Music:
Member Since: 12/27/2006
Band Website: http://www.umbrellanoize.com
Band Members: ctephin is StF, Aedria and Kaylan- as its core. StF makes noise, field recordings, plays various circuit bent toys or machines and the exercise drumaline. Aedria constructs/deconstructs, plays the "vibraphone", mechanisms from machines with contact mics, autoharp, and uses field recordings. Kaylan constructs/deconstructs and supplies poetry and attitude.
The ctephin family orchestra includes: StF, Aedria, Kaylan, Kelci, Tirzah, Sarah, Simone, Ninah and Laylah- our seven children. We include the children's friends on occasion. The children make lots of noise, Sarah and Simone do pounding, and construct stories. Tirzah plays the recorder. Kelci plays the trumpet, violin, and keyboard/synths. Ninah plays the synth, the screams and tantrums. Laylah is a budding percussionist.
Kaylan does her usual deconstruction, and adds poetry and stories. We parents usually just mix and edit what the children construct, if it is ever needed.
Other NEW members of ctephin are Rebecca of Anti-clock records, Gauge
, and Hellga.
Influences: Good music. Noise. We have many influences, including Big City Orchestra.
We listen to a lot of swans, crash worship, feotus, residents, cure, skinny puppy, sonic youth, branca, coil, crawling with tarts, tom waits, Negativland, hilt, Pigface, so much more.Our friends who have heavily encouraged and influenced us are: Ninah and Das of Big City Orchestra, "Bob", Oblyvaeon, Rebecca of Anti-Clock Records, Noah of Roil Noise.
Sounds Like: We are soundscape architects. Our music ranges from noise, to wall of noise, to harsh, to ambient, to harsh ambient, to noise light- in the same song.
We don't like to compare ourselves to anyone else.Perhaps, if anyone chooses to leave a comment, you can tell us who we sound like.
Record Label: Umbrella Noize Collective, Roil Noise, others
Type of Label: Indie
