Member Since: 9/6/2004
Band Website: aoineko.com
Band Members: Ben Steele - Art, Music and Electronics
Darren Dugan - Art and Editing
Cliff and Garth Hockersmith - Guitar
John Hockersmith - Drums
Influences: Musically: Boards of Canada, Cornelius, Claudine Longet, Radiohead, Nobukazu Takemura, Tortoise, Bob Dylan, DJ Shadow, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Faye Wong, Leadbelly, Simon and Garfunkel, Takako Minekawa, the Notwist, Velvet Underground, FSOL, John Coltrane, Pixies, Randy Newman, Brian Eno, Gabor Szabo, Air, Kid Loco, Yoko Kanno, Nirvana, Henryk Gorecki, Sigur Ros, Yo La Tengo, The Pillows and Glenn Gould.
The most influential visual artists on our work have been the directors Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Shinichiro Watanabe, Mamoru Oshii, Ingmar Bergman, Kaige Chen, Zhang Yimou, Chris Cunningham and Hayao Miyazaki as well as the web artists Niko Stumpo, Arnaud Mercier, and Mike Young.
Painters and illustrators including Li Jijian, Yoshitaka Amano, Moebius, Ralph McQuarrie, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and the great works of the Italian renaissance and French rococo period.
Sounds Like: The music sounds very organic, even though there are electronic elements.
Record Label: SOAC
Type of Label: Indie