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This studio project was put together in 2002 by Mike Handler and features a few different musicians. The two main players are Mike (electric basses, synths, guitars and songwriter) and Jim Vallone (drumset/percussion). Other players have done tracks on guitar, sax, and keys. In addition, pre-recorded loops are used for that "electronic vibe" - there is no sequencing in this group. All tracks were cut live to digital multi-track by thoroughly analog humans.Catalyst Blue - Introducing: The Electro-Beat ----- available at iTunes and Rhapsody ----- (c)2007 ----- Enjoy!

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Member Since: 11/2/2007
Band Website: rhapsody.com/catalystblue/
Band Members: [Mike Handler] composer - basses, keys & synths, guitars, engineering, sonic manipulation, tambourine, horticultural persuasion.[Jim Vallone] - drumset, conga, bongos, shakers and hand percussion, voice, assorted glassware, edible enticements & tasty treats.Guest musicians include: Mike Harrington (elec. guitar), Ben Schwartz (tenor saxophone), Ryan Finch (drums), Ian (violin - efiddler.com) .........
Influences: Steely Dan, Pat Metheny, Zero 7, Weather Report, Charlie Hunter, all Motown artists backed by the awesome Funk Brothers, Henry Mancini, Mocean Worker, Pink Floyd, Toto, Al DiMeola (solo and World Sinfonia), Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, Alan Parsons, Wally Badarou, Montefiore Cocktail, Vienna Art Orchestra (the absolute BEST big band), Tribal Tech, Level 42, Michael Manring, Tosca, Rush, John Patitucci, Boards Of Canada, Vince Guaraldi (not the Peanuts music as much as his latin stuff), Dave Brubeck, Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Dionne Warwick, Sven Van Hees, Uzeb, Dimitri From Paris, The Brand New Heavies, Chick Corea, Tower Of Power, Basia (Queen Of The Polish Samba), Fila Brazillia, Will Bernard/Motherbug, King Crimson, King Kooba, King Curtis, The King's Singers, The King Of Rock & Roll (maybe), The King of Pop (possibly), King Diamond (not)............

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The Fourth

There's many ways to celebrate the Fourth Of July. Myself, I'll be playing the Star Spangled Banner repeatedly for the next 24 hours. Details to follow.........For the holiday I posted a remake of the...
Posted by Catalyst Blue on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:39:00 PST

Some videos......

Just a quick note - we've started experimenting in the world of video, and have posted 2 clips. Since we're just learning how to work with video, these clips are basic. In the future we're going to fe...
Posted by Catalyst Blue on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:27:00 PST

Bass Players

As humans, we find ourselves choosing something in life (a job, hobby, lifestyle, profession, sport etc...) and, upon reflection, we think of the people who have influenced and inspired us to choose s...
Posted by Catalyst Blue on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:17:00 PST

Thanks to all....

.....who have visited, listened and all that. Several new tunes already recorded for the 2nd CD......a bit more like "world music" with an electronic feel. We'll see........!Other than that, some bass...
Posted by Catalyst Blue on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:29:00 PST