Music:
Member Since: 6/21/2005
Band Website: phiyaan-zek.com
Band Members: THE SOLAR FLARE BAND:
Phi Yaan-Zek: : guitars
Lale Larson: : keyboards
Fabio Trentini: : bass
Marco Minnemann: : drums & percussion
With special guests Bumblefoot: (fretless guitar), Peter Stacey: (saxophones & flute), Brian Gulland: (bassoon & glockenspiel), Maggie Tomkins: (accordion), Anarion MacIntosh: (didgeridoo), Missy: (vocals), Zak Haipney : (trumpet and hand claps), Kerry McKenna: (background vocals), Andy Banks: (frame drum), Oliver Oakenshield: and Ilhaam Selih: (answerphones) :
Influences: A Universe of music that includes:
Mike Keneally, Jeff Beck, Bjork, Hermeto Pascoal, Kevin Gilbert, Frank Black, Pixies, John Coltrane, Mussorgsky, Jimmy Agren, Aziz Mian, Deerhoof, Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, Nitin Sawhney, Pizzicato Five, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Orb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Moby, Mr Bungle, The Chemical Brothers, Stravinsky, System 7, Conrad Schrenk, Lisa Dalbello, Ry Cooder, 4 Hero, Lotion, Paolo Conte, Secret Chiefs 3, Jason Becker, White Stripes, The Police, Jane Siberry, Yes, The Beatles, XTC, Dukes Of Stratosphear, Screaming Headless Torsos, Steve Vai, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Lyle Workman, Dead Can Dance, Bumblefoot, Sonic Youth, JS Bach, The Goats, SOAD, Mike Gaito, Electrocution 250, Shakti, Derek Trucks, Squarepusher, Led Zeppelin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Paul Gilbert, PJ Harvey, Pharoah Saunders, Leftfield, Steve Reich, Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Mats/Morgan, Shawn Lane, John Barry, Aerosmith, AFX, The B-52s, Van Halen, Lalle Larsson, Eric Dolphy, Frank Zappa, Amelie (the film & Yann Tiersen's soundtrack), Denny Zeitlin's Jazzy Spies Theme, not to mention: bird song, tulips, sea breezes, lunar eclipses, irrational acts of passion, fractals, trees in silhouette, crazy tea, spontaneous girlfriends, things that go bump in the night, things that go bump in the day, discovering a really good Italian restaurant, lydian augmented, spring and summer in Vienna 1992, Chuck Spezzano's words of wisdom, heavy duty Zircon-encrusted tweezers, innuendo, the picture on the inside record sleeve of Lisa Dalbello's 'She' album, hyperspace, Whirl-Y-Gig, bumblebees, micro-tonal inflections, deep massage, the mythological mind, What The Bleep!?, polyrhythms, the Power Cosmic, trancing out, Steve Vai's guitar tone on 'Call It Sleep', metaphor, dalias, vivid nightmares, Sillustani in the twilight, whispers in my ear, kything with ultras, a shared bottle of vintage red, dancing at dawn, mispelt werds, feeling hungry, analogue compression, the number 13, Avebury at 3:00am in the fog, a good slap in the face, both original Horror sets of Top Trumps, the gamalan, sandalwood, the Inca Trail, the perfect Thai curry, laughing until it hurts, hearing the sunshine in a piece of music, and so many many more.
Sounds Like: A delectable fusion of Jeff Beck, Mike Keneally, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Frank Zappa & Steve Vai's "Little Green Men" with wild drum grooves, world music sounds, adventurous stylistic changes and progressive melodies.
WARM, INTENSE and FREAKY!
Record Label: Geomagnetic RecordsLiquid Note Records
Type of Label: Indie
