Disco Biscuits

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The Disco Biscuits
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The Disco Biscuits performing at Wakarusa 2006.
Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s) Rock
Progressive rock
Jam band
Trance fusion
Associated
acts 		Conspirator, Electron, JM2, Moshi Moshi, "Tractor Beam", "The Perfume"
Website http://www.discobiscuits.com
Members
Jon Gutwillig
Marc Brownstein
Allen Aucoin
Aron Magner
Former members
Sam Altman
Ben Hayflick

The Disco Biscuits are a trance fusion jam band from Philadelphia. The band comprises Jon Gutwillig (guitar), Marc Brownstein, (bass), Allen Aucoin (drums), Aron Magner (keyboards). Former drummer Sam "the Professor" Altman left in 2005. Magner replaced original keyboardist Ben Hayflick in 1995.

They differ from many jam bands in that they infuse electronic elements into their music. This style is referred to generally as trance fusion.

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All of the original members of the Disco Biscuits met as undergraduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. Gutwillig and Altman had become friends and had started to play music together and once Brownstein joined them, they began to play at college parties and bars throughout Pennsylvania. They called themselves different names at every show, until they settled on the Disco Biscuits.[citation needed] They played numerous covers of Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, The Beatles, Men Without Hats, Devo and Carlos Santana, interwoven with originals.

In 1999, the first Camp Bisco was held in Pennsylvania, which would grow to be their flagship festival, with the most recent being Camp Bisco VI in Mariaville, New York. In early 2000, Brownstein left the band. On July 12,2000 at the Crowbar in State College, PA the band announced that Brownstein was back in the band simply saying that "There is no Disco Biscuits without Marc Brownstein".

After another year on the East Coast, the band then relocated to Santa Cruz, CA. Their 2002 album Señor Boombox charted on two Billboard Magazine entries; Top Electronic Albums at #13 and Top Independent Albums at #46.

In 2005 at Camp Bisco IV in Van Etten, NY, Altman left the band to attend medical school and in the following fall, Allen Aucoin was announced as Altman's replacement at drums.

The band has toured nationally as well as played at major music festivals such as Jam on the River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee, Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, All Good Music Festival in Masontown, West Virginia, Lollapalooza 2006, Jam Cruise, and a New Years Eve show with support by Keller Williams, ?uestlove and Shpongle at the Tweeter Center in Camden, New Jersey, and the 10.000 Lakes Festival, Minnesota.

In 2007, the band co-headlined the D.U.M.B. (Disco-Umphrey's McGee-Biscuits) tour with Umphrey's McGee, as well as, appearing at High Sierra Music Festival. Their friends, Perpetual Groove, were also featured late night at the Atlanta stop of the D.U.M.B. tour, making it one of the most popular tours possible in the Southeast. They are also co-headlining Trancegression Music Festival in Summit County, CO at Copper Mountain with Umphrey's McGee. Artists on the bill include Blackalicious, Galactic, The Pharcyde, Lotus, Greyboy Allstars, DJ Harry, and more. In December another D.U.M.B festival will be held in Runaway Bay, Jamaica at Hedonism III and Breezes. It is called Caribbean Hollidaze and the Brain Damaged Eggmen, a Pink Floyd and Beatles coverband comprised of members from both Umphrey's and Bisco will be performing along with many other bands.

[edit] Style

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The Disco Biscuits often run long sets together, sometimes playing their songs backwards, which they call "inverted" and "dyslexic" versions. Their style is dubbed "Trance-Fusion", which is a mixture of electronica styles and rock and roll. They will slip seamlessly between rock beats, trance beats, jungle beats, etc.

The band also has two rock operas as part of their catalog: the Hot Air Balloon (written by Gutwillig) and the Chemical Warfare Brigade (written by Brownstein).

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