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onlyone

'quotes are very dangerous things.' (kate bush)

About Me

www.onlyone-music.com

onlyone is working in the studio on a variety of projects lately with the foremost being a new onlyone record. onlyone is also working as a member of the experimental electronic collective Funf and in collaboration with the sensational un-guitarist David Kirkdorffer . the duo is presently calling itself Kirkdorffer/ Kowalski, and music for you to check out is forthcoming.
with his first cd, 2002's adj/noun , onlyone introduced himself as a daring but confident enigma hell bent on blending two seemingly opposed sensibilities: traditional world music and cutting edge music technology. he found a way to boldly wield sounds drawn from north african and indian tradition and smoothly blend them with odd percussion and the squonk and titter of analog synth-drenched grooves. on his latest release, yourself, anew , onlyone takes a more straight-ahead rock approach. like kate bush, onlyone uses the studio as an instrument-- playing all the parts, layering tracks and turning knob-twiddling into aural works of art. with his lyrical brilliance, understated theatrics and an unquestionable gift for songcraft, the overall result is a compelling, eyebrow-raising sound.

onlyone has also played bass in rocktronica band All the Queen's Men, piano in Edith Piaf tribute act Ziaf, keyboards in northern soul supergroup World's Greatest Sinners . Current projects include tongue-in-cheek 70's side project Larry Banilow , and keys & synth sounds for improv supergroup Gato Malo and has been found sitting in with [munk] , Amber Spyglass and others.

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Member Since: 11/30/2004
Band Website: onlyone-music.com
Band Members: joe kowalski - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, production, sound design, etc.
Influences: peter gabriel, kate bush, the beatles, brian eno, godspeed you black emperor, talking heads, yes, genesis, duran duran, david bowie, more...
Sounds Like: world-influenced and experimental pop/ rock music
Record Label: independent
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEW ALBUM PREVIEW

just posted a recent mix of a brand new song from the upcoming onlyone record! it's called "where can we go but up and away?" -- it'll very likely be re-mixed, but this mix is pretty serviceable for ...
Posted by onlyone on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:01:00 PST

recording update

for the last week i've pretty much been holed-up in the studio doing vocals for the new album, and i gotta say i'm more psyched with these vocal tracks than i've been before. i've been stacking more ...
Posted by onlyone on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:44:00 PST

onlyone in film!

recently, i contributed all the music for a short film produced for the 48 hour film festival! if you’re not familiar with it, the 48 hour film festival is this wild competition where the parti...
Posted by onlyone on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:26:00 PST

new album update and other news

hey, everyone!  it’s been awhile since my last blog, so i thought i’d pop up from the trenches to update on the progress of the new record and let you know what other stuff i’ve...
Posted by onlyone on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:38:00 PST

red sox parade!

today i made it down to the red sox rolling rally! what an excellent time, such a great crowd. very cool!!took these pictures there: they won the world series again! who'da thu...
Posted by onlyone on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:24:00 PST

my music in film! City of Lost Carts

just landed my ambient piece Outside the Electronic Metropolis in a documentary film called City of Lost Carts.  http://www.myspace.com/cityoflostcarts --  friend them and read more abo...
Posted by onlyone on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 01:03:00 PST

dreamers wanted

i recently pitched in on my good friend T Max's new End War Now project, helping him record a demo of his lovely pro-peace, highly patriotic anthem of the same name. check out the song on the End War...
Posted by onlyone on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:44:00 PST

Remixing!

i just finished my first remix -- of The Luxury's song Let Go, and i had so much fun doing it that i'm looking to do some more remixes. drop me a line if you're interested in getting my take on y...
Posted by onlyone on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 09:03:00 PST

this is not my blog

i'm serious. don't believe me? go to this other site and tell me that isn't my blog hosted over there. and over there isn't over here, right?i'm sorry. that was kind of unnecessarily combative. i...
Posted by onlyone on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:45:00 PST