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Minus Clay

We are priests, we are gods, we are therapists...

About Me

CD available on www.caravan-cloud.com ..This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: membres.lycos.fr/mercutiosdead
Band Members: Me, myself and I. I basically handle all the chores. I also make music under the following monickers Mercutio's Dead (cheap electronic music) 2 Orchestra (French spoken word with IDM) The Darkened Orchestra Project (IDM Project with Slug from Darkened Escape ) and Dolores (poppish and emo-ish music with Slug singing)
Influences: Here is a very and almost thorough list of bands I listen to, and which I guess have in one way or another influenced me: A Silver Mount Zion, Alela Diane, American Music Club, Andrew Bird, Arab Strap, Bark Psychosis, Barzin, Beirut, Bonnie Prince Billy, Broken Social Scene, Calc, Calexico, Carp, Cat Power, Chokebore, Clairvoyants, Codeine, Dakota Suite, David Grubbs, Dirge, Dirty Three, Dominique A, Drunk, Early Day Miners, Elliott Smith, Elvis Perkins, Elysian Fields, Empress, Fonoda, Giant Sand, Gastr Del Sol, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gravenhurst, Great Lake Swimmers, Hayden, Herman Dune, Hood, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Idaho, iLiketrains, Immune, Interpol, Jesu, Joy Division, Jullian Angel, Kat Onoma, Kings Of Convenience, Last Harbour, Lauter, Leonard Cohen, Low, Loyola, Madrugada, Malcolm Middleton, Mark Eitzel, Mark Kozelek, Mark Lanegan, Migala, Mogwai, Neil Young, Palace Brothers, Papa M, Pavement, Phosphorescent, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, Red, Red House Painters, Shearwater, Slint, Smog, Songs:Ohia, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Spokane, Sr. Chinarro, Swell, Templo Diez, The For Carnation, The Low Lows, The National, The New Year, The Posies, The Smiths, The Velvet Underground, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Trespassers Williams, Vic Chesnutt, Woven Hand, Yo La Tengo.
Sounds Like: "l'âme torturée d'un Ian Curtis qui empoignerait une guitare acoustique, seul dans sa chambre..." (Popnews)
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Velvet Girl (stupid suggestion for a mix tape)

Hiya. Just wanted to let you share the tracklist of a mix CD I’ve just finished - since I don’t know how podcasts work, I’m afraid I can’t have you play it), but I thought it m...
Posted by Minus Clay on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:24:00 PST

News and suggestions

A few news from where I am, that is to say pretty much nowhere, but that is fine.Whenever I complete - or somehow almost complete - a record, I'm always left with that strange feeling, when despair ta...
Posted by Minus Clay on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:04:00 PST

Second demo completed

There goes... Whatever is eventually completed, after many failed attempts to master it, and a lot of hair-scratching. I'm really pleased with the results, but I bear in mind that it sounds very amate...
Posted by Minus Clay on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:21:00 PST

Two new songs over there

Hiya.Just a quick note to let you know I've opened an account on another site (the principles of which I'm still not so sure about, but hey, you never know) on which I've uploaded two new songs from m...
Posted by Minus Clay on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:34:00 PST

Almost there

Hello...News from the front: I've recorded eleven tracks most of which I'm really proud of, that will make it to my second demo, entitled "Whatever", and the cover of which is a wonderful picture by m...
Posted by Minus Clay on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:38:00 PST

New Songs On Their Way

Hi there!I've been working on four new tracks dealing with - no specific order - stoping drugs, old age, a frustrated working girl and errr.... Neil Young and Winipeg.More to come!Simon...
Posted by Minus Clay on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:13:00 PST

New York Was A Pain

Hello!I've just added a new song to my profile, called 'New York Was A Pain'.Here are the lyrics:'New York was a pain, or so she said to meSo she moved out, but out of boredomThere is no redemption, a...
Posted by Minus Clay on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:07:00 PST

Back!

Hi!Just a short blog entry to let you know that Minus Clay's back on tracks. I've recently bought myself a gem of an electric guitar and a proper recording device, and I've decided to start focusing m...
Posted by Minus Clay on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:20:00 PST

Self destruction on myspace...

Hello!I've actually commited two suicides on myspace by cancelling two accounts I had created - that of Don't Pity The Fool, and that of Haelicopter Records. They were a waste of time and (my)space, o...
Posted by Minus Clay on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:52:00 PST

Don't pity the fool

Hello!I've created a new page, for a sort of unofficial instrumental offshoot of Minus Clay called . pity the fool ., on which I intend to put half-improvised instrumental demos which might become the...
Posted by Minus Clay on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:23:00 PST