4 Centipedes And One MC
Eclectic Lo-Fi experiments with spoken word performance. Uses unconventional song structures to create various excursions of sounds.
16
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Pep Up! (Home Is A Thing To Eat) Pep Up! (Home Is A Thing To Eat)
Newest spoken word piece from the 4 Centipedes, uses drum machines, reconstructed keyboards, bass, and various synths with dialogue accompaniment. Dialogue from my poem of same name, a piece describing mental stability and integrity.
Engines (instrumental) Engines (instrumental)
Instrumental 3-part track down entirely on two keyboards, one having been circuit-bent.
Things Turning Dry (Stillness Alt. Version) Things Turning Dry (Stillness Alt. Version)
Alternate take of track 'Stillness'. Much more repetitive, uses similar percussion, loops, and guitars.
In __ Years (edit) In __ Years (edit)
This track focuses on age in a satirical matter, and uses a composition of white noise, keyboards, and piano. Has been edited from a 10 minute long track because it exceeded my current MB limit.
People & Cows People & Cows
A spoken word piece about over-population. Unlike most of my other noise/electronic work, this piece uses bass guitar and clarinet pieces, along with my trademark lo-fi style.
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'4 Centipedes & One MC' is a sole effort by Corey D Cleven. The 'band' gives praise to the universal question 'What kind of music would 4 centipedes make?' I, Corey D Cleven, the MC, has allowed such creatures to wield weapons of sound and to bring a solution to this question.
Corey D Cleven: mixing, vocals/dialogue, writing, recording
Pink Centipede: alternative mixing, ambiance, laugh tracks, loops, samples
Orange Centipede: claps, beats, pounds, punctures
Yellow Centipede: organs & other piano-like keys
Red Centipede: Distorted guitars, CB guitars, Bass, additional stringsBand/artist history
In 2004 I made what I call the 'Black Box', a two-hour recording session composed entirely of radio feedback, spoken word performances, and makeshift instruments. After that I focused hard on my writing, which I still progress at, but have, a few months ago, started creating a soundtrack to one of my written pieces, and then created the 4C&1MC.Have you performed in front of an audience?All 4C&1MC performances consist of pre-recorded sessions.
Your musical influences
Bands: Wire, Dome, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert, Gary Numan, David Bowie, Telefon Tel Aviv, Trent Reznor, Tv On The Radio, Moby, Nobou Uematsu, Prince
Genres & other non-musical influences: Lo-fi (noise), art rock, industrial, new wave, trip hop, spoken word; circuit bending, William S Burroughs, Andy Warhol, radio, white noiseWhat equipment do you use?
Circuit bent items (ranging from keyboards to kid toys), radio feedback, turntables, keyboards, guitars (heavily distorted usually), drum machines, other noise generators, vocals, ventilation systems.Anything else?
As notes already I am also a writer and painter, among other things.
Caledonia, MN
USA
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871806
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