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mcdowell

to survive a war you've got to become war.

About Me

"but now, urania, there is need for louder sound while i climb along the harmonic scale of the celestial movements to higher things where the true archetype of the fabric of the world is kept hidden." -j. kepler

solo i play as sagas. listen here
i also play or have played with: arco flute foundation, as a duo with mike tamburo, dark yoga, brave priest, melted prism, chaob, nux, air guitar magazine, various collaborations/jams, etc, and other things i'd probably rather not mention.

out now:
sagas/plankton wat split cdr (solar commune/biological radio split release)
tamburo/mcdowell-'at bohemian grove' cdr on ruralfaune
tamburo/mcdowell-'are we not drawn onward to new era?' c-50 on sloow tapes
sagas cdr on biological radio
matt mcdowell-'headlong into the fire' 3" on NAFH

see blog for past releases, some of them are still available.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/30/2005
Band Website: musicfellowship.com
Band Members: matt mcdowell-guitar, drums, electronics, toothaches, oud.
Influences: esoteric media, leftist rhetoric, om, maqam, taureg, raga, rebetika, redwoods, appalachia, rural oregon, books on things, nostalgia for the imaginary, the montour railroad, conrail, chessie, n&w, b&o, growing up along the old PRR panhandle division, urban decay, music that exudes rawness, clatter, clutter, classism, minor thirds, electricity, strings, the sun, phase relationships between radio towers on the horizon at night, making and eating food, being in poor taste, minimalism, the steelers, cycles, patterns, bart hopkin, gareth williams, catherine jauniaux, ellen fullman, johannes kepler, harry partch, harry smith, jordan belson, ross gigee, robert anton wilson, putney swope, david lee roth, tolkien, r. bucky fuller, r. stevie moore, italo calvino, ee cummings, marshall mcluhan, some other people, mass culture control bureau, just about anything recorded at cold storage, neil young, my friends, life, caffeine, photography, heaviosity, nature...basically weird shit that i think is cool.
Sounds Like: roiling planes of limbo.
Record Label: sloow, ruralfaune, musicfellowship, nafh, cenotaph
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

selected discography

yup.2000:arco flute foundation - the second lesson in new era time: exploring the possibilities of new wave villains; and what of boy? LP (cenotaph) 399 made with individually painted covers. long gon...
Posted by mcdowell on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 04:43:00 PST