Chris Mekon specialises in analogue synths, making spacey FX and wibbly-wobbly noises.
Having been a fan of the extended families of Hawkwind, Gong and Amon Duul II for most of his life, Chris finally took up playing home-made effects boxes only two years ago, and has since enjoyed a meteoric rise through the ranks to become a much sought-after musician.
He has played many of the major festivals, including Glastonbury, Guilfest, Big Green Gathering, Eastern Haze, Earthwise and Celtic Blue Rock, and undertook a major UK tour with Space Ritual in October 2007 to launch the new CD "Otherworld" (http://www.spaceritual.org/otherworld/index.html). A European tour will follow in April 2008.
When not performing, Chris runs his own publishing company from his home in Cardiff.
INSTRUMENTS
DikMikator - Triwave Picogenerator:
http://4mspedals.com/triwave.php
Delatron - Mark 1 EMS VCS3:
www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/
Bobometer - Two Analogue Systems RS15 custom-made analogue synths:
www.analoguesystems.co.uk/index2.htm
Nikobox - Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue:
www.moogmusic.com/detail.php?main_product_id=163
Treen Machines - Two Korg KAOSS Pads KP2 and KP3:
www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=KP2
Stacia-matic - Korg Legacy Collection:
www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=Legacy
Kosmik Vibrator - Arturia Moog Modular V software emulator:
www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/moogmodularv/intro.htm l
Mekon energy fields captured on camera for the first time ever, Swansea, November 2007
BANDS
Space Ritual
www.spaceritual.org; www.myspace.com/spaceritual
Inner City Unit
www.myspace.com/nikturnerinnercityunit
Galaktikos
www.nikturner.com/promo/galaktikos.shtml
Nik Turner
www.nikturner.com
Yoga Chill
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro file&friendID=116689945
RECORD LABELS
Esoteric Recordings:
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/
Beat Root Records:
www.beatrootrecords.co.uk/
Miss Angel plays with some Treens. What a naughty girl she is.
PUBLISHING
Chris is the co-editor, with Jill Calvert, and publisher of The Action Man Explains: An Anthology of the Poems, Stories and Plays of Robert Calvert, to be published in 2008 (see http://www.starfarer.net/rctamebk.html for further details).
He also produced the CD artwork for Daevid Allen and Microcosmic’s 2006 CD Five Semitones: Tones for Healing and Meditation:
www.planetgong.co.uk/octave/cd/5tones.shtml
Chris has edited the booklet notes for the 2007 CD reissues of:
• Hawkwind’s Space Ritual (EMI Remasters):
www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Ritual-DVD-Hawkwind/dp/B000OYCN98
• Eclectic Discs remastered deluxe editions
www.eclecticdiscs.com/index_files/page0001.htm:
- Nik Turner’s Sphynx Xitintoday (ECL CD 1055)
- Robert Calvert’s Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters (ECL CD 1056)
- Robert Calvert’s Lucky Leif and the Longships (ECL CD 1057)