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About Me

Electric Kompany was founded in 2006 by guitarist, Kevin Gallagher. EK is an ensemble dedicated to arranging, composing, and commissioning contemporary music for rock quartet. The members are James Johnston - keyboards, Alex Walker - electric bass, Sean McDaniel - drum kit, and Kevin Gallagher - electric guitar. In 2006, Electric Kompany appeared at the New York Guitar Festival, the Tribeca Music Festival, and the New Rock Complexity festivals (1 and 2) curated by John Zorn. The group has commissioned new works for rock quartet by Jacob Ter Veldhuis , David Laganella , Marc Me llits , Nick Didkovsky , and Kristen Hevner, among others. Future appearances include the Whitney Museum of American Art, Chamber Music Now series, Music Journeys, as well conservatory residencies in Holland. a

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Music:

Member Since: 4/2/2006
Band Website: electrickompany.com
Band Members: Alex (the great) Walker - bass and low noises.... Eric Poland - drums and loud noises.... Jim Johnston - keyboards and synth noises.... Kevin R Gallagher - guitars and feedback noises....
Influences: king crimson, tool, frank zappa, steve reich, phillip glass, rush, john zorn, dominic frasca, michael gordon, bang on a can, ligeti, george crumb, all kinds of progressive music....
Sounds Like:king crimson, frank zappa, steve reich, phillip glass, rush, john zorn, pink floyd, michael gordon, bang on a can, progressive music....
Record Label: maybe
Type of Label: None

My Blog

review of EKs CD

We got a great review for our CD in the progressive magazine called "Expose"Check it out herelove,EK...
Posted by electric kompany on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:14:00 PST

concerto for rock band coming....

been away for a long time - sorry about that. holland was outstanding. we have a gig with orchestra in december! a concerto for rock band......... more soon. love, EK ...
Posted by electric kompany on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST

Attack of the killer rock octet!

ethelcentral.com/killer_rock_octet.htmThe Monkey is proud to present ETHEL and ELECTRIC KOMPANY on Saturday, October 27th for its first annual Halloween concert and party - including the world premie...
Posted by electric kompany on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

video for "white flag"

We are currently looking to raise funds to create a video for the stunning anti-war piece by Jacob TV called "White Flag"here's an mp3 of White Flag from a live radio broadcastWe are trying to raise ...
Posted by electric kompany on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:08:00 PST

Fiscal Sponsorship for EK

We're very happy to announce our new fiscal sponsorship through Fractured Atlas. Electric Kompany can now accept tax deductible donations from individuals - just like any other arts organization. Y...
Posted by electric kompany on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:18:00 PST

"White Flag" from the Whitney Museum performance on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZglrVg735IVideo samples from the performance at the Whitney Museum in New York. Music is written by Jacob TV. Video by Jan Willem Looze. Musicians - Sean McDaniel - dru...
Posted by electric kompany on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:43:00 PST

---- download of radio performance ----

Electric Kompany performs Jacob TV's "Bitches" and "White Flag" from the "White Flag Suite" on April 30th. Both Performance and interview were conducted on NPR affiliate, WNYC. The "White Flag" suite ...
Posted by electric kompany on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:30:00 PST

White Flag Premiere - May 4

"White Flag" by composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis will have it's world premiere on May 4th at the Whitney Museum of Art. The 5 movement piece is written for Electric Kompany and prerecorded soundtrack. It f...
Posted by electric kompany on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:41:00 PST

Didkovsky Rock Octet

We are extremely pleased to announce the commission of a new rock octet by composer Nick Didkovsky.Nick will write the octet for Electric Kompany and the string quartet, Ethel. The premiere of this wo...
Posted by electric kompany on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:38:00 PST