ASTEROID ADVOCATE

As skilled as he is at keeping every limb occupied pumping out pioneering percussive permutations, this feaky, funky, one blood-band makes The Squid proud. Livella spent the first five years of his drumming career spanking every percussive instrument that crossed his path before taking his rhythmic aspirations subterranean to flex his melodic muscles on the bass geetar. By the time he was ready to sit down at the kit, he knew a thing or two about rhythmic texturing. Moving between a host of big bands, jam bands, and rock bands, Livella picked up the backbeat foundation that would complete the circle. Enter Wiretapped, his current "livetronica" project, which sees him live layering his own instrumentation over supremely funky, bass-heavey electronic samples, and blowing some minds at the same time. From his own EBOX Stidios in Eureka, California , Livella has cranked out two solo albums, with the emphasis on the "solo" where he plays everything from drums, bass, keys, percussion, guitar- you name it. The doors are always open at EBOX for local artists who want to do it the Livella way. The Squid wishes them luck- and a few extra limbs. - DRUM Magazine