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Rotoscope

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About Me

Rotoscope is a band from Washington DC with a broad and varied cast of characters including (present and past) John Athayde, Courtney Totushek, Eduardo Rios, Leyla Akdogan, Jaime Martin, Brian Frederick, Dave McGregor, Marc Milot, Carl Raether, Drew Pathwick, Phil Golub, and more. They are currently recording their full length at Lowwatt Studios in Raleigh, NC for release in 2007. Here's some stuff other people blabed about them:

"If Our Lady Peace, Jesus Jones, Jeff Buckley and U2 had a baby, it'd probably sound like Rotoscope. Guitarists/singers Courtney Totushek and John Athayde blend their respective styles (Totushek is an accomplished acoustic singer-songwriter, and Athayde is a mad scientist of guitar effects and production), resulting in shimmery, driving alt rock that makes us eager to hear the full-length that they're recording now."
- Groundwaves Radio

"The clever quintet sure know how to put a song together–and how to put it over.
- Washington City Paper PopQuiz

"Rotoscope continues to win over live audiences with their full, rich blend of natural instruments, vocal harmonies and electronic enhavements that make for a full rock sound in the vein of Radiohead, Peter Gabriel and U2, on Rotoscope has the distinct feminine touch of Courtney Totushek to set them apart..."
- OnTap Magazine

"Permanent Daylight" photo licensed from David Nightingale (www.chromasia.com)

Vista Del Mar will be available in iTunes soon!:


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/7/2004
Band Website: rotoscope.com
Band Members: court totushek-vocals, guitars, keys;john athayde-guitars, vocals, laptop;brian frederick-bass, programming, loops;dave mcgregor-drums, percussion;eduardo rios-guitar;
Influences: U2, New Order, Radiohead, Shivaree, The Ravonettes, Metric, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, The Police/Sting, The Cure, Coldplay, Travis, and a ton of 80s music, especially the Manchester scene.
Sounds Like: ravonettes covering a mixture of U2, coldplay and radiohead.


Type of Label: None

My Blog

Vista Del Mar remastered and ready for re-release

I finally picked up the re-master of Vista Del Mar, our home burned 2003 EP. We got Stewart Myers to remix it and Fred Kevorkian (at Avatar in NY) to master it. Check out the new version of "Under th...
Posted by Rotoscope on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:24:00 PST

More sessions done & Digital downloads coming

We are working with CDbaby to get the Rotoscope single and the loosely distributed "Vista Del Mar" into iTunes as digital-only distributions. "Vista Del Mar" was the April Park Theory record which sat...
Posted by Rotoscope on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:28:00 PST

Recording & Under The Milky Way

Hey kids,The band spent the fall working diligently in Lowwatt Studios in Raleigh with Ted Comerford at Matt Boswell. We've got six songs done except for vocals and we've been waiting for them to fini...
Posted by Rotoscope on Tue, 07 Mar 2006 06:46:00 PST

rotoscope's return

Everyone has been asking when Rotoscope is going to play next, and I just wanted to state for the record... We are itching for the next gig, too, people... We are patiently waiting on Ted Commerford (...
Posted by Rotoscope on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Update...

Everyone has been asking when Rotoscope is going to play next, and I just wanted to state for the record... We are itching for the next gig, too, people... We are patiently wa...
Posted by Rotoscope on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

FUR friday

Join us Friday at FUR!!! www.rotoscope.com www.wjfk.com or listen via radio... at 106.7 WJFK love court...
Posted by Rotoscope on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

This past Saturday @ TT's

Hey, Thanx to everyone that made out or over to our show on Saturday night. Extra special thanx to John Schlickenmaier of Phil Rossi and the Bad Habit for filling in on drums for us on Saturday ni...
Posted by Rotoscope on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST