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The Selmanaires

when we wake up in the morning...

About Me

on an autumn day in 2003, on selman street in atlanta georgia, a group of developers were bulldozing an old house. among broken hair dryers, kitchenware, and musty furniture they found a box containing a reel of magnetic tape. thinking nothing of it, the men discarded it in a pile and continued chewingchewingchewing. night came. an early evening sprinkle painted tree trunks dark with the earthy extract of fallen leaves. four wandering figures (our boys), rambling along after work, began to feel a peculiar sensation as they passed this strange pile. an organic unease. curious, the boys stepped closer (as they were predispositioned to mystery and old tape) and noticed a strange music murmuring from fragments of rotten wood and torn plastic bags. purplegreenblue vapors rose from the shivering heap, and it was crowned with a slim box labeled "for gutenberg's children". they opened it carefully with a stick, and before they could could reach inside to touch the reel it disintegrated in a flash of

telephonespaintedlipsnightlynewsleopardsglaciersdoorhandlesv olcanos

tiremarkstypeoceansarrowspowerlinescarhorncloudskneecapellip sis

gasolinenightclubbedsheetfingertips.

.............................................and thus the selmanaires were born.

DISCOGRAPHY: "The Air Salesmen" (full-length album), "Here Come the Selmanaires" (full-length CD) and "Just To Get Yr Love b/w Verdigris Intrigue" (seven-inch single) are available for purchase at www.internationalhits.com .


"Standing in Line at an Elevator" (seven-inch single off of Rob's House Records) is available for purchase at www.robshouserecords.com
For booking inquiries, contact us via this page, or e-mail Tommy C. at [email protected].
The Selmanaires - "Broken Mirrors in the Mud" from David Hahn on Vimeo .
Online Videos by Veoh.com
Online Videos by Veoh.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/18/2004
Band Website: this is it
Band Members: Herb Harris: GUITAR/VOCALS/percussion/drums

Jason Harris: DRUMS/VOCALS/wurlitzer electric piano/sampler/stand-up bass/percussion

Tommy Chung: BASS/VOCALS/ guitar/percussion/stand-up bass

Mathis Hunter: GUITAR/ PERCUSSION/SAMPLER/DRUMS/VOCALS
Influences: Can, Talking Heads, Kinks, Brian Eno, Fela Kuti and Africa 70, Serge Gainsbourg, Devo, Meters, Son House, Beatles, Caetano Veloso, Wire, Kraftwerk, Smokey Robinson, Broadcast, Toots & the Maytals, Link Wray, the Damned, Erik Satie, Thelonious Monk, King Tubby, Leiber and Stoller, The Monks, Velvet Underground, Victor Javier
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Sounds Like: a bunch of punk kids who started listening to Brian Eno, Fela Kuti, and Can.
Record Label: International Hits (www.internationalhits.com)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

excerpt from recent interview

reposted from "never in print" online blog:   NIP: What are some of the influences on your music? Jason: We are all music addicts and listen to a ton of different styles of music.... Herb: We are...
Posted by The Selmanaires on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 PST

NEW ALBUM COMMITTED TO TAPE!

hello everybody, we've just finished recording our second record at living room studios here in the humid ATL. warmly captured on 2 inch tape with generous layers of tape delays and echoes, and run th...
Posted by The Selmanaires on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:58:00 PST