thumb|right|160px|Ben Massarella and Tim Rutili at a 2005 Tower Records performance.Califone is a critically-acclaimed experimental post-rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, a long-standing manufacturer of audio equipment commonly found in schools, libraries and businesses. History thumb|left|160px|Jim Becker and Joe Adamik. the breakup of his former band Red Red Meat, frontman Tim Rutili formed Califone as a solo project. Rutili's solo effort soon became a full-fledged musical project with a regular and rotating list of contributors, including many former members of Red Red Meat and some members of other Chicago bands. From the music website Cokemachineglow.com: "When we started doing this, it was a home project. The statement of intent would have been ?easy listening? compared to what we were doing with Red Red Meat. This was supposed to be making little pop songs out of found pieces. It was suppose

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