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The Seattle-based group Octant is known as because of its third member, a robotic drummer developed by singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist/inventor Matt Steinke. Also an associate of Mocket and Satisfact, Steinke researched kinetic artwork and music at Evergreen Condition College and researched consumer electronics after graduation. Desperate to combine each one of these …

Formed from the ashes from the eclectic indie-rock outfit Toenut, the Atlanta-based synth-pop duo Tyro features vocalist/keyboardist Katie Hartley and guitarist/keyboardist Skipper Hartley. After Toenut’s demise in the past due ’90s, the Hartleys holed up within their house studio and documented a lot of what would become Audiocards, Tyro’s debut …