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November
15,
2007
Be
sure to visit the 
MySpace
page where we have posted the James Bratton remix of the track "Machine"
from the new
CD - The Machine
EP.
Featuring
the title track "Machine", and standout tracks such as the James Bratton
remix of "Machine" and the new version of "Cold (the Coldest version)",
continue to earn friends and fans throughout the world.
are currently in preparations for select live appearances through 2008.
The touring line-up of
features founding members Patrick Bamburak and Joe Gutsick, and they will
be joined by veteran producer/performer James Bratton on bass guitar.
-
Newsdesk
August
20,
2007
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
to perform LIVE
at select venues beginning Fall 2007 through Spring 2008.
For
20 years,
have been mainstays
on the indie
music scene. With a catalog of CD releases covering ground from punk to
rock,
have continued
their musical evolution while staying true to their "do-it-yourself" work
ethic. These original punks have moved from their garage band beginnings
to professional recording studios - and now for the first time in 13 years,
they will be bringing their music to live audiences once again.
On
lead vocals and guitar/keyboards - Patrick Bamburak is a founding member
of the band. His musical work in
and beyond extends
from performing to songwriting and production. With over a dozen commercially
released CD's, film and television soundtrack appearances, and numerous
songwriting credits for other artists, Patrick is relentless in his pursuit
to create new music.
On
drums and percussion - Joe Gutsick is a founding member. In addition to
being the man behind the drumkit, Joe, along with his wife Teresa, have
been the main designers of the
logos, album art,
t-shirts, etc... It is Joe's artistic vision that has been at the core
of 's
existence from the very beginning of the band. Beyond his work in ,
Joe has extensive live performing and studio experience playing in the
Virginia-based hardcore band Oedipus during the early 1990's.
And
joining
LIVE on bass guitar
- James Bratton has an extensive music career that includes performing,
songwriting, production, engineering, remixing... having earned Gold and
Platinum certifications, the list of his accomplishments goes on and on.
A pioneer of the New York underground dance music scene in the 1980's,
James' record label 111East remains a milestone in the rise of house/dance
music and its major impact on the American music industry. As a songwriter,
producer, and remixer, James has worked with artists such as Sybil, Kelly
Charles, Black Box, and Salt N'Pepa, among many others. James also worked
extensively in the UK, where the effects of his musical output are still
being felt. From electronic giants The Prodigy sampling his work in the
1990's to UK based trip-hop artist Plan B covering James' track "No Good"
on his late 2006 release, James Bratton's music continues to reach new
audiences worldwide. Most recently, James remixed the
track Machine
on the band's 2007 release The Machine EP.
Specific
venues and dates for
LIVE will be released
right here on baitoven.com as they are confirmed. Ticket information for
select venues will also be available at Ticketmaster as the dates are
confirmed. Live date/venue information will also be posted on 's
Messageboard at VH1.com as they are confirmed. Press inquiries should
be directed to band@baitoven.com - *Please reference "
LIVE" in the subject line on any email inquiries.
Also,
joining as Support Artist on selected dates will be Chris Kudela. Singer/songwriter
Chris Kudela has recorded and performed his original music throughout
the New York area for well over a decade. With the upcoming release of
his latest EP, "Blindfold the Sun," co-produced with Patrick Bamburak,
Chris' music continues to break new ground and expand his ever-growing
fanbase. -
Newsdesk
June 18,
2007
's
latest release, The Machine EP, is out now. Be sure to visit your
favorite online retailer or digital download service to get your copy
today. The new version of the classic track Cold, The Coldest Version,
and the James Bratton remix of Machine, both continue to generate
big buzz with friends and fans of the band.
We will shortly be announcing details on a contest for friends and fans of the band where you could win a Machine EP poster autographed by Patrick Bamburak, Joe Gutsick, and James Bratton. More to follow on this exciting contest...
Finally
- for those of you who follow the other musical projects that Patrick
is involved in, from performing to songwriting, to production, you can
now view the music video collection from his pop-rock project Funhaus
on YouTube. Be sure to go there to check out the music videos for Leave
My Tears Alone and Abandoned City. Funhaus is a project involving
singer Michelle Aversano, songwriter/producer Tim Keyes, and Patrick Bamburak.
The group have released two albums on API Records and have had their music
featured the national cable-network The Speed Channel. -
Newsdesk
April
23,
2007
The
Machine EP, the new disc by ,
is out now and will be available online through all of the major music
vendors in the coming weeks. Be sure to keep an eye out for it - as it
will be turning up everywhere from Amazon to iTunes...
With
the release of this new album, the
Newsdesk caught
up with Patrick to get some answers on the lastest round of questions
from friends and fans of the band.
What
is the story behind the writing of the new track Machine? Patrick:
Machine is actually a very old song, at least in its original version.
I wrote it over the summer of 1987 during the first
jam sessions. When
Joe and I played it back then, since it was just the two of us, it was
performed live as bass, drums, and vocals. The bass riff is the core of
the song. It was probably two years ago when I sat down with the original
version of the song and decided to flesh it out into something more substantial.
I rewrote all of the lyrics and expanded upon the bass riff so that the
song had a better flow to it. I thought that it would be cool to release
the revamped track as part of the projects we are doing to mark the 20th
anniversary of the band. It is a song that was there at the very beginning,
and like the band, has grown, evolved, and improved, but also has come
full-circle in a way and moved back towards the sound and approach we
first began with.
How
did James Bratton become involved in creating the Machine remix? Patrick:
I have always been interested in pushing the boundaries of the "
sound" so I am really excited about the Machine remix on the disc.
It has a Euro-club feel to it, with some edgy electronica elements to
it too. I've known James for a number of years and have a lot of respect
for him as an artist and producer. He has a great body of work - with
platinum and gold record awards. He is a serious artist. We've been wanting
to collaborate on music together for quite some time, so with the Machine
EP coming up, he and I decided to start there. I sent the tracks from
Machine over to his studio so that he could work on a remix version. James
is such a versatile musician and producer, so this remix represents just
a first step in the possibilities of the types of music we can collaborate
on. The new music that James is working on for his own upcoming project
is really cool too.
What
do you think of the buzz surrounding the new version of Cold - The Coldest
Version? Patrick:
As the EP was being put together, the feedback on the new version of Cold
was so positive, I decided to switch the running order on the disc and
put the track first. I think the strength of the new version of the song
is built firmly on the foundation of the original. In the mid 1990's,
I did a revamped version of Cold that is the template for this
new version on the EP. I thought that if I took the guitar riff and put
it over a hard-edged swing, that the track would really take off. I was
so happy with the results that at the time I sent a music-only version
of Cold over to the WWE wrestler Chris Jericho for him to check
out as an entrance theme-song. Last summer, when I was assembling the
music for the Machine EP, it seemed to be a perfect time to revisit Cold,
so I basically recut all of the parts from that mid-90's version and tightened
it up into The Coldest Version that is on the EP.
What
is the Big Top Fusion on the track 74 Words? Patrick:
For those of you who don't know the story of 74 Words, when we
recorded the original version of the song in 1988, Bob Medvedz performed
all of the music on his keyboard, including using some cool samples and
loops he made, and then he and I did the vocals together. That version
of the song was done on a 4-track machine, and at some point shortly after
we recorded the song, I mistakenly taped over half of the track when I
loaded the tape upside down in the unit. The only surviving version of
the song that we had was a mono-mix that Joe Gutsick and I made when we
were editing a music video for 74 Words. That mono version of the
song ended up on the Ugly
Songs compilation CD, and when we later re-released the Cold
album on CD, Tim Keyes at API
Records made a new cross-fade version of 74 Words that used
the original stereo mix up until the point in the song where the tape
was recorded over, which then crossfades perfectly into the mono version
from the music video. The Big Top Fusion version of 74 Words
is a recording I did a few years ago where I took the piano-riff from
my song Big Top World and used it as the basis for a revamped version
of 74 Words. When Bob and I did the original vocals, we sang a
bunch of atonal harmonies to give the song a spooky feel, but for the
Big Top Fusion version, I decided to sing the harmonies as almost
perfect fifths. Like I said with Cold, the original version of
74 Words was so strong that it made it easy and cool to work a
new variation on it. -
Newsdesk
upcoming
CD release The
Machine EP was recently mastered by Eric Rachel at Trax
East studios. The EP will be released by CastleGar Productions in
the near future.
March
21,
2007
The
upcoming
CD release The
Machine EP was recently mastered by Eric Rachel at Trax
East studios. The EP will be released by CastleGar Productions in
the near future.
Patrick Bamburak was joined at the session by record producer James Bratton, whose remix of the track Machine appears on the EP. Jame Bratton's long list of prior credits include a platinum-selling single when his work was sampled by the UK's electronic act The Prodigy. Most recently in 2006, UK trip-hop artist Plan B reworked James' track "No Good" as the first single from his new release.
The
tracklist for 's
The Machine EP is as follows:
Cold (the Coldest version)
Machine
I Cherish You (the Loneliest version)
74 Words (Big Top Fusion version)
Only You
Machine (remixed by James Bratton)
In
addition to the new track Machine which is featured on the EP,
there has been alot of interest generated by the new version of the classic
track Cold.
Since being reissued on CD and available for sale as a digital download,
Cold continues to be one of 's
top-selling tracks of all time. The new version of Cold - the Coldest
version - promises to continue that tradition.
In
other
CD news - API
Records will release REMIX, a synth-remix album of
classic tracks.
Patrick Bamburak is currently working with producer Tim Keyes on the final
master for the disc. We'll have more details here at baitoven.com as soon
as they are available. -
Newsdesk
January
18,
2007
Happy
2007!
Way
back in the summer of 1987, Patrick Bamburak, Joe Gutsick, and Robert
Medvedz gathered their guitars, drums, and keyboards in a sweltering garage
and thus
was born. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the band, and on this
special occasion the usual New Year's greeting by Patrick and Joe will
be forgone, allowing them instead to recount some stories from so many
years ago...
Favorite
jam moment:
Patrick: We probably spent hundreds of hours jamming in that garage.
I remember one time, when Joe's drumset was a Roger's kit (which I think
was from the 1960's) we were in the middle of a song and he hit the cymbal
pretty hard. I noticed that the cymbal made more of a clang than a splash,
and almost immediately, a huge chunk of cymbal flew past me, skipping
off the guitar, before hitting the floor on the opposite side of the garage.
Joe:
has always been
a bit theatrical for a garage band. We arranged the garage like a stage,
complete with a flying PA system and lighting rig. In an effort to provide
some mood lighting, we added some small white lights on the floor that
would provide sort of a back lighting effect. As we started the Cold
jam sessions, we were showing off the lights to Bob, and we mentioned
that we could turn them on or off with a foot switch. "You mean like this?"
Bob asked before stomping the lights with his combat boot. The lights
were never the same after that. Actually, they were broken and had to
be thrown out.
Favorite
recording moment from the early sessions:
Patrick:
Before we had a 4-track recorder, we used to just set a boombox down on
the opposite side of the garage and keep it going until the tape ran out.
We would play song after song, with tons of talking and joking in between.
One of the good things about just letting the tape run is that if we were
writing a song, we would basically capture the process from the first
idea to somewhat of a finished form. I recently transferred from tape
to digital a pretty long sequence, maybe 15 minutes or so, of Joe, Bob,
and I working together to write "Political Life". Of course, there's about
5 minutes of music in the sequence, and 10 minutes of joking and cracking
up.
Joe: Being high school students with minimum-wage jobs ($3.25 per hour back then, for you young people out there), we didn't have a lot of money to spend on equipment. The local Radio Shack provided us with our only digital effects box, which we used for the vocals. It sounded like we were singing in an empty metal room - about as far from a natural sound as you could get. We were young rockers, though, so we didn't care!
Necessity is