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duende

everything that has black sounds, has duende

About Me

No one remembers how we got together. Sometimes the old folks tell tales of a mighty fish what turned into a woman and was named Vanessa; she with the throat of a thousand shiny gills. Her oils produced many flaxen-haired children, all of whom were eaten by Mikey G after a bad combination of ether and weight-loss pills made him exceptionally ravenous. Seeking revenge, Vanessa the she-fish cornered Mikey in a rest stop off highway 101 but was soothed by his rhythmic mating call, which he was later able to reproduce on the bass guitar. Recognizing the mating call of the wild North American G, the man-boy known as Wills ran to the scene in order to get pictures to post on the internet and found Vanessa the fish-woman and the cornered G already in the midst of "negotiations." Sensing a tension that could only bring ill to the world, the man-boy sought to disrupt the situation, but was so beguiled by the black sounds that he decided to add to it by beating on anything in sight with his large sticks. All the cacaphony, of course, attracted a young master of the electric ocelot, as cacaphony will. She went by the name of Annabel Leigh, and she hailed from a kingdom by the sea.From there, details become sketchy. This is just what the old folks sometimes say.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/14/2004
Band Members: the girl who sings: vanessa.....; the sweet skills of pig skin and bow: darth white bred: steve.....; le bass et le sweet guitar with a touch of darkness: mike E. G.; she of the electric ocelot: annabel leigh
Influences: sigur ros, portishead, mogwai, radiohead, clinic, explosions in the sky, blonde redhead, tortoise, dirty three, cocteau twins, mazzy star, ride, the jesus and mary chain, the smiths, sonic youth, at the drive-in, depeche mode, cat power, bowie, flaming lips, modest mouse, tribe called quest, the decemberists, subarachnoid space, polvo, the residuals, daisy chainsaw, isis, faith no more, misfits/danzig, the waxfire, pj harvey, pixies, the faint, astral, black sabbath, mono, pink floyd, lovage, high on fire, fantomas, outkast, the clash, the cure, black flag, godspeed! you black emperor, os mutantes, and a few more we can't remember right now.
Sounds Like: a mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained
Record Label: independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New name, new show...

So we have been working hard over the last few months with our new bassist/keyboardist (Mark from American Chamber Music, which is one of our top 8 friends, check it out!) and we are finally ready to ...
Posted by duende on Tue, 01 May 2007 06:12:00 PST

Just teasing...

We've been working overtime writing a fresh batch of new songs which we hope to record and post on this site sometime early next year. Until then, please enjoy some demos recorded during our last few...
Posted by duende on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:10:00 PST

the arrival of duende

"Everything that has black sounds in it, has duende. ... The arrival of the duende presupposes a radical change to all the old kinds of form, brings totally unknown and fresh sensations, with the qual...
Posted by duende on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:32:00 PST

A sad day for Plumkind

It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the following news: Rohini has decided to leave Plum. She's got various projects in the works, so keep in touch with her through her personal myspace page...
Posted by duende on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:55:00 PST

You wanted an update

For those of you who have been asking us when we plan to load newer music on our page we have an answer for you. We are currently working on a full length album and are hoping to complete it by the en...
Posted by duende on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:51:00 PST

funny people.

check out my conversation with the "best" band in the world: When you sell a record let me know! untill then........ your a dick! I'm not mad, you are !! Throwing insults like a scorned political cand...
Posted by duende on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

matt pike(high on fire) and shane bergman(walken) featured on "deep cut"

our ep "plum baby oil machine to be out mid march....meet us on our sxsw tour and get one! our album,"the year of the plum", is coming. it's got a couple of tracks with matt pike. shane bergman o...
Posted by duende on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST