Tory Z Starbuck - ProfilesArchive

About Me

- If you look closely, you will notice that there is NO period (.) after the Z in my middle name. It is JUST Z .It does not stand for anything. That is actually my middle name "Z". My consistent main interest is creating a particular Fusion Art of Surrealism, Science Fiction (Philip K. Dick/Dune/Asimov/old Star Trek) Asian/Middle Eastern folk music, African percussion, improvisation, electronic/acoustic "noise" and Bowie/Eno influenced New Wave. Both in look and sound. I always felt that for ME to create the type of visual and audible art that I wanted that I would have to BE art as well. My hair, face and clothing is the result of painting and sculpture. Painting your face is no different than painting a canvas to ME. Sculpting geometrical shapes with your hair is to ME, sculpture. When I have finished doing this each morning. THEN I am ready to do theatre, art and muzik. If it sounds pretentious it really isn't THAT much different than the Rodeo Cowboy that feels obligated to don a pair of leather chaps, pointed boots and a cowboy hat before he can climb on a horse and lasso up a small calf in front of hundreds of people. It is not that he CANNOT do this amazing feat of roping, bullying, tying up and then dragging this tiny threatening calf to its death in front of a cheering crowd..........-in fact, I don't know WHY the hell I dress funny. TORY Z STARBUCK DISCOGRAPHY - 27. Moab Blanket (2007) 26. Helicopter Coma (2006) 25. Vertebrae (2005) 24. Teleport (2005) 23. Sea Horse and Seraphim (2004) 22. Stolen (2003) 21. Androidal Tissue (2003) 20. Violet Lizards (2002) 19. Pictures at an Expedition (2002) 18. Twilight on Leupp (2001) 17. Attache (2001) 16. A Sliver ov Christ (200) 15. The Russian Submarine Mystery (2000) 14. Muzik for Airplane Disasters (2000) 13. The Chair Exhibit (2000) 12. Glow: The Muzikal (2000) 11. The Dreaming Insect Soundtrack (1999) 10. Airzoan (1999) 9. Long Live the Jet Age (1999) 8. Scoping Futures (1998) 7. Creatures Take Him (1998) 6. Surreal Estate Agent (1997) 5. Avant Guardian Angel (1997) 4. Vinyl Emissary (1997) 3. The Prophet Podium (1997) 2. Subdata (1996) 1. Masque on Mask (1996) TORY Z STARBUCK COMPILATIONS - 4. The Last Ten Years of My Head (2002) 3. Incidents Occuring (2001) 2. Number 1 Ethnic Hits for Non-Existent Countries (2001) 1. Neon Gloom (2000) ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/9/2005
Band Website: soundclick.com/toryzstarbuck
Band Members: In my jukebox at the top right of this page click LYRICS. The band lineup and instrumentation changes over the years. Here is the lineup for recent shows and recordings: TORY - vocals, viola/violin, sitar, saz, zurna, bass, saxophones, bamboo flute, acoustic percussion, acoustic/electric guitars, synthesizers, treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - theremin, radio, custom electronic, synthesizers, samples/tapes, treatments. BRUCE MCLAUGHLIN - acoustic/electronic drums/percussion. DR. MABUSE - guitar synthesizer, piano, custom made analogue synthesizer modules. ~ YOU CAN BUY MY MUZIK AT www.cdbaby.com . Lately we are experimenting with Experimental Asian muzik. Influenced by ragas from South India, ambiant koto music of Japan, classical music of China, the wild folk music of Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Turkey and Syria. Combine this with the art rock ideas of David Bowie, Brian Eno, Throbbing Gristle, Dalis Car, Tuxedomoon and the Legendary Pink Dots. It is very improvisational based with pockets of fixed melodies in it for vocals. We will continue to morph into different projects and sounds over the years. We are also working on some "Jazz" influenced muzik, like Pharoah Sanders, Alice Coltraine, Mahavishnu Orchestra type stuff because jazz has gotten too "white"; polite and needs some "AFRICA" squirt up inside of it again. (uh, in a Christian sort of way, of course.)
Influences: David Bowie (the artsy spacey one). Brian Eno. Pink Floyd(1967-1980). Roxy Music. King Crimson. Robert Fripp. Elton John(1971-1977). The Cars. Gary Numan. Ultravox. Japan. Simple Minds. Bauhaus. Chrome. Psychedelic Furs. Tones On Tail. Dalis Car. John Foxx. The Legendary Pink Dots. Tuxedomoon. Tangerine Dream. Klaus Schulze. Morton Subotnick. Cluster. Ravi Shankar. Anoushka Shankar. L. Shankar. Natacha Atlas. Sainkho Namtchylak. Nina Hagen. Toyah Wicox. Sun Ra. Weather Report (1971-1973). Alice Coltrane. Pharoah Sanders. Yusef Lateef. Fiery Furnaces. Radiohead (post kid a ..). Interpol. Arcade Fire. Tortoise, Autechre.
Sounds Like: David Bowie (the avant garde side). Brian Eno. The Legendary Pink Dots. Tuxedomoon.
Record Label: Kinetic Telepathy
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Home Concerts/Recitals

After the horrible/depressing show we performed at Creepy Crawl on September 28, 2007, and then reading embarrassingly negative reviews about the show, we have decided to provide an alternative soluti...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:52:00 PST

My New Job

I am finally a "REAL" musician. I mean that in the sense that I am not working any retail, construction, coffee house, record store, nude art school model, shoe factory, life guard, narc for the ...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:33:00 PST

TORY Z STARBUCK DISCOGRAPHY

TORY Z STARBUCK DISCOGRAPHY1. Masque on Mask 1996 2. Subdata 19963. Vinyl Emissary 19974. Avant Guardian Angel 19975. Surreal Estate Agent 19976. Creatures Take Him 19987. Scoping Futures 19988. Long ...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Vertebrae" (2005) cd information

band: TORY - vocals, guitars, acoustic percussion, "the bottle", treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - roland jp 8000 synthesizer, yamah electronic woodwind, alesis air fx, shortwave radio, acoustic percuss...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:48:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Teleport" (2005) cd information

band: TORY - vocals, acoustic/electric guitars, triangle, treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - roland jp8000 synthesizer, yamaha electronic woodwind, alesis air fx, shortwave radio, treatments. CHUCK NOWAK...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:37:00 PST

MORE MUZIK AT www.soundclick.com/toryzstarbuck

you WILL need a media player in your computer for this page. As of now there are 30 songs on this site. They SHOULD be in stereo, depending on your media player. I have heard from a person that t...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Sea Horse and Seraphim" (2004) cd information

band: TORY - vocals, acoustic/electric guitars, roland jp8000 synthesizer, roland spd-11 electronic percussion, premier drums, cymbals, treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - octave cat and arp axxe synthesi...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 08:50:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Stolen" (2003) cd information

this cd is NOT FOR SALE - EVER. it is given free to anyone requesting it, usually with the purchase of another Tory Starbuck cd. This is a cd of music composed by people that are NOT Tory. These cover...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:51:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Androidal Tissue" (2003) cd information

band: TORY - vocals, guitars, e-bow, roland jp 8000 synthesizer, piano and organ, morrocan tam tam drums, india kettle drum, dumbeck, toms, snare, other percussion, treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - sho...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:24:00 PST

Tory Z Starbuck "Violet Lizards" (2002) cd information

band: TORY - vocals, saxophones, violin/viola, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, acoustic/electronic percussion, basses, drum machines, sequencer, objects, treatments, text. VENUS SLICK - synthesizer, e...
Posted by Tory Z Starbuck on Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:16:00 PST