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STAR WARZ: The untold story of ‪#‎eroctech‬ and the birth of The Black Penguins or something yadda yadda

By et on December 19, 2015 in Blog

Back in May of 2010 I had become obsessed with this long music video/mini movie in my mind. It all started with The Beatles and Muddy Waters, then I started messing with Family Guy’s Blue Harvest – STAR WARZ. Things got trestrange to say the least. Like a real life movie.

It’s only taken me 5 years to post these. I hope they don’t suck. These are unedited since 2010. They are as is.

Music by The Black Penguins
“Slide on This”
eric “eroctech” toledo – guitar
anonymous – drum opening

“Abierto (Acoustic Demo)” – Compilation One
http://music.theblackpenguins.com/track/abierto-acoustic-demo
eric “eroctech” toledo – guitar

“Open G Blues” Compilation One
(Recorded in one take with a SM58 @ Holy Toledo Studios)
http://music.theblackpenguins.com/track/open-g-blues
eric “eroctech” toledo – guitar
anonymous – drum opening

Thanks for watching. Live Long and Prosper.

#trekkie et

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everything in ones and zeros – The Black Penguins

By et on July 17, 2015 in Blog

<a href="http://music.theblackpenguins.com/album/everything-in-ones-and-zeros">everything in ones and zeros by The Black Penguins</a>

Also available @ Free Music Archive

“everything in ones and zeros” by The Black Penguins

This is an ambient electronic noise album that looks at our connection to technology and issues of our personal privacy or lack thereof.

Dedicated to those defending our rights to privacy and freedom.

Visit, Learn, Donate @
www.freeross.org – www.eff.org – www.torproject.org

Credits

eric “eroctech” toledo – guitars, keys, programing, recording, and mixing using ableton live

“Miles Copeland (The Program)”
remix from “Mixtape 02”
called “Miles Copeland (Red Dawn)”

“Radio Transmissions”
eric “eroctech” toledo – guitars, drum programing, recording & mixing
bIONIX – ni maschine played live
bionix.bandcamp.com

Released 15 June 2015

MY THIRD EYE – The Black Penguins

By et on April 29, 2015 in Blog

“MY THIRD EYE” by The Black Penguins

Take a journey into the consciousness of it’s creator eric “eroctech” toledo the mastermind behind ‪The Black Penguins‬. Each song is linked to a time, place, or emotion in his life.

MY THIRD EYE is a psychedelic, experimental electronic album with some guitars, laced with flash backs from ‪The Dude‬.

*Lots of goodies included for those who download the whole album!

<a href="http://music.theblackpenguins.com/album/my-third-eye">MY THIRD EYE by The Black Penguins</a>

Credits

eric “eroctech” toledo
guitars, keys, programing, recording, and mixing using ableton live & pro tools

“Nopales (Mix 2)”
remix of the single “Nopales”

“Animal (Ghosts of San Francisco)”
remix from “Mark it Zero”
al carter – drums
david emmert – bass

“Whales & Salt”
live stereo demo recording
sf anonymous – drums

“Canelo”
canlelo – paws on wood floor

CC BY 3.0 – some rights reserved

Review

Out of all the shadowy outfits prowling in the fast flickering eye of the electronic storm and psychedelic lo-fi manifesting across CA, some are as obscure and as overlooked as [ The Black Penguins ]. The confounding maker Eric Toledo, has released several titles to essentially few basic recognition or critical acclaim in the last half decade. A sad event so to say, for “MY THIRD EYE” the most recent in a chain of release, is so solid and so different in comparison to [ The Black Penguins ] previous titles that it’s almost impossible to believe they all emerged from the mind of one shrouded outfit. But make no mistake as every album since the first, “Mark it Zero” when [ The Black Penguins ] had a drummer & bass player, Eric’s music were built mainly with the use of electronic beats and keys while flirting around various elements to create electronic pieces. And while majority of Eric’s albums are shape around electronic output [ The Black Penguins ] also swift outside its comfort zone integrating few guitar based songs with electronic drums. The album “Moods” has no guitars at all while all the “Mixtape” albums are heavy on the electronic side. “MY THIRD EYE” on the other end is the culmination of [ The Black Penguins ] electronic work. It’s probably one of the most cohesive results to date.

by The Siren Sound