Remote Control Frequencies
| Remote Control Frequenices | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Illinois |
| Genres |
IDM Trip hop Hip hop Shoegaze Psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | The Secret Life Of Sound |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | R-Rock, LG and Player 1 |
Remote Control Frequencies, or RCF for short, is a Chicago-based amoebic musical project. Blending together genres including hip-hop, psychedelic rock, drum and bass and electronica, these sounds are then combined with samples, vocals, instruments, recorded and improvised noise, gadgets and concepts to form new sound potential.
In 2005, after spending years circulating short run CD-Rs and underground mixtapes, R-Rock resurfaced with RCF's debut full-length CD 20,000; a musical reinterpretation of Jules Verne's classic literary work Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. This CD featured guest appearances by free jazz alto-sax legend Wally Shoup (recorded during R-Rock's stint in Seattle, WA), no wave clarinet from Michael Thomas Jackson (recorded in North Carolina) and underground Texas MC Jonny Fear.
Drummer L. Grant Meadows (also known as "LG") joined the group upon relocating to Chicago in 2006. The duo of LG and R-Rock began work on what would eventually become the Tempus CD. R-Rock (also known as Rob R-Rock) began recording in the late 1980s with North Carolina-based hardcore/punk group Naked Angels. LG played in Life Support, Naked Angels, Shatterhed, Endgame, and Mr Frost in the 90s, and later played with instrumental group The Sirens after moving to Chapel Hill.
The Tempus album and the Tempus Black Box edition were the result of intensive studio collaborations between R-Rock, LG and Player One. The group also took the opportunity to make a video for the song "Wrong Planet", speaking out for the first time on the issue of harmful mind-control rays and their effect on the human central nervous system. The video also raised the topic of the TFH (tin foil hat in a dramatic musical interpretation style.
Discography
Albums
- Tempus - Black Box 2xCD (edition of 250)
- Tempus CD (2008)
- 20,000 CD (2006)
- Mixed Tape Devils Below Sea Level CD (2006)
- Jules Verne Travel Promotion CDR (2005)
- Kaptain Nemo Meets the Phantom CDR (2003)
- Deep 6 cassette (2002)
- Beats from Atlantis cassette (2001)