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Live at NorCal Noisefest 2020

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This was a new and strange experience for us. Born as a mostly improvisational party band in the Troy/Albany New York Area everything we did was about direct engagement with the audience. Separated here not just for the viewers (which may have been the most we have ever had between the live audience and post YouTube audience), but from each other, we had to develop a new method of collaboration. We addressed this in a couple of ways. Unfortunately we ruled out real time performance between us as a viable option. So, Mike participated in two ways during Marc's live broadcast. First there was a multi-track audio recording we both contributed to that laid the foundation and then there was the sounds that Mike made that went with the video that was shown on a screen next to Marc during the performance.

Overall it is one of the most orchestrated pieces we have ever performed. Certainly one of the very few that involved a rehearsal or sound check. There is a clear gestation, birth and early days as a child stumbling about in the world sequence -- as is suggested by the title. This layering of sounds from multiple performances and playback realizes a goal like we have never done before into a symphonic wall of noise that transcends the usual limits of the genre. Had this been live -- without the supporting recordings -- it would not have the same impact.

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released November 5, 2020

Marc Arsenault
Michael Keegan

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nickname: Rebel San Francisco, California

nickname: Rebel is Michael Keegan and Marc Arsenault. Founded 2001, Albany, New York.

Collaborators and former band members include: Nick Carpenter, Tom Burre, Scott Smallwood (Evidence), Aaron Smith (Scientific Maps), Jason Martin (Bunny Brains), James Kopta (Hail Mary), Seana Biondolillo, Andrew Gerhan (Nevada Nevada), Josh Baker (God Hates Computers), Pete Von Petrin and Steven Cerio.
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