I was lucky enough to receive an email from Peter Grenader from Electro-acoustic Research over the weekend, who offered to give Fourtheye readers some exclusive insight into the Toolbox Synth that he designed for Danny prior to the recent Australia/NZ/Japan Tool tour. I met Danny Carey through Skinny Puppy’s cEvin Key, who I had partnered with on the reissue of two of our modules – the Model 15 VCO and… Read More »Peter Grenader on Danny’s Toolbox Synth
Blair posted the Tool Newsletter for the month of September. Not really much to report except that Danny & Justin have been fishing, and that perhaps I should too. As much as I love the great outdoors, there is no time for fishing, as I have a Tool Top 10 to complete!
We’re back! Turns out my porno stash was getting out of hand and the disk was full! While we were offline Danny lost and found his dog, over 100 people emailed me about some kids playing 46&2, and zero progress on the new Tool album was made!
Kat messaged me this morning to let me know that the new Volto! album Incitare is now available for order as part of a Deluxe Bundle. According to the site the bundle includes: Exclusive, limited edition, 180 gram audiophile Vinyl edition of the album Incitare featuring the limited edition album artwork, an etching of the VOLTO! “Shock Rat” (same design as the T-shirt) on Side D, designed by Adam Jones… Read More »Incitare Deluxe Bundle now available
Volto! have released a video today for the track Tocino from their album Incitare. Featuring Danny, Blair are presumably some other cameos, here it is:
Loudwire has a chat with Danny recently, mainly about Volto! (that part of the interview is yet to be released) however they did canvass him about the next Tool album, and the chances of it coming out in 2013: “It’s still the three of us right now and four of us it will be soon, you know, just working on all our parts and working on our compositions together,†Carey… Read More »Danny updates us on the next Tool album
Volto! have published a series of dates on their Facebook page, which I presume are tour dates as they celebrate the release of their new album Incitare. Without further fanfare: Sat Aug 3 Yestival Camden NJ Sun Aug 4 Highline Ballroom NYC Mon Aug 5 The Synclair Boston MA Tue Aug 6 Waiting Room Buffalo NY Wed Aug 7 Magic Bag Detroit MI Thur Aug 8 The Grog Shop Cleveland… Read More »Volto! announce East Coast dates
I discovered today that the Volto! website now seems to be up and running, and featured on it is a piece written by Blair where he discusses Danny, Volto! and Synthesizers, in particular the Minimoog he sold Danny. The piece also contains a few answers to the recent quiz posted in the June Tool Newsletter: Over the many years since Danny purchased the Minimoog, its distinctive control panel has, for… Read More »Volto! and Minimoogs
It’s been a slow month for Tool fans, so here I am posting somewhat insignificant news about Tool related projects just to keep you guys coming and clicking ads. This weeks update is from John Z from Volto! who posted on Facebook details of limited vinyl release for their album Incitare: VOLTO!’s debut album “Incitare”….the 180gram audiophile vinyl double LP limited edition cover (1st run, only 1000 in embossed/veneered PURPLE,… Read More »Volto! post details of limited vinyl release
Danny’s band Volto! will be playing the recently announced YEStival in Camden, New Jersey on August 3rd: Grammy-winning rock band YES is excited to announce an addition to their first-ever festival – YEStival, a day-into-night musical adventure in full quadraphonic sound – set for Saturday, August 3rd at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ. VOLTO!, a new band featuring TOOL drummer Danny Carey, has just been confirmed as a… Read More »Volto! to play YEStival in New Jersey