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Posted by envylop | Date: February 08 2010

With their combination of acoustic instruments, live electronics, interactive video and found objects, Rovan and Maiss create an eclectic mix of musical styles and persona that forges together the bleak landscapes of rural Texas with the urban soundscapes of Berlin. Envyloop's music ranges from ambient glittering soundscapes to hardcore noise attack to Zappa-esque humor. They orbit the outskirts of the avant-garde and the popular, aided in concert by real-time computer processing, interactive video projections, some serious musical chops, and lots of strange noises. Ingredients like Asian folk music, rock or noise melt into the musical moment.

from a review inComputer Music Journal by M.Schedel.
Ulrich Maiss and Joseph "Butch" Rovan...used gesture to great effect in their works. With Mr. Maiss on cello and Mr. Rovan on bass clarinet the audience had a great time listening to two European free-jazz influenced works. They had a lot of fun onstage together in Return of the Habaneros at points playing air cello and air clarinet... I thought this was one of the best performances.