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litmus0001

livelooping free improvisation & studio tricks

About Me

litmus0001 grew up in a small town in the 216, but now it's the 330. When he turned 18, he went to the 513 to learn how life works. He also helped invent/mimic shoegazer in the band Sinker, which somehow still gets press there once in a while. 4 yr later, he went to the 615 to continue his study of how life works at a much finer, more detailed level. Additionally he began his study of how to channel emotion by spontaneous expressionist/impressionist sonic surrender using various modes and methods in the bands Electric Mayhem, Local Anesthetic, Waywards Legs, and Simple Circuits. He was also a contributing member of the Kirkwood Arts and Social Collective and it's semi-official Ensemble Chamber Orchestra. In 2001, he moved to the 509 to develop new ways of looking at how life works, paying attention to everything all at once without knowing what you're looking it, describing it all with a limited-variable equation. Unfortunately, he really wanted to be in the 206 and the 503 during this time. It was here, in the desolate high desert rain shaddow of Mt Adams, Mt Ranier and Mt Stuart that litmus0001 developed in earnest as a method to combat crippling depression and near-terminal psychosis. In 2004, he returned east, this time landing in the 608, to figure out how life goes haywire in that thing called cancer, and how to drug this haywire so it goes quiet and benign. Here, he has also further developed his spontaneous transitory expressionist/impressionist sub-mental channeling methods to chisel sonic sculptures and soundscapes out of thin air. He continues to perform these experiments in self-imposed isolation in the presence of select audiences. ***************** He is married, and has two dogs that he communicates with empathically; they are his familiars. *********** All litmus0001 music is absolutely free. Just like you should be, think you are, but probably aren't.

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Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: geocities.com/litmus0001
Band Members: Jonathan Ewald - 6 string Pedulla bass, 4 string Kramer prepared/sympathetic bass, acoustic and electric guitars, tambura, tambur, dulcimer, Roland MC-202, alligator clips, chains, sticks, knives, FruityLoops, AcidPro, flutes, percussion, vox, samples, effects, loops.*****with appearances by: Brian Ploeckelman (tablas) Patricia Zahler (tambura, dulcimer, percussion, flutes)
Influences: Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa, Les Claypool, Dean Garcia/Curve, Michael Brook, David Sylvian, Marc Ribot, Rain Tree Crow, Chris Squire, Sonny Sharrock, Sonic Youth, Bill Laswell, Tangerine Dream, King Crimson (70s and 80s line-ups), Brad Laner/Medicine, Dark Muse, Khanate, Sunn O))), Tool, The Residents, Fred Frith, Michael Manring, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Brady Sharp, Marc Levinthal, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Peter Kowald, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Wes Borland, Steve Reich, LaMonte Young, Terry Riley, John Adams, John Luther Adams, Arvo Part, Morton Feldman, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pauline Oliveros, Ozric Tentacles, Stars of the Lid, Windy and Carl, Tortoise, Sleepy Town Manufacture, Hollydrift, Transient, IJO
Sounds Like: a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag - fast and bulbous, got me?
Record Label: AnubisMusic, Kikapu (R.I.P), Clinical Archives
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cheech and Chong to Reunite and Tour !!!

What a coincidence!!! Cheech and Chong are apparently back together and ready to go on tour!  I've seen Chong before, in Nashville in 98 or so, and he was hysterical.  But both back together...
Posted by litmus0001 on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:40:00 PST

on a lighter note...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfGD5FgtNtY Classic. I remember seeing this with friends for the first time in high school and laughing so hard I couldn't breathe....
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:54:00 PST

Final scene of Six Feet Under

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVBiZdy6TpQ The final montage of the series Six Feet Under. When I saw it the first time, I cried my eyes out. I sob uncontrollably each time I've seen it sin...
Posted by litmus0001 on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:29:00 PST

current listening: Silent Ballet vol 8 compilation

At work, I am currently working on writing a bunch of things, so it keeps me at my desk in front of my computer.  Although writing tends to be an insufferable pain in the ass, a good point is tha...
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:16:00 PST

current goings on...

- Finished this round of revisions of manuscript2:  How to ID drugs that can put cancer to sleep among thousands of tested drugs (ie how to find a needle in a haystack at night), a demonstration ...
Posted by litmus0001 on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:11:00 PST

NTNS radio to feature "stillorgand road" on this weeks show

details about the show, originating in Amsterdam, here:http://www.intelligentmachinery.net/?q=node/33listen live, thru this link, at 2am EST:http://ntnsradio.serverroom.us:8208/listen.plsalso broadcas...
Posted by litmus0001 on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:59:00 PST

litmus0001 on scandanavian (?) radio

I found the Centrifug radio program from 7/13/08 is playing tunes from my new album.  I'm not sure where this originates from though... some scandanavian country but I'm not sure which.http://cen...
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:01:00 PST

found this comment on SomaFM.com’s board...

"hey, i was wondering, WHERE DO YOU FIND LITMUS0001 MUSIC??!!! i have been captivated by that music for the longest time; in fact, i listen to drone zone just waiting for some litmus! i've searched th...
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:54:00 PST

Stillorgan Road downloaded nearly 5000 times in 2 weeks!

As of today (7/15/08), my new album Stillorgan Road, released by Clinical Archives on 7/2, has been downloaded from archive.org 4775 times!!!!  That's a lot of downloads in 2 weeks time!  Th...
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:57:00 PST

MXC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4VomImtzVw ...
Posted by litmus0001 on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:08:00 PST