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Fantazium

The boy with juju eyeball

About Me

FANTAZIUM

...is the umbrella name given to the solo artistic works of Eric Hofferber ( Origami Genitalia / Gentle Tasaday / Conservative Snizz /NWAS/The Amputease).RELEASES -NWAS "Sleep of the Saddened Dreamer" C60 1994 out of print NWAS "Before Nature" C46 1994 out of print NWAS "Songs of the Cruciflesh" C46 1994 out of print FANTAZIUM "Sheep Sheep" CDR forthcomingLIVE PERFORMANCES - NWAS "Selections from Flowers of Untimely Loss and A Brief History of the Devil" 10/19/96 The Bomb Shelter, MPLS, MNGALLERY SHOWINGS -DIORAMA OF AN ART EXHIBITION (participant) 2/1/07 - 2/25/07 MUSEE 16 , Portland, ORDJ GIGS -While not a "DJ" in the professional sense, I have had the great pleasure of sharing my rather eclectic and rare LP collection with concert goers at FIRST AVENUE, MN for the legendary CAN, sitting in with NICE AFTERBURN at local white-hot, night-spot JETSET and stepping in at various local showings, small gigs and parties from time to time.RADIO -Yes, I've even found myself on the radio. I've twice guested on KFAI's "LOCAL SOUND DEPARTMENT" with host Mark Wheat and once had the delightful experience of joining KREV RADIO'S Shaun Stewart for an installment of the much missed "MOONLIGHT MEDITATIONS" program. Furthermore, see Conservative Snizz for more exploits via the airwaves.Additionally, I have performed live as special guest of bands SALAMANDER, COCK ESP and WRONG as well as comprising 1/4 of the 2005, one-off grouping of Confession and Recantation along with Erik Wivinus, Dave Onnen and Madelaine Westby in which we performed a live soundtrack to the 1928 film "The Passion of Joan of Arc" at the College of St. Catherine, MPLS, MN. mspmb enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" style='display:none' src='' AUTOSTART='True' LOOP='1'

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Members: Eric Hofferber
Influences: NuRsE WiTh WoUnD , Max Ernst, Hannah Hoch, COiL, Joe Coleman, Current 93, Steven Stapleton, Antony and the Johnsons , Spacemen 3, Bevis Frond, Krautrock, Robert Haigh, Rolling Stones, ATWA, Nature, shamanism, cats, red wine and Guinness, the CURE, 80's Hardcore, true-crime/forensic tv, cults and mind control, Oz, Tyra Banks, ANTM, Seinfeld, the Simpsons, Gilda Radner, Dolly Parton, John Waters, Divine, Bret Easton Ellis, The Exorcist, House of 1000 Corpses/Devil's Rejects, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Brian Jonestown Massacre, acid-house , Prince, dreaming and sleep... deep, deep sleep...
Sounds Like: somnambulant elation, loneliness, intoxication, hallucination, daydreaming, nightmares and Saturday morning
Record Label: none
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Another change of plan

While the release of "Sheep Sheep" is imminent, this will now be released as part of a set along with Dolores Dewberry's "Executrix". Brought to you by your good friends of Conservative Snizz, the 2-d...
Posted by Fantazium on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:30:00 PST

Are you on the list?

Everybody loves a top ten. Here are some of mine.TOP 10 ALBUMS (in no order)-Spacemen 3 "Sound of Confusion"-Antony & the Johnsons "I Am A Bird Now"-Rolling Stones "Beggar's Banquet"-Brian Jonesto...
Posted by Fantazium on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:45:00 PST