D'Cuckoo

D'Cuckoo was a women's multimedia ensemble of electronic percussion music formed in the mid-1980s by Tina Blaine, an ethnomusicologist and African drum expert, Candice Pacheco, electronic musician and acoustic marimba player, and Patti Clemens, former The Second City comedy trouper. Over time the size of the band ranged from 4 to 10 members, including Japanese ritual Taiko drummer Tina Phelps, keyboardist and sound designer Jennifer Hruska, vocalist Terrie Odabi, songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Tracy Blackman, and drummer Janelle Burdell. Virtual reality expert Linda Jacobson, D'Cuckoo's production manager, described them as a "neo-classical, post-industrial techno-tribal world funk ensemble".