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River

About Me

Introduction: River is a multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and graphic designer from the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, the best country on earth. Originally hailing from Palmerston North, River has worked extensively with artists in the monster city of Auckland.
Musical description: His sound is best described as alternative underground and does not lend itself easily to explanation or cross-reference. A medley of various influences that work themselves together into a cross disciplinary sound. Because of the differing styles of all the instruments played a new and dynamic music has been created.
Releases: River has just released the first single 'Darkest Dismay' from his fourth solo album entitled Shadows. Shadows encompasses this artists talents in his chosen disciplines and is due for release 2010. His third solo CD ‘Earth Asunder’ is a dark and somewhat heavier delivery than his previous two solo albums. He believes artists should portray the times they live in and he clearly draws from the turmoil and chaos presently on the world scene. ’Decipher’ his second solo album, which was completed late 2007 and released independently, is a style continuance to his first experimental album titled 'This Side Up' completed in 2006. He has enhanced and combined many diverse musical styles into one he can definitely call his own.
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Music Video: Whisper is a totally self-produced and funded video utilizing Final Cut Pro on a Mac and filmed with a Canon 3CCD GL1 camcorder.
Previous Albums: River believes in creating original audio for the ears and soul. ‘This Side Up’ was a culmination of 3 years solo work. Refining his technique somewhat, he plans to produce one album per year. So far with Decipher, Earth Asunder and Shadows he is on track. Also in River's back catalog: 'Argosys' an experimental electronic album and 'Beware of Feedback' an energetic alternative metal album plus many more alternative and contemporary releases.
Artist blurb: During my time as a musician in New Zealand I have had the pleasure of working with some very talented people and this has allowed me to pursue my own creative endeavors. I have recorded and mastered diverse content also playing various instruments for many tracks. It has been my pleasure to create many CD artworks as well as engineer and produce collaboratively in my digital studio...

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Music:

Member Since: 12/08/2006
Band Members: River
Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Drums/Saxophone.

Influences: 50hz - 3ds - 311 - 10cc -ac/dc - adam sandler - alien ant farm - alice in chains - alice cooper - average white band - al green - anathema - air - aerosmith - anti-nowhere league - anita lane - a tribe called quest - at the gates - astor piazzolla -baby bird - bauhaus - basement jaxx - baltazar benitez - badly drawn boy - beastie boys - billy idol - bic runga - betchadupa - ben harper - bee gees - beck, jeff - bone thugs-n-harmony - bob marley and the wailers - bob dylan - blur - bloodhound gang - blondie - blindspott - black sabbath - black eyed peas - bjork - butthole surfers - buffalo tom - bressa creeting cake - breathe -cassette - carcass - cake - che fu - charlie hunter quartet - cat stevens - coldplay - cold chisel - codex - coal chamber - cloudboy - clannad - covenant - counting crows - cypress hill - curtis mayfield - crowded house - creed - cream - crash worship - crash test dummies - cradle of filth - chris cornell - cozy powell -david kilgour & the heavy eights - david bowie - dave dobbyn - darcy clay - daft punk - def leppard - deep dish - death - dean martin - dead or alive - dead kennedys - dead can dance - desmond dekker - depeche mode - denis leary - deja voodoo - deftones - duran duran - dub pistols - dub loops - dread zeppelin - dlt - disturbed - dire straits - dimmu borgir - dimmer - digable planets -eye tv - eurythmics - eric clapton - enya - eminem - ella fitzgerald - elemeno p - eagles -fugees - fugazi - front line assembly - front lawn - front 242 - frank black - foo fighters - flight of the conchords - fleetwood mac - fishbone - finley quaye - fields of the nephilim - fatboy slim - fat freddy's drop - fantômas - fang - falamansa - faithless - faith no more - facedown -greg johnson - grace jones - gorillaz - goodshirt - gomez - goldenhorse - godsmack - gipsy kings - gil scott-heron - gehena - gary moore - gardel - garbage - garageland - grotus - groove armada - grief of emerald -handel - head like a hole - her majestys minstrels - hunters & collectors - hoobastank - holy barbarians - herbs - handel - head like a hole - hayley westenra - hawkwind - her majestys minstrels -isaac hayes - iron maiden - ira! - inxs - imajica - incubus -james taylor quartet - james brown - jack kerouac - jimmy page & robert plant - jimmy cliff - jimmie vaughan - johnny clarke - johnny cash - janis joplin - jane's addiction - jamiroquai - joy division - jimi hendrix - jethro tull - jeremy - jeff buckley - johann strauss - johann sebastian bach - joe satriani - joni mitchell - johnny marr + the healers -katchafire - krokus - korn - kindred - kent -luscious jackson - lunatic calm - lulu santos - ludwig van beethoven - loves ugly children - lovage - loure gaiment - lou reed - long beach dub all stars - live - little big horns - liszt - leonard cohen - lemonheads - leftfield - led zeppelin - lauryn hill - lalotoa - lake of tears -monsoon wedding - modest mouse - moby - morphine - morcheeba - moody blues - mink - ministry - miles davis - mike patton - midnight oil - mi - sex - metallica - megadeth - meat puppets - meat beat manifesto - mayhem - massive attack - marvin gaye - marilyn manson - marianne faithfull - mantissa - manic street preachers - malevolent creation - madness - mad dish - macy gray - machine translations - my dying bride - mutton birds - muddy waters - mr. bungle - mozart - mortician -nv - normahl - norah jones - noel redding - nixons - nirvana - ninja tune - nine inch nails - nina hagen - nightmares on wax - nightingale - nick cave - new order - nebula one -ozzy osbourne - outkast - ottmar liebert + luna negra - one fierce beer coaster - olodum - oingo boingo - oasis - o brother -pachelbel - p.o.d. - p-money - pantera - puppet - proppeller - propellerheads - prodigy - proboscis - prince buster - prince - powerman 5000 - portishead - porno for pyros - pop will eat itself - pj harvey - pilot - pixies - pitchshifter - pink floyd - peter tosh - peter gabriel - pearl jam -queens of the stone age - queen -ry cooder - run dmc - roofdog - rollins band - roger waters - rocket from the crypt - ride - remote - rhombus - regurgitator - r.e.m. - red hot chili peppers - ray lynch - rancid - ramones - rammstein - rage against the machine - radiohead -swervedriver - splitter - split enz - specials - spearhead - soundgarden - sonic youth - supertramp - supergrass - sum 41 - sublime - strawpeople - straitjacket fits - stone temple pilots - sting - stevie ray vaughan and double trouble - steve winwood - steve vai - steve roach - stereolab - steppeulvene - steely dan - stan richardson - sommerset - smash mouth - siouxsie & the banshees - sinéad o'connor - shihad - sex pistols - sepultura - secret garden - secret chiefs 3 - sebadoh - seb fontaine - santana - salmonella dub - sade -the allman brothers band - the afghan whigs - the cure - the cult - they might be giants - the yardbirds - the who - the verve - the pretenders - the presidents of the u. s. a. - the police - the pogues - type o negative - thin lizzy - thievery corporation - thélonious monk - the band - the flaming lips - the fall - trinity roots - tricky - travis - tracy chapman - tori amos - toots thielemans - toots & the maytals - tool - tomahawk - titãs - timestone - tim buckley - thorazine shuffle - thomas mapfumo - this mortal coil - the eagles - the doors - the datsuns - the velvet underground - the the - the strokes - the smiths - the smashing pumpkins - the small faces - the sisters of mercy - the screaming jets - the rolling stones - the newmatics - the mutton birds - the mission - the melvins - the melodians - the mavericks - the jesus & mary chain - the hoodoo gurus - the hives - talking heads - talk talk - the jon spencer blues explosion - the big bang - the beginning of the end - the clash -ub40 - u2 -voom - violent femmes - velvet underground - van morrison - van halen -wu-tang clan - white zombie - weezer - ween -zz top.
Sounds Like: The Smashing Pumpkins Jethro Tull Jeff Buckley Morphine Jane's Addiction Split Enz Stone Temple Pilots Secret Chiefs 3 Red Hot Chili Peppers Rage Against The Machine Proboscis Porno For Pyros Metallica Korn The Cult P.O.D. Nirvana My Dying Bride Tomahawk Ben Harper Finley Quaye Fantômas Deftones Head Like A Hole Fugazi
Record Label: INDEPENDENT

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