Music:
Member Since: 02/10/2006
Band Website: www.parallaxsounds.com
Band Members: All tracks are written, created and produced by Anthony Merrill.
Influences:
My influences are extremely varied. I've always been inspired by the electronica scene, but also other musical genres, such as Folk, Jazz, Punk, Indie, Shoegaze, Ethereal, Dub/Ska, Post Rock, Garage and Psychedelia have cropped up recently. 4AD Records, Leaf, One Little Indian Records, Benbecula, Parallax Sounds, Rephlex, Warp Records, Worm Interface, Toytronic, Merck, Mush Records, Trojan, Rough Trade, Cherry red, Creation, Type Records, Fat Cat Records. Many artists include: Acid Casuals, Acid Mothers Temple, After The Fire, A-ha, The Aliens, The Alps, Amiina, Amon Tobin, Amorphous Androgynous, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Arovane, Asobi Seksu, Aus, Autechre, Beta Band, Bibio, Bjork, Black Dog, Blondie, Blur, Boards of Canada, Boo Radleys, Brian Eno, Burning Spear, Can, Caribou, Cocteau Twins, The Coral, Crass, Culture, The Cure, Damon Albarn, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Depeche Mode, ELO, Electric Prunes, Explosions In The Sky, Faultline, Felt, Four Tet, Future Sound of London, The Orb, Orbital, U-ziq, LFO, Plaid, M83, Ulrich Schnauss, Vangelis, Pink Floyd(Syd Barrett era), The She Trinity, Tomorrow, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Monks, The Moody Blues, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Talk Talk, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Nina Nastasia, Nico, Nick Drake, Gene Krupa, John Coltrane, Paavoharju, The Incredible String Band, Japan(David Sylvian), The Slits, Wild Swans, Red House Painters, Siouxie & the Banshees, Gimmik, Nathan Fake, Susumu Yokota, Psapp, Odd Nosdam, Mannassah, The Notwist, Jah Wobble, Julian Cope, King Biscuit Time, Efterklang, Tunng, Dopo, Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static, System 7, Gong, Hawkwind, Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Lee Scratch Perry, King Tubby, Stereolab, Slowdive, Mew, Maps, The Mystery Jets, The Small Faces, Velvet Underground, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, The Specials, Spider Webb (The Horrors), Subhumans, Mike Patton (Faith No More/Mr Bungle/Peeping Tom), Rah Band, The Stranglers, Muse, Radiohead, The Open, Saint Etienne, Massive Attack, Spacemen 3/Spiritualized, Seefeel, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, The Verve(Early), Beatles, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jaga Jazzist, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, Crystal Castles, Epic 45, July Skies, Neils Children, Panda Bear, Battles, Gang gang Dance, Gravenhurst, Helios, Rumskib, Brian Ellis, The Go, Karsten Pflum, Milieu, Abfahart Hinwill, Nalle, The Time and Space Machine, and many more... Also, John Peel(R.I.P), Andy Kershaw, Mixmaster Morris, The Big Chill, Ray Mears, Nicholas Crane(Coast/Map Man), Willy Wonka, The Wicker Man, Paul Giovanni, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, Dick Van Dyke, Shane Meadows, Paddy Considine, Samatha Morton and a big respect going out to my Mum and Dad(R.I.P), Different Cultures around the world (Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, China, Russia ect), David Icke, The Universe, The Sun, Mother Earth, Dartmoor, Magic Mushrooms, Weed, The Music Energy Spirit, ect... I've also always been interested in making sounds, vibrations, samples, melodies and intricate drum patterns.
Sounds Like: My music sounds like Aphex Twin/Boards of Canada and Future Sound of London/The Orb/Orbital.
***Questions for Maelstrom***
Name: Anthony Merrill
Age: 36
Month of birth: March
Occupation: Musician/Parallax Sounds Music Label Founder/DJ/Music Taster
Movies you have watched: Pans Labyrinth, A Scanner Darkly, This is England, Tekkonkinkreet, Children of men, Sin City, Shoot Em Up, Star Wars, Pulp Fiction, Science Of sleep, Lost in Translation, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Lost Boys, Nightbreed, Dead Man Shoes, 1984, Threads, Bad Boy Bubby, Once Were Warriors, The Wickerman, Valerie & Her Week Of Wonders, Vanilla Sky, Scum, Shopping, Romper Stomper, Taxi Driver, Trainspotting, Human Traffic, Into The Wild, V For Vendetta, Sigur Ros-Heima, Code 46, Naked Lunch, Jacobs Ladder, Tron, Donnie Darko, In America, Under The Skin, Mister Lonely, Somers Town, Howard The Duck, Ring Of Bright Water, The Dark Crystal, The Italian Job, Blade Runner, Shogun Assassin, Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind, Some Kind Of Wonderful, John Hughes films of the 80's such as: Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles ect, Excalibur, In America, Morvern Callar, Secret of the NIHM, The Lord Of The Rings, Pi, Bringing out the dead, Being John Malcholvich, A Clockwork Orange, Blue Ice, The Crying Game
CD you bought: M83 - Saturdays=Youth
What is/was....
Your most prized possession: Music collection
Your current vehicle: Bicycle
Your favorite quote: Make the most of life and have as much fun and happiness as you can!
Your best trait/characteristic: Being Friendly and Positive
Do You....
Live in the city, suburbs or country: Seaside Town
Have a good luck charm: Crystals
Your Favorite....
Place to visit: Alaska, Finland, Exeter, New Zealand, Iceland, Japan, Russia, San Francisco, Fiji, Scotland, Snowden(North Wales), Devon and Cornwall
Place to chill: The Big Chill and at home
Season: Summer
T.V. show: Ray mears/Coast/Culture Show/Monkey Dust/Life On Mars/Ashes to Ashes/Dr Who/Torchwood/Tv Offal/Brass Eye/Simpsons/Family Guy
Smells: Nag Champa
Article of clothing: Sigur Ros T-shirt
Book: David Icke's-Heal the world/Robots Rebellion,
Children's Book: Little Green Man
Do You Believe....
In Karma: Yes
In God: If you include Love Energy, then yes..
That ghosts exist: Yes
In yourself: Yes
Your Opinion....
The war in the Middle East: Against war, there should be peace in the world
Current gas/fuel prices: I hate it, bring on solar and wind power!!
Record Label: Parallax Sounds
Type of Label: Indie
