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Nanotear Booking

Nathan Carson

About Me

I am an animator, booking agent, music writer, and DJ. I can't fix your kitchen sink, but I can bake you cookies. You can see the video I produced and animated towards of the bottom of this page. Here's a selection of feature articles I wrote during the six years I freelanced at the Portland Mercury. Currently I'm writing most actively for Willamette Week , and Metal Edge . More info about my bands, booking and DJ activities are listed below:
I play synth in The Better to See You With and drums in Two Ton Boa . I was a founding member and drummer for Witch Mountain (11 years!), and Point Line Plane (3 years that seemed like 11!). You can also find NC cameos on Sunn0))) White 2, a Rollerball record from a few years back, as well as the Secret Lawns Panther release.
My booking agency roster is currently: Acid King, Agalloch, Amber Asylum, Asunder, Asva, Black Elk, Bloodhag, Gargantula, the Living Jarboe, Ludicra, Ocrilim, Ovo, Stovokor, SubArachnoid Space, Tarantula Hawk, Thrones, Trees, Two Ton Boa, Ufomammut, and Wolves in the Throneroom.
Nanotear alumni include Unearthly Trance, YOB, Ghostride, Pink Mountain, Khanate, Zombi, The Planet The, Zu, Ohsees, The Hidden Hand, Whitehorse, 31 Knots, and more...
- click here to see the Nanotear Site --it's finally been updated!
I am DJ and curator for most of the live shows at TUBE (18 NW 3rd and Burnside, Portland, OR). I host a weekly Dj event there every Monday.
I now host a weekly event at Rotture every Sunday called The Sabbath. Check my calendar below for event dates.

My Interests

Why isn't there an Artists section?

Yoko Ono. Pavel Filonov. Max Ernst. Kazimir Malevich. Wassily Kandinsky. Paul Klee. Philippe Druillet. HR Giger. Gustave Dore. Nick Blinko. Richard M Powers. Piet Mondrian. Frank Frazetta. Erol Otus. Arthur Adams. Michael Golden. Ray Harryhausen. Francisco Goya. Heironymous Bosch. Pieter Breughel. NC Wyeth. Beksinski. Pierre Soulages.

I'd like to meet:

Wendy Carlos.

OK HERE'S THE NEW DEAL:

I don't have time to look through the many friend requests I get. If I can instantly (like in less than a second) recognize you because we have a prior acquaintance, I will add you. Otherwise, you're gonna have to send me a short note explaining who you are, and why you want to befriend Nanotear. If you are a band, and you are influenced by the music on the radio, please do not waste my time.

I am not seeking new bands for the roster. If your band is similar in caliber to the artists I already represent, and signed to a label, feel free to query. If you are unfamiliar with the world-class artists I'm already working with, please take the time to familiarize yourself with the progressive nature of the Nanotear roster.

Thank you.

Music:

RUSH, Univers Zero, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Devo, Voivod, Tangerine Dream, Enslaved, Yoko Ono, Rudimentary Peni, Wendy Carlos, Emperor, Candlemass, Liars, Oneida, Deerhoof, High on Fire, Will Haven, SubArachnoid Space, YOB, Ludicra, Zombi, Nomeansno, Converge, Eurythmics, Air, Bernard Hermann, Basil Poledouris, Sunn0))), Khanate, Burning Witch, Sepultura, Dead Meadow, Pink Floyd, Goblin, Birthday Party, the Fall, Neko Case, Geraldine Fibbers/Carla Bozulich, Lost Goat, Unearthly Trance, King Crimson, Nico, Van der Graaf Generator, Budgie, Bill Nelson, Celtic Frost, Tones on Tail, Rollerball, Amon Duul II, Cave In, Herbie Hancock, Einsturzende Neubauten, Lene Lovich, Bobby Hutcherson, Melvins, Flux Information Sciences, Mouse on Mars, Orthrelm, Raging Slab, Unwound, Shannon Wright, Blind Guardian, Judas Priest, Opeth, Slayer, Solitude Aeturnus, Will Haven, Warhorse, Lost Sounds, Phantom Limbs, Asva, Behalf, Nice Nice, The Planet The, Jonny X and the Groadies, ((( microwaves ))), Six Finger Satellite, Man... or Astroman?, Scorpions, Danava, Harold Budd, Fist Fite, Kosmos, Wolves in the Throneroom, allclassical.org, and on and on and on...

Movies:

Reflecting Skin, Wild at Heart, Wings of Desire, Highlander, Holy Mountain, Moulin Rouge, Dunwich Horror, Zardoz, The Little Girl Who Lived Down The Lane, Mad Max, Spinal Tap, Fantastic Planet, Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Daughters of Darkness, Liquid Sky, Santa Sangre, the Bad Seed, Super Troopers, Evil Dead II, Fright Night, Flesh + Blood, Begotten, Dune, Suspiria, The Devil's Backbone, The Others, Miller's Crossing, Superbad, Les Yeux Sans Visage, King of Kong, Wisconsin Death Trip, more to come...

Television:

Dark Place, The Prisoner. Soap. Twin Peaks. Robotech Macross. Megalocalypse, Carnivale. Deadwood. Highlander. Robot Wars. Once Upon A Hamster. Thundarr the Barbarian, dead channels...

I have also used televisions extensively playing the original Metroid games on NES and SNES.

Books:

Curently savoring "WE" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Also: Mark Leyner. Gene Wolfe. HP Lovecraft. Thomas Hardy. Umberto Eco. Stephen Hawking. Jose Luis Borges. Samuel Delaney. A N Roquelaure. George Eliot. Frank Herbert. Gary Gygax. Ayn Rand. Virginia Woolf. JK Rowling. Richard Brautigan. William Sleator. Phillip Pullman. Herman Melville. Continuum Press. Arkham House. Feral House. Taschen. Bust Down the Doors and Eat All the Chickens. Stacks and stacks of books about heavy metal.

Heroes:

Yoko Ono, Rollerball

My Blog

Thanks to all. March Into Darkness was a big success... (03/24/08)

This was an amazing weekend and one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had.I want to thank the amazing artists that all played their very best, the courteous staff at Berbati’s, Dave t...
Posted by Nanotear Booking on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:45:00 PST

March Into Darkness I festival (Portland 3/21/08-3/23/08)

For immediate release:This March 21st-23rd, Nanotear Booking and Runaway Productions present a three day weekend of music dedicated to art and heaviness. Twelve uncompromising and critically acclaimed...
Posted by Nanotear Booking on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:22:00 PST

Middian lawsuit and donation info.

When international cult doom metal act YOB (Eugene, OR) broke up, singer/guitarist/visionary Mike S created Middian from YOB's ashes. Before the name was chosen, a careful online search was done, prov...
Posted by Nanotear Booking on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:38:00 PST

LP wish list

I am looking for the following records on VINYL. Preferably not for "collector's prices" but please get in touch regardless if you can help me find any of the following:Obituary - Slowly We RotBolt Th...
Posted by Nanotear Booking on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:21:00 PST