Member Since: 5/31/2005
Band Website: ambientoud.com
Band Members: Dann M Torres - oud, textural guitar, middle eastern strings, ambient distress, world percussion
Influences: Bill Laswell, Mogwai, Tabla Beat Science, Dead Can Dance, Sigur Ros, Hamza El-Din, Steve Tibbetts, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Arvo Part, Mick Harris, Hilliard Ensemble, Harold Budd, Djivan Gasparyan, Matmos, Durutti Column, Naked City, Fennesz, Bill Frisell, Slowdive, Munir Bashir, Cocteau Twins, Don Caballero, Morton Feldman, DJ Cheb I Sabbah, Low, Barry Guy, Savath & Savalas, The Cure, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Lackluster, David Sylvian, Cranes, Richard Devine, Red House Painters, David Darling, Early Day Miners, Robert Fripp, Arc Lab, Madredeus, Glen Velez, Arab Strap, Jonas Hellborg, Stars of the Lid, Gavin Bryars, Ganger, David Torn, Rachel's, Eberhard Weber, Boards of Canada, Meredith Monk, Talip Ozkan, DJ Spooky, John Dowland, Giya Kancheli, Proem, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Russell Mills, the sound of viols, and the catalogue of ECM Records.
Sounds Like: The music of Knossos traces an instrumental excursion into the heart of world fusion; assembling post-rock sensibility with the complexity of IDM, D&B and Abstract electronica. Featuring a myriad of eastern instruments in an environment of ambient guitar clusters, electronic glitch, and dense rhythmic intensity.
Record Label: Eventide Music Productions
Type of Label: Indie