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Mwanza

Sonik Soul Man

About Me

I need love...........I need intelligence........I Need Sex........I need money..
I have been making music for over half of my life. It consumes my life in an almost unhealthy fashion. I do have a few healthy distractions to keep me occupied. I love my x-box(Psychonauts,Nija Gaiden,Final Fantasy). I love sc-fi and fantasy stuff in most forms. RPG's, Movies, Action Figures, Models, Paintings, Books....you name it I've geeked out on it. I love Japnese and German Culture in general. Both cultures have produced some of my favorite art,Film and Music.
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I have played in Mazinga Phaser, The Falcon project, The falkon, The Silver Saint, The Wild Bull, Laptop Deathmatch, The Black Arm Band(the second version), The Frenz, Glen Branca's 100 Guitar ensemble and a few shows with E.A.R. back in the mid 90's. Nowadays I am concentrating on my new solo alias "Blixaboy" and an update of The black Arm Band called "The Black Army". Blixaboy is my electronic side and The Black Army is my noisy guitar rock side. The Frenz is currently on hold for the summer.
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I am socially awkward and would rather play music than socialize most of the time. I hate stuck up music elitist and unfortunately that is who I share the most common ground with musically. It drives me crazy. I really dig avant-anything, but I am not always into the pretension that goes along with that. I am obssesed with the study of music and all music cultures. I grew up on a steady diet of Punk Rock, but as I have gotten older I have expanded my music palette in a large variety of directions. From Black Metal to Afrobeat to avant Jazz to 20th composers to south american psyche to german techno to old country to southern gospel spirituals to prison songs to Dubstep and everything inbetween. I firmly believe most people listen to what has been spoonfed to them and never really search out what really tickles their fancy. There is too much great music out there to shut myself off from all of it. I'll try anything once or twice,,,,,,,,,, maybe even thrice.
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I am going through major changes in my life and searching for real peace through art. I am optimistic about the future.

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My Interests

Music, Cinema, German Culture, Japanese Culture, Ineka, Futurism, Revolution, Free Thinkers, Space Rock, Politics, NPR, Performance Art, Super Hero Cartoons and Video Games(X-Men, Batman, Grendel, Batman, Justice League, Teen Titans), Hopeless Romanticism, Music Gear, Computers, Record Collecting, Taking it to the Man!!!!!!

I'd like to meet:

Nice People, Music Geeks, Film Geeks, Art Geeks, Current or ex Dungeons and Dragons devotees, current or ex comic book collectors. Other people who know the coolest people are generally considered to be uncool.

Music:

Ellen Allien
Modeselektor
Velvet Underground
Sonic Youth
Glenn Branca
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Einsturzende Neubaten
Nick Cave and The Birthday Party
Scratch Acid
Gang of Four
Bad Brains
Serge Gainsbourg
John and Alice Coltrane
Anthony Braxton
Steve Reich
Terry Riley
The Stooges
MC5
The Ramones
My Bloody Valentine
The Fall
Francois Dhomont
The Swans
Morton Subotnik
The Silver Apples
Spacemen 3
Jimi Hendrix
Keiji Haino
The Boredoms
Dustdevils
Boris
Luciano
Ricardo Villalobos
Kraftwerk
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Top Ten albums of 2007
1.Modeselektor - Happy Birthday(tie)
1.Celebration _ The Modern tribe(tie)
2.Thomas Fehlmann - Honigpumpe
3.Sharon Jones and the Dapkings - 100 Days,100 Nights
4.Von Sudenfed - tromatic reflexxions
5'Pantha du Prince - this bliss
6.Battles - Mirrored
7.Cadenza Contemporary 0.1 & Cadenza Classics
8.Boredoms - Super Roots 9
9.Apparat - walls
10.Kalabrese - Rumpelzirkus

other favorites of 2007:
Burial - Untrue
Robert Wyatt - Comic Opera
Mission Giant - The Golden Triangle
Acid Mother's Guru Guru - Psychedelic Navigator
Lusine - Podgelism
Pram - Moving Frontier
Ricardo Villalobos-Fabric36
Efdemin - Efdemin
Donnacha Costello - Colorseries
Clark - Throttle Promoter
Amon Tobin - foley room
Cato Salsa Experience and The Thing with Joe Mcphee - Two Bands and a Legend
Einsturzende Neubauten - Alles Wieder Offen
Murcof-Cosmos
Simian Mobile Disco - Attack decay Sustain Release
Liars - Liars
Justice - Cross
Supersilent - 8

Movies:

Sin City, Holy Mountain, Sympathy for the Devil, Cocksucker's Blues, Velvet Goldmine, Hedwig, Space is the Place, Decline of Western Civilzation Part I, Dark City, 8 1/2, Office Space, Bob Roberts,Ghost in The Shell, Requiem for a Dream, Prospero's Books, Love and a .45, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams,Star Wars Trilogy, Batman Begins, El Topo, Punk:Attitude, Suburbia, Wild at Heart, The Road to God knows where, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Stalker, Stan Brahkage, Cremaster, Naked Lunch, Zabriske Point

Television:

BUffy, Angel, The Simpsons, Family GUy, Captain Harlock, Battle of the Planets, Robotech, The Avengers, The Prisoner, DR.Who, Popular, Gene Simmons Rock School, Veronica Mars,Battlestar Galactica(New Series), 30 Days,Daily Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Boondocks, American Dad,Justice League, Teen Titans. The Batman.

Books:

The Bad Seed, Wire Magazine, Mojo Magazine, A Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, X-Men, The Watchmen

Heroes:

Ineka,NIck Cave, My Parents, Sonic Youth, Anthony Braxton, Bad Brains, David lynch, Basquiat, The Futurists, Modeselektor, Simeon, Iggy Pop

My Blog

Day 2 in the studio

we spent most of day one dumping trax from my laptop. We went til abou 11pm. I went to a place called The Replay lounge and saw The Riverboat Gamblers. Good show. I ran into a Dallas transplantMatt Ar...
Posted by Mwanza on Sat, 13 May 2006 05:06:00 PST

My future in music

I have a few ideas, but I need to get my head straight first. I have subject matter till the cows come home to write about. Especially after this 3 week tour.I need some kind of guiding light to save ...
Posted by Mwanza on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:53:00 PST

Check out this event: Lost Generation blowout

Hosted By: Mwanza DoverWhen: Wednesday Aug 31, 2005 at 9:00 PMWhere: The Cavern1914 Greenville ave.Dallas, TX 75206USDescription:Mwanza Dover Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Mwanza on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:50:00 PST

I need help from above

How can I make this pain stop. I am in love and my brain keeps working against me. I need help and fast.
Posted by Mwanza on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My band is Dead:confused:

I am starting over for the first time in years. Very refreshing. I hope I don't fuck up this time.
Posted by Mwanza on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

There is hope.

Tonight I finally get to play some new songs with my band. I am in the right mindset and strangely optimistic. 3 shows this month. One at Trees. We are gonna record at that one. I think we may end thi...
Posted by Mwanza on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

so fucking jaded it hurts

I have come to the conclusion that my career is a bust. For some reason the better my bands get the less interested people are. I don't get it and I don't want to at this point. At least I'm making mu...
Posted by Mwanza on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Space Rock is Dead!!!!!

Is there any hope. The turn out for Spiritualized was horrible. I guess America is truly going down the cultural shithole, when one the best live bands around can't draw like they used to. Granted th...
Posted by Mwanza on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST