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Rigsby Smith

Contemporary Instrumental Music

About Me

Multi-instrumentalist making non-lyrical music from live performances, found sounds, home-made samples and editing. Also curates events and makes films for the Utrophia arts network and hosts internet radio shows for Creot Radio.Currently rehearsing a new live group to take a big bag of music out on the road.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/23/2005
Band Website: rigsbysmith.com
Band Members: Rigsby Smith - Guitar, Clarinet, Glockspiel and Percussion
Natalie Sedgwick - Violin
Sonia Gurdjieff - Piano and Keyboards
Janus - Bass Guitar
Steve Molyneux - Drums

Previously just the one: Playing glockenspiel, guitar, bass, percussion, berimbau, drums, harmonica and clarinet, alongside a list of co-conspirators:

: Hands Up Baby Hands Up

(BRAND NEW EP!):

Ubertar - circuit-bent furby
Inverseroom - circuit-bent synth

:Free Will
(forthcoming album):

Fiona Stewart - violin
Tam Beau Grace - trumpet, trombone, cello and flute
Ross Parfitt - bowed cymbals and saxophone
Eric Psychicoctopus - bowed gong

:

Utrophia 3 Compilation:

Tom Shotton - drums

: Out Compilation:

Mrs Rigs - handclaps and voice

: EPs and Others:

Fiona Stewart - violin
Ross Parfitt - drums and clarinet
Richard Davis - piano and moog
Jay Rice, Alex Lewis and Antony Finch - bass
Matt Cummins and Adam Mallett - guitar
Tom Shotton, Ben Winn and Louisa Knight - drums
Pete Cooper - Trumpet and Flugelhorn

:Utrophia 2 Compilation:

Fiona Stewart - violin
Ross Parfitt - drums
Richard Davis - piano and moog
Jay Rice - bass

Influences: Found sounds, certain periods of jazz, some classical, musique concrete, ambient, some arabic, some world, early electronic, percussive, early fusion, improvised music, some hip hop and dub and on and on...
Sounds Like: Something you might want to listen to.
Record Label: Various Independents
Type of Label: None

My Blog

EP is live, all the way live

Go get them tigers, brand new EPs, lovely delicious EPs containing four bootiful toons.  Buy them and love them at http://www.rigsbysmith.com Here are some of the nice things folks have had to sa...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:46:00 PST

New Website Is Up!

Still a fair few holding pages but those will be properly filled up in the next few days.  Consider this the new hub of all my activities.. http://rigsbysmith.creotia.com/...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Wed, 02 May 2007 01:02:00 PST

New Creot Radio Show!

It's that time again, lots of great new music on volume 62 of the fantastic Creot Radio show, presented this week by yours truly. Featuring such awesome artists as The Screaming Cherry Blossoms, Roh D...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:48:00 PST

Sea Shapes - Now on my Profile

..from the four-track EP i'm just finishing up, 'Hands Up Baby Hands Up'. I sent this round as a yousendit the week before last but it seems a few people got there too late so i uploaded it to my prof...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:53:00 PST

Sea Shapes - 6 day download

This is the last track from a four track EP i've been working on. The EP as a whole is kind of organic meets electronic, and this is the most organic thing on there. http://download.yousendit.com/BBE...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:38:00 PST

Downloadio!

Okay, so i've had comments that i never update my myspathe, so i've just put another tune up - this time available for download as well. It's from the Utrophia 03 compilation that came out last year -...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:54:00 PST

New Creot Radio Show

Now up at http://seasonthree.creotradio.net Loads of great music as ever, this week hosted by yours truly. Creot Radio - All the fun your mother didn't want you to have....
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 11:01:00 PST

Musicians Wanted

I'm looking for some musicians to come and play some of my material old and new with me. It'll be a part time concern, gigs, small releases, summer festivals etc, initially it'll be playing live, then...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:12:00 PST

Utrophia Compilation 03

 http://www.utrophia.net/utrophia%20site/site/audio/utr ophia%20compilation%2003.html Featuring 32 artists from the utrophia network, including yours truly, well worth checking out. ...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:22:00 PST

About the new record

Just updated my blog ..lots about the record as i feel like i'm heading towards the home straight. Check it out if you please.. http://rigsbysmith.blogspot.com/...
Posted by Rigsby Smith on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:14:00 PST