Armed with merely a double
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neck bass/guitar, drums and a dizzying array of foot
pedals, El Ten Eleven creates co
mplex, deeply felt music, from scratch, onstage,
with no help from laptops or additional musicians. Made up of Kristian Dunn
(bass, guitar) and Tim Fogarty (Drums), they utilize multiple looping pedals to
create songs that sound as though they are being pl
ayed by at least six people.
Most first
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timers to an El Ten Eleven show are stunned that the band is a duo.
It’s a refreshing site in this age of letting the computers do all the work.
Since the band’s inception in 2002, they have always been just two pe
ople who
produce their own records. That attitude of self
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reliance led to the band launching
their own Fake Record Label, where they have self
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released 6 full length albums
over the past decade plus. For 2018’s
Banker’s Hill,
the band brought producer
Sonn
y Diperri into the fold and moved up to the beautiful Panoramic House
studios in Stinson Beach, CA for a month to create their 7th long
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player. The
decision to bring another collaborative force onboard has proven well worth the
change of process.