Todays record pool rewind heads back to 1993. Zoo Entertainment provided the pool with a promo 12 of the track Infested by Course Of Empire. Course of Empire was a hard-edged, post-industrial, alternative music group based in Dallas, Texas from 1988 to 1998. In the early days, large drums would be placed throughout the audience as a means to eliminate the separation between performer and audience. Inspired by the Kodo Drummers of Japan, C.o.E. sought to use the theater of mass drumming to illustrate their vision of a future culture that would evolve as a response to the exponentially increasing human population on the planet. This practice was stopped, however, when the drums ceased to be played by ever-increasing crowds, becoming dangerous missiles instead. The band name Course of Empire came from a 5-piece series by 19th Century painter Thomas Cole. The band released their first single/EP, Infested, ahead of the Initiation album in 1993. The single featured two new songs, Joy and Lets Have A War as well as the featured remix, the Darwin Goodman remix of Infested -- Darwin from naturalist/evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin, and Goodman from legendary big band clarinetist Benny Goodman. The remix sampled Goodmans performance of swinger Louis Primas big band standard Sing, Sing, Sing and featured a different, swing-inspired drumbeat. The track would go on into the record pool charts peaking at #5 and finding itself on the year end best list in the top 40. Course Of Empire - Infested - Darwin Goodman Mix youtube/watch?v=_XQQMZBC7Dk
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 05:09:59 +0000
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