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Unicorn Basement

About Me


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"NINNGHIZHIDDA, Spirit of the Deep, Watcher of the Gate, Open!
May the dead rise and smell the incense!
"And when th Spirit of the one called appears do not be frightened at his Shape or condition, but say to him these words
UUG UDUUG UUGGA GISHTUGBI
and he will put on a comely appearance, and will answer truthfully all the questions you shall put to him, which he has wit to answer."
-Abdul Alhazred Ahzad
"Just when I think I know everything about music, I get thrown for a loop. Part New Wave, part punk and part noise rock, Unicorn Basement is an experimental synth duet who are as quirky as Zappa, but their low-fi synthetic sound is more accessible than the king of proto-punk.
With influences as vast as Stereolab to Bowie, they are well versed in the art of musical experimentation. Yet, akin to the Velvet Underground, the music is not complex. But rather they rely on simplicity versus intricacy, which makes them a fun listen."
-TE Volcano Weekly (Tacoma, WA)
"Unicorn Basement have taken a giant handful of glitter and Elmer’s glue to their collection of keyboards and drum machines to create a scuffed up electro sound that excludes no one..."
-The Pulse (Mpls, MN)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/18/2005
Band Members: MX + DNA
Influences: psychic phenomena, advanced non-euclidean geometry, slime, pagan imagery, and poverty
Sounds Like: WE MADE THIS MUSIC USING OUR MINDS AND MACHINES diamonds and puke

Download "Totally Bible!" for free!
its our bible adventure album we recorded with Jon Lindsley while we were on tour

here is some stuff you can get or you missed out on from UF Records :

comingsooooooon!

Exclusive track on HEART GARDENS SPLIT TAPE CLUB

Split 7" w/Baby Guts

Sold Out split tape w/Elephant Kiss?

nine old traxxxx

Excercise for Exorcisms compilation - 19 awesome traxxx! cassette

cd version - sold out
Record Label: UFRECORDS/ANTICIV
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

citypages - Unicorn Basement Shed Rays of Light

Unicorn Basement shed rays of lightThe underground electro scene's innovators shineBy David HansenPublished on June 18, 2008It is well past midnight and the house is bursting with music. At an upright...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:46:00 PST

NEW ALBUM COMING SOON! - WE ARE THE MAGES OF BEAUTY

We Are the Mages of Beauty, our first album recordiing iiiin a studio, will be released officially probably september 11th on Unnecessary Friction Records however we should have copies before that for...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:29:00 PST

citypages blogggggd live reviewwz

"I think this dude ate wolves. Max Clark of Unicorn Basement is dancing like a bloody wolf claw is going to liberate itself from his stomach at any moment. It is only halfway through 11 when Unicorn B...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:03:00 PST

2008 the year our bodies ache pt. 2

so i had to add another bit to this and hopefully the rest of the year will be healthy. i was hit by a car as many of you heard and i am almost back to full health and i am riding again which is awes...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:26:00 PST

2008 the year our bodies ACHE

tragedy began in january. after we got back from our washington state tour we grabbed one of our greatest buds Liz of Kitten forever and played some shows in lincoln NE and lawrence KS and then on ou...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:25:00 PST

We Are the Mages of Beauty

we finished up recording at Old Blackberry Way and it turned out awesome. we are super happy with it and had a great time in the process. the album title is We are the Mages of Beauty here is the tr...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:17:00 PST

we’ll be home soon and recording

our jan. tour is over for the most part...excluding shows in kansas and in lincoln coming up those will be awesome. we finished a couple new songs and will be recording these tracks hopefully when we...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:33:00 PST

spray paint and ancient texts

so we've finished up two new songs and played some awesome shows and done some good spray painting and drank some new beer they don't have in the midwest. the winery we played at had some incredible ...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:43:00 PST

work fun work fun

so our time in the greater seattle area has not been wasted. but i will say that it is just beginning. we wrote a new song yesterday. more and more circuit bending is working its way back into our ...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:08:00 PST

tours over and we already miss you.

we're back in minneapolis, planning our next tour to the southwest and northwest USofA, and want to thank everyone we met on tour who helped us with shows, couches, bathrooms, dance parties, music tra...
Posted by Unicorn Basement on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:32:00 PST