RE: looping and Punk@!%!!

["Hogan, Greg (Exchange)" <ghogan@lexicon.com>]

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> From:         improv@peak.org[SMTP:improv@peak.org]
> Reply To:     Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
> Sent:         Tuesday, November 25, 1997 7:40 PM
> To:   GHogan@lexicon.com
> Subject:      RE: looping and Punk@!%!!
> 
> >        Dave Trenkel asked:
> >        "Didn't Mission of Burma, Roger Miller's early band, have a
> >member who just did processing and tape-looping?"
> >
> >        Yes,  Their soundman, Martin Swope, added tape loops which
> was
> >an integral part of their live sound and their latter recordings.
> >
> Right, and didn't Swope and Miller start Birdsongs of the Mesozoic?
> That
> was a cool band, especially their early stuff. I loved their chessy
> new-wave cover of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
> 
I believe the main person behind Birdsongs was and is Erik Lindgren.