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The Tetraktys

Looking through the stained glass window

About Me



The Tetraktys is a band that calls Calgary home. The music they play could be described as folk, or psychedelic pop, or soundwaves and vibrations. It is what you hear basically.

Lots of people seem to have trouble when attempting to pronounce The Tetraktys; phonetically, it is tet - rack - tiss. An approximate definition appears below:

"The Tetraktys is an equilateral triangle formed from the sequence of the first ten numbers aligned in four rows. It is both a mathematical idea and a metaphysical symbol that embraces within itself — in seedlike form — the principles of the natural world, the harmony of the cosmos, the ascent to the divine, and the mysteries of the divine realm. [...] the one who brought this gift to humanity — Pythagoras."

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2005
Band Website: facebook.com/group.php?gid=2472536403
Band Members: For booking and other types of inquiries please write to thetetraktys AT gmail.com
Influences: Experience (It is entirely possible for several subjective realities to coexist. It is possible that all things are a deception of the senses.)

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The knower is to the knowing just as the knowing is to the known.

heart & soul

Sounds Like: Tandyn Almer and Albert Hofmann riding bicycles on an Island/Finnegans Wake Vineland Electric Kool Aid Acid Test Crying Of Lot 49 Tarantula/V
Record Label: Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

listen to our full length album, streaming for free

right here on last.fmin other news, played some sweet festivals lately: sled island in calgary and the works in edmonton. will be dj'ing at the mukwah jamboree this friday night, and are throwing a sh...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:50:00 PST

FFWD Interview

Music PreviewsONLINE EXCLUSIVE - Old masters of a modern styleThe Tetraktys bridges the musical past and present on Die BruckePublished April 17, 2008 by Christine Leonard in Music PreviewsFinding hi...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:40:00 PST

Magical new album details!!!!

Forthcoming in April 2008The Tetraktys - Die Brücke (in which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind)Produced by Barnaby BennettEngineered by Arran Fisher at Acoustikitty studiosThis is poste...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:56:00 PST

hi, hello

from page 367/chapter thirteen (In which the yo-yo string is revealed as a state of mind):"He had come back to the ship that morning in the fog knowing that Fortune's yo-yo had also returned to some r...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:55:00 PST

recording session with amos garrett at sundae sound/album news

hey there people,this past wednesday, december 19th, we recorded a cover of the great speckled bird song 'calgary' at sundae sound studios with original gsb member amos garrett on guitar and john lace...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:15:00 PST

let’s live for today

la la la la hey hi hello here we go with flow the the middle path in bath roman ruins bruins bears shares cares fares tears affairs like no one hears her sight in the night is alright ready see throug...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:47:00 PST

ffwd interview - november 8th

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-previews/pytha gorean-progression/ this is pretty sweet...but even though our membership shrinks and expands, jamey, alex and paul are totally in the band ...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:01:00 PST

free music, national review, upcoming shows, facebook group...

howdy. things are happening. we are playing at the liberty lounge (calgary) in two weeks. then two days later, we are playing the oak & elm festival in edmonton. there is a compilation cd featurin...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:38:00 PST

life, music and other things...

hey this is barnaby here and i am totally stoked on life right now. everything seems to be going great and i am happy and patient.alex, jamey and i made it down to medicine hat earlier this week to pl...
Posted by The Tetraktys on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:06:00 PST

a message via bob dylan

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Posted by The Tetraktys on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:40:00 PST