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Lunar Bear began in the 80's with John "Lunar" Richey reciting verse along side multi-percussionist Richard "Bear" Graham. Lunar Bear performed often at Rutgers and in NYC (Nuyorican Poetry Cafe, Life Cafe).~ Lunar teamed up with the Billy Snow's band, Young Turks, while continuing to do duets with Bear during the 80's. ~ When Billy left for England, terminating the Turks, - Bear and Lunar formed the Lunar Bear Ensemble. ~During this time, Robert Musso asked Lunar to join Machine Gun - a NYC Jazz/Avant unit - as the tape manipulating sound and word collagist. Machine Gun released three CD's which recieved rave press reviews (Rolling Stone/ Spin) and frequently toured of the East Coast. Machine Gun's final performance was at Holland's Jazz Marathon in 1995. ~ Upon Bear's departure to Memphis the Ensemble continued as the Lunar Ensemble. In 2007 they released "OffBeat" and in 2008 they released "Acts of Love" ~ During the 90/2000 Lunar performed with one or more musicians at many readings in NYC (Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, The New Museum, The New Music Gallery, Context & Mothe)r. Many of the times the musician had been Jack Petruzzelli (Patti Smith, Rufus Wainwright) who works so well in creating "soundscape" collaborations- ie: Dreaming of Tamara," available as a free download here at MySpace. ~ - AVAILABLE AS DOWNLOADS AT WWW.MUSSOMUSIC.COM --- 1) LUNAR ENSEMBLE ~ ACTS OF LOVE (2008_( CD & MP3 ) ___ 2) LUNAR ENSEMBLE ~ OFFBEAT (2007 -( CD & MP3 ) ___ 3) LUNAR BEAR ENSEMBLE ~ DARK PASTURES (MP3) ____ 4) MACHINE GUN (MP3) ___ 5) MACHINE GUN ~ OPEN FIRE (MP3) ___ 6) MACHINE GUN ~ PASS THE AMMO (MP3)

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Member Since: 3/7/2007
Band Members: LUNAR ENSEMBLE - Acts Of Love (CD/MP3) - 2008: John Lunar Richey (words/vox) Doug Slugger Vizthum (guitar/mandolin) Tom DiEllo (stand-up/electric basses) Greg D (guitar/Q harp) Chris McKenna (drums/piano) Special Guusts: Dave Dreiwitz (coronet/flute/percussion) Robert Musso (electric sitar) ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------LUNAR ENSEMBLE - OffBeat (CD/MP3) - 2007 John Lunar Richey (words/vox) Slugger (guitar) Tom DiEllo (bass) Jack Petruzzelli (guitar) Andre Cholmondeley (guitar/loops/effects - recording) Lance Carter (drums) Special Guest: Don Preston (moog/effects - recording) ............................................................ ....................................................LUNAR BEAR ENSEMBLE: Dark Pastures - 1988 (MP3 Download only) John Lunar Richey (words) Richard Bear Graham (percussion) Slugger (guitar) Eddie Freeze (guitar/keys) Martin Atkins (drums) Tom DiEllo (bass)
Influences: Hubert Selby, Jr., Lydia Lunch, Patti Smith, Jim Carroll (Basketball Diaries)
Record Label: MussoMusic & Invisible
Type of Label: Indie

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LINK : ACTS OF LOVE CD $10 / MP3 $7

http://www.cdfreedom.com/artists/mussomusic/catalog/lunarens embleactsoflove/
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:34:00 GMT

ACTS OF LOVE CD ~ AQUARIAN REVIEW 12/24/08

shoreworld by John Pfeiffer Lunar Ensemble Acts Of Love Acts Of Love is the latest offering from New Jersey avant guardians Lunar Ensemble. Utilizing famed producer Robert Musso (Tom Waits) the Luna...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:23:00 GMT

ACTS OF LOVE Review by Downtown Music Gallery

LUNAR ENSEMBLE - Acts of Love (Self-produced; USA) The Lunar Ensemble are a legendary ensemble from New Jersey that have been around for nearly three decades. They are still led by John "Lunar" Richey...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:36:00 GMT

LUNAR ENSEMBLE ~ "OffBeat" ~ MP3 $6 ~ CD $10

~ Lunar Ensemble  ~  OffBeat  ~  MP3  $6  ~  CD  $10http://www.cdfreedom.com/artists/mussomusic/catalog/lunar ensembleoffbeat/ Lunar Ensemble released ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:57:00 GMT

LUNAR BEAR ENSEMBLE ~ "DARK PASTURES" ~ MP3 $7

 ~  Lunar Bear Ensemble   ~   Dark Pastures    ~   MP3  $7   http://www.cdfreedom.com/artists/mussomusic/catalog/lunarbea rensembledarkp...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:48:00 GMT

TimeOut New York-Sept 12 08 listing

" Lunar Ensemble is the brainchild of poet John "Lunar" Richey, formerly of the early downtown unit Machine Gun. Richey & Co. are celebrating the release of a new live disc, Offbeat, which sets t...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Aquarian Review of OFFBEAT

LUNAR ENSEMBLE LIVE OFFBEAT MUWORKS   LUNAR ENSEMBLE paint an aural picture that would make David Lynch spin in his&well, whatever he's spinning in at the moment. Lunar Ensemble is the ecle...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:47:00 GMT

OFFBEAT Review by Downtown Music Gallery

OFFBEATby Bruce Lee GallanterDowntown Music GalleryJuly 6, 2007 LUNAR ENSEMBLE [formerly THE LUNAR BEAR ENSEMBLE] - Lunar Ensemble Live / Offbeat (MuWorks; USA) From around 1982 'til 1990, I wrote for...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:10:00 GMT