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Zach Djanikian

Phillies + Barack = Party on my block!!!!

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Music:

Member Since: 10/31/2007
Band Members: On Featured Recordings: Zach Djanikian- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Tenor Saxophone, Piano; Owen Biddle- Bass Guitar; Adam Davis- Pedal Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar; Pete Kuzma- Piano, Hammond B3 Organ, Wurlitzer Electric Piano; Andy Kravitz- Drums; Matt Muir- Drums; Adam Flicker- Bb Trumpet; Jay Davidson- Baritone Saxophone; Adam Winoker- TamborineEngineered by Ian Cross and Adam Winoker; Produced by Ian Cross
Influences: Here's a few things I can't stop listening to. --------------------- Caetano Veloso, Ce: Caetano's latest is so ridiculously good. Just went to see him in New York and fell in love with this material. Great band, great songs, and also the dryest record I've ever heard by far, which is sweet.-----------------------John Legend, Once Again: Seriously, It's awesome. The song "Show Me" is a Raphael Saadiq masterpiece (he wrote it, also check out his record called Instant Vintage. It's pretty amazing.)--------------------------Brad Mehldau Trio, Day is Done: Brad Mehldau is one of those few artists that I love so much that I buy pretty much everything he puts out. Day is Done struck a particularlly resonant chord with me. His Covers of "Martha My Dear" and Radiohead's "Knives Out" are unreal.-------------------------------DJ Jazzy Jeff, Return of the Magnificent: Mr. Owen Biddle (look in the Band Members section) hipped me to this record. It's not a game. We're talking bout PRACTICE.-----------------------------The Band, Jericho: I've been on a huge band kick lately. This is actually a 90's record that was made sans Robbie Robertson. Key tracks: "Jericho", "Blind Willie McTell" and their cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City." Levon kills it.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

One of those things

The day before yesterday, september 27th, my phone rang at about 10:30 in the morning. In my half asleep-ness, I let it ring. When I got up, I checked the voice message. It was my friend Adam, who ...
Posted by Zach Djanikian on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:56:00 PST

New Tune

Hello all. I just posted a new song called Patiently. It's the result of a much enjoyed couple of days over at Kawari studios with the talented duo of Matt Muir and Adam Winoker. It's always a joy...
Posted by Zach Djanikian on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:07:00 PST