((PKG))  ROBOT ORCHESTRA  

((Banner:  Robot Orchestra))
((Reporter/Camera:  Elizabeth Lee))
((Map:  Austin, Texas))
((NATS))

((NICO SIEREG, BAND MEMBER, JOASIHNO))

Hello, my name is Nico Siereg and I’m from Germany.

((CICO BECK, BAND MEMBER, JOASIHNO))

My name is Cico Beck and I play in a band called Joasihno. Actually, we call it, like, a psychedelic robot orchestra. It’s a combination of acoustic instruments but also very trashy robot instruments.  The center of the whole setup is a computer. Most of this stuff is controlled by the computer. The computer can translate to voltage signals, so the robots are controlled by the voltage that is controlled by the computer.

((NICO SIEREG, BAND MEMBER, JOASIHNO))

We’re two drummers, but in this setup, we mostly play keyboards and synthesizers.  It’s a little bit different because you always have in mind that there are machines playing with you, so there’s no reaction from them. We are a little bit free in doing our stuff then, so we want to combine just like this electronic stuff together with some free improvising setup.

((CICO BECK, BAND MEMBER, JOASIHNO))

Technology is like a very important tool that even, very often, it’s also a very important part of inspiration.  Technology that can help you to have ideas and also the other way around, like you have ideas and then you try to find technology. I think it’s very connected to our music.