Member Since: 10/31/2005
Band Website: accretions.com/artists/donkey.asp
Band Members: hans fjellestad - analog sounds
damon holzborn - digital sounds
Influences: These faults are undesirable and should not be perpetuated:
1. Cryptorchid
A mature jack with one or both testes undescended into the scrotum after two years is called a cryptorchid. Cryptorchid males should be gelded.
2. Dwarfism
A dwarfed animal has an overall stunted, thick-set appearance. They can have multiple deformities in the legs with large, coarse and knobby joints or cannons short and stumpy. They have disproportionate heavy heads, usually carried low. Dwarfism traits are unacceptable for breeding.
3. Extreme "Cow Hocks"
Cow Hocks that hinder the movement, and therefore the function of an
individual.
4. Extreme "Parrot Mouth" and/or "Monkey Mouth"
Teeth that miss an even bite by more than 1/4-inch affect the good condition and health of an individual, and eventually the longevity of the animal.
Sounds Like: "Donkey nurture the spontaneity, the improvisation, the need to force out some fresh abomination, that marks the best of the scene." - The Wire
"Noisy, occasionally brutal, this is not a Merzbow-esque assault. There is pace, tension and most of all invention." - All-Music Guide
"To-the-bone abstract artcore sound manipulation. Very impressive." - Mixmag
"Donkey veer from the heady extremes of pure adrenaline noise to the more cerebral and chin stroking intellectual exercise that is improvisation at its most inventive." - Acid Attack Music
"A new sonic horizon, and booga to the 'Oh, electronic music! It's so cold! So unfeeling! Waah!' crowd, the excitement that the interchange of creativity and challenge these two are engaged in fairly leaps into your ear." - Signal to Noise
"Leaping between towers of abstraction, dragging note clusters over cruelly sharp rough terrain, they mess around in the margins of an ever-playful train of sonic events." - Metamorphic Journeyman
"Fjellestad and Holzborn create a dense, festering tropical sound texture... a compound sonic miasma reminiscent of the bubbling inventive density of Matmos and the psychotic drawl emerging from the bottom of a Frank Zappa cheeseburger." - The Wire
"Surging electronics evolve and develop in engaging and compelling ways with the perfect balance of unity and variety in color, sonority, rhythm and texture. While you won't find yourself humming any tunes, Donkey cranks out some mighty fine noise." - Progression
"Donkey exhibit a coherent sympathy too many modern players miss completely; you can hear them following each other all over the map." - e|i
Record Label: Accretions
Type of Label: Indie