{"id":12383,"date":"2012-11-26T13:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T13:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=12383"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T13:43:37","slug":"new-noise-electric-guest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/11\/26\/new-noise-electric-guest\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW NOISE:  Electric Guest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LA duo Asa Taccone and Matthew &#8216;Cornbread&#8217; Compton are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricguest.com\">Electric Guest<\/a>, a pair that fuse together retro echos alongside motown chugs and experimental funk. Brian &#8216;Danger Mouse&#8217; Burton is responsible for their debut Mondo &#8211; and it was only then that the duo realised that they were a band. <em>Wonderland<\/em> sat down for a chat with frontman Asa to find out more.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/11\/38_electricguest_c_emmaledoyen-e1353935255814.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/media.wonderlandmagazine.com\/uploads\/2012\/11\/38_electricguest_c_emmaledoyen-e1353935313989.jpg\" alt=\"Electric Guest (Image: Emma Le Doyen)\" title=\"Electric Guest (Image: Emma Le Doyen)\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12384\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>For anyone oblivious to your marvellousness, please\u2026introduce yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re a small band from America. Matt plays the drums, I sing. For our live show we have these two attractive brothers called Todd and Tory. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the collaboration between you guys happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I used to live in this big, communal house that was a revolving door for a lot of bands and artists. There was a studio in the basement and Matt was coming over to record drums for this guy who was a little older than me. I heard him playing and was blown away so I tentatively asked him to play on some of my songs. We got on really well and that&#8217;s how it started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did the name Electric Guest come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I got kicked out of high school I went to some program on the East Coast of America to get my grades up. It was 6 days of schooling with one day off and on our days off they would sometimes take us to this doughnut shop called Dunkin&#8217; Doughnuts. I struck up a friendly relationship with this old woman that worked there. 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