B.E.A.T. BURGLARS, B.E.A.T. BURGLARS EP (Not Yet Released)
Former Canada's Electric Tiger Machine members, Gary Setzer (under the moniker, Crazy Dancing Pony) and Benjamin Haehn (Trouble Nocturnal Trouble) regroup as emcees for this hilarious four-song hip-hop/electro fiasco.
CANADA'S ELECTRIC TIGER MACHINE, LANGUAGE IS FOR EVERYBODY (2006)
Language is for Everybody hits harder than 2004's Translucent Transparent [Integrated], yet delivers the same quirky dance-punk flavor that's unmistakably electric tiger territory. A dense web of semiotic theory, its spastic lyrical convulsions imbue the release with an intellectual ironic cool you would expect of a children's educational album; but this one feels like its designed for grad students. These four tracks undoubtedly highlight this now defunct art school electro outfit in their prime.
CANADA'S ELECTRIC TIGER MACHINE, TRANSLUCENT TRANSPARENT [INTEGRATED] (2004)
Artsy-new-wave. As is traditional with bands comprised entirely of artists, you wouldn't walk away from a Canada's Electric Tiger Machine show commenting on how technically skilled its members were. You would, however, be sweaty from the involuntary convulsions the quartet delivered to your body. Their live performances were heralded for their high-energy delivery and bizarre stage happenings and have been known to include projections, wigs, costumes, workout routines, large inflated garbage-bag structures, bad improvisational rapping, short-shorts and on-stage soy-dog eating. Translucent Transparent [Integrated], was written inside a windmill. Ranville, Haehn and Buckholz weave a catchy new-wave backdrop for Setzer's quirky scientist-like delivery. His froggy lyrical investigation steers clear of the traditional subject matter and exposes his research as a nationally known conceptual artist. With excessive amounts of sweat, error and lo-fi instruments that should be thrown away, Canada's Electric Tiger Machine manages to inject a human-element into a genre renowned for cool plastic remove, merging the best aspects of electro and indie.