Music:
Member Since: 7/8/2006
Band Members:
TOMMY S. VESPATRON
INSTRUCTIONS: these are NOT really SONGS as such, they are indeed more like melodic or instrumental sketches, put together quickly and hopefully you'll find them fresh- the're just ideas, on a roll and ready-to-go..
To check my songwriting skills, go to the Deadlagoon page, baby.
On these sketches every instrument is played by hand by me.
Influences: zzzzzzzz...
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ok, SINCE YOU ASK..in no whatsoever order
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Bootleg records from 1969-1992, no later than that, no cds please,
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Weird USA 60es garage, as in Pebbles compos, i like all the things that will never show up in a dj set, like real cool experimental psyche and garage, there's more to music other than dancers,
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50es musique concrete, like Pierre Henry and Schaffer, plus 60es electronics, Beaver-Krause, The United States of America,____________________________________________________
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Nico, every other chanteuse you could possibly name with cool arrangements,
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these are names of artists i listened to A LOT:
the Godz,
Talking Heads vs Brian Eno,
Holy Modal Rounders,
Ainsley Dunbar's Retaliation,
Tim Buckley,
Syd Barrett,
Early Pink Floyd,
Kahimi Karie,
Serge Gainsbourg,
Jacques Brel,
Scott Walker,
Michel Polnareff,
Broadcast,
Peeni Waali,
Breeders,
The Lo-Fidelity AllStars (with Wrecked Train on Vocals),
Sukia,
Jacula,
Nick Drake,
Dinosaur Jr,
Jesus and Mary Chain,
Breeders,
The Stones,
The Doors,
The Beastie Boys (by far the greatest band of the 80es-90es),
Love,
Prince and the Revolution circa 1982-1985,
Hendrix,
Dylan,
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Soul from the 60es, 70es and early 80es soul 'Dub edit' artists, basically anything that was ever recorded at Compass Point Studios,
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Rock Steady, Roots, Reggay and 70es Dub, absolutely no Marley thank you,
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Breakbeat funk and mothership connections from the 70es,
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Urban and rural blues until 1965, later than that it's absolutely unbearable cheese,
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60es music from Brasil, like Os Mutantes, and the Tom Zé produced Tropicalia-very inspiring shit,
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Good, kick ass, uncool but definitely RULING hairspray metal bands of the 80es, like Poison, Faster Pussycat, Ratt ("now you're 18 and your belly makes a sound.."-ace shit!), etc,
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Rap, from 1979-1989 only, i absolutely loathe all that money and guns shit, it killed good music and turned a sharp music form into cheese,
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Jelly Roll Morton's EP i bought at the Kentish Town Market in London for 2 quids, essential listening,
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Harvey Mandel's "Grenade.. something" LP, the first 4 songs, shame about the front cover that is crap but nice photo at the back though,
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some UK Indie, 1989-1998,
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Post Punk, No wave and good ol' 70es Max's Kansas City-scene Punk from the States,
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Morricone, Mastica, Piccioni, Umiliani, the mighty Reverberi Brothers, Italian artists of any kind from both 60es and 70es,_______________________________________________________
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Anything from DERAM records for my 5 o' clock Earl Grey,
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Anything on Mo' Wax until 2001, after that it's all rubbish,
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footnote...and some 80es Italo disco, too, when it sounds good.
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________________________also, please note that my theremin has been made in 1997 by the Belsize Park-based informer of this weird group of english people-i was living in Hampsted Heath at that time..i got the connection thru a magazine, maybe Making Music or something..as i was at his place trying the theremin out, i heard he got a call from a woman who said she'd seen aliens , so check him out :
Sounds Like: the big fat banana called love
the huge eyeball called feeling
the rocket called boredom
Record Label: The Vespatron Arts Research Workshop - Media Devel
Type of Label: None
