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Straightman

'Dust to dust...'

About Me

Straightman's music was once described as sounding like 'memories'. What you'll get with Straightman, more often than not, is dark, textural music - with a melody, often with a beat. Its very melancholy and its great for late nights, quiet moments of contemplation or driving home through thunder storms. There is a deliberate attempt to make things sound slightly lo-fi - but the emphasis is always on mood, not just from the sounds used, but from the music...If you like these tracks, please check out Straightman's albums available on Napster, iTunes and Tunetribe at a very reasonable price indeed....Click on the link below to be taken straight to Straightman's albums ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/14/2005
Band Members: Bob Johns.
Influences: Musical: Art of Noise, The Orb, Orbital, Future Sound of London, Yello, Boards of Canada, Biosphere, Front 242, The Beatles, Aphex Twin, Black Dog, AI, Nine Inch Nails, Kate Bush, Plaid, Black Dog, Eric Satie, Massive Attack, DJ Spooky, FFWD, Richard H Kirk, Nightmares on Wax, Pink Floyd, Autechre, Global Communication, Vangelis, David Bowie, The The, LFO, Squarepusher, Sakamoto, Cinematic Orchestra, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson, Air, Warp records, Radiohead, early Tangerine Dream, Harold Budd and Brian Eno...and the list goes on!Filmic: David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg.Movies: Blade Runner, 2001, Videodrome, The Thing, Alien, Aliens, Brazil, The Big Lebowski, AI, Eraserhead, Zardoz, Holy Grail and Life of Brian.Art: Dada & SurrealismPhilosophy: Bertrand Russell
Sounds Like: Boards of Canada, Biosphere, Aphex Twin, Black Dog, Plaid, Art of Noise, Brian Eno, Dark, dirty, broken memories, death.
Record Label: I don't have one.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Album available on iTunes!

Straightman's second album, Famous for Fuck All is now available on iTunes for your delectation!Its a nervier, more raucous album that Skambolo, with more beats than before, but still has plenty of do...
Posted by Straightman on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 01:52:00 PST

It's Cold in Here

It's Cold in Here is the latest track to be uploaded for your listening pleasure. I've tried to achieve a 'steam punk' feel to this track, as though it were put togetehr on a clumsy victorian 'engin...
Posted by Straightman on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 02:27:00 PST