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Red State Soundsystem

About Me

Red State Soundsystem is a Las Vegas-based electronic rock project/band.

My Interests

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Member Since: 21/11/2004
Band Website: http://www.redstatesoundsystem.com
Band Members: Joshua Ellis -- lyrics, vox, guitar, bass, keys, programming, production, additional percussion and instrumentation.Thom Chrastka -- Guitar, vox.
Influences: Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Morphine, Peter Gabriel, Soul Coughing, Tricky, Daniel Lanois, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, U2, Joe Henry, Luscious Jackson, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Massive Attack, Velvet Underground, Mike Doughty, Femi Kuti, Jon Hassell, Bill Laswell, Nina Simone, Radiohead, Gavin Friday, Elvis Costello, Trentemoller, Aphex Twin, Bloc Party
Sounds Like: the bastard child of Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Mark Sandman and the Postal Service.
Record Label: Seeking possible label representation

My Blog

Scatterlings + Refugees digital single

The new Red State Soundsystem digital single "Scatterlings + Refugees" is now available at Redstatesoundsystem.com! Preview the track on my MySpace profile and then download the 192kbps MP3 for free f...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:27:00 GMT

New Track -- Scatterlings And Refugees (demo)

There's a new track on my profile -- "Scatterlings And Refugees (demo)"!This is just the demo version I recorded to play for Ryan and Tom, to get their input. It's got some digital popping in it (I ac...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:56:00 GMT

Acoustic set this Saturday

I'll be doing an acoustic set at City Of The World Gallery this Saturday at 7pm. MySpace event details here. I'll be debuting a new song or two, so if you're a fan, come and check it out and help supp...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:04:00 GMT

Exclusive -- Red State Soundsystem remixes the Big Friendly Corporation!!!

I know a lot of you here in Vegas (and a few of you elsewhere) are fans of The Big Friendly Corporation, the brilliant Vegas indie rock band fronted by Ryan "Bedhead" Marth. Well, the BFC's got their ...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 06:00:00 GMT

Red State covers Death Cab

Head over to Zenarchery.com and download Red State Soundsystem's cover of Death Cab For Cutie's "I Will Follow You Into The Dark". Get before somebody's lawyers come after me!And while you're there, p...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:15:00 GMT

Headed To Europe Monday

Monday (aka Christmas), I'm headed to Berlin to speak at the Chaos Communications Congress. From there, I'll be sort of wandering around Europe by train until January 9th. No idea where I'll be, but u...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:40:00 GMT

Going to Africa -- you can help

In my province as a writer, I'm going to be going to Tanzania in January, to visit Olduvai Gorge (cradle of human life) and to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. I'm asking my website readers to help fund the tri...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:51:00 GMT