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Brian Riordan

Chicagoland Percussionist

About Me

I am a percussionist in the Chicagoland area. I play with many types of bands and I also teach.
I have been studying music for many years. I speacialize in Afro Cuban, Brazilian, Arabic, North African, Middle Eastern, Jazz, Classical, Film Music, Rock, and The Avant Garde.
I am currently involved in many musical projects such as:
The Soup (The Super American Happy Fun Jam Band)
I have performed with Mr Blotto on several Occasions, and Frank Catalano
Seven Facets , Doctor Don And The Boogie Monsters , Natural Mystic , The Collaborative Collective, The Chicago Afro Beat Project , The Contemporary Music Project , Mike Rafferty and Phriends , Cary Kanno ,and Leadfoot
I have a few more groups that will be ready soon.
I have performed with The Everyone Orchestra , Matt Butler , Speargrass, Treologic , Kaif, Al Amal, Ruben Alvarez, Najib Bahri, Roxanne Larcher, Schizowave , The Rosewood Trio, Somewhereinbetween, Thinner Teed , and Catfish Jenkins .
I just finished writing/recording my first film score. Its called "Death & Delivery" by Chris Burns .
Check out my "Upcoming Shows" to see where and when any of my projects are playing next. Or you can go to my blog called
"My Discography/Filmography" for info about any recordings I have done.
My percussion quintet, "The Global Percussion Ensemble", gives clinics at Chicago Public Schools.
I currently teach drums/percussion, please contact me if you would like to take some lessons.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/13/2005
Band Members: Me: Various Ethnic Percussion, Classical Percussion, Drumset, Mallet Instruments, Electronic Percussion, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Sitar, Programming, Recording, Composing
Influences: This is what I like to listen to, so you can decide which ones are my influences:

John zorn, Miles Davis, David Byrne, Mike patton, Doseone, Jel, Radiohead, King Crimson, Trevor dunn, Trey spuance, Frank Zappa, Jane's Addiction, Secret Chiefs 3, Tom Waits, The Mars Volta, John Mclaughlin, Early Genisis-Yes-Weather Report-Santana, NIN, Bjork, Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Hemophiliac, Ikue Mori, Tricky, Massive Attack, Kieth Jarret, Amon Tobin, MMW, Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, Autechre, Tortoise, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Squarepusher, Elliot Smith, Aphex Twin, Jeff Buckley, Nikhil Banerjee, PinkFloyd, Tool, Movie Soundtracks, CAN, Clave y Guaguanco, Herbie Hancock, Peeping Tom, Dj Shadow, Lustmord, Stravinsky, Electric Masada, 13 & God, Jel, Marvin Gaye, Coltrane, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, 5ive Style, Miasma and The Carousel of Headless Horses, Peter Tosh, The Art Bears, Henry Cow, Guapo (not El Guapo), Terry Riley, The Ruins, The Boredoms, Hossam Ramsy, Roy Orbison, Morphine, Simon Shaheen, Bach, King Tubby, Opeth, Led Zeppelin, Rahul Dev Burman, Kishor Kumar, Pat Metheny, Bonobo, Thievery Corporation, Reaching Quiet, Alban Berg, John Cage, Arnold Schoenberg, Amon Duul II, Anton Webern, Jime Hendrix, Mazzy Star, Charles Ives, Emperor, Asha Bolse, Dj Spooky, Themselves, Grateful Dead, Gabby La La, Alice in Chains, Sufjan Stevens, Mugison, Ghostigital, Dengue Fever, Soundgarden, The Future Sound Of London, Strauss, Phish, Mozart, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Beethoven, Einsturzende Neubauten, Bob Marley, Chick Corea, Gast Del Sol, Beatles, Pantera, Henry Kaiser, Nusrat Fetah Ali Khan, The Sea And Cake, Cheer-Accident, The Ex, The Bad Plus, Ananda Shankar, Fugazi, Bartok, Wagner, Ani Defranco, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Sonic Youth, Time Of Orchids, Mephista, Estradesphere, Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, The Roots, Greenthink, The Meters, Beck, PFunk, Paco de lucia, Smashing Pumpkins, Debussy, Mahler, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew, Masada, Painkiller, The Evens, Stereolab, Him(from chicago, not that stupid goth band), The Maytals, Ayuo, Jeff Parker, The Amorphous Androgynous, ¡TchKunG!, Crash Worship, TV on the Radio, cLOUDDEAD, Odd Nosdam, My Bloody Valentine, Why?, Merzbow, Subtle, Elliott Sharp, Wadada Leo Smith

Labels: Tzadik, Web of Mimicry, Ipecac, Thrill jockey, DGM, Anticon
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Free Live recordings

Click here to download free live recordings via Archive.orgRecordings include me playing with:The Super American Happy Fun Good Time JambandandThe Chicago Afrobeat Project...
Posted by Brian Riordan on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:48:00 PST

News/Articles/Interviews/Videos

------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------Dr. Don and The Boogie Monsters VideosLive from Joes on Weed St.Chicago09-07-2007Dr. Don and The Boogie Monsters...
Posted by Brian Riordan on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:19:00 PST

About the music you are hearing right now.

Heres a little somthing about the music playing on the standal one player above.1. Hubba Bubbaby Mas Cowbell, performing with The Super American Happy Fun Good time JambandLive at Otto's 3-25-2006http...
Posted by Brian Riordan on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:17:00 PST

My Discography/Filmography

Discography:Here is a list of recordings that you willl find me on.1. 19th and Morgan - 19th and MorganOrganic house music. I think only 1000 copies of this exist, and most of them are vinyl. Wes NyeL...
Posted by Brian Riordan on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:26:00 PST