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Audiocracy

Collaborative progressive fusion project

About Me


Audiocracy's latest recording project is a concept album of post-political progressive rock created through Internet collaborations between musicians from across the globe. The end result is a string of tunes that travel through apocalyptic lyrics into a place of self-sanctuary. See our Official Information Page .
Tobin Mueller , Audiocracy's founder, is also the founder of ArtsForge (a collaborative arts community), a Dramatist Guild member (NYC), member of ASCAP, composer, author and poet. His favorite place to talk with other musicians online is MacJams . Tobin has written 5 books, 2 symphonies, a ballet, 3 film scores, 12 plays (10 musicals), and over 330 songs. He is also the recipient of the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor award, given in 1994, for work with the environmental movement worldwide. His two latest collections of poetry can be found here: Falling Past Love and Ash . Several have been dramatized on mp3 by Del .
Tobin's CDs for sale...
AUDIOCRACY: Revolution's Son
Neo-prog concept album featuring layered vocals, multiple guitars, heavy organ and post-political storyline. Buy CD for complete experience. Just released!
CDBaby.com - The Lost Records - iTunes
A Bit Of Light - progressive folk fusion
14 track compilation, from tango to jazz fusion. Inventive arrangements featuring: Entcho Todorov-violin; Donny McCaslin-saxes; Bill Barner-clarinet; Woody Mankowski-soprano sax.
The Lost Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes
13 Masks - solo piano
Interweaving of jazz, avant-garde classical, & "Progressive Ragtime." Blending each style through the chaos of the subconscious, influences include Monk, Brubeck, Bartok, Ligeti. Mind-bending and inspiring.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
Morning Whispers - solo piano
Heartfelt solo piano full of lyrical impressionism and epic emotion, combining healing New Age, romanticism, and contemporary jazz influences; original compositions. Tragic beauty.
Simig Media Records - CDBaby.com - iTunes - Reviews
What Survives - jazz
Jazz ensemble arrangements of Tobin's stellar songs from his off-Broadway musical Creature, featuring Chris Mueller, Woody Mankowski and a sextet of all-star players.
ArtsForge.com
Holy Land - The World Trade Center Project
Songs written after 9/11/2001, while still living in NYC, featuring I Will Love, Was There Once A Time, more.... Songs of love, loss, courage, and surival.
ArtsForge.com
TOBIN MUELLER'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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Member Since: 6/29/2006
Band Website: tobinmueller.com/music/audiocracy/
Band Members: Tobin: vocals; keyboards; B3
Twøn: lead vocals; bass; ac gtr
Darren Chapman: guitars
Bob Piper: guitars
Tadashi Togawa: guitars
Rob Thurman: drums
Alimar Ligammari: engineering

Influences: Yes; King Crimson; ELP; Gentle Giant; Kevin Gilbert; Dream Theater; Spock's Beard; John Medeski; John Petrucci; Michael Manring; Cream; Peter Gabriel; Oregon; Helmet of Gnats; Bruce Hornsby; Ben Folds; David Bowie; Miles Davis; Chick Corea; Herbie Hancock; Thelonious Monk; Dave Brubeck; Art Tatum; Liz Story; Paul Simon; Joni Mitchell; Dr. John; Amon Tobin; David Lanz; Claude Debussy; Frédéric Chopin; J. S. Bach; Ludwig van Beethoven; Igor Stravinsky; Fredrik Ullén; Konstantin Scherbakov; Alexander Scriabin

Sounds Like: Keith Emerson, David Bowie, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Glass Hammer, Circus Maximus, Navigator, The Flower Kings, Martone, Clockwork, Gordian Knot, Weather Report, Iva Davis, Flowers, Icehouse, Chicago, Talking Heads, Sun Ra, Steely Dan, Brian Eno, Tom Scott, Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP), Medeski Martin and Wood, Helmet of Gnats, David Lanz, Dave Brubeck, Claude Debussy, Chopin, Fredrik Ullen, Konstantin Scherbakov, Alexander Scriabin

Record Label: Simig Media (piano); The Lost Records (jazz/prog)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Audiocracy Project begins

A collaborative group of composer musicians is joining me in the open-ended project AUDIOCRACY to create neo-prog fusion music. We hope to eventually end up with a double album of tracks: One CD of v...
Posted by Audiocracy on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:15:00 PST

Jazz album to be re-released in 2006

Plans are to revamp my jazz recording, What Survives, during the summer of 2006, and re-release it under a new title. I've collaborated with a few musicians from MacJams and am adding clarinet, organ...
Posted by Audiocracy on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:41:00 PST

Morning Whispers released on Simig

My first solo piano album released on Simig Media: Morning Whispers. It has had some great reviews and nice FM Radio airplay. After spending most of my life writing music for other people, includin...
Posted by Audiocracy on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:17:00 PST