Member Since: 8/7/2005
Band Website: pod.ath.cx/
Band Members: Todd Madson: electric and acoustic 6-string guitars, drone guitar,
5-string banjo, six string bass, gourd kalimba, synthesizers, mellotron,
PPG Wave, programmed and played drums, mutated cell phone noise, sequencing, production, art, photography, kitchen sink, etc.Co-conspirators on selected tracks: Live keys and electronics at Paul & Amy's gig: Todd Murray who appears by courtesy of Thunderweasels. Live drums and Paiste cymbals on "Eta Carinae" by Kurt Angel plus live electric bass on "Eta Carinae" performed by Paco Craig. Kurt and Paco appear by courtesy of The Jam Lab.The cymbals and percussion during the second half of "Tinfoil Hat"
and the kit drums and percussion on Zingu is performed by Mark Worrell who appears by courtesy of Infinite Ego and Savior Onasis.
Influences: Mörglbl trio (Christophe Godin!), Musical Universe, GNO, Allan Holdsworth, Tangerine Dream, Gong, Ozric Tentacles, Steve Hillage, Infinite Ego, 3 Pups Music, Cypher 7, Boards of Canada, Eric Johnson, Ohm, John McLaughlin, Manuel Gottsching, Ash Ra/Ash Ra Tempel, Joaquin Lievano, OSI, John Goodsall, Eddie Jobson, Mike Keneally, Kraftwerk, Praxis, Mohodisco, Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs), Steve Hackett, King's X, King Crimson, Michael Hoenig, Johannes Schmoelling, Bill Connors, Kevin Gilbert, Magellan, Mike Olson (Minneapolis), Steve Tibbets (Mpls), Shawn Lane, Terje Rypdal, Miles Davis (Pangaea in particular), Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Jennifer Batten, Area, Kit Watkins, Billy Club, Ice Nine, The Outsiders (the Mpls band) Fonya, Air Sculpture, Kenso, Bofatron Sofasaurus, The CT-Collective, Djam Karet, Arthur Barrow, Western Vacation, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestra, EBN-OZN, Chuck Hammer's Guitarchitecture, Shicke Fuhrs and Frohling, Buckethead, Magellan, Caveman Shoestore, Porcupine Tree, the Pre-Miami Vice Jan Hammer, Saga, Echolyn, Gentle Giant, Max Webster (from Canada)/Kim Mitchell, Ash Ra (Manuel Gottsching), Behold the Arctopus, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Terutsugu Hirayama, Guy Capuzzo's demo tape from the 1990s, the Rock in Opposition band Henry Cow, the Japanese Zuehl band Happy Family, Dysrhythmia, Proto-Kaw, O.S.I., Adrian Belew, Philharmonie, Jeff Beck, Scott Henderson, the incredible Japanese fusion band Kenso, Motoi Sakuraba, Bi Kyo Ran, the french prog juggernaut Heldon (and its mastermind Richard Pinhas), '73 Santana/Mahavishnu (various live concerts from that era), Spitz, Suneohair, Ken Rubenstein, Dan Stearns, The Moog Cookbook, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Jon Butcher Axis, Mattias Ia Eklundh, Soma (Mark Gleed / Guy Eckstine / David Shawn / Allan Holdsworth / Tony Levin) also known as "Neverwasneverwillbe" to the cognoscenti,
the swedish bands Änglagård, Landberk and Anekdoten, anyone I ever shared a stage with, and more than I can possibly articulate.
Sounds Like: Imagine mid 1980s Tangerine Dream smashed with the guitar fury of artists such
as Allan Holdsworth, John Goodsall and John McLaughlin smashed with the dense
electronics of artists like Daft Punk, Cypher 7, Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static with
a more ambient and song-oriented form. Can be very song oriented or also very,
very self-indulgent with too many guitar pyrotechnics. Not afraid of electric guitars,
not afraid of synths either or acoustic instruments. I'll use them all. Enjoy.
Type of Label: None