Cult Of The Hidden Nerve

I am Danl, a progressive composer, an analytical electronical rythm pusher, and I am so insanely lost in what I do. Luckily I love every minute of it. My band and I are developing a live show, riddled with musical rubiks cube, and well garnished in technicolour.
We are The Cult Of The Hidden Nerve.
On the whole It gets very surreal, which is what I want because the best way to escape the reality you are in is to make your own. Normally this is considered taboo and a product of an unhealthy mind or life (and this is true in the initilisation of my music) but because we use music to describe and construct a new world, it is manifested in a format we can share with everyone.. which makes it reality not fantasy, and removes the destructive aspect of this escapism
Yep.. Surreal music.. why isnt it a musical genre? Its taken me ages to come up with a word that can really describe what we're doing here but I think 'Surreal' is perfect.
Now lets get a few basic concepts sorted here.. first, surreal art doesnt mean VAGUE or chaotic or abstract (in technique). Its generally quite rendered and structured. Its the CONCEPT that counts. The subtle feeling of space, the creepyness, the isolated vibrance, the CONTENT...
I think in musical terms, it suggests that our music has form, and rythm, and alot of 'real music', but has content with an air of trippyness and imagery that makes the mind create a new space. Many musicians have done this before. Im giving it a name. Surreal music..
Ever heard Planet Caravan by Black Sabboth? Thats what I'd call surreal music. Some of that Kid A album by Radiohead, or some flaming lips. The white rabbit.. uh.. I dunno.. Enya?
Its not the sound, but the affect on the listener. It picks up on a spark on your mind and sends a shiver down your back coupled with a nice endorphin rush sometimes (drug users will probably like this). Describe the infinte and confer the sublime. Tickle that hidden little nerve tha music so often does. Thats how we got the name. We are in search for the hidden nerve which creates that spaced trippy kind of feeling that you get when you look at a Dali painting.. and music is almost a slightly obsessive spritual or religious kind of thing for me, so I used the word CULT.
Sweet.. Cult of the Hidden Nerve.. thats us..
We will be touring soon with some bands from the Endgame Label, up the east coast. Should be fun. At this time we have nyself working laptops, virtual things, random noise, and the odd vocal, Matt Hunter working keyboards, Erica on guitar, and Kane and Joffy, both accomplished visuals artists, accompany us around the joint (VJs)
An album I wrote AGES ago, THE METECHANIST was kindly released to the public by Webbed Hand Records. www.webbehandrecords.com and is right there, right now.. FREE!! Yes!, go check it out! and to be honest it was from right back where I started when I began this strange electronic music inducing reclusivness, so dont expect quite the same standards that we somehow manage to work at these days...