THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO.
THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO. shares the unique inside story
of the collective creative evolution behind the sounds of 1990s
psychedelic rock bands the Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel,
and the Apples in Stereo – the founding groups behind the Elephant
6 collective, as well as a host of other artists — with inspirational
resonance for today’s music makers, and music lovers everywhere.
Around 1985, a group of Ruston, Louisiana area high schoolers
began experimenting with whatever random instruments and gear
they could lay their hands on. Moving to other small college towns
including Denver, Colorado and Athens, Georgia, their musical
coming of age coincided with the new consumer availability of
old-school 4 and 8 track recording technology and cassette tapes.
Sharing like-minded sensibilities, influenced by past sounds and
psychedelia, and with little to distract them, their efforts to create
whole new musical worlds became the bands the Olivia Tremor
Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Apples In Stereo and many more.
While the collective grew to a natural breaking point, its founding
members overcame obstacles and remained closely bonded,
reuniting for tours and still collaborating today.
THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO. provides insight into this
revolutionary era of popular independent music in America, the
defiant DIY spirit in music making, and champions the integrity of an
authentic quest for artistic expressiveness over the more mainstream
image of being a “successful” musician in our fame-obsessed times.