For the first time in nearly a quarter century the Towson-Glen Arm group T.E.A.M. has reformed and recently made a set of recordings which have been released as a lmited edition tape and download by the Glendale, Ca. record label KMAN 92.5.
T.E.A.M. (which stands for “Together Everyone Achieves More”) was a noisy experimental “space funk” band formed originally by Dave Willemain in the summer of 1994 – the group’s early recordings can be heard on both volumes of the Towson-Glen Arm Freakouts music compilation series. The original line-up included Willemain, plus Luke Mysko, Cory Davolos, Mike Apichella, and Jon Woodstock. Only 3 members of this line-up remain: Willemain and Woodstock are both deceased; Luke Mysko is alive and kickin (probably riding his a bicycle in a race or doin something else equally action packed), but he’s no longer involved in the group; Apichella and Davolos made the choice to reform the band.
A new member of T.E.A.M. is Devon Till, a musician/multi-media artist who grew up in the Glen Arm area during the 90’s and was a member of the pre-T.E.A.M. band Retarded Dogs which also included Mike Apichella and Cory Davolos.
The new T.E.A.M. album is simply titled “Together Everyone Achieves More” and it was home recorded in a series of sessions that took place in February 2018 in The Poconos region of Pennsylvania, and in April 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Though the “space funk” aspirations of Dave Willemain were influential on these sessions, these new T.E.A.M. recordings display the Towson-Glen Arm aesthetic mainly in their improvisational nature; all of the tracks on the new T.E.A.M. record were composed spontaneously with little to no rehearsal prior to their recording.
Other than Human Host live shows, the new T.E.A.M. tape will be available via mail order from KMAN 92.5 Tapes, and at a series of live T.E.A.M. performances in Virginia, North Carolina, and Ohio in November 2019. Details on these events can be found here:
You can stream or download the new T.E.A.M. album here:
https://kman925.bandcamp.com/album/t-e-a-m-together-everyone-achieves-more
T.E.A.M. photo credits:
The top two pictures feature (left to right) Cory Davolos and Mike Apichella; these were taken by Joy Eichert, April 2018
The third picture from the top features (l-r) Devon Till and Mike Apichella; this was taken by Devon Till, May 2019
The picture below the text features (l-r) Cory Davolos and Mike Apichella; it was taken by Joy Eichert, April 2018
Towson-Glen Arm Freakouts 