You heard it right, I’m finally dragging all my silly electronic gear over to someone else’s living room to play a gosh darned show. As you probably could have guessed, I started ReLiC shortly after the pandemic hit in 2020. This was mostly because all of the bands I was in (including my baby, Crystal Coast) had very quickly ceased all operations. With all of this extra time and endless sources of inspiration during the lock down, I started up this act to get the juices flowing.
Once things chilled out a bit in 2023, I definitely wanted to get this hobby out into the public to draw a little more attention to some of these bops. Unfortunately, playing electronic music live ain’t as easy as it would seem. I wanted to capture the sound of the studio as best as I could in person without it feeling stale (aka whipping out a laptop and a mic).
I started the Octopy project as an effort to simplify my rig (aka no screens allowed!) as well as integrate real hardware without over-complicating things. This worked pretty well, but it still didn’t quite mesh.
After I built up a good repository of songs, got my hands on a proper drum machine (the Behringer RD-8), and felt like the heat was really turning up in the local music scene, I could tell it was finally time!
With the help of Sam on bass guitar, we are playing our first TWO shows later this January. If you’re not in the Pensacola, Florida area, I’ll do my best to get some live recordings to post up on my YouTube channel (as long as it’s not too cringe).
- January 21st, 2024 @ The Bugghouse, Pensacola, FL
January 27th, 2024 @ The Staircase, Pensacola, FL
UPDATE: Our appearance at this show has been cancelled due to unforeseen health issues.
Both of these shows are house shows with undisclosed addresses (for obvious reasons). If you would like to get more info, please email me at relic@dcdalrymple.com.