THE HUB

The last.fm support team relates there is no way to differentiate bands with the same name, so here is a breakdown. The earliest well known ensemble to use this name was: The HUB - interactive computer music Since 1985, The Hub has been one of the first "computer network music" ensemble consisting of John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Mark Trayle and Phil Stone. The Hub grew from The League of Automatic Music Composers:John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Jim Horton, and Rich Gold.

The earliest well known ensemble to use this name was:
The HUB - interactive computer music

Since 1985, The Hub has been one of the first "computer network music" ensemble consisting of John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Chris Brown, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Mark Trayle and Phil Stone. The Hub grew from The League of Automatic Music Composers:John Bischoff, Tim Perkis, Jim Horton, and Rich Gold. Perkis and Bischoff modified their equipment to allow more musicians and founded The Hub.

They have collaborated with Rova Saxophone Quartet and Alvin Curran. They currently perform around the world after a hiatus. Their latest release on John Zorn's label Tzadik label is called Boundary Layer and is a 3 CD, 23 year retrospective of the groups work.

However, if you are playing "the hub" player on the right, you may be hearing the eclectic live quartet "the HUB" especially if there is sax and drums. Here is their background:

Tim Dahl-electric bass Sean Noonan-drums Alex Marcelo-keyboards, Darius Jones-alto sax started in 1998, with now four releases on different labels, THE HUB made it's reputation on the road by exciting audiences in over 13 countries from North America to Norway via the UK's, Belgium, France, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia and Italy. Some fans are knowns to travel 6 hours to see them perform their ultra-energetic mix of Jazz, Speed Metal, Hip-Hop, Funk, Country Music, Noise and Electronics.