Member Since: 18/06/2006
Band Website: elementaryproductions.co.uk/artists/
Band Members: Dr. Jo Staples: cello, accordion, brushes, musical saw, rhodes, voice, location recordings, samples, photography.
M.Taylor Esquire: voice, guitar, location recordings, samples, EVP, contact-mic'd mirrors.
Influences: Dame Ethyl Smyth, Coil, The Smiths, G.I. Gurdjieff, Mr Ivor Cutler, John Cage, The Hafler Trio, Derek Jarman, The Dresden Dolls, The Ink Spots, Alan Lamb, Scott Walker, Main, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Steve Reich, Throbbing Gristle, Frank Sinatra, Alan Neilson.
Steam Punk, electrickery, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, moustaches, labyrinthitis, corsets, hats, Cava, illness, red wine, pinstripes, cross-dressing, inverts, wigs, Punk, Situationism, Spiritualism, smoke and mirrors, Music-Hall, Magick, play.
Sounds Like: Psychic Music Hall Steam Punk Shenanigans, Coil, Scott Walker, Main, Ivor Cutler, Steve Reich, 1920's Paris.
Type of Label: Major