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EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson)

Organosynthetic Primitivism

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/4/2005
Band Website: last.fm/user/Moopertan/
Band Members:At the moment, it's me, ex- Green Magnet School guitarist and vocalist Chris Pearson, a bunch of guitars, effects (including the AWESOME Gig-FX Chopper ) and synthesizers, and a computer with some real basic software plugged into a really loud tube amplifier.

I'm always looking for people to guest on my live and recorded stuff to shake things up a bit. When I do, I go under the nom de plume EKRANOPLAN. In the past i've had Kris Thompson (Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, The Lothars, ex-Abunai!/Nisi Period) on Theremin, Joe Turner (Joe Turner & the Seven Levels, ex-Abunai!) on drums and percussion, Dave Y ( Flat Nine ) on guitar, Phil Jamieson ( Caspian ) on guitar and loops, and Christo Buffam ( Sanguine Drone ) on guitar.

If you'd like to guest or play on some stuff, live or recorded, and you're interested and like what you hear, drop me a line, send me a message...

also:
For the song 'Slabbath' (original band version):
Special thanks to Dave Y ( Dear Old Stockholm Syndrome , x- Nisi Period ) for the original engineering and production back in 2000 (and also 2nd guitar) , Arthur Johnson (x- Come ) for drums, and James Apt (x- Six Finger Satellite ) for bass.
Influences: Gravity, electromagnetism, the strong force and the weak force.

Sounds Like: I've decided to start a new genre of music: "Organosynthetic Primitivism". That's combining traditional "rock" elements (guitar, effects, etc.) with the simple principle of using a laptop and software plugged through a tube amp as a means to an end for blasting out some noise and getting your rock on.

If "ghettotech" means your laptop/synthesizer stand is an old barbeque table you found on the side of the road, then yeah, i guess that's me...
Record Label: former labels: Sub Pop, Rough Trade/Genius, etc...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

"Soundtracks": "This debut is a must-have."

from the "Don't Take Our Word for It" CD review section of The Noise, May '08:EKRANOPLANSoundtracks4-song CDTen years after the breakup of one of Boston's highly influential and certainly most underra...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:04:00 PST

EKRANOPLAN in the NOISE TOP 30 for April and May!

looks like i got some decent airplay over the last couple of months, as EKRANOPLAN's CD EP "Soundtracks" has made The Noise Top 30 Radio Chart for April and May.Holy Casey Kasem, in April i cracked th...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Thu, 01 May 2008 01:53:00 PST

UPCOMING RADIO APPEARANCES: WMFO & WZBC

Listen up, folks!EKRANOPLAN will be playing live on the "On the Town with Mikey Dee" show on Wednesday, April 9 at 9PM on WMFO 91.5 FM, broadcasting from Tufts University in Medford, MA. If you live ...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:33:00 PST

EKRANOPLAN on the ’Rock Around Boston’ show on WBOS!

Thanks to host Frank D for asking me to appear on the 'Rock Around Boston' show on WBOS FM-HD/RadioYou Boston.If you missed the broadcast on Thursday January 31, you can stream it or download it here:...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:32:00 PST

NEW SONG PLAYLIST (see below)

Thanks to my pal Scratch Eddie for getting me hep to the esnips playlist thingamajiggie that i've now posted the bulk of my output to. you'll see that it's got some live tunes from my recent gig at P...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

"Slabbath" w/mems. of COME and SIX FINGER SATELLITE!

I finally got my hands on a long-lost copy/recording of "Slabbath" that was originally recorded in 2000, and i've posted it today (1/18/07) as the "band version". At the time i wrote it, i happened t...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:18:00 PST

"Thebaine"- Scratch Eddie/Teleffonic remix!

I've posted the remix of my new song "Suite Thebaine" that was done in collaboration with Scratch Eddie and Teleffonic. I gave both of them sound files to mess around with, and their indvidual result...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:12:00 PST

Chris Pearson: The Early Years...

whilst the memories of my junior high/high school years growing up in Harwich, MA on Cape Cod normally fill me with horrifying, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-grade feelings of awfulness, i do have to...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:54:00 PST

the most brilliant bands of all time (IMHO)

some of these will seem obvious, others may be met with a shrug... i don't list my musical influences on my page, but this may give you an idea of what has moved me deeply over the years, in a musica...
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Fri, 05 May 2006 04:21:00 PST

GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL: official MySpace site!

Yeayy!! There is now an official Green Magnet School MySpace site. check it out to if you want to hear music, read reviews and even see a video by GMS, the band i was in from 1987 to 1994....
Posted by EKRANOPLAN (Chris Pearson) on Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:58:00 PST