Quintron Interview
I had the opportunity to interview New Orleans-based musician and advocate of “militant localism,” Quintron, aka Mr. Quintron via e-mail for Austinist. Back in my student radio days, he and his partner Miss Pussycat played an excellent set for our annual music festival, and they proved to be one of the most entertaining stage acts I’ve seen. My favorite part of the interview is this bit about electronic instruments:
Your use and innovation in electronic instruments is pretty legendary. What’s your favorite electronic instrument and why?
Oh, I have lots of favorites. The Casio digital sax is one of the craziest electronic instruments ever made… also, the SK-1 (when circuit bent) has a HUGE world of possibilities, really complex, dark electronic sounds. The Hammond tone wheel organ, of course. The Drum Buddy is right up there with the Moog and the Theremin. If you want to get technical, though, I would have to say that nothing has beat out the electric guitar yet. It is probably the instrument with the clearest link between human hands and electronic voltage.
If that’s not a sexy way to think of an electric guitar, I don’t know what is. The rest of the interview is right here. And, if you want to get more info on Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat, their website is right here. It includes fantastic pictures of the 9th Ward Marching Band and the Spellcaster Lodge.
[Picture from the Quintron and Miss Pussycat website.]