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motonaut

About Me

Minimalistic
Thoughtful
Experimental
Electropop "The Now And The Not Yet" is available at Amazon.com , Emusic.com , Itunes and Napster .

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Photography by amyjettfinephotography.com .

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Member Since: 2/7/2005
Band Website: http://www.motonaut.info
Band Members: Mike Indest - vocals and RB-338
Jesse Maizlish - vocals
Influences: Pedro The Lion, The Clash, The Alarm, Michael Knott, 77's, The Waterboys, Pink Floyd, Yes, Simple Minds, U2, Peter Gabriel, The Call, The Choir, 4.4.1, Kate Bush, Genesis, Adam Again, Violent Femmes, World Party, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Church, Duran Duran, Beatles, Belle and Sebastian, Swirling Eddies, Interpol, Roger Waters, Michael Roe, Elliott Smith, Danielson Famile, Radiohead, Mates Of State, Frou Frou, Broken Social Scene, Imogen Heap, Feist, Junior Boys, Terry Taylor, The Specials, Kylie Minogue, Tears For Fears,Band Of Horses, The Shins, Postal Service, Block Party, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, A Fine Frenzy, Fiona Apple, Iron & Wine, Jem, M.I.A., Madonna, Mika, Moby, Modest Mouse, (Paul) Oakenfold, Ghostland Observatory, The Police, Prince, Regina Spektor, Tegan & Sara, Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero 7, Kraftwerk, of Montreal, YMCK, Stars, After The Fire, Yaz, Quickflight
Sounds Like: I guess you can find a little from what we are influenced by in our music so ~ Pedro The Lion, The Clash, The Alarm, Michael Knott, 77's, The Waterboys, Pink Floyd, Yes, Simple Minds, U2, Peter Gabriel, The Call, The Choir, 4.4.1, Kate Bush, Genesis, Adam Again, Violent Femmes, World Party, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Church, Duran Duran, Beatles, Belle and Sebastian, Swirling Eddies, Interpol, Roger Waters, Michael Roe, Elliott Smith, Danielson Famile, Radiohead, Mates Of State, Frou Frou, Broken Social Scene, Imogen Heap, Feist, Junior Boys, Terry Taylor, The Specials, Kylie Minogue, Tears For Fears,Band Of Horses, The Shins, Postal Service, Block Party, Snow Patrol, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, A Fine Frenzy, Fiona Apple, Iron & Wine, Jem, M.I.A., Madonna, Mika, Moby, Modest Mouse, (Paul) Oakenfold, Ghostland Observatory, The Police, Prince, Regina Spektor, Tegan & Sara, Talking Heads, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zero 7, Kraftwerk, of Montreal, YMCK, Stars, After The Fire, Yaz, Quickflight
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

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Had a fantastic week of inspiration and recording in Amsterdam. Worked on programmingthe new EP and another song that I have been kicking around for a bit. I got to watch some movies on the plane tha...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:26:00 GMT

Finished writing new EP!

I finished writing the new EP, well pretty much. The writing process is pretty easybut it takes a while to program it all with ReBirth and translate songs writtenon the guitar to the limitations of Re...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:20:00 GMT

Poetry from Jesse, etc.

I found some fantastic poetry from Jesse, here is the linkif you want to check it out:http://www.poemhunter.com/jesse-maizlish/Also been listening to the new U2, I think it is fantastic, "Crazy Tonigh...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:50:00 GMT

The Now And The Not Yet Lyrics

Words and Music by Mike Indest|Copyright 2008| BMIGravityMaybe it's the weight of the world on my shouldersMaybe it's the crushing hand of GodMaybe it's the fact that I'm getting olderAnd every second...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:19:00 GMT