I haven’t posted in a while, so I wanted to post a little update about a few things:

1. Dave from VariousNoises interviewed me on his blog HERE.

2. We are playing a show with Telefon Tel Aviv, which is a huge honor for us. If you are in the Phoenix area on Sept. 24th, you really should check out that show. More details can be found HERE on facebook.

3. For those of you who haven’t received your autographed CD in the mail, please accept my apology - between illness and being broke, i couldn’t get the packages mailed out. SO, this week we are sending out a bunch of CDs, and soon all of them will be shipped.

4. I have also not forgotten about finishing the final segment of the “What I learned from Mexico City and Radiohead” story. I plan on getting that written and posted this week as well before I have completely forgotten everything I learned.

5: UPDATE: Quentin posted an amazing blog detailing how we use Web 2.0 to build our fanbase HERE.

I thank all of you for your friendship and support!

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Which brings me to the reason for this post. Many, many people have asked me over the years, “why are you sick so much?” At my most impatient moments, I give them a terse response like, “my parents dropped me.” If I’m in a disclosing mood, i give them the real full story. The latter will be contained within this post, mostly because I am lazy and growing more tired of the repetition.

Currently, i have a lung infection. Most people seem to react strongly to hearing that. Well, I’ve had hundreds of lung infections. When the infections get bad, i have to take IV antibiotics like i’m taking now. Oral antibiotics don’t work very well on me, partially because of bacterial resistance, partially because of my malabsorption. (more about that later).

IV antibiotics are strong. If injected into a small vein, they will literally eat away the vein until it ceases to exist. To remedy this, they invented a PICC line. It’s basically a long catheter that travels all the way from your upper arm down into the Vena Cava a couple inches from your heart. I had one installed last week. It sucked. The radiologist that was putting it in dug around in my arm for 15 minutes with a huge needle until he finally gave up and called in his replacement. Anyway, its in now – for those of you that wonder what it looks like, i’ve included a picture.

It's just a big tube jammed into my arm!

(The best part isn’t even shown in that image: the red and blue ports that look like RCA jacks. you know how long i’ve waited to have audio jacks coming out of my flesh?) So now, all of the sweet IV antibiotic goodness is being fed into me. The infection is getting eradicated, and my lungs are clearing up. The IV antibiotics do have the unfortunate side effect of general fatigue, but i’m managing. Back to the story…

Before I was conceived, somewhere along the process of meiosis a genetic mutation occurred. The result? Hypogammaglobulinemia. I have it. My body does not create IGG, which are antibodies used by white blood cells to fight infection. Without treatment, I would likely die of complications from infections or sepsis. Every three weeks, I get an IGG transfusion that brings my blood gammaglobulin up to a normal level. This is why I am such a fan of medical technology. If I had been born 20 years earlier… well, you know. What current medical technology cannot address is the lack of IGG in my mucus membranes. As a result, I constantly have low-grade infections in my sinuses, my lungs, and my intestines. The latter leads to some form of malabsorption.

I think that pretty much says it. If you have any comments, i’m down to respond. Oh, and please don’t feel sorry for me - I love my life, and everything that goes along with it. This is just a minor setback. Amazing things are coming…

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The next day K and I went to the Chapultepec Castle, which is an atypical museum on the top of a large hill in the center of D.F. (which was the site of Niños Héroes - 6 teen age boys who died defending the city against the American army in 1847.) There I read a lot about the history of Mexico, the revolutions, the European powers, and the beginnings of Mexico’s grand tradition of racism.

Racism, you say? Every american is familiar with racism - we see minorities discriminated against all the time here. But I always assumed that Mexico would be different. A more accepting place. Nope. It turns out that Mexico City is more racist than any city here. The light skinned (more European) people run the show down there. (And by run the show, I mean dominate and exploit the poor in the most corrupt ways.) Darker skinned indigenous people are looked down on and have little hope of any real position of power or influence in the city. Odd. And sad. It was my second lesson: Racism is a global pandemic and it’s alive and well. Far more invasive and deadly than the swine flu.

On a lighter note, there really are a lot of light skinned, European looking people in D.F. We talked to a super nerdy red-haired guy working at Popeye’s and I would have sworn he was from Iowa. All of the normal fast food restaurants were pervasive there - all except one: Taco Bell. Thank God. As long as I could find an OXXO (Mexico’s Circle K equivalent) I was fine. Un red bull grande y una caja de ‘frosted flakes’. I am a caffeine and cereal junkie, btw.

That night we met up with my friend Mintel, who is a recording engineer in D.F. We saw some live jazz music at the center for the arts and then went out for drinks. We hung out with another group of really cool people including a canadian percussionist who spoke brilliant spanish, of course. I had several shots of premium añejo tequila, several beers, and several energy drinks. My bill? $16 dollars. what? Lesson three: Everything is cheap in Mexico. Seriously. Food is cheap, alcohol is cheap, even drugs are cheap. (Tangent: The reason why drugs like marijuana and cocaine are so expensive in the US is that we spend so much energy, time, and money keeping it out. People are dying all over the border towns because there is so much money to be made in the hyper-inflated drug market in our cities, thanks to our government. Am I pro drugs? Kind of.)

Anyway, that night Mintel repeatedly assured K and I that Mr. Meeble would be well received in D.F. Mostly because people in Mexico are huge fans of American and European music. (and partially because Mr. Meeble is amazing, he said. go figure.) Why is it that everyone wants something they don’t have? No one respects local artists - yet everyone will spend $15 to go see the exotic import of a band who happens to be touring from Japan, etc. That said, I would love to go play live in Mexico City, aside from the whole instability thing (more on that later.) Do I use parenthesis too frequently?

Sunday was Joy’s birthday and the grand trek to Xochimilco.

[ to be continued... ]

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Here’s a specific list of people I want to thank:

Karina - for putting up with such an eccentric, focused and stubborn aries. (me)
Blain - for being such a good drummer, but more importantly, for being a great friend.
Mike - for having patience with me and these live shows, and knowing you’re a big part of this project even when you’re not such a big part on stage
Rick - for doing such an amazing job playing the pedal steel with us - it sounded like heaven on stage, seriously.
Dan - for flying all the way from Ohio to work so hard in so many ways, and for almost making me kill myself
James - for being so supportive and loyal and hard-working and generally awesome
Jim - for helping us set up that giant projection screen in the nick of time and for screaming loudly during the set
Kim - for tearing that walrus into pieces like only you could
Jen - for making all of our dreams come true
Dave - for all your help with sound and for that DVI-to-VGA adapter
Bela - for bringing and setting up your amazing subs, you made everything SO much better
Chad - for bringing over and setting up one of your projectors
Mickey - for helping out and keeping things moving
Nelson - for the video accessories
Ryan - for your speakers and for helping us move that bitch ass stage
Tato - for letting us keep our gear in your house (we still have some in there?)

ALSO, I would love for any of you who saw our show to review it here in the form of a comment. Yeah, I know, that means you have to register, but I really would like to hear from you. (and i’m sure those who couldn’t make it will be just as interested) I think you can post pictures in comments? (did any of you get a good picture of Kim tearing apart the walrus??)

*** Please VOTE on your favorite song of our May 1st live set. (the poll is in the sidebar to the left)

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at the DF airport, we ran into a friend of our friend who lives in DF, and we ended up sharing a cab into the city.  what are the odds?  anyway, one of the first things i noticed about DF is that it looked like a run-down version of a European city.  All of the character, but with less maintenance.  This city is VAST.  it had its share of tall buildings, (though not as many as you would think for being the 2nd most populated city in the world) but i was more impressed with the amount of hand painted signage on the myriads of small buildings.  I joked with K that if she got a graphic design job there, on her first day she would be handed a brush and can of paint.  the first night we ended up eating sushi and later, italian food.  (i know, it’s odd how many non-mexican restaurants you can find in that city)  we were lured into the smallish-sized italian place (by american standards) by the promise of an exotic trapeze performance.  it was the first time i had eaten 10 feet away from women spinning and dangling from ropes, hoops, and such.

we met up with some very friendly and hip urban types later that night. (which ended up being a reoccurring theme of the trip)  we had some drinks and talked about random things that people talk about in DF at 1AM with gringo strangers who don’t speak spanish. (me)  most everyone spoke english enough to have basic conversations, which helped in making me feel a part of things.  but, as the group got more drunk and tired, they tended to gravitate towards conversing in spanish.  To be honest, I know a decent amount of Spanish words - about enough to tease my brain into thinking it could figure out what was being said if it could only try hard enough.  i understood some…  but i missed way more.  which leads me to my first lesson learned:  when you don’t speak the language, you immediately feel like an outsider.  those who know me would likely call me confident. (even overly so)  in Mexico city, that went out the window, and fast.  I felt like the awkward introverted kid in the class who the girls shunned and the guys picked last to play kickball.

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LINK: 6 Reasons Why I don’t like Facebook

I’ll add my own reasons for not liking Facebook below:

1.  It sucks as a platform to promote music.  When I send 20 or so friend requests, Facebook warns me that my behavior is suspicious and that my account could be blocked or deleted.  Talk about WAY too sensitive.  Do a search about this on Google, I’m not alone.

2.  What has been touted as a “clean” interface is boring to us artist types.  No background images, no color changes, no CSS, no customization whatsoever.  Sure, I can add all kinds of dumb apps to my page, but my page still looks like everybody else’s page.  BORING.

What I LOVE about facebook:

1.  Their video quality is OUTSTANDING.  I have uploaded several 720×480 vids recently and they all play back at full size and look almost as good as the originals.  Even vimeo.com, which has great quality doesn’t play videos back at full size.  YouTube has something to learn here from Facebook.

UPDATE:  Facebook blocked my account for adding friends.  How useless.  I had to wait a week or so before I was able to add a friend again.  Now, Facebook is warning me for sending too many messages - and all I was doing was responding to messages people had sent me!

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Virtually all of those 5,000 people don’t care about me - they care about Tweeting on about their product, their life, and their agenda.

Yesterday I stumbled upon an interesting blog about Twitter, deflating some of the hype.

And here’s another blog about what Twitter is and isn’t.  And another.

If you are a real Twitter player following thousands of people and with thousands of followers, you MUST send out a TON of tweets to be heard through all that noise.  But for your followers that only follow a handful of people, you end up flooding their page.  You ruin their Twitter experience, and as a result, most of them unfollow you.  What are we to do?

As a possible solution, I have created a LV (low volume) twitter account for the 47 people that actually just want to be notified about important meeble news, and not the noise.

http://twitter.com/meebleLV

Thoughts?

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So now we have two remix contests that have launched, and one that will be starting on April 2nd. The three contests are as follows:

Keep checking back here for updated information on all of these contests. They are all FREE to enter, and will have their own prizes for the most popular remixes.

***UPDATE*** Here’s the Prizes for the PeaceLoveProductions Raindrops contest:

• First Place 8gb iPod Touch

• Second Place $100 gift certificate from zZounds.com

• First & Second Place Remixes released

• First, Second, and Third Place 2 PLP downloads of choice

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NOW, the third contest is something we are hosting ourselves. If your remix is selected, we will be releasing an enhanced version of Mr. Meeble’s NTTC album to include YOUR remixes! Also, the winners will get to take a magical hot air balloon ride with Mr. Meeble across the Atlantic Ocean!! Although not quite as cool as the ride, whoever submits the most popular remix will win a new iPod touch.

We graciously received a write up about the contest already on Laptop Rockers!

Here’s how it works:

If you have any questions, please message us or leave a comment below.

Thanks!

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We all know that the music business is in flux. Record labels are dying, physical CD sales have plummeted, nothing that used to work works any more, and we as independent artists have to keep adapting to have any chance to find some level of success. Yet, there are still tremendous opportunities at our fingertips. 

I have been thinking a lot lately about how much potential there is for us helping each other gain more exposure, traffic, hits and eventually, fans. Does this sound attractive to you? If so, read on. Now, these ideasI’m writing about aren’t exactly original or new - in fact I have read about them on the web. So the concepts already exist - but they usually fall flat in practice. 

We as independent artists need to start working together. (And yes, it is work. None of it is particularly hard, but it all takes time and consistent effort). These ideas WILL work, as long as we as artists figure out a way to Connect, Collaborate, and be Consistent. (Let’s call them the 3 C’s). I will walk you through the rough idea below: 

1. First off, let me specify that I will only cross-promote artists that I actually like or are of extremely high quality, and I would ask that you feel the same about our music. This is about raising awareness of quality independent music, not tricking people into buying mediocre or bad music. Besides, its actually quite difficult to write a good review of something you consider bad.

2. Second, this idea focuses on the iTunes music store and Amazon.com. Why? They are the top online music retailers IN THE WORLD. 

3. That said, you must have a CD on Amazon.com or a digital album on iTunes - preferably both. (Getting your music on these two sites is another topic; it’s really not that difficult.) 

4. For the purposes of collaborating with us (Mr. Meeble), your music should be *somewhat* related to the music we create - for simplicity’s sake, let just say anything electronic and/or experimental. 

5. The first step is getting some positive ratings and reviews for both of our albums. I can post three 5-star reviews of your album on both iTunes and Amazon. You simply need to be able to do the same for our album, in return. All you need to do is have 3 accounts setup on Amazon.com and 3 on the iTunes store. Easy. If 3 sounds like a lot, let’s just trade 1. If you want to trade 5 reviews, even better. Here’s another idea: If we both like each other’s music, we can insert a brief mention of the other project in the reviews! Not a good writer? No worries. These reviews can be 50-100 words long, i.e. just a few sentences. If you *really* can’t write, perhaps one of your friends or fans can write a few small reviews for you. 

6. Now, with Amazon.com, there are a few other things to take into consideration. One, is establishing credibility in the system. The more ‘helpful’ reviews you post, the more weight your reviews will carry. One way that we can help each other is to mark all of each other’s reviews as ‘helpful’. The other factor is establishing a history of music preferences. For each account on Amazon you should go to lots of similar artists and mark that you own the album and rate it with 5 stars. Thirdly, make sure to use plenty of appropriate tags along with your reviews: genres, descriptive words and phrases and similar artists (there is a separate field for tags). Lastly, you should use the “insert product links” feature in your reviews. If you mention Massive Attack, for example, you can make that be a link to a Massive Attack album in the Amazon store. 

7. The next step is to create iTunes iMixes and Amazon ListMania lists. What are they, you ask? An iMix is a play list or collection of songs found on the iTunes music store. Any iTunes user can create them, and any iTunes user can vote on them. The more votes they get, the easier they are to find on the iTunes store. The secret is to create an iMix that has some well-known artists included and then slip in one or two of your tracks. Amazon ListMania lists are similar, except they usually are collections of complete albums, versus songs in an iMix. The same effect is achieved - more exposure for our music! 

8. Now, if you have an iMix and a ListMania list published, I can give you 3 positive votes for each. You would then give me 3 positive votes for each in exchange. (As of this writing, we haven’t published our lists yet - but as soon as we do, I will update this and post the links.) 

9. I am also open to the idea of creating hybrid iMixes and ListMania lists - i.e. iMixes with a track of ours AND a track of yours in it. I have no problem adding your album to one of our ListMania lists as well. 

10. Now, you should ask all of your friends and fans to help with the process. Many of them would be willing to write a short positive review of your music on both sites. And voting on an iMix or ListMania list is easy. 

11. Consistency comes into play here. Obviously, making one or two trades won’t help much. With perseverance and consistency, though, you will see real results.

Remember, this is just my first draft of this promotion strategy. I will be refining this thread over the coming days/weeks - hopefully adding more blogs with more specific discussion on what I’ve hinted at above. I think the REAL secret to our success is building a massive interconnected network of artists and fans helping each other. Imagine if we had 500 iTunes accounts and 500 Amazon accounts that could be used to promote ALL the artists involved. This really could become something quite substantial. I am certain that there are enough quality electronic independent artists out there to make this a reality.

If you have ANY comments, questions, etc. please post them below. I will do my best to respond promptly. 

If you are a band or music artist interested in this promotional collaboration - post a comment stating so. We can then proceed via private messages or email. 

Regards,
Devin

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For those of you who don’t know, you can buy the CD at Amazon.com and CDbaby.com. High quality mp3s are available from iTunes and directly from us at the meeble.com store.

Scott Thill at Blog.Wired.com
“Coded into the musical matrix somewhere between Depeche Mode and Massive Attack, Mr. Meeble’s sonics are dark, digital carnivals.”

Martin Cizmar at Phoenix New Times
“There’s something to be said for a band that can reimagine the Burt Bacharach classic “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” then sound like Halo 14-era Nine inch Nails a few songs later, but Mr. Meeble manages it.”

Chris Merriman at Subba-Cultcha.com
“Mr. Meeble spans the entire gambit of music from balleric chillout to ambient and all points in between with a sense of grandiose that emphasises the epic nature of their sound.”

Scotto at Comfort Music
“All about romance gone horribly wrong, but the record never seems maudlin… moody, sure, but in a lush and textured fashion”

Jason at What to Wear During an Orange Alert
“they swirl a bed of sound, deep and dark, around their lyrics of denial and despair of lost love.”

BBQCHICKENROBOT.com
“It’s poppy enough to catch even the squarest of ears but it contains the right amount of darkness.”

esdmusic.com
“Never Trust the Chinese has all the trappings of a debut album by a band who has not yet found their sound.”

Nicole Coxe at Evolution of Media
“It weaves in and out of bedroom space electro-pop, glitchy IDM-fuzzed up cuts and darker electronica. A very soulful and sensual dark electronic album, which is sure to find it’s way into onto more than just an astronaut’s iPod.”

Casper Johansson at LostAtEMinor.com
“It will prick your ears, then spin them around and burn the damn things to the ground”

Jason Farrell at Fender Guitar
“Mr. Meeble conjures up the comforting subconscious sounds of ’70s-era pop magic mashed within songs destined for next millennium’s soundtrack for space travel”

Scott Lemerand at dailyvidette.com
“This is music that exists outside the stereo, it manipulates the mind and brings forth images both eerie and enjoyable. This music sticks to things, climbs the walls and stays there. This is sonic science fiction.”

JeanPierre Chigne at JP’s blog
“Slow-paced soulful songs that reflect on a broken relationships and reminisce on past mistakes.”

WeHeart Music.com
“This Phoenix-based band intrigued me because they are a band, but utilize guest vocals, like electronic artists like Tricky and the Chemical Brothers.”

Christy Bharath @ Footprints…
“It’s almost as though they have taken Portishead’s blueprint for trip-hop and given it a soulful and glitchy twist.”

Vish Iyer @ Daily Vault
“The album doesn’t shy away from showing off its pizzazz with its catchy pop items, but at the same time isn’t afraid to challenge the sophistication of listener’s palate and challenge its own eccentricity by conjuring up something indiscernibly wonderful.”

Jeff Perkins @ BlogCritics.org
“It’s atmosphere is both undeniably poppy and yet also darkly intimate. It is this blend that becomes their triumph with the latter sensually soaking into your subconscious and taking root before you realize.”

Marc Dionisio @ My Drift
“Fans of electronica should definitely check out Mr. Meeble which evokes Massive Attack’s ‘Mezzanine,’ Thom Yorke’s ‘Eraser’ and possibly the ire of a billion people”

Amy Lotsberg @ Collected Sounds
“It’s highly electronic but not exactly ambient. It’s rock, certainly, but it’s moody and atmospheric while still having a sort of heavy feel. Its full of interesting melodies in a strange and different package. A really interesting record.”

Justin Shady @ The Blarg Sounds
“NTTC fits nicely between the worlds of souped-up tunes from Air and watered-down instrumentals from Nine Inch Nails”

Tom Semioli @ Amplifier
“A sultry, scintillating, and rather sophisticated electro-pop platter… Mr. Meeble seduces with subtle grooves.”

The Chickenfish Speaks
… coming soon …

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Never Trust the Chinese

Flying in the face of earthly convention, Mr. Meeble issues a warning to everyone who checks out their indie debut album: Never Trust The Chinese. Between its title and content - this Phoenix based trio’s sensual and soulful pop meets dark electronica record is bound to drop jaws, turn heads and offend, oh, maybe about a billion people.

But it’s nothing personal… well, except for the one nameless female who inspired this collection of songs that tell stories of the denial and despair of lost love, personal accountability, remembering, mourning and finally, just maybe, a glimmer of hope.

Like their nearest ‘sounds kinda like’ cousins, Mr. Meeble incorporates both stellar instrumental work and an ethos of lyrical authenticity. Reminiscent of fellow French band Air, NTTC has moments of smooth, breathy vocals over spacey synths, chilled-out Rhodes and orchestral strings. At other times, it sounds similar to Thom Yorke’s Eraser with its emotive, pained vocals over minimal, tense electronics. Those familiar with Massive Attack’s Mezzanine will identify with NTTC’s dark, plodding and ominous vibe. The curious mix of stops, glitches, pops, whizzes, bleeps, stutters, and scratches together with sweeping, sometimes unnerving, visceral emotion is as close to opposites becoming singularly effective as you will find in music, or any art form, for that matter.

Named after an accidental sound made from Styrofoam, Mr. Meeble has developed a hybrid style so unique that critics are having to dig deep into their creative well to describe it. Jason Farrell, of Fender Guitars, hits the nail on the head when he says of Chinese: “At once deliciously vintage and über-futuristic, Mr. Meeble conjures up the comforting subconscious sounds of 70’s one hit wonders mashed within songs destined for next millennium’s soundtrack for space travel… modern, filmy and altogether otherworldly.” Scott Lemerand adds: “This is the music of rust colored skylines and forgotten alleys, the shimmering reflection of streetlights in rain puddles… that exists outside the stereo, it manipulates the mind and brings forth images both eerie and enjoyable. While NTTC is, in one vein, a very unusual, experimental record, it is also a very smart pop record. This is pop music for people who don’t like pop music.”

Mr. Meeble was born as an electronic echo of the cosmos for those who are to travel through it, and not because any one member professes to being an accomplished musician. They are all native Parisians who met through their work developing Styrofoam accessories for the French National Space Agency (CNES). When cosmonauts in the CNES requested music for their maiden voyage, Devin Fleenor volunteered for the project and recruited Blain Klitzke and Michael Plaster. ‘Releasing albums and playing concerts was an unexpected consequence of our work. Our primary allegiance will always be to the CNES,’ proclaims Fleenor, who is the band’s front man, producer, and vocalist. “We’re noise manglers and sound benders,’ explains Klitzke, evoking an image of the trio dressed in lab coats, maniacally assaulting a phonograph with an assortment of bizarre utensils and melted rubber. He and Plaster provide the rich, intricately placed mortar to Fleenor’s track-building vision; Klitzke co-produces, designs sounds, and crafts beats, while Plaster contributes with lyrics and songwriting.

The first track on Never Trust the Chinese, “Fine”, introduces listeners to the band by featuring Devin’s faraway, dreamy vocals explaining away his inevitable cynicism within a cushy, extremely hum-able melody. “Dragonfly” is a more upbeat, optimistic tune displaying the album’s lighter pop and soul sensibilities. The blissful mix of instruments and quirky vocal arrangements are not unlike their retro-rocking, electronics-infused counterpart, Stereolab. Moby and his use of vintage blues elements comes to mind with “It All Came to Pass”. The song issues forth a slow, lamenting, soul-filled groove founded on an unpredictable beat that meanders into bursts of electronic bites, evoking an image of a New Orleans Bayou thrust a century into the future. The emotional apex of NTTC is “A Ton Of Bricks,” where the calm of an amazing love is slowly smashed into bits by chaos and pain. “The lyrics are dark, introspective, vulnerable, and simple without sounding common or cliché,” says Fleenor. “The album runs like a progression of feeling imminent doom, to that doom hitting you straight in the head, and on through the aftermath.”

Whether it is the lifelong battle between practicality and ideology within the human soul; the disparities concerning men vs. women; or the epic struggle between life and death, our desires, proclivities, and emotions are significantly influenced by the push and pull of every day dualities. Experimental bands like Mr. Meeble add to the stockpile of yin and yang in our brains via an auditory profusion of diverse implications. “It is a dichotomy of extremes: both futuristic and retro, both technical and organic, both earthy and otherworldly,” says Fleenor, “We’re bringing two very different worlds together: the world of electronica, founded on space age sounds and cutting edge French technology, and the world of pop/rock where artists connect with listeners through strong melodies and down to earth lyrics. Sometimes it’s very minimal and pristine; sometimes a chaotic tsunami of sound.” The diverse fearlessness of their music is a fitting representation of who they are: like the original beneficiaries of their sound, Mr. Meeble is set on breaking away from earthbound restrictions.

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