Early Day Miners Quotes

EDM formed during the last 2 years of Ativin's career. At that time much more attention was paid to Ativin as we were touring, recording albums, etc. I considered Ativin to be a minimalist band and in many ways that had a hand in it's ultimate demise creatively. It's borders were very defined and I knew that the next band I would be in would be open to more directions musically.
Daniel Burton

If that's the image that comes into your head when listening to "Desert Cantos," than I don't want to change a thing; the visual image influenced through sound is something we're after. The name itself came from a pamphlet for Silvergate, Montana, that I picked up while working in yellowstone a few years ago. There was a photo on the front of some old miners and the heading underneath stated "Early Day Miners." The whole thing looked like an album cover to me.
Daniel Burton (about band name)