The Octopus Project “Fugefat” – Best New Music

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The Octopus Project hail from Austin, TX and play supremely transcendent instrumental music, this time with the help of minimalist composers Terry Riley and Steve Reich. You’ll be wanting their new album Hexadecagon to be on your iTunes once you hear the goodness that lies within. Vocals are so over-rated thanks to “Fuguefat”.

The Octopus Project “Fuguefat” – from the album Hexadecagon

Be sure to catch them live because you can expect the below to blow your mind:
“For the live debut, they arranged 8 speakers in a circle around the audience with the band at the center, accompanied by 8 synchronized video projections. Requiring an 8-channel audio and video system (hence the name “Hexadecagon,” – a 16-sided a/v panorama), they performed twice to over-capacity crowds during SXSW 2010. Paste said, “if there’s a such thing as a happiness seizure, be prepared to have one,” while the Austin American Statesman described it as, “the trippiest, most elaborate thing the Octopus Project have ever done, and that’s a very tall order.” USA Today ranked the performance one of its top five shows of SXSW”

The Octopus Project Tour Dates:
09/29 – Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
09/30 – Shreveport, LA @ The Collective
10/01 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
10/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/04 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
10/05 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/06 – Washington DC @ DC9
10/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
10/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/09 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine*#
10/10 – Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears
10/11 – Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
10/12 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
10/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
10/14 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
10/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
10/20 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Great Am. Music Hall
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
10/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/25 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
10/29 – Asheville, NC @ Moogfest *

All shows with Starfucker (except *)
# w/ We Are Scientists, Rewards