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Emil

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About Me

'Low Hum - Blue Light' is due in a couple weeks.Click here to purchase 'Songs from the 2nd Floor'

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Members: *Adam Engle: vox, keyboards, piano, viola, cello, banjo, guitars, lapsteel, bass, mandolin, programming, other; *AdamL: vox, guitars, electronics, drums, percussion, bass, trombone, loops, programming, other; ***FRIENDS****Todd Shelar (Pergola)* Viola and Cello; *Curt Tompkins: Drums; *Phiddlin Phil: Cello; *Grant Burrough* upright bass; *Sarah Hammer* wine glasses; *Nick Tenaglio* bass on "winter light"; *Kenny Tompkins* harmonies; *Brad Walker* (Some Monastery) monologue
Influences: In no particular order....Sinking of the Titanic by Gavin Bryars, The Band, Hermann Hesse, Peter Brotzman, Ingmar Bergman, Stereolab, Tom Waits, John Cage, Tin Hat Trio, Beachwood Sparks, Jean Pierre Juenet, A Love Supreme, Nietzche, Wilco, Vonnegut, Brian Eno, LOW, Arvo Part, RARC, Lowell George, Nels Cline, Kronos Quartet, Nick Drake, Carla Bozulich, Tres coluers trilogy, Amon Tobin, Sparklehorse, MUM, Magnetic Fields, Deerhoof, Gidon Kremers 'Insomnia', The Soft Bulletin, The Basement Tapes, NYC Vision Festival, David Lynch, Bob Dylan, Yo la Tengo, Nick Cave, Radiohead, Godspeed, Bill Frisell, free improv(list too long), Frostburg, life's mysteries, daydreams and nightmares, friends
Sounds Like: die all ye merry gentlemen DIY production
Type of Label: None

My Blog

'10 Paces' review by Smother magazine

This is a review of our split with the Christmas Lights, entitled 10 Paces.  The album was given 'editors pick' by the reviewer.  Kenny Tompkins' The Christmas Lights are an offshoot of thi...
Posted by Emil on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:22:00 PST

'Songs From the 2nd Floor' review by Smother Magazine

Much to our surprise, Songs From the 2nd Floor, our first full length album, was chosen as 'editors pick' by Smother Magazine.  Click here for links to the review http://www.smother.net/revi...
Posted by Emil on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:20:00 PST