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Spagirus

shamanistic drones from Appalachian dulcimer

About Me

I began Spagirus playing the mountain dulcimer and processing it in various ways with digital and analog effects (my dulcimer work can be heard on the albums Quanta Mandala Mundi, Vile Idiot Hunger, Lose The Mind Altogether, and the most recent Shravaka). Then I switched to doing more computer based compositions based on field recordings. I have now returned to the dulcimer as my main mode of producing musick because I prefer the physicality of playing this instrument (coupled with various other instruments of the world and small toys) and the range of interesting sounds I can get beyond just using computer processing. A full bio/description can be found at my web site as well as more sample .mp3s.

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Member Since: 2/19/2005
Band Website: spagirus.com
Band Members: Greg Elliott with ocassional co-collaborators (such as Gabe and Todd from Anvil Salute, Jake from Terminal Shock, Phortran, Kev from Akoustik Timbre Frekuency, Doug Ferguson, Kevin from Photon Ghoul and Skillful Means, R. Loftiss of Gray Field Recordings, Pablo of Pablo De La Musica and Hotel Hotel, and probably more to come)
Influences: Keith Rowe, Double Leopards, Birchville Cat Motel, Thuja, Phill Niblock, Ellen Fullman, Tony Conrad, La Monte Young, Troum, Zoviet France, Dead Voices on Air, Oren Ambarchi, James Plotkin, Lab Report, Pelt, Stars of The Lid, Bruce Russell, Charalambides, Bernhard Guenter, Francisco Lopez, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Ctephin, Ghoul Detail, Pablo De La Musica, Loren Dent, Tibetan Musick, Chinese traditional musick, Appalachian folk, Lao Tzu, Shakyamuni, forest and urban sounds.
Sounds Like: shamanic rituals in a cave
Record Label: Ethedrone Muzac, Palustre, Roil Noize
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Shravaka

The latest Spagirus album, Shravaka, will be released on two labels. In the next month or two it will be released on Palustre Records (www.palustre.com) in Italy. This will be a limited release of 81 ...
Posted by Spagirus on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:02:00 PST

New album recorded

Recording is now complete on the new Spagirus album 'Shravaka'. It still remains to do final mixing and mastering on the album, but that is in the works. When the album is complete, I will be shopping...
Posted by Spagirus on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ethedrone Muzac label

Frank Suchomel, who has been the sole director of the Austin based label Ethedrone Muzac since 2001, has graciously allowed me to be a full partner on that label. This is a very exciting thing for me,...
Posted by Spagirus on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST