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Zebidee

About Me

Planet Zebidee is the soundtrack to an alien planet. Fictional, but based on real and exciting discoveries that have been made in recent years. The first planet outside our solar system was discovered in 1996. We have now discovered several hundred. Someday soon it may be possible to detect the chemical signatures of life on one of them.I've always been fascinated by science, especially biology and cosmology – and a big fan of science fiction writers who write with real scientific understanding (as opposed to the majority of ‘sci-fi’ which is better described as fantasy). The great thing about understanding the universe (or trying to) is that the ‘truth’ that really is out there is far stranger and more wonderful than any fiction.For my 'day job' I'm a bass player, but the electronica thing has taken over as my main creative outlet now. It's an exciting time to be making this music.You can buy the album on my site, www.zebidee.net. Also there is information on exo-planets and astrobiology. You can join the discussions on space travel, alien biology, music, and whatever else comes up in my forums. Hope to see you there.

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Member Since: 07/02/2008
Band Website: www.zebidee.net
Influences: The inspiration for this project came from science, sci-fi and music. Science writers like Richard Dawkins and Matt Ridley, ‘New Scientist’ magazine. Serious sci-fi writers like Arthur C Clarke, Stephen Baxter, Ben Bova and Greg Bear, and the man who showed us planet Earth, the great David Attenborough.Difficult to know where to start with the musical influences. Miles Davis, Frank Zappa, Ennio Morricone, Squarepusher, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Gong, Lee Perry, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Khan, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Herbie Hancock, Joe Zawinul, Primus, Baaba Maal, Michael Nyman, Steve Reich ….and many other great artists across the whole range of musical styles that have been the soundtrack to the 20/21st century.
Sounds Like: Sci-fi electronica. Chilled out beats with jazz and world music influences.
Record Label: Zebidee
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The story of my planet

The StoryCompared with Earth, Zebidee was a late bloomer.Orbiting its parent star on the outer edge of the goldilocks zone for billions of years, life never evolved beyond microbial organisms deep in ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:08:00 GMT

Doom and gloom in the music biz?

Personally I think it's a great time to be making music. I think electronica is where jazz was in the 1940s. There were so many great players who learnt their skills playing the dance music of the big...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:33:00 GMT

What would it take?

"Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defences each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:38:00 GMT