Macaroon Five


Is:

#   Michael Engle
$   Kevin Buckholdt
!   Art Harrison

Macaroon Five is a collaboration among Arthur Harrison, Michael Engle and Kevin Buckholdt. Their sounds are mostly electronic, with much of it created by analog sequential oscillators, pseudo-random tone generators, and theremins made by Harrison's manufacturing company. Complimenting these instruments are various synthesizers, both analog and digital, and a host of effect processors covering the gamut from now-antiquated 8-bit to more modern 16 bit high-fidelity devices. For good measure, cassette tape players are used for backing beats and libretto. Harrison's experience in electronic music goes back to the late-'60s, when he began experimenting with transistor circuits for making sound, eventually leading to his involvement with DC-area groups such as "No-Thing," "SGBC," "Jobs For America," "The Parlor Scouts," and currently, "The Cassettes."

Kevin Buckholdt and Michael Engle provide a superb compliment to Harrison's theremin with their keyboards, sequencers, and other apparatus. While improvisational and free-form in nature, Macaroon Five none-the-less draws considerable structure from the members' skillful, complimentary interaction. The result is music containing elements of poetry, melody, and rhythm, combined with refreshing sonic textures.

                                                                                                                                                 Photos Courtesy of Marianna

We have no mission.

Our Next Show:

To Be Announced

Our Instruments:

Sequential Analog Tone Generators
Analog Keyboard Synthesizers
Digital Keyboard Synthesizers
Objects We Bang On
Cacophonators
Cassette Tapes
Digital Delays
Theremins
Voices

Our Schematic:

Our Inspiration:

Einsturzende Neubauten
Beth Cameron
The Residents
Negativland
Kraftwerk
The Shags
Joe Meek
Volga

Performance History:

1.  Benefit II for the Sonic Circuits Festival, Silver Spring Maryland, Sunday, August 24, 2008
2.  The Electric Possible, Washington DC, Sunday, September 7, 2008

We Dedicate our Music to the Memory of Al Jolson,
The World's Greatest Entertainer.