The Evolution Control Committee (The ECC) is an experimental music band based in Columbus, Ohio. The ECC was founded by Mark Gunderson (a.k.a. TradeMark G.) in Columbus, in 1986. They create music that falls within the borders of the sound collage genre, as it typically uses uncleared and illegal samples from various sources as a form of protest against copyright law. The ECC also produces numerous audio experiments, such as the disfiguring of compact discs in live performance, known as "CDestruction", and has produced a few video works as well, ranging from re-edited 50's corporate shorts to Teddy Ruxpin reciting the works of William S. Burroughs. Other activities include culture jamming.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first got hold of the group's 1996 single, The Whipped Cream Mixes, in 1998 and played the track, Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) on his shows during that year. The song was later voted by some of his listeners in the 1998 Festive Fifty. In 2003, he played tracks from their album, Plagiarythm Nation. The group's music was played on Peel's show during the heights of the mashup music scene in the late 90's and early 00's.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- 1998 Festive Fifty: Copyright Violation For The Nation [1] #20
Shows Played[]
- 15 April 1998: Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) (7" - The Whipped Cream Mixes) Eerie Materials
- 07 May 1998: Rebel Without A Pause (Whipped Cream Mix) (7" - The Whipped Cream Mixes) Eerie Materials
- 23 December 1998: 'Copyright Violation For The Nation (7 inch)' (Eerie Materials) FF #20 (JP: 'That's pretty good, but I'm surprised it got into the Festive Fifty at all. I think I only played it on the radio the once.')
- 1999
- Computer Music 1999 (Jan-Aug): By The Time I Get To Arizona (Whipped Cream Mix)
- 09 June 1999: Rebel Without A Pause (7” single) Pickled Egg
- 01 July 1999 (Radio Eins): Rebel Without A Pause (7” single) Pickled Egg
- 2003
- 17 June 2003: 'I Want A Cookie (LP- Plagiarythm Nation)' (Seeland)
- 26 June 2003: Nearly No Time For Yes (LP - Plagiarythm Nation) Seeland
- 10 July 2003: Spandau Filet (LP - Plagiarythm Nation) Seeland
- 22 July 2003: 'Toot (LP- Plagiaryth Nation)' (Seeland)
- 30 July 2003: 'Lunch (LP- Plagiarhythm Nation)' (Seeland)
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References[]
- ↑ The alternative song title is Rebel Without A Pause, a mashup of Public Enemy's Rebel Without A Pause and Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass's Bittersweet Samba.