JAMES GOODE

Music:

Member Since: 6/25/2007
Band Members: James Goode
Influences: The human brain, the human body, the natural world, corporeal morphology, sleep, sleep deprivation, synesthesia, pareidolia, sensory bombardment, altered states of consciousness, geology, archeology, paleontology, daydreaming, memory, travel, music, film, art, theater... More specifically: Le Comte de Lautreamont, Antonin Artaud, Serge Prokofiev, Nicolas Slonimsky, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, John Cage, Edgard Varese, John C. Lilly, R. Buckminster Fuller, (early) Pink Floyd, (early) Soft Machine, Eno, Wire, Dome, Residents, Virgin Prunes, Beatles, Velvet Underground, Stanislaw Lem, Philip K. Dick, The Urantia Book, Small Wonder, Bohack, Mummenschanz...
Sounds Like: Spatio-sensory:

“I really enjoyed your soundscape experience at Granny's! It was a great stimulant for my imagination. I haven't made a painting in a while but your sounds are just the thing to step into another dimension and get the imaginative juices flowing.

I felt like I was hallucinating, but it was very gentle, abstract and pleasant. The only other time that happened to me was when I was at a Philip Glass concert. The living room seemed to open up and expand and the walls seemed alive and vibrating. The corners and angles around me seemed to disappear and be replaced by mushy terrain. Could I be inside an intestine? The sounds were nice and fluid, organic. I liked the fact that I couldn't recognize the sounds and they seemed otherworldly. The thing that really became apparent to me is that when the machine-like sounds came on, I seemed to tune them out like white noise, but the more intriguing sounds woke my brain up and made me very curious and aware.”
-Rene

“I kept visualizing giant insects chewing...”
-Mike

“I think it might be interesting at some point to get up and walk around. I know it was interesting for me to stand up during part of it. I was very impressed by the sounds that you have collected. I would appreciate a Youtube type video of your collecting of some of them...”
-Bob

“Listening to Spatio-sensory made me think about the potential of sound for expanding or reinforcing the physical manifestation of an idea. I am particularly interested in the scientific influences on your work--and the almost alchemical (hope you aren't offended by that word) aspects of combining seemingly disparate base elements to create something wholly new..."
-Alison

"I felt like I was sitting under a waterfall..."
-Devendra

Fastigium:

"Quietly intense. A fantastic way to experience your environment through sound."
-Ryan

"Awesome auditory POSTCARD!"
-Chaik

"I have insomnia and sleep with a noise machine. I had moments of wondering if I was asleep or awake. Also, enjoyed feeling like I was in the midst of a fire—unusual feeling."
-Jah

"Nice mix of mechanical vs. nature. Stimulating!"
-Nawchoate

"I couldn't tell what sounds were really happening around me and which were recorded. Just had a glass of wine and that heightened the sensations."
-Anon

"Weird. A whole world opened up behind me—but I still kept looking forward. The world felt bigger."
-Anon

"Compelling... I'm not sure what to make of it yet, but certainly something to think about. Thank you. Moments like this give life its texture."
-Anon

"Excellent sound quality. Loved the juxtaposition of man made and natural sounds."
-Anon

Vibratory Platform:

"I hear it AND I feel it!"
-Ellen

"Like being outside a cinema. Like sitting on an agitating washer, or being inside an MRI. When it slows down, I feel like my heart is going to stop."
-Anon

"Reminds me of an early-morning minor earthquake... Also, scary movies in surround sound."
-Anon

"Like riding on a train, laying on a bridge, seeing myself on the rock edge of a sea cliff with the waves crashing—almost on me."
-Anon

"It reminded me of having my teeth worked on by a grinder at the dentist."
-Anon

"Being wheeled in to an MRI, the way it feels BEFORE the surgery... reminds me to keep on noticing the details..."
-Anon

"I like the way you incorporate 2 senses in this experience—touch and sound... and how you get to experience vibration through sound waves. My Pacinian corpuscles have never been so excited..."
-T

"The background noise reminds me of my growling stomach."
-Miroslava

Record Label: Mimicry, Amarillo, Xero Ink, Awesome Vistas
Type of Label: Indie