MICROBUNNYMicrobunny, King Cobb Steelie, and the mysteries of the world as elucidated by Microbunny and investigated by Johnny Dovercourt, ESQ.
Q1. How did Microbunny get started and how does it differ from King Cobb Steelie?
Microbunny is a pseudonym I used for instrumental sequenced music I'd written and recorded in my home studio for fun, after leaving King Cobb Steelie. I've always loved playing a multitude of instruments, rather than limiting myself to just one, because I'm not that great at any particular one.
Taking a friend's suggestion to try adding a voice, I asked Tamara Williamson, because I had a feeling her voice would be right. It worked immediately, so I just kept feeding her music. Then an engineer I was working with suggested we try playing it live, which I hadn't even considered at that point. I discovered that by carefully deconstructing some of the pieces, that it could be done, so I called up the three more guys and here we are.
Musically it differs from King Cobb Steelie, in that it was written and played by one person, as opposed to a number of different people contributing to a collective writing process with a "director". Microbunny's music was/is presented in a completed form for the band, or for Tamara to sing on, then it mutates and each person brings their own style and ideas into the songs.
Q2. You appear to have assembled an impressive cast of players for this project. Who are they and what does each of them contribute?
Tamara Williamson (Mrs.Torrance)-Voice/Words/Loops David Dacks (Excalceolators/Combustion Lente)-Computer Sequencing and Effects Mitch Girio (King Apparatus)-Upright Bass and keyboards Nathan Lawr (Jim Guthrie Quintet/KCS)-Drums
Q3. Microbunny vs. the Energizer Bunny: who would win?
In a fair fight, with all our gear, we would crush the Energizer Bunny and his puny bass drum, but in reality, I'm afraid he would win because he has the giant corporate funding behind him to buy off all the judges.
Q4. Should Toronto become an independent city-state?
Would this make Mel Lastman "Master of the Universe" ?
Q5. Would you ever incorporate (if you haven't you already) one of those Microjammer toy guitars into your repertoire?
The low-fi sound of the tiny speaker is nice, but they always program them with those intolerably wanky Eddie Van Halen riffs. Maybe if it was broken in a special way causing severe tape-warble...