Member Since: 8/1/2006
Band Website: cyoakhagrace.com
Band Members: Cyoakha Grace - Composer, Vocalist, (lyrics & melodies) Music Producer, Soundtracks, Music Supervisor
Instruments - Indian Harmonium, Planet Earth, Repeater Looper, Native flutes, vocal effects, fostex, African drums, percussion, keys, didjeridu, melodica
Influences: INSPIRED BY:
Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, Massive Attack, Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel, Peter Himmelman, The Doors, David & David, Jefferson Airplane, Mouth Music, Sheb Sabbat, Morcheeba, Cocteau Twins, Tribal people's music, World music, avant, opera, ground-breakers, genre' busters of any kind
I sing because I have to...like the birds..I try to help other musicians, never compete or play "I'm the hot diva" game. The life of an true artist is hard enough and since no two singers sound alike, why compete? Work with Peace in your Heart and Sound in your Soul. Women are still on the outside of the rock-alt-boy-jam world and we can band together in strength and power. We can create a new arena of witchy female wisdom and full womanhood, outside the pop world of dancing drunken Barbies.
*Open to collaboration with other singers, songwriters, & cool eco bands for trading tours. I offer my composing-recording-singing talents very CHEAPLY to visionary indie movie producers/directors! Seeking great world musicians to record with in the bay area and always, new friends and fans and magical believers!
Sounds Like: morcheeba meets kate bush at peter gabriel’s house and they all see the ghost of jim morrison while performing mouth music while eno plays in the background
CYOAKHA AND LAND OF THE BLIND: Ordinary Magic
"Tribal-Trance-Druid-Dance" with Celtic & Mid-Eastern musical flavors, award winning female vocals ala Dead Can Dance but more lively...
BUY THIS CD -LAND OF THE BLIND: Out of Chaos (Into the Whirlwind)
A Magical carpet ride that genre’ busts from Trance to Rock with Middle-Eastern feels, vocals that cry then soar from fierce to dreamy, for anyone who loves excellent female voices, exotic instrumentation and strong lyrics...
BUY THIS CD -CYOAKHA GRACE O’MANION: Unknown Music from Dream Quest of Kadath
The avant dark, dreamy & haunting soundtrack from Indie film, H.P.Lovecraft’s "Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath", produced by Cyoakha Grace with top SF world musicians. swirling surrealist pretty nightmare...
BUY THIS CD -CYOAKHA GRACE & LAND OF THE BLIND: Edgewalking Blind
Uber Chill down tempo ELECTRONIC SHAMANIC dream world folk music with amazing female vocals, earthy didgeridoo, dreamy Middle Eastern styled acoustic guitar, live looping, recorded live...
BUY THIS CD -AZIGZA: Azigza
Led Zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Gong, King Crimson and Kate Bush all rolled into one Progressive Burrito! Daevid Allen of the Gong plays Gliss Guitar on one beautiful track, Azigza does a killer cover of Led Zepplin "Friends", Baklan Slavic trad gone wild. San Fran’s Azigza is ProgWorldRock, a trip round the globe. Proggers everywhere were blown away by this debut CD!
BUY THIS CD -AZIGZA: Kriya
A trip to the heart of Africa and the Middle East, with stops in the Balkans, tickets by ProgAirways, the Fusion Station. If you like Led Zeppelin, King Crimson and Mahavishnu Orchesta, get on the plane for the second stunning AZIGZA journey.
BUY THIS CD -DRUID SISTERS TEA PARTY: Gypsy Love Caravan
An organic world dance band that pulls it’s flavors from around the world. Exotic twirling gypsy cello, Irish fiddle, tribal-jungle style dance drums, dreamy trance vocals, swirling acoustic guitar and earthy drones...
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Record Label: Spiral Eye
Type of Label: Indie