Member Since: 1/22/2007
Band Website: http://www.spoombung.co.uk/
Influences: Lal Waterson, the songs from the Heimat films, Microstoria, Laura Viers, Martin Carthy, Carlos Saura, Pierre Shaeffer, Pierre Henry, Richard Thompson, Takemitsu, Andy Irvine, Paul Brady, Messiaen, Steve Reich, Mike Oldfield, Oval, Percy Jones, Holger Hiller, Stars In Battledress, Flamenco, Manola Sanlucar, Richard Sanderson, The High Llamas, Stereolab, Wings, June Tabor, Miles Davis, Ellington, Bill Jones, Yes, Genesis, Kevin Coyne, Kurt Weill, Jonathan Harvey, Joni Mitchell, Broadcast, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Radiohead, Blur, Pere UBU, Marc Ribot, John Zorn, The Beatles, Captain Beefheart, Wihelm Reich, King Crimson, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, etc, etc!
Sounds Like:
Stolen Jewels (1989) is late 80's sampler-pop...with diverse avant garde sound sources (a bit like the Art of Noise and Holger Hiller for want of a better description) - and one of the first examples of it's kind
The Stinking Rose (1992) was an epic, exotic, sampledelic, concept album about GARLIC and starred Tara Newley(Joan Collins' daughter) on vocals. It went unreleased but is available for FREE download on my website
Spoombung (1998) is more minimalist and improvisational and sounds like African drums and Gamelan...but all played on the bass guitar in real time. It's my BASS album
Whispering Foils (2000) is a mixture of the above with a huge array of tuned percussion from Dominic Murcott and a more melodic content and greater tonal scope
Saurus (2003) is a collection of very melodic, romantic tunes for the musical saw (the saw is a bit like a more organic theremin)
I Saw Spoombung's Daughter consumed by Kirby Dots (2005) is electronic mutated, fizzy pop using software synthesis/sampling and acoustic instruments - halfway between Ticklish and myself!
Record Label: Unsigned