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Story on D'Cuckoo a women's multimedia ensemble of electronic percussion music formed in mid-1980s by Tina Blaine, an ethnomusicologist and African drum expert, Candice Pacheco, electronic musician and acoustic marimba player. It also included Tina Phelps. WS of the band performing on stage. CUs of the band rehearsing in their space with neon sign advertising the band in the background. Various CUs of the band singing and playing their homemade instruments. Look inside the instruments at the electronics. Explanation that the band is opening for the Grateful Dead. WS of the stage and a MidiBall thrown into the crowd which the audience bats around. Bouncing the Midi ball translates the movement/action into sound waves which are replicated on stage. Ends with extended performance b-roll.