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About Me

Formerly known as Whirling Dervishes, notpeople (one word, lower case!) combine elements of both free improvisation and intensely structured composition to create their own unique brand of music drawing influences from jazz, experimental rock, classical compositions, and the visual and literary arts.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/19/2005
Band Website: notwebsite
Band Members: Niv Bavarsky -
Guitar/Bass
Franciscus Alexander Francis Rebro IV - Keys, Guitars
Daniel Simmons - Saxophone, clarinet, BOOM BABY
Ian Meltzer - Drums
Robert Serviss - Bass/Guitar
Influences: Musicially: Steve Reich, Eric Dolphy, Keith Jarrett, Kayo Dot, Don Caballero, Battles, Supersilent, Tera Melos, Stan Getz, Avishai Cohen, CAN, Comets on Fire, Cornelius, Miles Davis, Ruins, Xploding Plastix

Otherwise: The visual arts, eachother, our friends and families, philosophy, deep-sea life, funny sounding words.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

name change

Whirling Dervishes will be known as notpeople from here on out.Update your bookmarks: http://www.myspace.com/notpeople
Posted by notpeople on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:35:00 PST

To Rob!

We would like to thank Robert Serviss for his almost 2 years of hard work with the band, and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.We love you, Robert.
Posted by notpeople on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:48:00 PST

10/25/2006 News

WD news - we're in the process of booking shows for late December and early January. Even more exciting for me personally is that Alex and myself are continuing the song writing process from two diff...
Posted by notpeople on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:18:00 PST