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Ayris:
The Indie/Experimental Experience.
Ayris fully formed in January of 2006 with the addition of their singer, Allie Nickel. With Adam Henderson on drums, Hogma on guitar, Steve Whitmore on bass, they soon began to make regular appearances at Pittsburgh venues.
Nickel makes her way through each song with smooth, unconstrained and passionate vocals. The powerful yet technical guitar riffs of Hogma are striking and vigorous, yet they remain flexible and fluid, displaying years upon years of skillful playing. Whitmore thickens the melodies with appeasing bass lines that freely meld into hypnotic grooves complementing Henderson’s incredibly detailed yet catchy rhythm. Always strong and full of color, his playing encompasses many styles all of which have been influenced by many percussion greats in drum corps, jazz and rock.
Said to be a cross between post-rock, goth, indie, nu-jazz, and experimental, Ayris is truly a unique sound streaming above the blandness of new music that must be experienced firsthand.
Ayris has steadily been making their way through Pittsburgh, playing at every significant venue in the city and are anxious to branch off into surrounding cities and states.
To book Ayris, contact:
Allie: [email protected]
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Hogma (Guitar) - Playing since age 12
Influences- The Edge (U2), Stephen 'Stef' Carpenter(Deftones) Joe Pass, Mike Einziger (Incubus), Kirk Hammet(Metallica), Circa Survive, InFlames, John Frusciante(Red Hot Chilli Peppers), Mikael Ã…kerfeldt (Opeth), Jimi Hendrix, Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit, belive it or not) Jason Turby (P.O.D) Omar Rodguez-Lopez (Mars Volta) Timothy Jerome Mahoney (311), Miles Davis, Bukethead, Joe Satriani
Fomer Band Background- Seplacur, Shovel Face, Fashuma
Musical Experience- Classical, Jazz, Fingerstyle, Blues, Funk, Flamenco, Metal, Studied Jazz with Valentino Vasquez (Local Jazz Musican) Currently attending IUP for music education and studing classical guitar with Irvin Kaufman (Principal Celloist and Guitarist for the Pittsburgh Symphony
Equipment- Guitar (Custom Brian Moore C-90p Seven String, Rig (Digitech Artist 2120, Mackie 1400i power amp, Avatar Custom 4x12 cab, Pro Link Moster Cable cables, Dunlop wah pedal, Dunlop Jazz picks, DR Pure Bluse custom gauge 7-string set
Adam (Drums) - Playing since age 10.
Influences- Danny Carey (tool), Brian (Brain) Mantiva (Primus), Chad
Sexton (311), Carter Beauford (DMB), Terreon Gully (Blackout), Roger
Humphries (RH Factor), Ryan Tutera (Stoic Pitch).
Former Band Background- Urban Cowboys (UC) , Couchgrass, 828, Fashuma
Musical Experience- McKeesport Drumline 4yrs, Junior Drumline instructor 1yr, McKeesport Drumline Assistant Instructor 1yr, Drum clinic w/McKeesport drum line for Drum Corp International's Dennis Delucia.
Equipment-
20x17 Yamaha Stage Custom Kick w/Yamaha Double Kick Pedal
14x14 Yamaha Stage Custom Floor Tom
10x6 Custom Cut Keller High Tom
8x5 Custom Cut Keller High Tom
14x3 Pearl Free Floating Hand Hammered Brass Piccollo Snare
Sabian:
14" Studio HiHats
16" El Sabor Latin Crash
18" AAX Dark Crash
8" AA China Splash
Zildjian:
20" K Custom Dark Ride
19" K China
8" A Splash
6" A Splash
Wuhan:
10" Splash
Allie (Vocals) - singing since conception
Influences - the incredible musicians of Ayris,
Former band background - death at 22, nowhere to paradise, rising tide
Musical experience - song composition, poetry, cantor, drums..
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