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Artamonova

Play a vibration in the rhythm of the universe...

About Me


I am obsessive about music, noise, sound, playing, improvising, writing, seeing gigs etc. I am very lucky to be spending pretty much all of my time doing those things at the moment. I have been playing, writing and recording with some very exciting people recently and looking forward to doing plenty more collaborations, sessions and gigs. Amongst the most interesting ones I have done fairly recently are SAN EXPO with "Behaviour", a 17-piece laptop and live electronics ensemble and Evan Parker, QuWack (E) (solo performance) and playing with Hunting Lodge as backing band for Damo Suzuki of Can.
My favourite things to play with: analogue synths (Bugbrand Mini-Modular and Arp 2600 have been the favourites), vintage hardware in general, feedback loops of all colours and shapes, interesting pedals and boxes, some lovely strange folk instruments (I have a couple: a finnish kantele and a bowed psaltry but I would like more) for which I use bows, e-bows and other sound generating objects. My first instrument was the piano but I also play some guitar, drums, bass etc. Sometimes I sing too...
Currently I am working on more musical, structured, song-based composition as well as continuing regular improvisational activities.
Some of my recent projects include:
Totton Glass (with ex-Hunting Lodgers Dan Bennett and Clive Henry), improvised mess of harp, electronic sludge, sax and guitar.
www.myspace.com/tottonglass
WHITE NIGHTIE "Music Inspired by Horror":
www.myspace.com/whitenightie
Staff Panic Only Wall Unit, a collaborative noise project with Ray Brooks: www.myspace.com/staffpaniconlywallunit
HERE you will find mostly rough, unedited chops out of long session recordings. Enjoy!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/14/2007
Band Members: Irina Artamonova
Influences: Acid Mothers Temple, Add N to (X), Alice Coltrane, Alvin Lucier, Animal Collective, Ariel Pink, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Arthur Russell, Asteroth, Bach, Bardo Pond, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Bernard Herrmann, Big Black, Biosphere, Blonde Redhead, Blues Explosion, Boduf Songs, Bonni "Prince" Billy, Boredoms, Boris, Brian Eno, Broadcast, Bronnt Industries Kapital, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Captain Beefheart, Cat Power, Chicago Underground Quartet, Billy Childish, Circle, Cluster, Comets on Fire, Consumer Electronics, Crescent, Chris Corsano, Cul De Sac, Dalek, Damo Suzuki, David Grubbs, Deerhoof, Delia Derbyshire, Derek Bailey, Dirty Three, DJ Rupture, Django Reinhardt, Do Make Say Think, Dolphin, Dyslogic, Einsturzende Neubauten, Ektroverde, Ennio Morricone, Evan Parker, Fabio Frizzi, Faust, Fela Kuti, Fennesz, Flying Saucer Attack, The For Carnation, Fridge, Fugazi, Gastr Del Sol, Goblin, Geisha, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Gravenhurst, Grinderman, Guided by Voices, Harmonia, Hrvatski, Hunting Lodge, Igor Stravinsky, Isis, Jack Rose, Janek Schaeffer, Jim O'Rourke, John Cage, John Carpenter, John Fahey, John Zorn, Juana Molina, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kate Bush, Keith Rowe, Kid 606, Konono No.1, Landslide Purist, Lau Nau, Leafcutter John, Lightning Bolt, Littlecreature, Low, Lydia Lunch, Malarchy, Manyfingers, Marissa Nadler, Mark Hollis, Masonna, Matmos, Melt Banana, Mezbow, Miles Davis, Morton Subotnick, Movietone, My Bloody Valentine, Naysayer, Neu!, Nina Nastasia, Nirvana, Oneida, Oxbow, Palace, Pavement, Penderecki, Pharaoh Overload, Pierre Henry, Pixies, Prodigy, Pullman, Randek, Ryoji Ikeda, Sage Francis, Scout Niblett, Shellac, Shostakovich, Silver Apples, Slint, Smog, Sonic Youth, Squarepusher, Stereolab, Steve Reich, Sun Ra, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Talk Talk, Tangerine Dream, Tara Jane O'Neil, Terry Riley, Third Eye Foundation, Throbbing Gristle, Thurston Moore, Tony Allen, Tortoise, Town and Country, Trans Am, The Understudy Inferior, Vashti Bunyon, Vasmalom, Vialka, Venetian Snares, Warsaw Village Band, The Velvet Underground, Whitehouse, Why, Zodiac.
Sounds Like: It depends.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A taster of what I have and haven’t been up to...New track.

"Rotating Autumns" is a brand new track. Unlike all the other bits of audio on the page (unedited improvised pieces), it's a self-contained song with a (wow) definite beginning and an end. Oh, and it ...
Posted by Artamonova on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:50:00 PST

Current stuff.

OK, just thought that I should inform you that the current audio on my page consists of rough unedited chops....kinda obvious anyway...The first 3 tracks have Marcus Efstratiou (The Hook and the Twin)...
Posted by Artamonova on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:51:00 PST