Member Since: 4/9/2004
Band Website: evolvemusica.com
Band Members: (Am a member of): EvolveMusic, Pyramyth, Microcosmal Tone Messengers, Noise-Time Reductions, The Airtight Garage, 2012 Enigma (part-time), Colony Collapse, also, various one-day-only ensembles and more T.B.A....
Influences:These are all artists and things that interest and inspire me - I do not claim to sound like anybody or thing listed here nor do I wish to.......so for the sound portion of this presentation (I recommend and endorse - to an extent - the following - also, bare in mind that I consider voice and raw sound/noise = music): Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Russolo, David Tudor, Pierre Shaeffer, Igor Stravinsky, Igor Wakhevitch, Pierre Henry, Iancu Dumitrescu, Ana-Maria Avram, La Monte Young, Phillip Glass, Morton Subotnick, Bruce Haack, Leon Theremin, Charles Ives, William Basinski, Danny Elfman, Lech Jankowski, Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch, Henry Jacobs, Walter Murch, Henry Cow, John Cale, (DJ?) Christian Marclay, Glen Branca, Tony Conrad, Steve Reich, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Renaldo & the Loaf, Bart Hopkin, Don Buchla, Fennesz, Negativland, Howard Shore, the Residents, Firesign Theatre, Stars Of The Lid, Fifty Foot Hose, Farmers Manual, Flying Saucer Attack, Lord Buckley, Tim Buckley, Windy & Carl, HOOD, Can, Christian Vander, Magma, Jannick Top, Klaus Blasquiz, Teddy Lasry, Art Zoyd, Thierry Zaboitzeff, Heldon, Richard Pinhas, Alain Renaud, Georges Grunblatt, Patrick Gauthier, Weidorje, Bernard Paganotti, Spacecraft, Faust, Neu!, Michael Rother, Amon Duul I & II, Peter Leopold, (K)Cluster (Germany), Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Conrad Schnitzler, Dieter Moebius, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Zanov, Code III, Sand, Verto, Guru Guru, Conny (Conrad) Plank, Dzyan, Pataphonie, Pole, Philippe Besombes, Jean-Louis Rizet, Translucent World, Annexus Quam, Limbus 3 & 4, Goblin, Area, Arzachel, Egg, White Noise, Delia Derbyshire, Agitation Free, Archaia, Yatha Sidhra, greenthink, Dose One, Why?, Odd Nosdam, JEL, THEM, Clouddead, Vladimir Ussachevsky, William S. Burroughs, Archaia, Dun, Lard Free, Gilbert Artman, Urban Sax, Delired Cameleon Family, Clearlight Symphony, Francois Jeanneau, Video Aventures, Dominique Grimaud, Jacula, Antonio Bartoccetti, Doris Norton, Fille Qui Mousse, Ennio Morricone, Dylan Thomas, Amy Camus (Yma Sumac), Martin Denny, Mike Oldfield, Circus & early Shapeshifters, Xololanxinxo, 3MGs, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Raymond Scott, Master Musicians of Joujouka, Brainticket, Joel Vandroogenbroeck, Grobschnitt, Eroc, Kraan, Demon Fuzz, Tom Waits, Joseph Beuys, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Anna Homler, Laurie Anderson, Chrome, Anthony Braxton, Marc Ribot, Space Art, Mia Doi Todd, Z’EV, Zed (Bernard Szajner), Nef, Nyl, N. AE., Eskaton, Eider Stellaire, Shub Niggurath (France), Kollectiv, Pulsar, Asteroid Power-Up, Maryanne Amacher, Diamanda Galas, Kate Bush, Meredith Monk, Lene Lovich, Lydia Lunch, Selda, Upsilon Acrux, Brother J, Sparklehorse, Pleasurehorse, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra & his Arkestra, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Eric Dolphy, Sonny Sharrock, Marc Bolan, early T. Rex, Steve Peregrine Took, Jimi Hendrix, Comus, Brainticket, Gryphon, early Roxy Music, Recyclone, Buck 65, Sebutones, Harry Partch, Arthur Doyle, Paul Dolden, Gordon Mumma, Silver Apples, Rudimentary Peni, Thelonious Monk, Jack DeJohnette, Tiny Tim, Go: Organic Orchestra, Alvin Lucier, Daevid Allen, Gong, Alain Goraguer, Xhol, Third Ear Band, The Nihilist Spasm Band, early Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Michel Jarre, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fela Kuti, Moondog, N. AE., Niemen, Henry Cowell, Kultivator, Golem, Rosy Parlane, some Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel, Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Zga, Ned Lagin, Steve Roach, Vir Unis, Skinny Puppy, Meredith Monk, Blue Man Group, Snakefinger, Einsturzende Neubauten, Patti Waters, Don Cherry, Cherry Five, The Incredible String Band, Zweistein, The Plastic People of the Universe, early Aphex Twin, Acid Mothers Temple, some Iron Maiden, Herbie Hancock, Captain Beyond, Miriodor, Qubais Reed Ghazala, Mu, Exmagma, Alastair Galbraith, Smegma, Foetus, Lightning Bolt, Paper Rad, some Buckethead, Butthole Surfers, Edgar Varese, Conlon Nancarrow, MX-80 Sound, Univers Zero, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Gil Scott Heron, early DEVO, some Les Claypool, Robert Ashley, Red Krayola, Mayo Thompson, Syd Barrett, Alexander “Skip†Spence, Nektar, 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, Spike Jones, Allen Ginsberg, RadioInactive, Dave Greenslade, John Zorn, Nurse With Wound, some Throbbing Gristle, Bongwater, Kramer, Ann Magnuson, Puppetina, Yeti, Holy Modal Rounders, Scratch Pickles, Black Dice, Robert Moog, Brian Eno, Edgar Froese, Dr. John, David Toop, early Yello, Yellow Swans, DJ Q Bert, Dan Doormouse, Delta 9, Deadly Buda, DJ Tron, Nasenbluten, early Tangerine Dream, Bad Brains, Afrika Bambaataa, Egyptian Lover, Mike Patton, Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, Pandit Pran Nath, Ravi Shankar, Peter Zinovieff, W. Carlos, Otomo Yoshide, Paul Bowles, Bill Laswell, some Meat Puppets, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, some Tuxedomoon, Merzbow, Jon Hassell, Robert Fripp, King Crimson, Artcane, Van Der Graaf Generator, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt, The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Charles Mingus, Leonard Cohen, some Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Nico, Dr. Demento, Arvo Part, Crass, Steve Fisk, Pere Ubu, Fred Frith, TV Sheriff, Dick Dale, Bartok, Terry Riley, Moving Gelatine Plates, Takehisa Kosugi, Taj-Mahal Travellers, some Vangelis, Squarepusher, Funkadelic, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Jaco Pastorious, Jim Morrison, Misfits, Ministry, Francis E. Dec readings, Art Bears, Club-Foot Orchestra, Build An Ark, Jello Biafra & Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, Erik Satie, Harry Perry, Django Reinhardt, Sun City Girls, Bob Dylan, Current 93, Bjork, Bill Hicks, Front 242, Ween, Johnny Cash, Raymond Scott, Father Yod & YaHoWha 13, Jim O’Roarke, Hot Tuna, Guruh Gypsy, Rimpa Shiv, Gwar, Devendra Banhart, some Daniel Johnston, Porcupine Tree, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, Hawkwind, Alan Watts, Kraig Grady (of course, none of this is in any particular order)..........,and....Books are by far more important than movies (and reviews) of books and here are some authors that inspire me: Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Carlos Castaneda, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Frank Herbert, Issac Asimov, Arthur C. Clark, Ayn Rand, Anne Rice, Jules Verne, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Phillip K. Dick, Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, Andre Norton, Octavia Butler............................and other works of Science-Fiction, Fantasy, and interesting experiences and biographies of empowerment and works of imagination................and esoteric information we are generally blocked from............................also art books, weird comics, photography and some poetry are important...............I still collect strange, obscure and bizarre movies and documentaries and I have an incredible, rare, ever-growing music collection (in every format)...........................
Sounds Like:
a warped, natural synthesis, creation and recreation of everything I know and hold dear - an ever-changing-unfolding search for something new, entrancing - an otherworldly transportation device - transcendent harmonic vibrations to dive into, soar with, float on……stretched-out and swinging, gurgling subharmonicly, shifting, unearthed, rebirthed sonic vapors swimming solidly in waves flowing, reaching outward……….infinity…….free…………….
Record Label: Evolve Music, Nightpass Handmade.........
Type of Label: Indie