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These sounds are the product of my continued fascination with the natural tones and base qualitys of various instruments. Many of which i cant even play. Ranging from casiotone keyboards to banjo's, guitars to clarinets, trumpets to human speech i plan to annually post the workings and products of my explorations into the essence of these instruments. All these peices are recorded in my room and are pretty lo-fi production wise so you'll have to bare with me on sound quality.
I hope you find something interesting in what you hear.
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~~~ - Grass Note EP
Grass Note is the first release from my ~~~ moniker and is also the first release on the very friendly Resting Bell Net Label to whom i am very greatful.
Grass Note is available to download free of charge from Resting Bell.
Just click on the sones below
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The sound from this gig was recorded from the back of the room so there is some talking but over all its a good representation of myself. Turn it up, LOUD.
Thanks very much to David Float for coming down and filming this. See other films by him on
www.musicfilmbroth.com
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Gig Review By Dr Jonas (www.myspace.com/jonaschrist)
I arrived in good time as usual, to find the Head of Steam pretty quiet. I nipped upstairs for a tasty pint of Sam Smiths, then back down to the basement venue to find a good leaning spot. The poster for the gig told me that the support act for tonight was Richard Dawson, which is a name I've seen around the place, but I'd never heard the music of the man. However, there was an additional support act, a chap named Benn, who goes by the musical alias of ~~~. Yeah, that's right… ~~~.
~~~ is a one-man post-rock machine, playing a single "song" for his entire set, which was a drone-style noise with various subtle changes throughout. There was heavy use of record & repeat pedals, as he only played a guitar and keyboard during the allotted stage time. The very start of the set was slow and quiet with a nice build-up, which got people's attention without having to announce "I'm playing now" as many would have done. A few people moved forward to watch the performance, and a small crowd gathered… seated on the floor of the venue! This fella clearly knows his post-rock, with a good selection of influences, but without just repeating anything he's heard. I was reminded of This Will Destroy You or Bossk more than anything, but even slower and simpler than either of them. It was interesting to see how a simple keyboard note could change the sound of the overall drone considerably more than having a proper thrash at a guitar, and there was plenty of time for both to take place. I was suitably impressed anyway, and it seems everyone else was as the crowd was silent throughout, until a massive round of applause at the end of his set.