Ghost of a flea - ProfilesArchive

About Me

"Are you - are you sad?"
- No.
"But your - your songs are sad."
- My songs are of time and distance. The sadness is in you.

- William Gibson, Count Zero (1986)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/ghostofaflea
Influences: William Blake, Mary Shelley, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Robert W. Chambers, Aleister Crowley, Georges Bataille, Michel Leiris, H.P. Lovecraft, William S. Burroughs, Claude Levi-Strauss, Jacques Lacan, Frank Herbert, Gwendolyn MacEwen, David Cronenberg, Robert Anton Wilson, Clive Barker, Robert Holdstock, Kathy Acker, Slavoj Zizek, Poppy Z. Brite, Iain Banks, Asia Argento.

BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Delia Derbyshire, John Barry, Throbbing Gristle, Jeff Wayne, Whitehouse, Test Dept, Japan, Stewart Copeland, Tones On Tail, Coil, Current 93, Clock DVA, Lustmord, David Sylvian, Psychic TV, Laibach, Underworld, Burial, Blood, Massimo & Pierce, Tyler Bates, Marty O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori, Elliot Goldenthal.
Sounds Like: Soundtrack for horror as yet unwritten.
Rhythms for summoning and binding.
First date music.
Cenobite disco.

Live:

January 2, 2009 - Farewell Friday @ Savage Garden

October 30, 2008 - Devil's Night @ Savage Garden

May 24, 2008 - Technical Glitch @ Concord Cafe

May 18, 2008 - Six Degrees of Madness @ Savage Garden

April 11, 2008 @ Savage Garden

January 30, 2008 - Thorium @ The White Orchid

November 19, 2007 - Altaira @ The Press Club

October 30, 2007 - The Ambient Ping @ The Drake Underground

September 27, 2007 - Technical Glitch @ Savage Garden

September 13, 2007 - Fuck'd!! @ Savage Garden

August 30, 2007 - Technical Glitch @ Savage Garden

July 26, 2007 - Technical Glitch @ Savage Garden

June 28, 2007 - Technical Glitch @ Savage Garden
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Nothing Face

"They told us All they wanted Was a sound that could kill someone From a distance. So we go ahead, And the meters are over in the red. It's a mistake in the making."- Kate Bush, Experiment IV
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 10:51:00 GMT

King in Yellow II

New video posted: "King in Yellow II"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCn4YoC_hlI
Posted by on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:48:00 GMT

Flea @ Savage Garden, January 2, 2009

Savage Garden is closing...http://www.savagegarden.ca/savaga_closing.htmlBoo! It is an honour and a privilege to play a gig at the Goodbye Savage Bash, January 2. Dress for the Apocalypse, people!
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:00 GMT

Devil’s Night @ Savage Garden

I am playing Savage Garden the night before Hallowe'en... details to follow.
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Next gig at Savage Garden

My September 26 gig has been delayed... will post the revised date as soon as it is available.
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:31:00 GMT

"Egg Chanber" on Free Tibet Free sampler

I am also delighted to have contributed my track "Egg Chamber" to Free Tibet Free, a Dark Transmissions industrial sampler whose proceeds are contributed to the Central Tibetan Secretariat in Dharamsa...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Kaidan Sounds

I am delighted to have my track "The Unspeakable" included in a sampler for a special issue of Otaku Magazine; "Kaidan Sounds" accompanies Otaku Kaidan. KAIDAN is the term used for the Japanese ghost...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT

PAN.O.RA.MA reviews the British Iron Age project

PAN.O.RA.MA offers a gracious - and much appreciated - review of British Iron Age, available soon through King Vampire Records."... a fantastic display of deep reverberating industrial transgression a...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:57:00 GMT

Video for "Literacy"

Literacy...From the Ghost of a flea EP "Music for television".
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 07:21:00 GMT

Video for "The Yellow Sign"

Have you found the Yellow Sign?From the Ghost of a flea "First Date Music" EP.Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.Stranger: Indeed?Cassilda: Indeed, it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.Str...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:42:00 GMT