbers, Hella, Xbxrx, Mae shi, Erase Errata,Trans am, Coachwhips, Crack:we are rock, Amps for Christ, Phantom Limbs, Mates of state, Make up, Har mar superstar, Gravy train, Matmos, Old Time Relijun, the Lowdown, Die monitor batz, Gold chains, Extra Action marching band/w/Extreame Elvis..etc.... many others that were very wonderful..
USA Label : Cochon Records
Promotion : Fanatic Promotion
European Label : Deleted art (sweden)
European label and booking : The Company with the Golden Arm (Germany)
Japanese label : Memory Lab
Australian Label : Tenzenmen
US booking : wonder booking
REVIEWS:
"providing the evolutionary link between Deerhoof and Devo, and sweeping up the Talking Heads in the process, EDS kick up a furious racket over the 10 tracks of Hideous Dance Attack!!!. "
-- Matt Fink, Skyscraper Magazine
"Like many, if not most bands from the area, Oakland's Experimental Dental School don't quite fit in with any other bands. " -- "The band's full-length debut, Hideous Dance Attack!!! was recently released to excited, if not baffled critical acclaim."
-- Dusted Magazine
"It is easy to understand why the band's music sends their fans into hysterics at their live shows."
-- Stephen Cramer, All Music Guide
Best of The Bay award 2004
"If you haven't checked out EDS's debut album, Hideous Dance Attack!!!, do so immediately! "
-- SF Bay Guardian
“Experimental Dental School's second full-length album is as fun and clever as it is categorically indefinable.”
-- Samuel Sharkey, Performer Magazine
"XDS bubbles to the brink of unrestrained experimentation while holding onto the last few hairs of conventional pop music, writing songs that are both cohesive and unpredictable."
-- Dave Madden, Splendid
"Absolutely alive and amazing."
-- Spencer Telleman,The Synthesis
"the perfect soundtrack for cruising through the city on a beautiful day." "these are the dance traxx!!!! you will not be disappointed with this record!!!!"
-- Noella Marie, KUSF review of 2 1/2 Creatures
"I was so amazed by their creativity”
-- Brian Shevlin, Heckler Magazine Portland OR
"2 1/2 Creatures confirms that E.D.S. are more than capable of making themselves equally at home in indie post-rock and no wave basements, jazz joints and circus tents." "very coo!"
-- aquariusrecords.org review of 2 1/2 creatures
other reviews:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press.php
Press Persons:
press photos 2006:
web version:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_web.jpg
hi-res print version (5mb):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_school_hi_res.jpg
pdf 1sheets (black & white)...
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_1sheet.pdf
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_1sheet_hi_res.pdf
hi-res album art:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/EDS_cover_art_4_fanatic.jpg
here are some links to some OLDER high resolution images you can use for print:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/eds_hi_res.jpg
& here are some older print images:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/drawings_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/300dpi_portrait_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/ExDental_landscape.jpg
With Shoko Horikawa on organ and sampler, Ryan Brundage on drums, and Jesse Hall on guitar-o-bass and vocals, the distorted Oakland California trio Experimental Dental School began to carve a solid niche in the Bay Area's thriving art rock scene in early 2002.
The band's unpredictable sonic approach led to the sharing of stages with other creative bands such as Deerhoof, Numbers, Hella, XBXRX, Mae Shi, Erase Errata, Coachwhips, and Trans Am. Touring regularly in the United States and Europe, (in addition to numerous West Coast swings) the trio swiftly earned respect throughout underground circles.
The full-length CD Hideous Dance Attack!!! was released in 2003, as well as many singles and split records on labels in Sweden, Australia, Germany, Japan, Italy and Portugal. With Hall's zealous vocals and bizarre guitar approach, Horikawa's Felini-esque organs, and Brundage's choppy spliced meter drumming, the band's circuit bent art-wave pop has earned the group much praise and adoration. EDS was honored the S.F. Guardian's Best Of The Bay award, as well as #1 spots on local radio stations.
2006 brings Experimental Dental School a US, European, and Japanese tour, as well as their much anticipated Cochon records release, "2 1/2 Creatures". All songs are mastered by Weasel Walter, (Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX) and 4 songs feature the drumming and production talents of Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier. 2 1/2 Creatures captures the chaos and enthusiasm that ensues at their live shows, and also reveals a sophisticated studio album. Fusing musicality with colorful test tube ideas, E.D.S. has created and cultivated a sound that is both cohesive and entirely unique.
Biography by EDS:
Casio striking fractured distorted chords with Houdini-precision and ritualistic cadence |guitar sounds like that of a broken down slurpie machine | singing like bird OR bear thru PVC-pipe distorted flamingo microphones | samples of ladies going mad & horses saying hi | gloomy tuba set on fire | vicious/ruff/exploding at times, soft/frolicking at other times.| man VS machine crushing | warm melting | colorfull: mexican resturant colors +xmas lights +silver. pink, silver, red, yellow. We like songs that are : funny + angry + really sad + awkward + mobile + frustrated + liberated.
}}} --Jesse Hall:
Plays "guitar-o-bass" (a custom built low tuned guitar with bass strings ) run though a pile of pedals & gadgets (overbro, miditard).
lyrics involving animals, machines & ice cream tears.
Sings like bear.
}}} --Shoko Horikawa:
Sings like bird.
Plays Casiotone organ with a fractured, careening and churning , disjointed "Flight of the Bumblebee" style.
Dr samples.
}}} --Ryan Brundage:
Drums like octopus in spliced meters, vacillating between gloomy disko & violent, rollercoaster-y polka.
tape loops, found sounds, noizes of all kind.
.-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-..
Bands we have loved before, played with & eventually had to say good bye to:
Deerhoof, Numbers, Hella, Xbxrx, Mae shi, Erase Errata,Trans am, Coachwhips, Crack:we are rock, Amps for Christ, Phantom Limbs, Mates of state, Make up, Har mar superstar, Gravy train, Matmos, Old Time Relijun, the Lowdown, Die monitor batz, Gold chains, Extra Action marching band/w/Extreame Elvis..etc.... many others that were very wonderful..
USA Label : Cochon Records
Promotion : Fanatic Promotion
European Label : Deleted art (sweden)
European label and booking : The Company with the Golden Arm (Germany)
Japanese label : Memory Lab
Australian Label : Tenzenmen
US booking : wonder booking
REVIEWS:
"providing the evolutionary link between Deerhoof and Devo, and sweeping up the Talking Heads in the process, EDS kick up a furious racket over the 10 tracks of Hideous Dance Attack!!!. "
-- Matt Fink, Skyscraper Magazine
"Like many, if not most bands from the area, Oakland's Experimental Dental School don't quite fit in with any other bands. " -- "The band's full-length debut, Hideous Dance Attack!!! was recently released to excited, if not baffled critical acclaim."
-- Dusted Magazine
"It is easy to understand why the band's music sends their fans into hysterics at their live shows."
-- Stephen Cramer, All Music Guide
Best of The Bay award 2004
"If you haven't checked out EDS's debut album, Hideous Dance Attack!!!, do so immediately! "
-- SF Bay Guardian
“Experimental Dental School's second full-length album is as fun and clever as it is categorically indefinable.”
-- Samuel Sharkey, Performer Magazine
"XDS bubbles to the brink of unrestrained experimentation while holding onto the last few hairs of conventional pop music, writing songs that are both cohesive and unpredictable."
-- Dave Madden, Splendid
"Absolutely alive and amazing."
-- Spencer Telleman,The Synthesis
"the perfect soundtrack for cruising through the city on a beautiful day." "these are the dance traxx!!!! you will not be disappointed with this record!!!!"
-- Noella Marie, KUSF review of 2 1/2 Creatures
"I was so amazed by their creativity”
-- Brian Shevlin, Heckler Magazine Portland OR
"2 1/2 Creatures confirms that E.D.S. are more than capable of making themselves equally at home in indie post-rock and no wave basements, jazz joints and circus tents." "very coo!"
-- aquariusrecords.org review of 2 1/2 creatures
other reviews:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press.php
Press Persons:
press photos 2006:
web version:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_web.jpg
hi-res print version (5mb):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_school_hi_res.jpg
pdf 1sheets (black & white)...
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_1sheet.pdf
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_1sheet_hi_res.pdf
hi-res album art:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/EDS_cover_art_4_fanatic.jpg
here are some links to some OLDER high resolution images you can use for print:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/eds_hi_res.jpg
& here are some older print images:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/drawings_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/300dpi_portrait_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/ExDental_landscape.jpg
