The Octopus Project Tour Dates To Tour in Support of Upcoming Album, “Hexadecagon”

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT TOUR IN SUPPORT OF UPCOMING RECORD HEXADECAGON

Austin-based group The Octopus Project will head out on a fall tour in support of their upcoming album Hexadecagon, which debuted as a live performance and will be released in album form October 26, 2010 on Peek-A-Boo Records.

Hexadecagon was born out of long drives from venue to venue soundtracked by minimalist composers Terry Riley and Steve Reich, inspiring the band to use custom electronics (The Bend Matrix) and push existing software (Ableton Live, VDMX, OSCulator) to its limits. Ultimately, they arranged eight speakers in a circle around the audience, with the audience surrounding the band at the center, accompanied by eight synchronized video projections, designed by Austin digital artist Wiley Wiggins.

The Octopus Project performed Hexadecagon live twice to over-capacity crowds during SXSW 2010 to emphatically positive reception. Paste Magazine said of the show, “if there’s a such thing as a happiness seizure, be prepared to have one,” while The Austin American Statesman described the event as, “the trippiest, most elaborate thing the Octopus Project have ever done, and that’s a very tall order.” USA Today ranked the performance one of its top five shows of SXSW.

The Octopus Project will bring elements of Hexadecagon on the road with them for the tour, which is not to be missed!

The Octopus Project Tour Dates:
09/29 – Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
09/30 – Shreveport, LA @ The Collective
10/01 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
10/02 – Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/04 – Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light
10/05 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/06 – Washington DC @ DC9
10/07 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
10/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Wllmsbrg
10/09 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine
10/10 – Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears
10/11 – Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
10/12 – Toronto, ON @ Wrongbar
10/13 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
10/14 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
10/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
10/19 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
10/20 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Great Am. Music Hall
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
10/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10/25 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
10/29 – Asheville, NC @ Moogfest (*)

All shows with Starfucker (except *)