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Orphans

About Me

We used to be called The Russian Verb for Cough. Now we're Orphans.

"Brooklyn's electronic penetration team. Watch your pants." - Allen Roizman

"...a sort of avant take on the dueling-noise box dance rock of Holy Fuck." - Impose Magazine

Orphans is a three piece band originally from Westchester, NY (although two members now live in Brooklyn).

We make...
Feedback-spiked, discombobulated dance music?
Psychedelic noise-punk?
Extraterrestrial, trance-inducing weirdo shit?
I don't know.

We would love to play your basement or loft or venue if you gave us the chance.

A full length recording, as well as one or possibly more EPs is currently in the works.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/17/2006
Band Members: Pat: electronics, synth, bass
Tim: samples, vocals, feedback
Julian: drums
Influences: Black Eyes, Oval, Christian Marclay, Black Dice, BIG A little a, Animal Collective, Lightning Bolt, AMM, The Cranium, Aphex Twin, Yellow Swans, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, No-Neck Blues Band, Autechre, Massacre, Lucky Dragons, Need New Body, Hella, Sonic Youth, Odd Nosdam, DNA, Necking, Liars, Sun Ra, Squarepusher, Can, John Oswald, Pierre Schaeffer, Slint, Terry Riley, Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Fela Kuti, Glenn Branca, Flux of Pink Indians, Crass, Hair Police, AIDS Wolf, Talibam!, Orchid, Voice Crack, Steve Reich, Four Tet, Swans, Axolotl, Gang Gang Dance, Neu!, Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Muslimgauze, Faust, Sonny Sharrock, Swell Maps, Zs, Extra Life, Foot Village, Growing, Ikue Mori, Daughters, Converge, Indian Jewelry, The Hospitals, Mogwai, Boredoms, Peter Brotzmann, Blurt, Acid Mothers Temple, Nihilist Spasm Band, Gastr del Sol, Pere Ubu, Ruins, The Necks, Venetian Snares, Liquid Liquid, Rhys Chatham, Zach Hill and the Holy Smokes, Storm & Stress, Naked City, Orthrelm, Nervous Cop, The Red Krayola, Terrestrial Tones, Matmos, Tortoise, The Lounge Lizards, MARS, The Dead C, City of Caterpillar, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Fugazi, Zammuto, Throbbing Gristle, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Black Pus, Battles, Ground Zero, Albert Ayler, Nurse With Wound, pg.99, Night Wounds, ESG, Sun City Girls, Otomo Yoshihide, Holy Fuck, Boards of Canada, Essential Logic, Truman's Water, The Pop Group
Sounds Like:
Record Label: Tapeworm
Type of Label: None

My Blog

GHC (incl. Orphans) featured in IMPOSE Issue 32

IMPOSE Magazine has a featured article on the Ghost Hunters Club in their latest issue."This isn't your high school's battle of the bands, it's a curated collection of experimental acts that just happ...
Posted by Orphans on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:21:00 PST

Orphans in IMPOSE Magazine

Impose Magazine just posted a great article/photo essay on the Ghosthunters Club and the reunion show from last Saturday, including a few words about yours truly:"Orphans median age is around 18, and ...
Posted by Orphans on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

ALBUM OUT SOON(ish)

attention all... we are currently recording our first albumwe will post new tracks on this site soon -Russian Verb ...
Posted by Orphans on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:29:00 PST