![]() ![]() ![]() Nastanovich and Malkmus played on some of the early albums. The music coming from the basement of the Red House may have been, as Pratt says, “primitive,” but Ectoslavia’s alumni include Bob Nastanovich and Stephen Malkmus, who went on to form the indie-rock band Pavement after graduating from UVA, as well as James McNew, now the bassist for the band Yo La Tengo.ĭavid Berman, considered by his friends to be the creative “leader” of the Red House, started the band Silver Jews, which produced six albums from the early ’90s to the late aughts. ![]() They were invested in the indie-rock scene, going to shows at local clubs like Trax and the Mineshaft and carpooling together to larger venues in Richmond, Washington, D.C., and New York. The members of Ectoslavia – all UVA students – were DJs at WTJU, bus drivers for the University Transit System, and employees of Plan 9 Records on the Corner. “We would just go down to the basement and make a racket.” Its members were “more or less whoever was in the house at any given time,” Pratt said. (Photos courtesy Laura Anderson and Bryant Mason)Įctoslavia was an inclusive band. UVA students, from left, Rod Beaver, David Berman and Gate Pratt lived in the Red House, below, together from 1987 to 1989. ![]()
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