Member Since: 12/25/2005
Band Website: none as yet but please be patient
Band Members: le halva squid piper: mouth, body, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn, vietnamese oboe, snakecharmers, flute, soprano melodica, other winds. piano, dulcimer, harmonium, glockenspiel, organ, keys, synth. banjolin, violin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass guitar. percussion, drums.
Influences: the sun, Sun ra and his solar arkestra, this heat, iva bittova, soft machine, tom waits, Kevin ayres, centipede, borut kržišnik, miles davis, the art ensemble of Chicago, matching mole, can, the residents, tele:funken, moondog, country teasers, selda, harpo marx, syd barrett, frank zappa, master, mcdonald and giles, egg, baba yaga, gérard siracusa, jac berrocal, kahondo style, denis levaillant, erik satie, chopin, kate bush, david moss, spin spin the dogs, scout niblett, caravan, hajime tachibana, the residents, Robert wyatt, matching mole, don cherry, albert ayler, eric dolphy, duke ellington, artie shaw, brahms, ignace jan padarewski, the Budapest gypsies, love machine, reportaz, john Oswald, Mussorgsky, macromassa, alberto y lost trios paranoias, phillip henderson, gavin bryars, pamela zoline, jules and bebe barron, paul bley, charles mingus, henry cow, brian eno, decibel, reverend fred lane, the captains of industry, walt whitman, the blue denim deals without the arms, Elliott sharp, count basie, neil young, arzachel, john lennon, steve lacy, silver apples, les negresses vertes, ornette coleman, joy division, Debussy, the doors, thelonius monk, rem, charlie parker, goblin, the velvet underground, pole, vladislav delay, igor Stravinsky, tchaikovsky, focus, hatfield and the north, captain beefheart, Meredith monk, jethro tull, king crimson, dudu pukwana, ivor cutler, pearls before swine, wire, warsaw village band, joo juniper, alfred jarry, sogennantes linksradikales blasorchester, jimi Hendrix, add n to (x), portishead, booker little, lester young, ivo papasov, fall, faust, neu, john Coltrane, bob Dylan, nico, Anthony Braxton, halva squid piper, milford graves, pink floyd, bonzo dog band, dvorák, ravel, van der graaf generator, the rolling stones, orchestra national de barbes, kocani orkestar, sun city girls, ezra pound, orbital, beck, patti smith, pj Harvey, beastie boys, pyramid, Thomas truax, archie shepp, tricky, Alexander Spence, country joe and the fish, mercury rev, nurse with wound, slapp happy, keith tippet group, bratko bibic, love, alan watts and friends, ray Russell, heath robinson, television, gong, cecil taylor, cornelius, marcel duchamp, mc pitman, nick drake, magma, the beatles, people band, third ear band, khan, the grateful dead, van Morrison, pulp, curtis eller, Stockhausen, wet dog, ice cream headaches. etc
Sounds Like: ((((((((some of the above but then gonzos attack the audience with the theatre of sonar or else you lie on a boat on a river maybe on the moon or you were dreaming the countrysides rivers, the communities nearby perform sacrificial spasm soundscape amongst wooden enclaves adjusted to abject bodily functions, the scarecrow commitee performing funureal dirges or otherwise plummet into the sun's relatively attractive gravitational pull))))))))
Record Label: minus half
Type of Label: Major