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Welcome...
RAO is a loose collective functioning under the benevolent digits of Bassomatic (a/k/a Conor Dowling). We're thrilled to announce the release of our 1st CD, the eponymously-titled Random Access Orkestra.
The CD can be ordered for 11.95 plus 3.00 s/h. If you loathe Paypal, or have other issues with it, drop me a line and we'll work out another method. Also, if you're not in the U.S. or Canada, send an inquiry so I can calculate an alternative shipping amount. If using Paypal button below, be sure to include your mailing address, 'kay? Thanks sooo much for your interest in our music.
Core constituents: Basso - bass, beats, synths, loops, guitar primitif, sounds. Rotating flight crew: robocoptick (a/k/a Matte Henderson) - guitar extraordinaire, on 'Bwaah', 'Shattered Voices', and 2nd section of 'Mudge Way Dub', (supplemental beat programming brilliance on 'Bwaah', as well) . Doug Raneri - drums, percussion. eric payne - guitar. dave keating - looped drumkit (on erin gazal), dBrown - synths, weirdnesses.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/14/2004
Band Website: www.myspace.com/rao " myspace.com/rao
Band Members: bassomatic (a/k/a conor dowling) * doug raneri * matte henderson (a/k/a krik) * eric payne * dave keating *dbrown *

Influences:
* squarepusher * massive attack * eno * balinese gamelan * dj spooky * turkish classical * fred frith * lee skratch perry * sly and robbie * aston ’family man’ barret * four tet * broken social scene * erik satie * bill laswell * vintage popeye * king crimson * the flaming lips * elvis costello * beastie boys * peter gabriel * kudsi erguner * dust brothers * joni mitchell * portishead * bowie * this mortal coil * dali’s car * led zep * splattercell * prince * robert fripp * john waters * eric richards * dick miller * percy jones, jaco pastorius, mick karn, tlev * webern * yo la tengo * the clash * bowie * d brown * steve reich * loose fur * wilco * critters buggin’ * howie b * my moms * screaming headless torsos * jojo mayer * werner herzog * klaus kinski * fletcher henderson * socrates * charles fucking ives * the dub syndicate * crooklyn dub consortium * king tubby * fats waller * raymond scott * raymond chandler * michael chabon * fila brazilia * feist * massacre * zappa * captain beefheart * a lexicon of musical invective * "reefer songs" classic comp * morton feldman * bartok * nietzsche’s ’the antichrist’ and ’twilight of the idols’ * partch’s ’genesis of a music’ * fred frith * webern * varese * igor fucking stravinsky * gurdjieff * mevlana * jack ’king’ kirby * the twilight zone * blind blake (the other, bahamian one) * ockeghem, dufay, josquin, tallis, and perotin...

Sounds Like: 'a typical musicians nest of thoughts' - d. van vliet
Record Label: Crucial Sound
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

archival nugs...

namely, wdstck crunch and this odd piece called insect expert technology (circa '95?). both from the last millenium.credits as follows: wdstck crunch recorded at old pal mike b's applhead ...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:27:00 PST

I think i’m starting to peak now, Al...

Well, Famous Pants, actually.EP is getting ready to pull up roots and head to Cali.Because of/despite this (?) the band is firing on all cylinders. Last night's rather intense rehearsal was a hi...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:02:00 PST

Lifting from the Balinese, with full respect.

This is excerpted from a note I sent a friend in suggesting how he might conceive of a guitar part for a thing we're working on together. No names are used to protect the guilty. Except mi...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

nice things lost: a contemplation and rant

4/4/08 11:43 p.m., my little studio I really need to start blogging. But I hate that word. Blogging. The first truly unmusical term to be applied to the gentle, subtle act of writing....
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:48:00 PST

Like, megafauna, baby...

I keep thinking about the megafauna that was around during the pleistocene, with a special sweet spot for the giants that roamed north america.I mean - whooly rhino, short faced bear, dire wolf, camel...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:48:00 PST

Another analog friend checks out

Captain's Log: February 23rd, 2008.EP came over to the house for a few hours. We listened to some of the basics from the Famous Pants session last Saturday (session was on location in our surpri...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:46:00 PST

Credits for my outstanding collaborators...

I'm finally getting around to posting some credits for a few of the tracks on my page. If no credits are specified, it means I'm solely responsible for a given track - the good, the bad, the ugl...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:50:00 PST

In the basement w dBrown...

Okay, by way of a bit of updating....Just done with an all-too-rare 24 hours in the studio with dBrown, old grad school pal and partner in crime. I'm happy to say we got a LOT done in a relatively br...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:06:00 PST

Local props for new Road CD...

Nice to see Eric Payne getting some local ink and respect for his new CD. We've played together in many bands over the years, such as Rent Party, Motley Kristofferson, and Monkeypaw/Elmo/Slipper...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:22:00 PST

Stone Temple Pilots cover (for a good cause)

Just to show that your humble narrator (basso a/k/a conor) still enjoys the occasional once-grunge-now-classic-rock vibes, viddy this recent one off from the annual Northampton Transperformance festiv...
Posted by Random Access Orkestra on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:09:00 PST