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May Lake

About Me

MayLake delivers heavy electromelodic ambient popamerican slowcore at its finest with tonal influences ranging worldwide from San Francisco, New York, Bristol, Sao Paulo, Oxford, Mississippi, Mali, and Liverpool. Drawing lyrically from the human condition, both personal and the perceived, MayLake invites you to come swim in their waters.MayLake consists of veteran songwriters Miguel and Pedro Noir who have toured extensively throughout Oakland.

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Music:

Member Since: 03/05/2006
Band Members: Miguel and Pedro Noir. Artists? Or just two brothers creating vibes of thoughtful consciousness and notes of the righteous.
Influences: Dylan, Coltrane, Floyd, Chopin, Lennon, Neil, Byrne, Bowie, Monk, Jane's, Kurt, MBV, Portishead, Acetone, Action Plus, Radiohead, Beck, Jorge Ben
Sounds Like: artimitatingartimitatingart
Record Label: Majorlabelcorporateuntishifterspinmachine Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

May Lake sells out the Make Out Room

Thanks to eveyone who attended last nights May Lake show at the Make Out Room. While we may not have broken the world record for a group make out, we did sell out the room! It was so packed that Mr.Mo...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:07:00 GMT

May Lake performs benefit show Friday Dec.8th

Please join May Lake and very special guest, author Joshua Braff, for an evening of music and literary delight on Friday Dec.8th at the intimate Mama Buzz Cafe in Oakland's underground Temescal art di...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:32:00 GMT

Co-Opted's 8th annual music house party

We were blown away at how many people came out to see us and the other artists who performed at coopted.com music house party. The audience was plentiful and extremely attentive. Red wine and other li...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:43:00 GMT

May Lake Live

While we only have 74 friends, we figure if all of you show up to our first gig, we'll have a pretty cool show especially siince most of you will have travelled such long distances to be with us. We.....
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:22:00 GMT

back in the 5 and dime

 kind readers of this obscure blog, I'm back in the bay, ready to rock with brother Miguel. Last night, thanks to Ian, we listened to an old Malayalam tape. For those who don't know, Malayalam w...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 10:03:00 GMT

independence

in the realm of radiation let the water cool me down and you're afraid of too much feeling I'll wait until you come around I'm a candle in your wind when will I see you again I'm short of breath and ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 08:04:00 GMT

10 more days in Hoboken

and then a week long cross country cruise, then I will finally rejoin Miguel and the May Lake saga will officially begin... I CAN'T WAIT TO GET GOING!!! - Pedro Noir
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:57:00 GMT

Sunday

I think I'm lazy... Outside it's hazy... Blue
Posted by on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:20:00 GMT

Great shows you wish you could have seen...

About a month ago, my wife and I went on a trip to the Cook Islands in the South Pacific with a bunch of my clients. I know, nice perk! It was absolutely spectacular there with minimal development and...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:07:00 GMT

Burgeoning Oakland Art and Music Scene

last night dave, christian and i went out to oaklands monthly art/music scene called art murmur located around 23rd and telegraph. there were about 10 very cool galleries filled with local work from e...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:00:00 GMT