Music:
Member Since: 7/18/2005
Band Website: electronicvoicephenomena.com
Band Members: Paul Mercer: Violin, Viola, Tampura, Timpani, Toy Piano, Concertina
Influences: Goblin, Ennio Morricone, Duke Ellington, Guiseppe Tartini, Niccolo Paganini, J.S. Bach, Lajko Felix, Andreas Guarneri, Henryetta, St. Theresa, David Tibet, Arvo Part, The Rachels, Miles Davis, Franz Ignatz Von Biber, My Perfect Yes, Sultan Khan, John Freeman, Nikhil Bannerjee, Josh Brown, Circe, Baba Allaudin Khan, Yma Sumac, Abigail, Ustad Rafi Akbar Zada, passing trains, Maldorora, Sleepy Theory, Ole Bull, Pablo Sarasate, Rumi, Nicolas Villuame, Man Ray, Harry Crosby, Gladys, Gene Wolfe, Mirabai, Harlan Ellison, Daphne, Robert Johnson, William Blake, Bruce Bennett, Pauline Reage, Howard Finster, Zoe Keating
Sounds Like: "Then Jill Tracy gave the stage to visiting violinist Paul Mercer, who flew in the day before from New Orleans; the three had had just one short “rehearsal.†Paul hooked his violin to a DigiTech electronics processor unit on the floor. He announced the theme of the music would be about a 130-year-old violin named Daphne and proceeded to give an amazing, full-range orchestral concert with just one violin - reminded me of the famous H.P. Lovecraft story, “The Music of Eric Zann.†This was a real eye (and ear) opener: how a four-string violin with a bow can summon up a sky full of thunderous war currents and swooping sounds, dying down to melancholy faraway strains and the rising and falling wail of an ambulance siren. Hypnotic, athletic, EPIC, really - and all done by one soloist with a violin."- V. Vale, RE/search Publications
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