Metagroove

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Initially formed as a classroom musical experiment, Metagroove (and later, "Revisor") progressed into a collective musical experience that grabbed the ears of listeners throughout the Northeast from 1997 until 2003. Performing with intense live energy and improvisational skill, Metagroove forged new ground with their original music. The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed the band “excellent”, and in 2002 Metagroove was voted Philadelphia's Best Original Band in a regional competition of over three hundred bands.

Unique application of exotic rhythms, tasteful harmonies, and the genre-bending blend of styles the quartet performs led Metagroove to be compared to such bands as Radiohead, King Crimson, U2, and Phish. However, “[Metagroove] has within its hands and collective conscious a very powerful message and auditory experience of its own device", according to internet portal phreshwater.com.

Every Metagroove show was an experience in the union of sight and sound. Monitors and projectors complimented the intensity of the music with a barrage of carefully chosen images, all delivered with the specific lyrical and musical character of each song in mind.

Their second album (released under their new moniker Revisor), entitled "From Now On", highlighted the band's maturity in musicianship and ability to translate intense live energy into a parallel studio output. Led by the songwriting of guitarist-vocalist Andrew Lipke, bassist Michael Carsley, drummer Tom Wilson and keyboardist Ryan Stroud, the quartet meshed to create their own contemporary ‘electro-funkmetal’ sound. [1]

Metagroove was formed in Philadelphia in 1997, during the musicians' second year at University of the Arts. Since all hold Bachelor's degrees in music, combining and showcasing the talents of each member in a collective setting was the main focus of the group. [2]

Within a year of forming Metagroove began to fill rooms across Philadelphia while working towards graduation. Performing regular shows across the region garnered the band regional and national recognition and allowed them to share the stage with bands such as the Jazz Mandolin Project, John Scofield Band, the Disco Biscuits and Project/Object, among others.

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