subtle - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Since its genesis in 2001, Oakland-based sextet Subtle has been home-recording its way to the far side of song. Drawing from a diverse palette of instruments: sampler, synth, guitar, cello, winds, electronic and acoustic drums, and the unmistakable voice and prose of doseone, the band fashions a self-sampled and live-micd honest to genreless music.

Not to be missed, their live performance parallels and elaborates on the complex and natural lengths of their recorded material. With painted backdrops, stage-props and a whole lot of middleclass mojo, it is in the midst of live performance that Subtles works of song complete themselves.
NEW SUBTLE ALBUM!
'ExitingARM' COMING SOON
The new Subtle album, the final part of a trilogy that started out with A New White (2004), continued with For Hero : For Fool (2006) and has been surrounded by Wishingbone and Yell&Ice . This new album is called ExitingARM and is already finished, recorded and due for release in mid-May wordlwide on Lex Records. The band are on tour bringing this new work into the third dimension...
Meanwhile Dose One has been breaking down the 2-Deez, creating a multi-layered website dedicated to the world and words behind ExitingARM . It's constantly evolving with new and bizarre scenes being added every week until the album's release. You must check this out...

www.exitingarm.com
Pre-order the album ExitingARM from Newbury Comics and get a limited autographed CD Booklet. Click the image below for more info:
'YELL&ICE' OUT NOW!

MINI-ALBUM FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF TV ON THE RADIO, WOLF PARADE, THE NOTWIST, cLOUDEAD, FOG.
SUBTLE PRESS REVIEWS
New - For Hero: For Fool - Pitchfork review - click here
The Mercury Carze review - click here
New - For Hero: For Fool - 30 Music review - click here
New - For Hero: For Fool - Metric review - click here
New - For Hero: For Fool - Pop Matters review - click here
For Hero: For Fool, album review - click here
Read about how Subtle signed to EMI in the UK - click here
Live review - Subtle at The Abby Pub 15/4/2006 - click here
Subtle A New White review - click here
Wishingbone reivew - click here
------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/25/2006
Band Website: exitingarm.com
Band Members:

Adam 'Doseone': Drucker

Born in Idaho, raised in New Jersey, Alumni to a midwestern U. Cali-transplant Vancouver resident. A true jack of all nerves, art cutter, freezer of voice, sampler, banger of keyboards, pill burner, hermetic independent music making, friend maker, part-time propmaster, good learner, catman, and ref-poet for life.

Tools: Synth, sampler, treatments, voice and words.: Group affiliations: Subtle, Themselves, cLOUDDEAD, Greenthink, 13&God: :

myspace.com/doseoneinc

Jeffrey 'Jel' : Logan

Illinois native, Cali resident. Sample based, drum machine lover or pick-apart/put back together record thief. In the wild you may see him triggering drums and sounds live with other musicians in rhythm. On any hi-fi stereo system you may hear his sequencing of these very same drums and sounds in a fashion he is usually pleased with.

Tools: Drum machine and many a sampled sound.: Group affiliations: Subtle, Themselves, 13&God, JEL

:
myspace.com/jelanticon

Jordan Dalrymple

Born in San Diego on New Year's Eve '73 (not close to midnight). Raised a drummer's son and mammas boy. Moved to Berkeley in 96 with Dax and conglomerates. Self-taught guitar and computer while rotting in record stores. Made two solo records along the way. Hosted Subtle's initialization and inaugural recordings at 1820 Alcatraz.

Tools: Drums, guitar, sampler, treatments, and voice

:
myspace.com/jordandalrymple

Dax Pierson:
:
Born in 1970 in the West. Music junkie to a fault. Came to Oakland in 1996 with Jordan in a previous band. Collaborated with Alex in 1998, then with Alex and Marty in 1999 on live music performances to early classic films. Joined Themselves: touring ensemble with Adam and Jeff in 2002. Currently residing in Oakland.

Currently exploring the recording of voice, throat, harmonica, some mouth percussion, synth and sampling.: Melodica and Auto-Harp on Subtle tracks before the accident.

:
myspace.com/daxpierson

Alexander Kort

I'm a Southern man with no accent. My cello's my best friend. I feel safer in theaters and love climbing ladders. I'm good with a rope. I helmsman'd the film biz for live performance and like any good sperm, i love swimming up-stream. I root for choice over destiny and pick savory over sweet any day.

Tools: Electric and acoustic cello and bass :

myspace.com/alexanderkort

Marty Dowers

Elder statesman. Born: Honolulu, HI. Origin: Showbiz MA & Lockheed PA. Raised: SF Bay Area. Bands: 81-82 (Denver, Co.) Susan and God. 85-88 (Portland, Or.) Poikilotherm (Tone dogs) 92-95, (Honolulu, Hi.) Smut.

Personal musical influences: Wayne Shorter, Gary Windo, Dick Parry.: Tools: flute,tenor sax,bass clarinet,various winds, synth,voice.:

myspace.com/subtlesax

Influences: This Heat, Can, Gastr Del Sol, X-Clan, Fog, Why?, The Notwist, Pinback, Boards of Canada, Hood, Fennesz, B.Fleischmann Mount Erie, Ms.John Soda, Mike Patton, Tarwater, 13&God, cLOUDDEAD, Themselves, Police, Steely Dan, Tortoise, Reaching Quiet, Patrick Scott, Tony Espinoza... and the tall Tom Brown.
Sounds Like: Tool meets P.M.Dawn, but with an excited Ice-T doing vocals...

For Hero : For Fool A New White

Wishingbone The Mercury Craze
Record Label: LEX RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EXITING ARM WEBSITE

NEW SUBTLE ALBUM!'ExitingARM' COMING SOON The new Subtle album, the final part of a trilogy that started out with A New White (2004), continued with For Hero : For Fool (2006) and has been surrounded...
Posted by subtle on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:20:00 PST

www.ExitingARM.com is here!!!

hello close one’s...well she was a beast to complete, and a behemoth to concieve,but alas....www.ExitingARM.com is here....please do enjoy its many folds and fine details....it is the animated-g...
Posted by subtle on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:52:00 PST

"theCrow"....off ExitingARM...up on Stereogum...

Hello fine friends and posse members&.We the Subtle6, and Stereogum...have Leaked another "cylinder of frozen lake" to the world&"The Crow", off of ExitingARM,was posted on stereogum, this Friday&.It&...
Posted by subtle on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:53:00 PST

subtle...ExitingARMTour...Dates Announced!

Friends and fam...lads and lass's...theSubtle6 are proud to present.... the ExitingARMTour....http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news /49179-subtle-to-hit-the-road-in-mayas announced exclusivly by t...
Posted by subtle on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:30:00 PST

subtle "ExitingARM" out 5/13/08

Dearest..friends and subtle appreciators&We have exceptional NEWnews for you all&We have finished "ExitingARM"Our 3rd full-length record on LEX.The release date for "ExitingARM" is: 5/13/08Pitchfork i...
Posted by subtle on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:01:00 PST

subtle "earthsick"...goes digital...itunes...emusic and beyond

Hello wide world...as of11/13/07...doseone & Apurple100 go digital...subtle "earthsick"doseone "skeleton repelent"doseone "soft skulls"& the now "out of print"...doseone "Ha"doseone "slowdeath"doseone...
Posted by subtle on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:29:00 PST

"Yell&Ice"

on October 23rd "Yell&Ice" hits stores&"yell&ice" & by Subtleis an inspired collection of remakes, featuring collaborations with Why?, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade, Tunde Adebimpe of TVOTR, Markus Ache...
Posted by subtle on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:13:00 PST

subtle and Tv on the Radio TOURdiary 2007

written by adam kiddon behalf of theSubtle6Well welll welll&here we go again&.Subtle sets their skin to touring&.and our hearts to stun&.then poof, we're on the road again&some months older, unwiser, ...
Posted by subtle on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:32:00 PST

the WINNER is...

subtle would like to formally CONGRATULATE...Buddypeace,for crafting the winning submission to the MERCURY CRAZE RMX CONTEST.you can go hear it on our myspace page,http://www.myspace.com/subtlesixor o...
Posted by subtle on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:40:00 PST

the for hero : for fool U.S. tour&diary

Written by adam kidd tour on behalf of theSubtle69/8 to 9/13 Days one through five.. the rehearsal gauntlet..dear diary...things began at jordan..s w...
Posted by subtle on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 04:14:00 PST