Member Since: 29/12/2005
Band Website: www.electropolis-net.com
Band Members: Michael Ferrier
saxophone and electronicsSteve Roehm
drums and percussionBrian Roessler
bass
Kelly Rossum
trumpet and electronics
Influences: Minneapolis. Miles Davis. The Beatles. Ornette Coleman. John Coltrane. Sun Ra. Sonic Youth. John Zorn. Brian Eno. Dead Kennedys. The Suburbs. Grateful Dead. Naked City. No Wave. New Wave. The Smiths. The Cure. The Jam. Bauhaus. Joy Division. De La Soul. Booker Little. New Order. Critters Buggin. Anton Fier. AACM. Bootsy Collins. Don Cherry. Nenah Cherry. MMW. MC5. Jerry Garcia. Rhymesayers. Love Cars. Led Zeppelin. Aldous Huxley. Ken Kesey. Tom Robbins. Mingus. De La Soul. Bob Marley. Bob Weir. John Adams. Philip Glass. First Ave. Self. 12 Rods. The Police. Billy Goat. Marianne Faithfull. Eric Dolphy. ?uestlove. Pablo Picasso. Pablo Neruda. The Roots. The Artist Currently Known as Prince. Spy Movies. Sci-Fi. Bettie Page. Fritz Lang. Kevin Garnett. Batman. Poorly Dubbed Monster Movies. Trip Shakespeare. Bill Shakespeare. Ken Kesey. Jack Kerouac. Allen Ginsberg. Burroughs, too, for sure. Wookie Porn circa 1978 via the Star Wars Christmas Special. Fritos. Winston Smith. VJ Neverwas. Rolling Friggin' Stones, baby. Dave Magnuson. Car Chase Scenes. What we had for lunch. What we had to drink. How the traffic is. The time of year. How our relationships are going. What we've got in the player. Cheap cigars. The audience in the room. How our equipment is working today. The person behind the board. Chemistry. The laws of physics. The weather. Hormones. The mood we happen to be in. How much sleep we've gotten lately. Our teachers. Our families. Our friends. Our souls. Each other.
Sounds Like: Electropolis, Electropolis
Innova Recordings 2005 Click the BUY IT NOW button here : "If jazz ran helter-skelter through the house of funky rock, Electropolis would be riding piggyback, grabbing a handful of hair. This album is a danceable, can't-wrap-your-head-aroundable fusion of chaos and order. In this context, fusion means the process of atomic nuclei coming together to release unfathomable energy. This music is simultaneously its own invention and the invention of former jazz geeks, a Minneapolis foursome who have juiced up their horns and bass by plugging them into electronic components. Their 'electrosax' and 'electrumpet' are fitting for the uniquely joined form, a sort of experimental rock that transforms itself, jazzlike, in each performance. It's the bomb, chickadees." --Dan Wahl, UTNE READER April 2006 Issue
Record Label: Innova, but still a free agent.