Boy Eats Drum Machine, credit Adam BagerskiTo prepare you for Boy Eats Drum Machine’s January 2nd show at the Comet Tavern, I’m posting this EP download and Paige Richmond’s take on the project below:Portland’s Johnny Ragel brings the term “One Man Show” to a whole new level. He might play electronica with sampled beats laid over instrumental tracks, but Ragel — who performs under the name Boy Eats Drum Machine — isn’t the sort of DJ who sits idly behind his turntables, occasionally touching his hand to his headphones. Instead, he bounces around an elaborate musical set-up, banging on a drum, shaking a tambourine and even playing his saxophone. The result: BEDM sounds like a jazz-electronic fusion on record and looks like a well-synchronized dance on stage. Watching him carefully time his every movement — from carefully dropping the needle on a records’ track to effortlessly beating a drum with only one drumstick — provides insight into how artfully crafted Ragel’s music is. He doesn’t just create beats and lay tracks; this man feels every note.