Merv profile picture

Merv

I am here for Networking

About Me

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Alien

I am an Artist,producer,drummer,remixer and DJ-I record under various guises,my main thing being Eat Static (Full On SciTrance)closely followed by Dendron(Breaks and Drum n Bass),Flexitones(Latino/Funky),Hi-Fi Companions(Chilled Lounge),Metal Sharon(Experimental Trance).I have been in various bands since 1978 and still going strong! I was also a long time drummer of Ozric Tentacles,playing many of the free festivals and some of the big festivals like Glastonbury and Phoenix..Things have come full circle recently as i find myself back in the Ozrics and i also do Noden's Ictus with Ed Ozric...and somehow,i have even found time to join Here and Now! Eat Static has now been going for 19 years (my god!)and i am looking forward to releasing some interesting new things for the twentieth anniversary next year.The beginning of 2008 saw long time cohort Joie Hinton leave the band for the quiet life!This is by no means,the end of Eat Static,just the dawn of a new era.I have just completed album number 12 (Back To Earth) which is a downtempo album for Canadian friends,Interchill,released this July 7th 2008.I still love going out and playing live all around the world,melting people's brains in the process...For information about Eat Static or to book us,write to [email protected]

My Interests

Sci-Fi,Music,Alien Abductions,Crop Circles,Ufology,Philosophy,Lunacy,Kinky Pornography, Higher Realms,Chaos,travelling to wacky obscure places,Cross cultural pollution,Evolution,going beyond the boundaries,The Brain...

I'd like to meet:


Myspace Animations Bill Laswell,Keith Moon,Mark Mothersbaugh,Peter Cook,Pierre Moerlin

Music:


Myspace Animations Trance,Techno,Heavy Thrash,Punk,Lounge,Latin,Chilled,Breakbeat,World,just about everything in between... Alot of stuff from the 80's: Devo,Birthday Party,Killing Joke,The Cure,Alien Sex Fiend,Tubeway Army,The Dickies i have always found instrumental music fascinating,ever since i first heard the Morricone score to A Fistful of Dollars,at 5 years old! It was the way that the music played with your emotions,taking you away to places,something i have strived for in my music ever since..

Movies:

Alien,Betty Page,Liquid Sky,2001,Forbidden Planet,Sinbad,One Million Years BC,Alice in Acidland,Plan 9 From Outer Space,LOTR,Fantastic Voyage,Logans Run,Earth versus Flying Saucers,Any Ray Harryhausen,Any David Cronenburg,Any Scorsese flicks,Sergio Leone,The Curious Dr Hump,David Lynch,Planet of the Apes,Monty Python,Exploitica,The Wickerman,Barbarella,Nuts in May (Mike Leigh),It came from Outer Space,Killer Shrews,Tim Burton,Manga,

Television:

Six Feet Under,Six Million Dollar Man,Lost in Space,The Prisoner,Space 1999,UFO,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Blakes 7,Dr Who (old ones),The Survivors,Logan's Run,Hammer House of Horror,Strutter,Harry Hill,Comic Strip,Deadwood,The Avengers,Monty Python,X Files,Not only but also,Pink Panther's,The Addams Family

Books:

J.G.Ballard,TinTin,Asterix,Sci-Fi,Horror,James Herbert,Philip Jose Farmer

Heroes:


Myspace Animations Peter Cook,Tomita

My Blog

DJ slot at Glasto added

Just been added to play at this place at Glastonbury..   http://arcadiaspectacular.com/2008designs.html   Midnight Friday night in the trash field (near Lost Vagueness)...
Posted by Merv on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:24:00 PST

Down-tempo set at the Glade

Well folks, Just been added to the Liquid stage line-up for the Glade festival on Sat 19th July,around lunch (out) time.. See you there with your hair in the air..
Posted by Merv on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:04:00 PST

Sound bytes are up!

Some snippets of the new album can be heard on the Arabesque site now! http://arabesque.co.uk//index.php?option=com_artistavenue&am p;task=singleCd&id=1640&Itemid=99999999
Posted by Merv on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

Back To Earth completed!

Well,well,i sit here having just approved the mastering for the new album..it sounds amazing! A hotbed of world fusions,jazz,latin,middle eastern,you name it,its in there somewhere! 11 new tunes up ar...
Posted by Merv on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:34:00 PST

Benefit gig next weekend!

..http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk27/Xenomorf/waveformb enefiteflyer2.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting">
Posted by Merv on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:39:00 PST

Gig in Israel

Hi guys,Here are some details for upcoming show in Israel   http://www.imagehosting.com/show.php/1598998_untitled3.bmp.h tml ..      ...
Posted by Merv on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:34:00 PST

End of an era...

Hi folks..I am the bearer of sad news indeed..Joie has decided to quit the band after the 18 years we spent together..he has had enough of all the travelling and being away from home and family,and in...
Posted by Merv on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:56:00 PST

Around The World in 80 Raves!

Well,what a busy year we had,but we are going out with a bang with the new release of 'Around The World In 80 Raves',our FIRST sample cd! Its out on Sample Magic this month and features shit loads of ...
Posted by Merv on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 09:15:00 PST

Sunset Sessions

Our first collaboration with the guys at Sample Magic has surfaced in the form of 'Sunset Sessions',a sample cd where we have contributed some deeply chilled and groovy blissed out sounds..perfect for...
Posted by Merv on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:54:00 PST

New Dendron myspace site

Hi guys, have started piecing together a seperate Dendron site..feel free to check it out as i have 2 new exclusive toons up there..www.myspace.com/mesmobeat    
Posted by Merv on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:42:00 PST