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That Hideous Strength

So if music be my mistress...

About Me

That Hideous Strength is an ongoing audio and performance project of sound artist Benjamin Tinker. Since 1999, Benjamin has used his experience as an audio engineer and his fondness for vintage synths to create sound worlds that function as an extension of his background as a visual artist and his enthusiasm for all things sonic. Assisted by a revolving door of electric and acoustic musicians, fellow non-musicians, and spoken word artists, That Hideous Strength creates an otherworldly collage of music, sounds, voice, improvisation and composition, in both live performances and studio recordings.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/25/2005
Band Members: Me and whoever I can cajole - in the past:Joe, Ryan, Ferrara B. P., Carrie B., Alissa, Jason G., Linda, James, Wendy, Alec, Elizabeth C., Jason Y., Erika, Matt R., Alex, Matt H., Emily, Julian, Elizabeth D., Dave D., Sheila, Jason M, Dave A., Justin....
Influences: Music? - Roxy Music, Pere Ubu, Popol Vuh, King Crimson, Gilberto Gil, György Ligeti, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Felt, Henry Cow, Raymond Scott, Syd Barrett, Wire, Joe Meek, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Incredible String Band, Six Organs Of Admittance, Robert Fripp, Don Cherry, Joan La Barbara, Echo & The Bunnymen, Richard Youngs, Slapp Happy, ZNR, Soft machine and all of their off shoots, Faust, The High Llamas, Conrad Schnitzler, Hawkwind, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Laurie Anderson, Kraftwerk, The Who, Eno, Shirley & Dolly Collins, The Comedian Harmonists, OOIOO, Clarence "Tom" Ashley, Cluster, Pelt, Caetano Veloso, Autobody, Talking Heads, Carla Bozulich, Yoko Ono, Colleen, Roy Smeck's Tropical Serenaders, Young Marble Giants, Dymaxion, Double U, The Shaggs, Arvo Pärt, The Ex & Tom Cora, Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Terry Riley, Heldon, Tod Dockstader, After Dinner, Taj Mahal Travellers, Carl Stalling, Mars, Mississippi John Hurt, David Thomas And Two Pale Boys, Drumhead, The Fiery Furnaces, David S. Ware, Nico, Harry Partch, The Moles, Dr. Strangely Strange, Nino Rota, Mr. Airplane Man, Clara Rockmore, Hans Edler, The New Lost City Ramblers, Klaus Schulze, Comets On Fire, Mutantes, Metal Boys, Weekend, Boredoms, Autonervous, Ilitch, The Dead Science, Iasos, Buzzcocks, OMD, Sunn 0))), Gal Costa, Stereolab, Moondog, Ornette Coleman, theme to "Are You Being Served", Snakefinger, Stars Of The Lid, Tim Buckley, Slumber Party, Sound Factory, Tin Tin, Thee Bros. Gibb, Alec Way's Hair, The Residents, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Ronnie Von, Kate Bush, William Basinski, Buttons, Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra, Fela Kuti, Tom Waits, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Sun City Girls, Broadcast, Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Swell Maps, Centipede, The Velvet Underground, Yes, Desmond Leslie, The Slits, The Kinks, Talking Heads, Steely Dan, Ravi Shankar, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Q'65, Die Knödel, Fred Astaire, Eric Dolphy, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Devo, David Bowie, Volcano The Bear, Circle, Spirit, Jennifer Gentle, Gene Clark, Roy Harper, Pearls Before Swine, Girls W/Guns, DNA, Black Dice, Squinchy and the Dofoes, Cobra Killer, Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians, Band Of Mercy & Salvation, The Carter Family, Public Enemy, Bill & Belle Reed, Scientist, This Mortal Coil, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Chris Watson, Tibetan Buddhist chants, Dock Boggs, Igor Wakhevitch, The Cardiacs, Angus Maclise, The Raincoats, Vincent Gallo, Toru Takemitsu, Love, Cornelius Cardew and The Scratch Orch., LiLiPUT/Kleenex, The Pretty Things, Harmonia, Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Albert Ayler, Peer Raben, Louis + Bebe Barron, Bruce Haack, Confusional Quartet, Essential Logic, Can, Ruth, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, The (Hypothetical Prophets), :Zoviet*France:, Alice Coltrane, Alvin Lucier, Animal Collective espesh. when Feat. Vashti Bunyan, RD Burman, Henry Flynt, Achim Reichel & Machines.... and on and on and on... Films? - Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey, Shaolin Drunkard, Desperate Living, 3 Women, Clockwork Orange, Eraserhead, Cul de Sac, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser or Every Man For Himself And God Against All, Nosferatu (both versions), The Night Porter, The Year Of Thirteen Moons, The Conversation, The Boyfriend, Heaven and Earth Magic, Mahler, The Music Lovers, The Servant, Dawn of The Dead ("Remake? Pah!"), McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Martin, Whitey, Bone, Pound, The Ruling Class, The Naked Kiss, The Tenant, Targets, Spirit of the Beehive, Zardoz, The Warriors, The Rape of the Vampire, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 TV Shows? - Dennis Potter's Pennies From Heaven, Lars Van Trier's The Kingdom
Record Label: Feast or Famine
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Gustavo Jobim & his Abstract Paintings

Hi All,Just wanted to point out the recently posted NEW TRACK, and a return of an oldie moldy.The new one is part of an ongoing project of Brazilian based musician Gustavo Jobim, his "Abstract Paintin...
Posted by That Hideous Strength on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:11:00 PST