What remains of the worlds that made records like this possible? On the 30th anniversary of Dusk at Cubist Castle, we gathered voices from the Aquarium Drunkard orbit to reflect on the Olivia Tremor Control’s singular masterpiece—and the disappearing ecology of regional music culture that surrounded it.
Category: Elephant 6
W. Cullen Hart and Andrew Rieger :: Leap Through Poisoned Air
Here’s an archival gem for Elephant 6 heads: a collaborative EP from the late visionary Will Cullen Hart and Elf Power’s Andrew Rieger. Though very brisk, the timing of this snapshot (culled from recording sessions circa 1999-2000) vividly conjures the opaque psychedelic sweet spot of the Olivia Tremor Control and beginnings of Hart’s essential offshoot project Circulatory System.
Lance Bangs on The Elephant 6 Recording Co.
In 2019, director Chad Stockfleth released a lo-fi, VHS-only documentary A Future History Of: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. Following that limited rollout, documentarian Lange Bangs—whose footage was used extensively in the film—came onboard with the folks behind 2020’s Other Music doc, producer Rob Hatch-Miller and editor/producer Greg King, to streamline and expand the documentary. The resulting film, now titled The Elephant 6 Recording Co., sees official release on today. Bangs joins us to reflect on the Elephant 6 scene.
The Strange South :: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. and This Is Sparklehorse
Two new documentary films, The Elephant 6 Recording Co. and This Is Sparklehorse, cover two very different Southern artistic expressions in the ‘90s, subtly pushing against the idea that Southern music is exclusively traditional or conservative, remapping the sound of a new South for a new generation.
A Future History Of: The Elephant 6 Recording Co. (A Documentary)
It’s fitting that filmmaker Chad Stockfleth’s documentary chronicling the Elephant 6 collective is only available to view via VHS. While tendrils of the loose collective would certainly extend into the new millennium, the roots and spirit of […]
AD Presents :: The Olivia Tremor Control, New Orleans
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Nine Years Later :: Olivia Tremor Control – Black Foliage: Animation Music
Has it really been an entire decade since the Olivia Tremor Control released their Black Foliage album? Almost, as the album hit retail shelves in 1999. Sonically both an . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered […]
