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The Eighth

Music for the intelligent generation.

About Me

The Eighth is a fusion of art and music unique to the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Relating the contemporary modernity of electronic sound with the classic drama and power of driven, emotional, and occasionally scathing and intensely human lyrics and instruments, The Eighth is a force not to be questioned. It is music designed for the thinkers and dreamers of this generation, combining some of the greatest musical and artistic minds of the area to create intelligent, remarkable, and undeniably strong sound and performance- together. Headed by Shawn L Phillips, whose "no holds barred" approach to creation has brought out the best in his group of producers and live performers, a large team assembled from the best of the best available. The Eighth brings its listeners more than just music or a live performance, but also something which they can relate to and think about, something that will broaden their view of the world, and, in essence, themselves.
Live video of "Brutal" November 11, 2007 (Veterans Day).
"Bruise" live Decemeber 29, 2007
TITAN is officially available for purchase and download!Download version: eight tracks
Album version: nine tracks and access to future free stuff.
Kunaki (purchase full album with bonus track here for $7)
GarageBand (Read the reviews!)
Soundclick (free download, all tracks minus bonus track)
CafePress (purchase the album with full artwork and all nine tracks)
Artist Server (free download, five tracks currently)
301 Studios Free download featuring "Lovelife (Regretful Threesome Mix) by The Eighth (and guests Dan "Boot" Bateman of OBCT/The Eighth and Sarah France of Avenpitch).
Listen to new tracks from The Eighth posted weekly for the collaborative blog project Year of the Buffalo .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/25/2005
Band Website: theeighth.com
Band Members: Dan Bateman - personal : OBCT : betaEight
Sonic textures, live ambience, propaganda assistance.

Geoff Makousky - personal : OBCT
Guitars, additional vocals, studio production, live music director.

Shawn L Phillips - personal : Chris Gannon
Composition, performance.

Additional personnel:

Sarah France - personal : Avenpitch
Wardrobe, choreography assistance.

David Miller - personal : Audio Victim : ?
Esoteric continuity.
Influences: [Inspiration]

Skinny Puppy
Aphex Twin
Filter
NIN
David Lynch
Ted Hughes
Sounds Like: Make up your own mind.
Now playing: The Eighth

Also, year-long blog project Year of the Buffalo . Expect a new piece of audio every week for a year: Now playing: The Year of the Buffalo
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Juggling the eight ball: more updates!

Updates ahoy!Music! Added two tracks to the MySpace player. "Path of Narcissism" from TITAN is now available for download, and to give you a taste of the new album, check out the demo of "STFU". We sh...
Posted by The Eighth on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:51:00 PST

Check out this event: The Eighth w/ Heliosphere, TBA.

Hosted By: Club UndergroundWhen: Saturday Dec 29, 2007 at 9:00 PMWhere: Club Underground355 Monroe Street NEMinneapolis, MN 55413United StatesDescription:Club Underground Click Here To View Event...
Posted by The Eighth on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST

Early December update.

Hey all.I've been getting a lot of inquiries about when the next show will be. I can only say this much at the moment: after the new year. I'm talking with various local acts about setting something u...
Posted by The Eighth on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:10:00 PST

Post show chat and numerous updates.

Saturday's debut went better than I anticipated. No significant technical difficulties, songs went off pretty much without a hitch, and as the last act of the night, people actually stuck around for i...
Posted by The Eighth on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:31:00 PST

I wait with baited breath.

Getting to this point in the project has been a long time coming. Over two years ago I began writing the material that would eventually become TITAN. Recording and production would stretch out over 20...
Posted by The Eighth on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:35:00 PST

TITAN available for purchase at a new website.

Just set up a shop where you can purchase the full album at your credit card leisure. Seven denarii.TITANIt will also be available at Club Underground November 10. I may have some other goodies to thr...
Posted by The Eighth on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:44:00 PST

Live debut.

The Eighth will be making its debut performance Saturday, November tenth, at Club Underground, with Autonomy, OBCT, and Kaligula. Show starts at 9:30, and copies of the album TITAN will be available f...
Posted by The Eighth on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:52:00 PST

Remix out now!

The Eighth's remix of Thosquanta's "lovelife" for their remix album Young, Rich and Out of Control is out now. "lovelife (Regretful Threesome Mix)" features Dan "Boot" Bateman of OBCT and Sarah Franc...
Posted by The Eighth on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:13:00 PST

Update Filler.

Real long time since the last update.Lessee....Still writing material, playing around with some of them. I've also been looking into who I might want to guest appear on this album. An anal-retentive p...
Posted by The Eighth on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:13:00 PST

TITAN available for purchase (finally).

If you're local, contact me, and I can get a disk to you. If you aren't local, drop me a line and I can send you one. Ten bucks, or negotiable. I'm not picky. I just want you to listen to and enjoy it...
Posted by The Eighth on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:18:00 PST