Tempo No Tempo

After meeting mainly because students in the University or college of California-Berkeley, Tempo Zero Tempo’s original foursome — Tyler McCauley (guitar, vocals), Alex Kaiser (drums), Jason Wexler (bass, synthesizer/keys, vocals), and Chris Cadena (vocals, keys) — solidified mainly because the official band in 2005. Despite each member to arrive with a multitude of musical affects, the group began having a dance-punk audio to be able to obtain displays playing at collectives and home celebrations. In 2006 the music group self-released an EP, The Obtain Down, which remained with their dance party, synth pop audio, but by 2007 as well as the launch of their second EP, Repetition on Two times Unfavorable, Tempo No Tempo experienced extended their sphere of impact to add African Ewe drumming (because of a course providing at Berkeley) and allowed even more flexibility for his or her indie rock affects to arrive through. In ’09 2009 Cadena still left the music group and Tempo No Tempo continuing on being a trio, documenting their initial full-length, Waking High temperature, with Jay Pellicci, and self-releasing it via limited vinyl fabric pressings and digital copies. Waking High temperature expanded on the West African tempo fascination — as noticed in their tune “Pole Placement,” where in fact the root melody originates from a Ghanaian traditional call-and-response tune. The music group provides since been asked to try out at this year’s 2009 and 2010 South by Southwest music celebrations and provides toured nationally.