Member Since: 3/7/2006
Band Website: JezrileyFrench.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Jez riley French.I also occasionaly perform solo as sudek / brzeska / Furisode / Tristesse, as ime (ensemble) - in various duets / groupings. ime (intuitive music ensemble) performances sometimes involve musicians & artists i've not met before.I also am involved with 'the female' (who rarely performs in public these days).Misshapen lodge is a band - using conventional / contemporary rock forms in a somewhat experimental manner
Influences: things that inspire me....influence is not the right word for the work of others that I hear, see etc....but it is the inspired feeling that is an influence....:
music: the music that's around us, takemitsu (especially his film music), arvo part, bill evans, harold budd, otomo yoshihide, ami yoshide, Nick Drake, popol vuh, cocteau twins, delius, finzi, 7hertz, taku sugimoto, toshimaru nakamura, rubbra, kancheli, gamelan, japanese, vietnamese, balinese, korean, chinese, bulgarian, french, charles mingus, colleen, nika soup & saya source, reiko kudo, herbert howells, bernard herrmann, tavener, lou harrison, colin mcphee, walter leigh, vaughan williams, off-site recordings, so much....so much....
Labels I like/respect: artist owned cd-r labels, improvised music from Japan, Amorfon, Lucky Kitchen, ECM, 4AD (not so keen on the last couple of years though), Cherry music (check out 'on drawing' for some amazing field recordings), FMN sound factory, Hibari music, off site, & so many more.films of Ozu, Miyazaki are much watched these daysbooks/writing: neruda, cummings, japanese short storiesgood food, calm, creativeness, exploration.
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Type of Label: Indie