Member Since: 5/13/2004
Band Website: myspace.com/noveltype
Band Members: ruben sindo acosta (samples, loops, guitars, organ, piano, rhodes, synth, nose flute, melodica, harmonica, shenghai oboe flute, glockenspiel, ukulele, farfisa,theremin, auto-harp, accordion, vocals) + ferny omar coipel (plays clarinet, sax, whitehall,and creates great harmonies) + rimsky pons (sings magnificently, and plays bass, whitehall, guitar, and percussion) + Audrey Elizabeth Attardo (plays the flute and sings beautifully) + bianca cruz +krista amira calzo + dany gonzalez + ariel almeida + carlos carreras + melanie ramirez + danni-dannielle freeman (are all members of "the city of progress sample-worthy choir" ) + amado ventura (plays the bass) + jeff rollason (bass, keys) + max dance (glockenspiel, pitch pipe), mike lunapiena (plays the cello), alexandra margot cordovi (sings passionately, and plays the guitar) + josh lawrence (plays the trumpet)
Influences: the cure, my bloody valentine, sigur ros, bjork, the flaming lips, joy division, the velvet underground, the olivia tremor control, neutral milk hotel, sonic youth, wilco, portishead , nico, jellyfish , bob dylan, the beach boys, the beatles,maria teresa vera, tom waits , os mutantes, serge gainsbourg, radiohead, humbert, the curious hair, low, jon brion, syd barrett
Sounds Like: "Acosta goes in every direction possible.......probably the most personal underground recording you will miss hearing" - Micheal Finney ( Chronicle ) about "me,you,zach & how i've been"
Record Label: Corporate Horse Records
Type of Label: Indie