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The CJ Boyd Sexxxtet

About Me

We're a group of musicians interested in exploring the connection between music and sexuality. The line-up changes all the time; what continues is our commitment to experimenting with eros and its place in musical experiences. We are a vehicle of critique. We start with the supposition that our culture's fundamentally prudish, willful ignorance about sex is connected to our culture's simultaneous cult of sexuality hidden behind thin veils of pop icons on the radio and television. We suppose that the shunning of the body and the attempt to make sex a mere spectacle are both forms of denigrating our sexual bodies. The true celebration of sex, as far as we can tell, has yet to fully manifest itself in our culture. We tip our hats to the sexual revolutionaries of the 60s and 70s, as well as the great sexual scientists Freud and Kinsey, and hope to continue their work through musical/sexual experimentation. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- A NOTE ON THE SONGS FEATURED HERE: Most of the songs presented here for you myspacers are mere snippets. The actual songs tend to be quite long. We had to cut them up in order to make them available on myspace, but please don't settle for what you hear on here. To hear the songs in their full splendor, you can either buy the CD or get the full MP3s . Thanks for your support.

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Member Since: 15/10/2006
Band Website: www.cjboyd.com
Band Members: PRESENT. Our live shows may feature anywhere between 2 and 10 of the following lovers.In COLORADO: Macon Terry on upright bass and voice, Genny Patterson on voice, Tyler Archuletta on trombone, percussion and voice, Paul Dehaven on acoustic guitar, percussion and voice, Sarah Champaign on voice, Era on voice, Shana on violin and voice.In CONNECTICUT: Gabriel Duquette on percussion.In ILLINOIS: Sabrina Rush on violin, cello, and voice, Ursula Claire plays cello.In INDIANA: Lauren Eison on violin and voice, Lindsay K Prim on voice and Justin K Prim on voice.In KENTUCKY: Stephanie on voice and erhu.In MISSOURI: Mic Boshans on percussion and voice, Lauren Keefer on voice and percussion.In NEW YORK: Phoenix Feeley on fire, Larkin Grimm sings, plays dulcimer, banjo, percussion; Leyna Marika Papach plays violin and sings; Jules Gimbrone plays violin and sings; Kaneng Lolang singsIn OHIO: Teddy Parker cello and voice.In OREGON: Asia Wong sings.In TENNESSEE: Casey Kaufman cello and voice, Enoch Porch on percussion, saw, kalimba, singing bowl and voice, Bindi Hale cello, singing bowl, and voice, Melody Holt on voice, Lola Wilson on voice.In TEXAS: Barbara Arriaga cello and voice, Keith Kofoed on bass clarinet and voice, Aisha Burns on violin, Rob Lowe on melodica, Michael Muller on voice, Travis Chapman on double bass and voice, Alex Dupree on voice, Jim Edwards on button-pushing, sound capturing and manipulation, Leslie and Milo Edwards on voice, Nico Edwards on percussion, Noah Peacock on acoustic guitar, tender train box, percussion, and voice, Sarah Malika Boudissa on acoustic guitar, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, voice, Sonia Saxon plays cello, some double bass, and voice.In DENMARK: Astrid Sophie øst Hansen on voice and who knows what else.In FRANCE: Nios Karma on voice, flute, and laptop.In IRELAND: Àine O'Dwyer on harp and voice.In ALL OF THE ABOVE: CJ Boyd on bass, percussion, harmonica, and voice.------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- PAST. Also, the project has also included the following folks at one time or another since fall of 05: Sarah Tyson cello and voice, Erin Bradfield cello and voice, Carolyn Benedict cello and voice, Jamie Hodgkin on piano and voice, Ben Griffith cello and voice, Josh Fuson on percussion and voice, Shane Minter cello and voice, Nat Baldwin on double bass and voice, Peter Matteson on trumpet and voice, Mandy Ellis on voice, clarinet, and percussion, Deanna Varagona on Baritone Sax, Devin Lamp on vocals and recording, Justin T. Roddam on bass guitar and voice, Teresa on flute and voice, Emily Lacy on voice and violin, Doug on bass clarinet, voice, and organs, Megan Farmer on cups and voice, Dave Wiley cello, Lynda Wellhausen on flute and voice.------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------
Influences: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sigmund Freud, Philip Glass, Silver Mount Zion, Edgar Meyer, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Alfred Kinsey, Sigur Ros, Low, Friedrich Nietzsche, Godspeed you! black emporer, Jimi Hendrix, Thelonius Monk, Bjork, Radiohead, Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinski, Caetano Veloso, Tarentell, Virginia Rodrigues, Autechre, Jean Luc Godard, John Coltrane, Pierre Bourdieu, Joao Gilberto, Gustav Mahler, Harpo Marx, Maude, Saul Williams, JFJO, Theodor Adorno, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Dilute, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Polmo Polpo, Aristotle, Dirty 3, Led Zeppelin, Eluvium, Zoe Keating, Primus, Rothko, Cinematic Orchestra, Matmos, Bulgarian Womens Choir, The Slip, Libby Kirkpatrick, Salvadore Dali, Can, Van Morrison, Tool, Johanna Newsom, Aphex Twin, Sly Stylone, Do Make Say Think, Dylan, Arthur Russell, Kahlil Gibran, TS Eliot, Angelo Badalamenti, Ani Difranco, The Beans, Bill Frisell, Silvio Rodriguez, Funkadelic, Unwed Sailor, Bedrich Smetana, Kaki King, Richard Wagner, Alexyss Tylor ...probably one or two or a million more. ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- SOME OF OUR MUSICAL LOVERS: The Ascent of Everest, Baby Teeth Theives, Roots of Orchis, And the furies say, His Life Not Mine, Stationary Odyssey, Bonfire Madigan, Jared Micah and the Hats, The Drift, Lazarus, By the End of Tonight, Kayo Dot, The Give, The Dead Hippies, Leslie Helpert, Sparrows Swarm and Sing, Castanets, Mike Tamburo, Lozen, Gravity Plays Favorites, Floating City, Lafcadio, La Fin du Monde, Pillars and Tongues ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- SOME INSPIRATIONAL WORDS: "In music, the passions enjoy themselves." --- Friedrich Nietzsche ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- "I am fond of music I think because it is so amoral. Everything else is moral and I am after something that isn't. I have always found moralizing intolerable." ---Hermann Hesse ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- "Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism." ---John Updike ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- "Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed." ---William Blake ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- "Wahrheit ist Feuer und wahrheitreden heisst leuchten und brennen...Nudas Veritas"---Gustav Klimt
Sounds Like: "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." --Thelonious Monk
Record Label: Caiaphas, Beta-Lactam Ring, Django Kill Records
Type of Label: Indie

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You can buy our CDs at the C.J. Boyd website. You can stream or download our mp3s on bandcamp.
Posted by on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:46:00 GMT

Our profile got deleted, so please add us back if you still want to be our friends.

Not sure why, but I'm guessing someone was offended by the sexual content.
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:54:00 GMT