MusicMusic Art Art Culture Culture Rejoice Restart December 2019 Volume 1, Issue 11 January 2020 Vol. 2, Issue 1. Eddie Ade Knowles Drummer, educator, revolutionary... Eddie Ade 18 Knowles reminds us where we came from. The SceneJason once had Keller a call-sign, and Peggy Apple picks up the mic for us. 18 His voice fillsPeggy the airwaves Apple from WEQX, now we 22 welcome Jason Keller to fill some column inches. OP Callaghan Music is the pulse of the people. OP Callaghan 22 gives that pulse... and sometimes takes it. Free www.radioradiox.com January 2020 Page 3 Music Art Culture Revolution Pacer Test Sprints Ahead Eddie Knowles We all came from the same ground, and drummer and teacher Eddie Ade Knowles taps on our roots. Page 18 Photo provided. (l - r) Kyle From the melting pot of college comes Pacer Robinson, Gabe Klingler- Test... and maybe a scorched PA. Horn, Daniel Carr, Aidan Sloppy. Jason Keller The Capital Region airwaves own by a select group of engineering), and Daniel Carr are fl By Josh Reedy didn’t have any band mem- people. Jason Keller is one of (drums). The band invited me them. bers, we were like, “Oh wow into their current residence where Page 22 acer Test is an Albany band this is really cool but we can’t do we talked practice, band history with a sound that will hit anything with it.” and more. you harder than the cardio- KR: Yeah we just kind of P (NOTE: Daniel Carr was not vascular endurance test they’re sat in the living room with like, present for this interview) named after. The quartet has re- the midi controller and the aw- RRX: How did you guys all Observations leased two songs officially, “Space ful Logic samples and we made and Ramblings ........33 meet and decide to make music Cowboy” and “We All Love Tom,” “Space Cowboy.” together? Xperience Fiction....38 on Spotify and other services. RRX: Is it true you guys met GK: So we all go to school at Pacer Test also plays local shows in guitar class? Saint Rose and Kyle and I moved in Albany at locations such as the KR: No it was Star Day, that’s in here the beginning of last year, Byrdhouse or the Low Beat. The like our orientation. So we were our sophomore year. And we band is currently composed of here the first day of school and started writing music for a little Gabe Klingler-Horn (vocals/gui- Gabe was like, one of the first while and we had one song writ- tar), Kyle Robinson (vocals/keys), ten for a really long time but we Aidan Sloppy (bass/recording/ Continued on Page 4... Page 4 January 2020 Music Art Culture Revolution Continued from Page 3. a band together. It was kind of everyone else. Gabe is probably out dust. a joke, like, “We have to start a the main contributor and then we RRX: Are there any local people that I met. We were in the band together.” And when I start- all just add our little sprinkles on places you want to give a quick same orientation group. ed to meet Gabe I used to run top. shoutout to? GK: And then sometime later shows at the Orange Peel and GK: The magic doesn’t real- GK: So, I mean, definitely the in the semester I talked to one of these two (Gabe and Kyle) were ly happen until we’re all in the Byrdhouse. Put the Byrdhouse our professors about joining his frequent flyers there. So we got to room. It could just be a sing- twice. work-study group just so I could know each other pretty well and er-songwriter song before we get KR: We for some reason play play around with more of the when they were looking for band to rock (laughs). As far as lyric a lot of events. We want to play sound equipment. And then that’s members they knew that I liked writing: it’s just kind of all over the Chateau. where I met this guy (points to to rock. So I was like “Yeah man, the place. It’s about the bigger GK: We also played the Low Aidan) and you (Aidan) tell your I’ll rock as long as I can bring my picture, whoever needs to do Beat, we played the Hollow. side because it was like, two friend Tom along.” So Tom and I something we just kind of just let RRX: Can you describe what bands started at seperate spots got our dream of having a band that happen. a standard practice is like? You and then we met each other. together and Tom was our drum- KR: No matter what we write, don’t practice here in this house AS: Yeah so, our dearly de- mer before he moved away. It doesn’t sound like a Pacer Test do you? parted friend Tom, (Tom is not RRX: Can you guys describe song until we’re in a basement KR: No, at his house (points dead,) and I worked together your process for songwriting? that’s so dusty that I can’t breathe to Aidan). He’s got a basement. doing record engineering at the KR: I’d say Gabe does most for half of it. GK: Alright let’s go ahead and college so I’ve known him pretty of the original riff writing; he’ll GK: Those are the best ven- describe what a normal practice well for a couple years. Then we come in with a lot of the core ues: the ones where you have to is like and then describe what our (Aidan and Tom) started hang- ideas. Sometimes we’ll work to- blow your nose like, three or four worst practice was like. ing out more outside of school gether before coming in with days after being there, blowing AS: That was our best last year and we wanted to start ENTERTAINMENT NOW ON EVERY SAT 5-8PM UBER EATS DINE IN • TAKE OUT Unique gift ideas for the CATERING • SPECIAL EVENTS collector in your life. GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE Vintage Roys, vinyl records and CDs. Nautical items, beer signs and man cave decor. 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Then we send it to local bands or the scene that you Publisher a lot of the element of surprise to our boy Tom and he masters it for want to say? Liam Sweeny the gig. But usually when we’re us. GK: Laveda is fantastic. Also Editor-In-Chief going over new stuff we make RRX: What is it like trying to Strange Paradise with Valerie Creative Director sure everyone knows what’s going balance time? I know Dan is also Barbosa (featured on “We All Kit Haynes on. So about our worst/best prac- in Lemon of Choice and some of Love Tom”); they’re fantastic. Associate Editor tice, we almost lit Aidan’s house you also have other projects. They just released a single. on fire one time. KR: That’s the curse of be- AS: I mixed it (the Strange Dick Beach KR: So we were trying to find ing a musician at Saint Rose or, Paradise single) with Dan. Staff Geek a cover to play, and we just felt honestly, in general: Everybody GK: Bad Mothers are sick. We that “Mama Mia” was definitely wants to be in a band and you would be an awesome fit with gonna be the best fit for our next want to be in everybody’s band. them. Also It’s great to go to a show. So I had my little marim- Gabe and I are also in a band place like the Byrdhouse where ba patched up and everybody was right now called Waitress. Aidan we don’t know a lot of people but Contributors doing their thing but then all of a obviously has Glasswing stuff. it’s clear that they’re on the same sudden Tom looks over and one There’s a bunch of projects going page as us. Rob Smittix of the wedges that we’re using for on and Dan is in all of them. AS: The college scene really Debora Bump PA just starts to fizz and smoke. GK: Most of the bands I’m in drives this town. AS: It smelled horrible. It was all have a different sound.