Member Since: 12/19/2006
Band Website: this is it at the moment :)
Band Members: Tony Tooke - lyrics, composition, art & animation, mastering & production, vocals, 5 string banjo, guitar, midi guitar, 12 string, bass, sitar, Puerto Rico Cuatro, mandolin, ukulele, flute, Mellotron, field recordings, harmonica, melodica, kazoo, Jew's harp, Xaphoon, synths, MicroKorg vocoder, Theremin, Stylophone, clarinet, violin, didgeridoo, Indian flutes, ocarina, glockenspeil, tabla, live drums/percussion and drum programming + various household objects and circuit bent electronic toys.
Dwight Pavlovic Additional lyrics
Plus various amazing collaborators as mentioned
Werner Wang An outstanding alchemist of sound.
Professor Yaffle A brilliant singer/songwriter from Pepperland
Influences: Cheese and Wine, Os Mutantes, Gong, Syd Barrett, Daevid Allen, Donovan, Nick Drake, Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Kawabata Makoto, Danny Elfman, Caravan, King Crimson, Spacemen 3, Country Joe and The Fish, Can, Faust, Zombies, Acid Mothers Temple, Kevin Ayers, Soft Machine, Ravi Shankar, Incredible String Band, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Kinks, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Talking Heads, Velvet Underground, White Noise, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Delia Derbyshire, Bob Marley, Beck, they might be giants, the vaselines, Dukes of the Stratosphere, jethro tull, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Frank Zappa, electric prunes, Jimi Hendrix, pink floyd, Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, The Seeds, Violent Femmes, Woody Guthrie, joy division, Peter Tosh, George Harrison, Doors, Roxy Music, Funkadelic, Orb, Flaming Lips, Ozric Tentacles, Small Faces, 13th Floor Elevators, Japanese pop & folk, 80s hiphop & electro, Producers Eddie Kramer, Rick Rubin, Alan Parsons and George Martin
Sounds Like: Below is the device I invented to extract music directly from the brain.
Below is another invention. It's a drum machine that converts the natural resonance of organic matter (like mushrooms in this case) into funky beats.
"Music can heal the pain and seems to multiply the brain"
I love drawing and animating, it always inspires my music.
Bohemian Dropout
Record Label: indie and looking
Type of Label: None