Member Since: 8/30/2005
Band Website: alienchatter.com
Band Members: RODNEY LEE - Piano, Synths, and Programming
SATNAM S. RAMGOTRA - Tabla, Drums, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, and Programming
ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS(STUDIO)
MICHAEL LANDAU - Electric Guitar * DMITRIS "JIMMY" MAHLIS - Oud * SHRI ALOKE DASGUPTA - Sitar * SHAWN DAVIS - Electric Bass * RICO BELLED - Electric Bass * STAN SARGENT - Upright Bass
Influences: IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Joe Zawinul, John Coltrane, Keith Jarret, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Jan Hammer, John Mclaughlin, John Abercrombie, Steve Khan, John Scofield, Elvin Jones, Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Vinnie Colaiuta, Michael Landau, Peter Erskine, Michael and Randy Brecker, Tom Scott, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Carmen McRae, Tito Puente, Omar Hakim, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Jeff “Tain†Watts, Kenny Kirkland, Ray Charles, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Isley Brothers, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five, Prince, Steve Gadd, Eddie Gomez, Eliane Elias, Led Zeppelin, Danny Elfman, Henry Mancini, P-Funk, Ohio Players, James Jamerson, Bootsie Collins, The Meters, Zigaboo Modeliste, Clyde Stubblefield, Thomas Dolby, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Gary Newman, DEVO, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Primus, Rush, Supertramp, Boston, The Allman Brothers, Nazareth, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, Sub Humans, The Dead Kennedy’s, GBH, SNFU, Earth Wind & Fire, Rick James(BITCH!), The Cars, Missing Persons, Frank Zappa, The Motels, The Pretenders, YES, The Eagles, Alan Parsons Project, Radiohead, U2, Steve Jordan, Coldplay, INXS, George Michael, Depeche Mode, REM, The Smiths, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh. Beck, The Police, Sting, Stewart Copeland, Stanley Jordan, Elton John, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Toto, Steely Dan, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Simply Red, The Kinks, Dire Straits, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Allarakha, Ustad Sultan Khan, Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pandit Brij Bushan Kabra, Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, L. Shankar, L. Subramanium, Lata Mageshkar, Asha Bhosle, Jagjit & Chitra Singh, Mehndi Hassan, Anup Jalota, Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Ghulam Ali, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Jasraj, Mian Tansen, Ustad Allaudin Khan, The Doors, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bill Laswell, Square Pusher, Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project, Karsh Kale, DJ Chebi Sabbah, Talvin Singh, Midival Punditz, Carmen Rizzo, Sigur Ros, Kronos Quartet, Janes Addiction., Tower of Power, Fleetwood Mac, Heart, The Stone Roses, Sons of Freedom, AIR, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails, Stevie Wonder, WAIT…THEREâ€S MORE! JUST GIMME A SECOND! Oh yeah...All things TABLA AND PIANO!!! I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)
Sounds Like: Moby meets Tabla Beat Science!! Available @ and on Support Independent Music!!
Record Label: Six Degrees Records
Type of Label: Indie