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About Me

HEY!! MY SOLO ALBUM IS OUT NOW!!!

'The Short But Astonishing Electro Scratch Guitar World Of David Rainger'

is out now on Try And Make Me Records (TMM022) and available on itunes. It's short, astonishing, and full of wicked sounds - and hardly one guitar solo anywhere! (That's a good thing).
My current favourite track is 'Tweaking' which you could buy here if you wanted.
Or 'Dark Planet' is another good one

oh yes... About Me

I've always played a mixture of styles - lots of rock stuff, but also soul/funk/electro things... I guess just Pop Music - in all it's varied flavours. Live and recording. I love playing the guitar - and getting great sounds; new ones that just fit right, things I've never heard before.I like messing about with effects pedals - weird, rare, customised, and home-made. I like mis-using them... that's usually when you get the good stuff happening! I also like boxes with lots of lights on them!I try and listen and learn from all kinds of music, get inspired by all kinds of instruments and people.
(See www.esession.com/davidrainger for more info about me)
I'm also producing guitar effects pedals - through my company Rainger FX... have a look at www.raingerfx.com
So. Here's a video for my band, Giant Jr. The single 'I Want To Be Evil' is out now (in UK) on itunes and Beatport, and the album 'Wherever You Are In The World Here Are Directions Home' is out on CD in UK music shops and itunes too.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/15/2007
Band Website: giantjr.com
Band Members: David Rainger, electric guitar
Influences: Aladdin Sane, Ash, Beastie Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Bomb The Bass, Burt Bacharach, Cameo, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Chic, Chuck Berry, David Elsewhere, Debbie Deb, Deftones, DMX Krew, Errol Morris, Esquivel, Freemasons, Giant Jr, Gorillaz, Gwen Stefani, Hall & Oates, Human League, Hot Chip, Isley Brothers, Jimi Tenor, Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Carpenter, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jyl Millard, Kelis, The Knife, Kraftwerk, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Make magazine, MC5, Missy Elliot, My Bloody Valentine, Nelly Furtado, N.E.R.D., No Doubt, The Noisettes, Orson, Out Hud, Outkast, Primal Scream, Prince, Public Enemy, Quincy Jones, Raconteurs, Ramones, Roxy Music, S'Express, Seymour Bits, Shy, Sly & The Family Stone, Suicide, The Tubes, The Young Gods, Z.Vex effects, ZZ Top
Sounds Like: No-one else, of course! But guitarists I like include... Alison Robertson, Alvino Rey, Blackbird McKnight, Carlos Alomar, Fred Sonic Smith, Harvey Hinsley, Jimi Hendrix, Joey Santiago, John McGeoch, Johnny Ramone, Kevin Shields, Les Paul, Marco Pirroni, Mick Ronson, Nile Rogers, Prince, Vic Flick... Also, drummers I like include... Andy Newmark, Hunt Sales, Jimmy Chamberlain, Mike Shrieve, Mitch Mitchell, Prairie Prince, Prince, Robert Arthur Williams, Sly Dunbar, Tony Thompson, Woody Woodmansey
Record Label: Try And Make Me
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out my FX pedal website!

I'm launching three lines of guitar effects pedals! The company is Rainger FX - go and check out www.raingerfx.com if you want to see some beautiful - and unique - products. (Audio samples will be hap...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:38:00 GMT

Adding my voice to the sound of the crowd

There it is on itunes for the world to see, hear, and buy! That means, then, that I do actually exist!If you do go to itunes, have a listen to 'Intro' to hear the sound of your computer breaking (kind...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:43:00 GMT

Photoshopping Spree!!

The whole album is sounding brilliant now - and quite original really... Lots of mad sounds - other than beats and a bit of bass it's all guitar. Some of the tracks are very short (10 seconds?) which ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:01:00 GMT