Member Since: 02/05/2007
Band Members:
N-O Werks is:
Brian Lee Sebastian: producer, arranger, sound design (drumset/percussion as needed)
Timothy Gerron: engineer/mix, producer, sound design
with Donny Silverman: sound design (noisetet), electronics, woodwinds as needed; and our friend AllanTucker: mastering engineer (as needed), c/o Foothill Digital, NYC
... and often with a little help from:
Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne: acoustic & electric guitars, slide guitar, dobro, mando-guitar
Rick G. Nelson lll (Polyphonic Spree): violin, viola, cello, upright bass
with: Chris Black: upright bass; Aaryn Russell: electric bass, guitar, clarinet; Alex Coke - saxes, flutes, exotic 'winds; Graham Reynolds: keyboards, percussion; and Landis Armstrong, Glenn Fukunaga, Brannen Temple, Russ Ferrante, Chris Maresh, Chris Duarte, David Webb, Red Young, Darin Layne, Bruce Salmon, William Landin, Barry 'Frosty' Smith, Brian Groder and many more...
Influences:
the muses; musicologist Alan Lomax; Harry Smith's "Anthology of American Folk Music"; world music; producers, from Willie Dixon, John Hammond, Tom Dowd, Holland and Dozier, Willie Mitchell, Sir George Martin, Phil Spector, David Axelrod, Allen Toussaint, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Clearmountain, Tony Visconti and Teo Macero, through Eno, John Cale, Bill Laswell, Nigel Godrich, Mitchell Froom, Ric Rubin, Butch Vig, Kramer, Steve Berlin, Steve ("I'm not a producer") Albini and Jack White...
Sounds Like:
Also hear N-O Werks-produced music:
here, Jonathan Clay: http://www.myspace.com/jonathanclay (all songs except "Whole New Me")
here, noisetet: http://www.myspace.com/noisetetmusic (all music)
here, Steven Hansen (Produced by Steven and Tim Gerron; B. Sebastian - drumset, perc., arrangement assistance): http://www.myspace.com/thewoundeddogschoir
here: http://www.myspace.com/brianleesebastian (all music)
and here, Michael Haaga: http://www.myspace.com/michaelhaaga ("Same Old Strings" and "End of the Day" - co-produced by Tim Gerron (thanks!! Michael)
... and more projects in progress.
Photos, in session, top to bottom: Tim Gerron; Brian Lee Sebastian; Malcolm "Papa Mali" Welbourne; Michael J. Smith; Alex Coke; D. Silverman and Chris Duarte
Page backgrounds by Vyvyn Lazonga.
N-O logo by, then 6 year-old, Hartley: the truest artist I know.
Type of Label: Unsigned