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About Me

hello this is Jenny and Olivia. the two ladies of the new improv band - Callbox. Some of you might know us from our old band Radio Vago. now we are working putting ourselves to the ultimate test.... playing improv music live! It's very exciting and inspirational to just let the music come right out with out having time to critique it or mess with its purity. its also a bit scary. Think of this as a emotional conversation with an old friend, as opposed to something with a structure which you can anticipate. we've been told our sound is a mix between Stereolab and CAN. i liked that. we just played our first show in San Francisco at 12 Galaxies. it was an amazing show. our good friend simone picked up her guitar and played with us that night too. our goal is to make a space that allows for that to happen. its not about the audience and the band... the 4rth wall doesn't exist. its about completely feeding off eachother. its about allowing for anything to happen in the space. the possibilities are endless.

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Member Since: 1/3/2006
Band Members: Jenny Vassilatos - Drums; Olivia Parriott - Keyboards
Influences: CAN, Stereolab, Blonde Redhead, The Mars Volta, La Dusseldorf, Spiritulized, Comets on Fire, Brian Eno, Amon Duul II, Broadcast, Les Savy Fav, the Autolux, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, the Boredoms, New Order
Sounds Like: people say we sounds like a cross between CAN and Stereolab. German progrock from the 70s mixed with a bit more of a current synth pop feel. we are different every time... since it is all improv music and we are also basically instrumantal unless someone from the audience decides they want to get up and sing with us... or when Jenny gets a wild hair...
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CHECK OUT UTUBE - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPTdg2OnL4>

a little video made by MOCA ( museum of contemporary arts in LA) on the show we played there a month ago. check it out!!!
Posted by Callbox on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:45:00 PST

CHECK OUT UTUBE - <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPTdg2OnL4>

a little video made by MOCA ( museum of contemporary arts in LA) on the show we played there a month ago. check it out!!!
Posted by Callbox on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:48:00 PST

Stork Club Show

Oakland is intense. so close to SF and yet nothing like it. We had played at the Stork Club years ago with The Need and the Infinite X's and i hadn't been there since. The only thing that was differe...
Posted by Callbox on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST

Storkclub show

hey there dis Olivia... so the storkclub show was super fun. only a few dedicated friends drove out to Oakland to see us but it made for an easygoing and safe enviroment. we played first and had the ...
Posted by Callbox on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:44:00 PST

il Coral show

hey there so this is olivia writing a blog about this show. Ok positives: i loved the space!! il coral is super cool a real underground artistic space with a great vibe and i can't wait to play th...
Posted by Callbox on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:30:00 PST

Il Coral Show

Hi, Thanks to everyone who came to our show at Il Coral. The space is a bit unexpected for Los Angeles, very unpolished and refreshingly raw, which makes it all the more adventurous. The challenge...
Posted by Callbox on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:30:00 PST