Your date of birth?
January 27, 1964
Hometown?
Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Your early influences in music?
As a tike, my mom and I listened to some mainstream classical music, and Glen Miller and Henry Mancini. I've always loved the Beatles.
You are playing trombone, keyboards, piano, electric guitar and bass, percussion and jaw harp on "Carnival Detournement". Which is your main instrument?
I'm not sure I have one. I'm pretty comfortable on bass guitar and acoustic guitar. I studied trombone for many years and have probably logged more hours it. But not that it shows.
Your favorite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
Todd Rundgren's "The Healing", XTC's "Skylarking" and Mr. Bungle. I like when the music is just beyond my reach yet somehow it resonates with my inner world. I get bored or annoyed by hearing a composer/musician erecting hurdles for dexterity or complexity or production that aren't connected to their soul. (As if I can tell).
Please name 10 bands of all time?
I don't even think I know of 10 bands. Ok, don't make fun of me, I don't really listen to music much. Perhaps there are a million better bands. What do I know.
Beatles
Pete Townshend
XTC
Beach Boys
RadioHead
Tom Waits
They Might Be Giants
Stevie Wonder
B-52's
Miles Davis
Which are the most innovative bands now?
I don't know.
Which is the most influential band in the USA at present?
I don't know.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
I wish.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
Thinking Plague is a very cool band with very complex grandiose and sometimes funny music. It's challenging, harmonically thick and very well crafted music by leader and guitarist, Mike Johnson.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Right now I'm working with a singer/songwriter, Kimmer Macarus who writes very intense and beautiful folk songs that are inspired by her rich sense of poetry, her yoga practice, and perhaps her tortured life as an artist and sculptor.
Have you played in any other band before Hamster Theatre?
Happy Lizard, The Salmon Heads, Big Foot Torso.
What is Hamster Theatre?
At first, HT was assembled to give voice to the music of Dave. He had these interesting tunes that needed a band to play them. As the band developed, it took on more of a life as an ensemble. Dave still writes most of the music, but the group is pretty healthy and cohesive.
How many albums have recorded Hamster Theatre?
There are three:
SIEGE ON HAMBURGER CITY a live concert in Denver.
CARNIVAL DETOURNEMENT a collection of studio recordings.
SONGS OF THE HAMSTER THEATRE is Dave's solo album which contains songs that the band now plays. This is a collection of nicely recorded 4 track songs that were the beginnings of the our band.
How you can describe your direction?
Well, getting "Carnival Detournement" (Cuneiform 2001) finished and into folk's ears was a major goal. Now, we would like to perform in some new places. I see more use of samples and other gear based sounds in the live band, not to be trendy, just that it can open some doors we haven't
gone through before.
OK - it's Rock-in-Oppostion & eclectic Chamber music with Cuneiform's sound. Why this direction?
My passion is to play with interweaving melodies and harmonic content that plays with and against ones expectations. After the music is recorded or performed, it is then categorized and labeled by others presumably to help connect the music to listeners with certain tastes. I don't know much about what those labels mean. There is an entire history & culture connected to those movements that Dave tries to explain to me. But as far as I know, neither Dave nor I have made any conscious decision to go toward a specific genre. It is perhaps our futile attempt to avoid genres that has led us there.
Are you improvising or all music at first is written on a paper?
Most of the music was either written out or taught by rote to the members. There are sections of improvisation but the forms and cues are specified. There was one piece from the "Carnival Detournement" CD, called "Drunken Penguin Tango", where Dave and I improvised together, then Dave later added counter-lines and a bass part. It's clumsy and stupid sounding, but it has a funny spooky clown vibe that is fetching.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
I went through a Ravel phase recently. Through that music I was exploring the flexibility of music and harmony. I just got back from my honeymoon in Hawaii. I heard some falsetto music that was nice. I bought a CD of a group called Hui Ohana. There are some interesting kind of yodeling shapes that make the melodies unique. Other than that, I'm giving my ears a little rest I guess.
Your date of birth?
June 22, 1976.
Hometown?
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Your early influences in music?
The first things I remember liking were the Beatles and the Supremes. When I started playing music myself I listened to the Cure a lot and the Replacements.
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
Acoustic guitar and violin. Both making interesting tones if you play around with them enough. I don't like effects either.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
I can listen to any U.S. Maple record over and over again. Everything is so slippery and what seems obvious at first gets weirder and weirder. Plus, they fulfill a nice mood component while still being a rock band which is important for me. Same goes for Diamanda Galas...
Please name 10 bands of all time?
The Stooges
The Birthday Party
Captain Beefheart
Velvet Underground
Bob Dylan
My Bloody Valentine
Sonic Youth
Diamanda Galas
U.S. Maple
Niravana? I don't know, ten is too hard.
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now? Why you are thinking so?
As far as guitar-based music, U.S. Maple is definitely the most interesting. I think it's because they don't use any effects, they just use their guitars differently and the songs are barely songs which is also inportant for me now. I like Melt Banana records too, they seem very orchestrated and the sounds are strange.
Which is the most influential band in Canada at present?
Godspeed You Black Emperor! Who else?!
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No, how do I do that?
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
The Dinner is Ruined, Toronto, Canada. They change their name from record to record, but they've been around for a long time and they aren't afraid of changing. Their live shows are either really amazing or really terrible which is also something I like about them.
How you can describe the style or direction for Picastro?
It's getting hard, too many bands are using strings in a bad way so I have to re-think the whole thing. I don't want anything to be obvious but at the same time I think the style is very simple, I don't need to prove anything. That's it I guess.
How many musicians are in Picastro? Please name them.
Zak Hanna: electric guitars, Evan Clarke: drums, Rachel McBride: cello and
me Liz Hysen: acoustic guitar, vocals and violin.
How many albums you have recorded?
Our first one is coming out in the fall on Pehr records, www.pehrlabel.com
Are you involved in any other band, project?
I record with other people, but usually it goes under the name Picastro.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
I like a lot of modern classical music, Arvo Pärt and Gavin Bryars and
Christian Wolff, Takemitsu. I also like that band the Dead C and I listen
to traditonal music the most, Russian and Eastern European stuff but I am getting more into Gamelan music now and Rebetika.
Your date of birth?
March 27th, 1976.
Hometown?
Monterey, California, USA,
Portland, Oregon, USA.
Your early influences in music?
this one Eno & Jon Hassell record i used to listen to when i was sick as a
kid. King Crimson and Yes records i listened to as a kid. playing improvised music in various forms throughout my life has shaped me as a creator of sound more than any recorded music. punk rock changed my life. I used to listen to Pavement over and over again.
then again i used to listen to Primus over and over again, so i guess it really doesnt matter as much as always putting myself in possitions that are uncomfortable or limiting and unexpected and letting music come from me in these times of strangeness
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
Guitar, trumpet, voice, drums, keyboards, electric fans, echo, fuzz, reverb, ring modulation, low pass filter, low frequency occilator.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
"In The Court of the Crimson King" by King Crimson. Robert Fripp is astounding as
a guitarist and as a producer of sounds in general. I love this records. I also love the brand new The Microphones record called "teh Glow part 2" which is not out yet yet should be out on K records in late september.
Do you like "The ConstruKction of Light" by King Crimson and their ProjeKcts?
i have not heard them yet, and i will not be able to see them when they tour with Tool this summer.....but i saw Fripp do soundscapes in new york three days in a row lunch and dinner for free in this big mall.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Pink Floyd (pre- Dark side)
King Crimson
Cluster
Brian Eno
Miles Davis
Pavement - Slante and Enchanted
Nirvana
Jimi Hendrix
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Yume Bitsu
the Beatles
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now?
The Microphones are very good.
Landing are very good. besides my friends i really dont care about much contemporary music.
What the style is for The Microphones?
they are closet bedroom songs and noises in the best way, close to nature and very abstract ans soft and then warm and fuzzy and loud. the kid is about 22 years old and he is brilliant.
Which is the most influential band in the USA at present?
Who cares? Its more about the small, localized underground sounds of the youth, not the
mass cultural, or even mass counter-cultural icons of the moment. they mean nothing to me.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
see above. i could really not care less about any of these bands. i have heard their music and it is all fine and good, but it does not inspire me much and i really dont keep up with these things.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No, that would be nice.
How many records Yume Bitsu have recorded?
"giant surface music falling to earth like jewels from the sky" (1998) on ba da bing! records
"yume bitsu" (1999) on ba da bing! records
"auspicious windz" (2000) on K Records
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
The Microphones,
Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano,
Landing,
Surface Of Eceon,
Calvin Johnson,
Wolf Colonel solo band,
31 knots,
Hochenkeit,
Man-Beard,
Hott Metal,
The Golden Sunz of Eden,
Windy and Carl,
Tomorrowland,
Grimble Grumble,
Flin Flon,
Mark Robinson,
Little Wings,
Dennis Driscoll.
Yesterday on De Avonden/VPRO radio I heard "The Only Point Of Entry" by Grimble Grumble. Very great and interesting noisy track. Similar to psychedelic Pink Ployd and Godspeed You Black Emperor! I read that this track is from 1997. Are they still active at present?
i dont think they are together any more, they sort of splintered into different projects i think.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
I play in a band called Surface Of Eceon which includes members of Landing a great space band from Connecticuit who have release on Music Fellowship and Strange Attractors labels and are quite simply amazing. We will have a record on Strange ATTRACTORS AUDIO HOUSE very soon, probably November.
Please name the line up for Surface of Eceon?
yes it is:
daron gardner - bass (from landing)
dick baldwin - guitar (from landing)
aaron snow - guitar (from landing)
phil jenkins - drums and percussion
adam forkner - (from yume bitsu)
long form dense walls of drifting tone with drums.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
The Microphones, Cluster, the sounds of the city, wind, the sounds of
nature, new age music, Fela Kuti, The Far East Family Band, Fluxus (1965-1966), Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, javanese gamelan music, Tuxedomoon, Suicide, Glass candy and the shattered theater.
"Glass candy and the shattered theater" - is this one title?
yes they have a few seven inches and a one sided twelve inch all three available through K Records online ditribution catalog.
Your date of birth?
10/03/1974.
Hometown?
bristol, UK.
Your early influences in music?
matt johnson, my bloody valentine.
Which instrument you are playing?
i play anything i can get my hands on.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
at the moment 'bodily functions' by herbert.
Please name 10 bands/artists/composers of all time?
tim buckley
early tricky
sly and the family stone
funkadelic
king tubbys
d'angelo
timbaland
early rza productions
king tubby is a jamaican reggae/dub producer from the 70s, timbaland is a us producer who produce dmissy elliott, d'angelo is a us soul artist, his last lp took 5 years to produce and you can hear it, rza is a hip hop producer who produced the first wu tang lp and gza as well as loads of other hip hop he changed hip hop production.
How you think, which are the most innovative bands/artists now? Why you are thinking so?
there are a few unfortunately i tend to focus on one lp at a time, although i like a lot of things, "voodoo" by d'angelo is a beautiful lp because of the attention to detail and the use of real instruments and production, hood are pretty innovative.
You named Hood. I like their music too. They have influence from Bark Psychosis. Have you heard this band or their albums?
with so much music i like the music but not the vocals.
Which is the most influential band in the UK at present?
not sure to me? the last thing that inspired me was that herbert lp.
Can you tell me more about Herbert?
a british artist who has been releasing house and techno records for the last 6 years, his last lp is a deep house record, it is a beautiful record.
Your opinion about Sigur Rós, Godspeed You Black Emperor! and A Silver Mt. Zion as they are also writing apocalyptical, abyss of despair music as you.
i like godspeed their music and as people, not sure about Sigur Rós, i dont really like the vocals.
"Four Damaged Lemons" by Blonde Redhead is a close sad song. Why you like so tragic sense?
i really liked that song because the lyrics are so sad and her voice is beautiful, and i like stuff like that.
You also like very strong characters, for example, "Mute" by Faultline. Sad and strong - are these your both sides?
kind of, although i have a funny side, if you knew me and not my work you would nt think i made miserable music, i'm quite a cheerful guy really.
But without any sunny or happy side. Why?
i think the titles reflect my sense of humour, i dont purposely make sad stuff, it just comes out that way.
Listening your music I think you like exciting and exclusive stereo sound. Where you are getting inspiration for composing and making remixes?
just from anywhere the music just kind of happens i try not to think too much about it, when remixing a lot depends on what source material i'm given.
How you are composing or making new tracks? What is the first: rhythm samplers or the strage cinematic feeling you wish to show?
different for each song, sometimes the drums sometimes the samples.
The opening track for "I Poo Poo On Your Juju" CD is your remix for Yann Tiersen's "La Dispute". Where and how you have found his recordings?
his management and i think he wanted me to remix his work.
Have you done an album which you later like for all 100%?
i really like "you guys......" and "little lost soul", and "poo poo" really, i've stopped being so harsh on myself, its easy as a musician just to hear the things you arent happy with.
Sometimes rhythmical structure in your music is more active than melodical. What is you opinion about rhythm and percussion samplers in music?
i just like tricky beats, that keep you guessing.
Are you listening music from Africa or other regions where drums and percussions are used for rituals? I am thinkig about inspiration...
i love music from anywhere what i call real music, i love egyptian vietnamese, turkish, in fact i'm pretty good at telling where a piece of music comes from in the world as long as it is an authentic recording.
Are you listening artists as Björk or Nobukazu Takemura from Japan? Are they on the same thinking level as you?
i'm not a big fan of björk, although some takemura stuff is nice.
How many times you have recorded the sessions for the BBC and De Avonden/VPRO radio? I have heard one in 1997 on De Avonden/VPRO radio show. Are any of your sessions released on a CD?
i'm not sure, i've definately done one vpro session and a peel session and another radio one session, but they were mainly works in progress that turned up on later cds.
You are from Bristol where are very innovating avant-garde bands as AMP, Crescent, Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone, Portishead... What's new in Bristol area?
not much i'm afraid, although that goldfrapp cd has a big bristol connection.
Maybe you have heard Alpha, a project by Andy Jenks and Corin Dingley from Bristol. Right now they have a second album "TheImpossibleThrill" out now with very beautiful and mellow music.
yeah i know alpha, the lp is nice, again i'm not a big fan of the vocals.
You told that don't like vocals. Really? Or you have a refined taste for vocalists?
yes, when they are good it is amazing when bad they ruin perfectly good music.
You like singing style or voice?
voice, but it doesnt have to be technically good if you can hear someones soul then it is good.
Are you listening radio or reading musical media?
no, i spend a lot of time in record shops.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
i'm working on new stuff now but its a secret.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
i'm a lover of all music that comes from a soul there are too many to mention.
Your date of birth?
8/3/1966. The band was born in 1998.
Hometown?
Murcia, Spain. A really ugly city.
Your early influences in music?
I guess noise was, and still is, my early influence in music.
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
I play mostly guitar, and also theremin and a bit of keys. Dunno why I chose these. I think the instruments chose me.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
I've got a lot of favourite albums, but I don't listen to them the way you say. But if you want a small list, see below.
Please name 10 best bands of the century?
I don't like the concept "best of". Better than who? Better than what? Are The Velvet Underground better than AR Kane? Where's the relationship? Why should I compare them? Both are fantastic. I could tell you 10 of my personal favourites:
The Velvet Underground "1st album"
Kraftwerk "Radioactivity"
King Crimson "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
Sonic Youth "Evol"
Loop "Heaven's End"
Can "Tago Mago"
Nick Drake "Bryter Layter"
Early Pink Floyd "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"
Françoise Hardy "Soleil"
Television "Marquee Moon"
How you think, which are the most innovative bands at present?
There are a lot of great bands now, but I cannot think of any really innovative extrictly speaking. But you don't need to be innovative to make great music. You need to have personality.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
Manta Ray, Beef and Sr. Chinarro are 3 of the best bands currently in Spain.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No. Should I?
Are you involved in any other band, project?
No.
How you can describe - what is Post-Rock?
Post-Rock is just a stupid label.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Drone, repetition, minimalism. Repetition points you towards the essence. The more you repeat the appropriate phrase, the closer you are to purity. But what's the appropriate phrase? This is the big question.
Your date of birth?
9/4/1980, which makes me the baby-faced age of 21 currently...
Hometown?
Currently living in [Welsh capital city] Cardiff, where Mountain Men Anonymous are based, but my true hometown is in England, just outside a town called Gloucester...
Your early influences in music?
Early influences?... Hmmm, well after the obligatory pop music-loving stage at primary school, I was introduced to some prime 'rawk', namely Rage Against The Machine, Guns N Roses, Metallica and, ahem, Terrorvision...I apologise for most of this...
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
Bass... Because Mountain Men Anonymous needed a bass player... And basses
don't break as easily as guitars do...
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
Currently listening to "Y'all Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!" by Scottish band The Reindeer Section as it's beautifully melancholic, but apart from that nothing that's in my CD player day after day... Well maybe anything by Les Savy Fav and I suppose there's always my personal 'classics' that I can listen to again and again (most things by Mogwai, "King For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime" by Faith No More, etc) but other than that mainly a repetition of stuff on Warp Records (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Chris Clark, etc) because of their inventiveness...
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Ooooh, tough one... OK this may not be definitive and I'm sure to have missed someone out that I'll regret later but here goes (in no particular order):
Rage Against The Machine
Mogwai
AFX/Aphex Twin
Guns N Roses
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Les Savy Fav
Atari Teenage Riot/Alec Empire
Faith No More
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Sex Pistols
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now? Why you are thinking so?
Autechre are certainly out there on their own but their stuff isn't always very listenable, certainly not to a casual listener! Mogwai were up there too, but their last album was a bit of a sidewards step I think... Most electronica at the moment, and pretty much anything Richard D James puts his name to, especially AFX and Aphex Twin, just because he's making sounds that no-one else is even thinking of, making them into memorable 'songs' and using some mightily fucked up beats... Zan Lyons from London too... His new stuff is gonna blow people away... In my opinion one of the best guitar bands at the moment are Les Savy Fav, very unusual lyrics and a style all of their own I think...
Which is the most influential band in your country at present?
If we're talking about who influences the most people, then the most influential band in my country (technically the UK) is probably someone awful like Travis or Coldplay, or worse, the Manic Street Preachers or Oasis or Blur... Most influential to Mountain Men Anonymous in the UK I suppose would have to be Mogwai, but only in the way that they are doing what they want with largely instrumental rock music and making a success of themselves, which is in itself inspiring...
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
Well they are to some people and some people have the opinion that they are untouchable...They are three great bands, although Sigur Rós can be goddamn boring sometimes, but Mogwai and GYBE! have both put out albums recently which have not pushed the boundaries back as far as they could and should have done... There's a Scottish band called Larmousse who were doing pretty much what Mogwai have done on "Rock Action" a couple of years ago now... But both Mogwai and GYBE! are both still immense live...
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
Not yet, although we have reached the giddy heights of airtime on BBC Radio Wales! Not many radio stations in the UK will take a risk on an instrumental (and temperamental) noisy rock band when there's a million and one indie chancers to satisfy the middle ground listeners...
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known? Please tell about them.
The best "post-rock" type band in our area were Four Track Captain (formerly Giraffe) but they have now sadly ceased to exist it seems... Elsewhere in the area there is folkster Teflon Monkey (from a small town called Bargoed) and electronica-cum-Krautrock geniuses Know Point (from Newport)... There's a few others who are doing some great stuff too...
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Not currently, but our guitarist Sam records solo electronica under the name "John Barnes", named after the now fabulously rounded ex-Liverpool and England footballer, who is one of his personal heroes!
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Two words: more electronica...
Your date of birth?
September 25th, 1978.
Hometown?
Louisville, KY...but I've been living in NYC since 1996.
Your early influences in music?
prior to 10: Beach Boys, Starship, The Beatles...
After 10: Motley Crue, The Who, The Clash, Guns N' Roses, Misfits, (probably still some Starship too.)
Which instrument you are playing?
I play the drums. I think I started because it was the one instrument I always loved playing in music class at school. Seeing Tommy Lee flip upside down on the "Wildside" video sealed the deal.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again?
I'm always going back the first two Weezer albums... The Clash "London Calling", Yo La Tengo "And then nothing turned itself inside-out". The Rushmore Soundtrack. They all have a sincerity that's just hard to beat.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
David Bowie
The Clash
Talking Heads
The Pixies
Radiohead
The Who
The Dead Milkmen
The Rezillos
Fugazi
Starship
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now?
I don't really know. A lot of bands are making great music, but not all of it seems to go anywhere. The only albums that have honestly gotten me excited about music in the past year or two are both of the new Radiohead records, "drums" by hollAnd, "A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure" Matmos album and most definitely Outkast with "Stankonia". These records stand out for me because they are so direct, simple, and again, sincere.
Which is the most influential band in the USA at present?
People are listening to tons of different things these days. I don't think it's so cut and dry at all. I'm confronted with bands I've never heard of all the time, and these are bands that people will swear by. There are so many bands trying the Radiohead thing, so many others trying to sound like MC5, and still SO many others just making bleeps and bloops. It all sinks in somehow. It either makes you think of something you want to try, or something you definitely don't.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE! or Radiohead. Your opinion.
I'd agree with that. People will argue to the death over the validity and importance of the music these guys make, and typically the same goes for anything that sounds remotely like it. They give an easy access route to what's happening or has happened in underground music. People buy into the hype that these guys are all the best, or the first, or whatever, which is simply just not true. They're just making music like the rest of us.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No. We're ready when they are though.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
The one person that comes to mind is Keenan Lawler... he does great things with an acoustic guitar and his racks of electronic gadgets.
Please name other musicians of The Kilowatthours.
Chris Renn - guitar, vocals, Ben Lord - drums, Dan Benningfield - piano/synth.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Not currently. Even though we rarely see one another, the Kilowatthours still somehow manages to be a full-time thing.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Right now, I think the most important thing that's happening is hybrid forms of music. Everything is starting to blend together and that is where things are starting to get exciting again.
Your date of birth?
25.10.1980
Hometown?
Chichester in the south of England.
Your early influences in music?
The first stuff I remember hearing was hideous stadium rock stuff like Tears For Fears and Simple Minds. But my Dad had The Stone Roses first album and some Happy Mondays stuff which I think I liked at the time. But "Nevermind" was the first album which made me actually interested in music to start off with.
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
We all play different stuff but I mainly play the guitar and the piano and attempt to sing a little. The guitar I started just because it's really easy. I would rather be able to play the piano well than the guitar anyways. I just sing because no one else wanted to.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
"Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space"- Spiritualized, "He has left us alone..." - A Silver Mt Zion, "Lift Yr Skinny Fists..." - Godspeed You Black Emperor!, "Music Has The Right To Children" - Boards Of Canada, "Kid A" - Radiohead, anything by Sparklehorse.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Boards Of Canada
Spiritualized
Sparklehorse
Radiohead
Daft Punk
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Aphex Twin
New Kingdom
Primal Scream
Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now? Why you are thinking so?
Anything coming out on Constellation seems to be unbelievable at the moment. The obvious Godspeed and ASMZ stuff but the Hangedup album is fantastic, Frankie Sparo is blinding. Actually probably Montreal music in general, Molasses on Alien-8 are amazing too. The whole ethos behind the labels and the bands themselves creates an atmosphere or something which makes people (me at least!) kinda proud and excited whenever you buy a record from that part of the world.
Which is the most influential band in the UK at present?
Radiohead by a million miles. Warp Records seemed to be for ages but they just seem to be sticking out the same record over and over in between Aphex and Boards of Canada releases. Radiohead get slated for sticking to their slightly obtuse guns but they've got by par the biggest and most powerful weapons in the UK. And Mogwai I suppose although to me they've only just started getting over their slightly overbearing record collections.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
Mogwai...hmmmm, Sigur Rós have their moments but too often they sound like a hideous Lord Of The Rings prog band. Godspeed You Black Emperor! are to me one of the most amazing bands of all time, the music, the attitude behind it all and the weird atmosphere that surrounds them is just so far ahead of what anyone else seems to be doing.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No but I'd love to.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
Everything else in this part of the world is absolute fucking shit! Musically speaking.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
5 Mile Woman - a blues thing with our bassist/guitarist, Jim and I want to do some really glitchy electronic stuff...oh and DylanBob who are awful and don't exist but they should.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Whatever we are all listening to at the moment which is Ennio Morricone for me, Mudhoney and Sigur Rós for Julian our drummer, some new Stereolab album for Ant the guitarist and Mercury Rev for Jim guitarist/bassist.
PS - Hope Of The States as a band may not agree with these answers, these are merely Sam's answers and opinions.
Your date of birth?
1978.
Hometown?
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Your early influences in music?
Grunge/punk/house.
Why you chose the guitar?
So that I could play lovesongs and conquer the girl that never saw me hanging around her. It is hard to drum a lovesong...
Your favourite guitar players?
Steve Albini from shellac, magic hands and very exclusive guitar sound. Terrie EX from the EX, crazy guitar player. He seems to just do something and it sounds realy good. Chris Leo from the lapse, nice touch. And some more, but I have to think about it...
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
I listen a lot to Songs: Ohia (all albums) I love the sounds of the album and the tragedy in his voice. The lyrics are realy touching, Zoppo "doubles the fun" 7" with the song flooded, realy nice song! Unwound "repetition", it realy rocks the shit out of you. Fugazi "end hits", there seems to be no structure in the songs to me, I know there is, I have a very weird relation with this record. The lapse "heaven ain`t happenin`", Very nice quiet record. Oxes "oxes": DUH!!!!!! 90 day men "is it is a critical band": just listen and you will know! Further I listen a lot to blonde redhead, UI, les savy fav, ella fitzgerald, shellac, rapeman, karate, the secret stars.
Please name 10 bands/artists/composers of all time?
Fuck, I don`t know, It always changes. I will try in random order.
Shellac
Fugazi
Blonde Redhead
Songs Ohia
Lou Barlow
Geoff Farina
Shit, I don`t know...
Jezus lizard
Slint!!!! Yep that is number 1
I give up... 90 day men
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now? Why you are thinking so?
Well, I see many bands starting up. I like small bands a lot. Here in Rotterdam we have Mono, The solo Men Only and many more. Amsterdam you have a lot of cool bands as well and basicly you will find them every where. I like oxes, les savy fav a lot, they are fairly fresh too, as well as the 90 day men. They do different stuff. Especially the oxes are weird and loud. They don`t try to immitate I think. At least I don`t see that many connections to other bands. Just check them out a soon as possible.
Which is the most influential band in the Netherlands?
Hmmmm, A dutch band. I don`t know. For me: none. Names in the underground rock scene are: the solo men only, oil, feverdream, jimmy barock, apers, Spring Rain.
Maybe you know bands in the Netherlands which are very innovative and original but are not well known? Please tell about them.
Well they are the same as in a previous question: Names in the underground rock scene are: the solo men only: impro band that has some songs, they give me the feeling of watching fugazi combined with some pop music and shipping news. oil: hardcore touring band played a lot with the oath and the locust. feverdream: my band, people compare us with bands like unwound, shellac, at the drive in, very diverse but the keypoint is unlimited energy and wildness: www.fly.to/feverdream for more. We played with oxes, les savy fav, blonde redhead, 90 day men and many more. jimmy barock: cool band from groningen: best pop-noise ever, maybe a bit like reiziger from belgium. apers: best ramones punk band at the moment! Spring Rain: Very Good punkRock band, toured a lot! With last days of april, mu girlfriend, at the drive in. Mono, very young, unwound meets placebo.
Zea: electronic pop from amsterdam!! Zoppo, sebadoh like rock music from amsterdam.
Have you a wish to be among the most innovating and important bands in the world and to beat the band from which you have influenced?
No, I want to be a in a respected band that can do a lot of shows, and I am at the moment, It could be better though, but we are working on it, we are still young (19, 20, 22).
What kind of sound you prefer to use or maybe you are trying to create the sound as nobody have done before?
Hmmm, I think we have our own sound as a three-piece. It is distinctive from other records and bands that I have ever heard.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
No, I think cult bands are: the locust, melted men, make up...
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
VPRO: yes. On Club Lek, we will be there soon again. It was fun and You can check it out on: 3voor12 then search for feverdream. You can hear the session.
What is your information source about music you like? Which media?
Magazines, small fanzines, no big magazines because they always pay attention to bands that I don`t give a fuck about.
Maybe you are listening De Avonden radio shows and the Night Train?
No.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Yes, I am in a band called the Cumshots. We will tour very soon. And I am in a project called At No Bikini Beach with the drummer from feverdream. Further I play my solo Lovesongs.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
None I think, We just do what we do and we influence ourselves, or maybe we are influenced subconscious...
Your date of birth?
October 28th, 1982.
Hometown?
Fredrikstad, Norway.
Your early influences in music?
The first thing I really loved was heavy metal stuff; Iron Maiden, Metallica, Deep Purple.... when I was 10-12 years old, so I guess that was an early influence.
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
I play the guitar, I don't exactly remember why I chose it, but I've always been into guitar based music, so I guessed it was a natural choice, since I also played both acoustic and electric, classical and rock.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
That's quite difficult to answer - it's so much, and so often changing. Among the albums I've played most in the last few years you'll find f.ex. "Rogalands Lydigste/Gitar Fingling" (Kjetil D. Brandsdal), "The Queen Is Dead" (The Smiths), "TNT" (Tortoise), "If You're Feeling Sinister" (Belle & Sebastian), "1-3" (Supersilent), "Don't Stand Me Down" (Dexy's Midnight Runners), "Trout Mask Replica" (Captain Beefheart) and "Timex" (Jazzkammer). I guess those are albums where there is much to discover at each listening, and at the same time much to remember - they always teach me more about myself.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Well, I'll try...
The Fall
The Smiths
Tortoise
Fushitsusha
Sonic Youth
Kjertl Del Brondo Group
Origami Replika
John Coltrane Quartet
Belle & Sebastian
The Velvet Underground
guess I've forgotten someone....
How you think, which are the most innovative bands at present?
Maybe some of the band projects of Otomo Yoshihide or Jazzkammer, or Merzbow. I'm not that hooked on being purely "innovative", and I'm not quite sure what it means... U2 are probably innovative, but I hate them.
Which is the most influential band in Norway?
Probably Motorpsycho, at least in "alternative" kind of rock.
Do you like music by Terje Rypdal who two times has played in Riga?
No, I don't like his stuff.
Have you a wish to be among the most innovating and important bands in the world and to beat the band from which you have influenced?
Yes of course, but........ it's not a thing to walk around and think about, but such things are more important than fame and million sellers.
What kind of sound you prefer to use or maybe you are trying to create the sound as nobody have done before?
I don't really understand the question - "sound" can mean very much. I like all kinds of beautiful and low fidelic sounds, try to combine them and find new ones.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
I like all three, especially Mogwai and GYBE!, Sigur Rós has become a bit too popular (hahaha), with a touch of arctic/"new age" stuff which is not so cool.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known? Please tell about them.
We have a new zealand-ish noise project in Fredrikstad called Two Shot Sons which is really cool and interesting, and some casio/lo-fi/pop groups like Remington Super 60, EPA and Safariari, as well as the hardcore band Sligshot Idol (they're not that innovative, but really swinging and great). None of them are as well known as they should.
What is your information source about music you like? Which media?
I find a lot on the internet, and in magazines like "The Wire"
not from TV, but some radio programs on Norwegian national radio are really cool.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Yes, I play in some other groups, among them the noise duo Duo Kanel, and I also play a lot alone (free jazz improv stuff).
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Very much is important, now and then and forever, but right now I'm into noise music, making noises from the guitar and other places, I've been very inspired by people like Lasse Marhaug and Merzbow, even though they use computers, which I haven't fallen into yet.....
Your date of birth?
May 26th, 1978.
Hometown?
Anacortes, Wash., USA.
Your early influences in music?
My 100 year old great grandmother humming to herself while she lied in bed all day.
Which instrument(s) you are playing?
I try all instruments, and voice, and air.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again?
I listen to Karl Blau again and again. He is a folk singer from the Northwestern USA. The music strikes a chord for me. It's hard to explain.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Oh, this is too difficult. So much music is significant and we have never heard of it. There are
people playing music all over the world all the time and they have been there for hundreds of thousands of years. They are important.
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now?
I heard about a band that only walks when they go on tour, and they only play instruments that they make out of gargage, like out of car parts and espresso machines. They walk for 5 days in between concerts. There are 20 people in the band. They only make records on peoples' answering machines. I don't know their name, but they are the most innovative.
Which is the most influential band in the USA at present?
George Bush and the US Flags.
What is your opinion about sound? Some your tracks have distortioned or overdrivened sound, for example, track #9 "Something", "Map", "You'll Be In The Air", "I Felt My Size", "Samurai Sword". Why? I am asking because it sounds as defective goods...
I think it sounds beautiful. It's easy to sound clean. It's really hard to sound messy in a way that sounds natural. Like, Japanese gardens have rocks placed in them in a way that's supposed to look natural but the rock has actually been placed in a very specific place very deliberately. It's like trying to capture the perfect asymmetry of nature. I want to capture the randomness of nature in sound.
How you have done the background sound for "My Roots Are Strong And Deep" and "The Gleam pt.2"?
That sound is 4 or 6 loud pianos very much compressed. "The Gleam pt. 2" is made up also of organs, drums, and guitars and steel drums.
Please name musicians who played with you on The Glow, pt. 2, your latest album?
Karl Blau, Kyle Field, Khaela Maricich, Dave Matthies, Nate Ashley, Jacob Navarro, Phil Elvrum.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
No.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
Have you heard of Mirah? She is from Olympia. Also, Karl Blau, as I have
mentioned.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
I am the drummer sometimes of Old Time Relijun. I record people too.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Right now I am really excited about rhythmic music. I want to do a mountain of drums.
Your date of birth?
1973.
Hometown?
Las Matas, Spain.
Your early influences in music?
Prince, New Order, Violent Femmes, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth etc.
Which instrument you are playing? Why you chose this?
Mainly the keyboards with noises... why? just happened like that.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again? Why?
New Order's, Yann Tiersen's, .....etc.... why? i like them
Please name 10 bands of all time?
New Order
The Beatles
Sonic Youth
The Velvet Underground
Bob Dylan
Palace
Leonard Cohen....
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now?
Goodspeed you black emperor! is creating something totally new. Also hip hop bands.
Which is the most influential band in Spain at present?
There is not really a influential band, maybe Los Planetas.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
I agree with that.
What is Emak Bakia. Side project?
Yes. It's Abel Hernandez (Migala's singer) and myself. Yes, it's
another project, we have 2 albums out.
"Despues" by Emak Bakia is very innovative album. Do you like it?
I guess i like it since i made it.
I have found this line up for Migala. As I have a Sub Pop promo copy I don't know who is playing on "Arde". Which instruments they are playing?
Abel Hernandez - vocals, main guitar, other
Rodrigo Hernandez - bass, keyboards, other
Diego Yturriaga - accordion, vocals, other
Coque Yturriaga - keyboard, noises, other
Jordi Sancho - keyboard, piano, others
Ruben Moreno - drums, violin
Marina Barba - cello ----- she doesn't play on "Arde" and is not with us anymore.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
We did a session for the VPRO that we enjoyed pretty much.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
Elena, Nacho Vegas, Aroah...
Are you involved in any other band, project?
I am in Migala and Emak Bakia... for now.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Will Oldham.
Your date of birth?
i was born in the spring of '69.
Hometown?
hometown's a tough one as we both have moved a lot. tampa, florida-austin,
texas. presently we live in boston township, new york- and austin, texas.
Your early influences in music?
U2, new order/joy division, mid- eighties new wave and punk, 60s and 70s
classic rock, rem, sonic youth, flaming lips, tennesee ernie ford.
Which instrument you are playing?
we play whatever needs to be played out of necessity. there's only two of us
in windsor and with with the birdwatcher (my other project) it's just me. so i
have to play everything.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again?
section 25- always now.... it's just a beautiful record. seemless, timeless,
tireless. everytime i hear it i discover something new.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
there so many good ones. it's not possible to pick ten. here's ten that begin
with the letter b:
david bowie and the spiders from mars
the beatles
bauhaus
butthole surfers
the bee gees
the byrds
black sabbath
björk
james brown
blondie
Which is the most influential band in the USA at present?
low.
The American Analog Set, ...And You Will Know Us By..., Cherubs, Experimental Aircraft, Explosions In The Sky, Paul Newman, Stars Of The Lid are also from your city. Which of them is more important and have done an influence on other bands?
i was say they are all equally influential and important.
Please name the current line-up for Windsor For The Derby?
current line up is jason mcneely and myself, dan matz.
Maybe you have heard Ingrid Karklins playing live, American latvian songwriter un multiinstrumentalist whose music is similar to Kate Bush or Laurie Anderson?
i'll check it out.
Have you a wish to be among the most innovating and important bands in the world and to beat the band from which you have influenced?
no, i just want to be able to make the music i want to make. i'm not trying to
outdo anyone and i have no misconceptions about the importance of my music.
it's great that it touches people around the world. that's a big thrill. but,
i'm doing this for me.
What kind of sound you prefer to use or maybe you are trying to create the sound as nobody have done before?
the sound of the last breath of a drowning man would be a dramatic thing to
say.
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
those guys all ripped us off. hahaha. no, really i just don't see it. and with
some of them i just don't get the fascination.
What do you think of L'altra and Hood, which are also on the same label as WFTD?
l'altra and hood are good bands and we're glad to be on the label with them.
i'm sure we would beat them at croquet.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
we have recorded a vpro session. last october. no bbc yet.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known?
i don't live in austin anymore. not for about 6 years. i was in the new york
city for about 5 years, which has a horrid music scene and now i live in rural
upstate new york. there's some great bluegrass bands that play at the county
fair.
Are you involved in any other band, project?
yes, i have another group called the the birdwatcher. it's my solo project. also i've just completed work on a record with
michael gira (swans, angels of light) that's due out this nov.
The birdwatcher's album "the darkest hour is just before dawn". Are any other musicians included here or you have played all instruments?
that's actually the first. the second is titled "afternoon tales the
morning never knew". it is me playing most instruments with some help from friends.
The Birdwatcher. What was the reason you started this project?
i started this project because windsor became a long distance band. i wanted to stay busy and be able to record some songs on my own. i also wanted to maintain every aspect of the project.
How you met Michael Gira and have started this collaboration? Live concerts too?
i've known michael for about 5 or 6 years now. the record is complete and
should be out in a couple of weeks.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
i go through stages. lately i've been listeing to a lot of hyper produced 70's country. great string sounds and warm guitars and drums. also a lot of post war blues. new things i'm listening to are mercury rev, the court and spark,
kingsbury manx, sparklehorse.
Your date of birth?
Caroline: 17/09/1973.
Gavin: 17/09/1970.
Hometown?
Caroline: Ålesund, Norway.
Gavin: Lonson, Britain.
Your early influences in music?
Caroline:: My mum, Michael Jackson, The Cure, Knudsen & Ludvigsen (Norwegian duo - like a 70-s Kings Of Convenience but less geeky.)
Gavin: Jimi Hendrix, 50's rock and roll, Chicago blues, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band.
Why you chose the guitar?
Caroline: The guitar chose me. No really, I started out playing drums in my first band, the brilliant Mutantene (Post-punk outfit whose gloominess could make Joy Division appear like a happy bunch of chaps in comparision), then figured I'd want to combine making rythms with making melodies and picked up the bass. After 4 years of that I reckoned it was the melodies I was really looking to create and ditched the bass in favour of the guitar. So im still a novice.
Gavin: When I was 6 years old i thought that everyone played an instrument. My father had guitars in the house, it was the first instrument I touched.
Which are your favourite albums you like to listen again and again?
Caroline: Right now I listen alot to the Dismemberment Plan's "Change" because I can't get enough of getting lost in their amazingly beautiful and intense music. Mr Scruff's "Keep it unreal" erm because its on constantly at work and its a funny bundle of tunes. "Red apple falls" Smog - unreal voice, incredible songs. "Demon box" Motorpsycho - well its part of my heritage being Norwegian and all. "Fratres" - Arvo Pärt ..soundtrack to beautiful dreams....
Gavin: "The Spotlight Kid" by Captain Beefheart - because it sounds so badly recorded but so well played, "Viva Last Blues" by Palace Brothers - because of steve albini’s drum sound and will oldham’s songwriting, "Swordfishtrombone" by Tom Waits - has both beauty (rainbirds, johnsberg, illinois) and comic tradegy (frank’s wild years, underground), "Ah Um" by Charles Mingus - fantastically composed and arranaged jazz, "Red" by King Crimson - for its intensity.
Please name 10 bands of all time?
Assuming you mean 10 BEST bands/musicians all time: (In no significant order)
Caroline and Gavin:
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Joy Division
Motorpsycho
Little Feat
Charles Mingus
Eugene Chadbourne
Monopot
Pere Ubu
The Velvet Underground
Galaxie 500
How you think, which are the most innovative bands now? Why you are thinking so?
Caroline: Billy Mahonie - for not adherring to the the chin-stroking formula of "post rock". they make sophisticated but heart-and crotch-felt music.
The Dismemberment plan -They emerged from the emo-core scene but have
developed a unique style, where constraint is valued as much as wigging-out, lyrically
very honest without sounding corny, preachy or just angry.
Gavin: Rothko - because they make music which challenges what I think music is.
Reynolds - because they are fucking hard, heavy and minimal.
Which is the most influential band in the UK at present?
Caroline: I can only answer according to who has an influence on me.. I think the most influental factor of the general music-scene in the UK today is money...
Ooooh thats really a tricky one - pass...
Gavin: Surely it must be someone I really don’t like, like Travis or Steps or Manic Street Preachers or Destiny’s Child!. The money their record labels have to promote them is staggering. These bands reach so many people through all kinds of media. It is a shame that the music is so bland and insipid and uninspiring.
Have you a wish to be among the most innovating and important bands in the world and to beat the band from which you have influenced?
Caroline: Of course world domination!!! although with the influences we have as a band we will probably outlive our idols rather then beating them as competitors on
the same field.
Gavin: No I wish to write music that comes from me. To be innovative is for someone else to judge.
What kind of sound you prefer to use or maybe you are trying to create the sound as nobody have done before?
Caroline: I just want it to sound right in relation to what is intrinsically right for each song/piece of music.. they sort of exist in their own individual
universes...so no, I dont think we are aiming to achieve a general "sound".
Gavin: I agree with caroline on this one. It depends on the piece you are working on. You aim to get a sound which befits and benefits the music!
Some people have a point of view that the cult bands are Mogwai, Sigur Rós, GYBE!. Your opinion.
Caroline: To me these just constitute "the acceptable face" of the underground scene - whats going on outside the medias attention is a lot more interesting...challenging..innovative, but probably difficult for the music press to deal with because they do not have the vocabulary to describe it/soul to comprehend it. They are looking for headlines, pretty faces to grace their frontpages, snappy slogans and bands that fit in the little pretty boxes they tend to construct. Mogwai are shite. Their music is perfect for car adverts though.
Gavin: well I wouldn’t call them cult bands but they are all very good.
You have played with The Monsoon Bassoon...
Gavin: Yes, Jet Johnson played with them in Oxford. The Bassoon are one
of the one jerky and frenzied live acts I have seen.
Have you recorded a session for the BBC or De Avonden/VPRO radio?
Caroline: no ....we'd love to though..
Gavin: did a john peel session with my other band billy mahonie.
Maybe you know bands in your region which are very innovative and original but are not well known? Please tell about them.
Caroline and Gavin:
Rebus - just split up - true genius...
100 pets .. you know why - I've seen them on your list of bands on the site.
Reynolds - evil lords of doom..
Econoline - Motorpsycho tribute band.. no really good....
Jullander - Hamburg based melodic yet vaguely funky post rock band.
What is your information source about music you like? Which media?
Caroline and Gavin: Internet, email, people's mouths.
Caroline, why you moved to London?
Caroline: why i came to England? ill tell you: i came here with a different band, called Peachfuzz, to like really make an effort as a band. and that was it, ive stayed here since, maybe because i met gavin who is my boyfriend...
Are you involved in any other band, project?
Caroline: Not really - sort of planning stage of Lupe Velez with Guri Hummelsund.. not gigging but sort of recording songs.
Gavin: yes I play in Billy Mahonie and also Glider and am planning some solo acoustic guitar stuff too.
Have Glider a website??
Gavin:No. Neither do Jet Johnson at the moment but I keep information up to date on the Billy Mahonie website. There will be Jet Johnson one sometime this year hopefully. Glider have a remix record released in the new year on Alice In Wonder Records from France.
Which musical style, direction, composer, band is important for you now?
Caroline: Direction: - (straight) forward...to make music that sounds like it does inside my mind. too often it gets lost in the transfer from idea to song....
Gavin: musical style = west coast ‘cool’ (1950’s/1960’s jazz from Los Angeles)
composer = Robert Fripp
band = Jullander
What is common for Billy Mahonie, Paul Newman, Jullander? Style, thinking or influences?
Gavin: I think all three bands would share a lot of the same influences but then the styles each band has began to develop are rather diffenerent. I
wouldn't like to think that all three bands think the same but there are certain sensibilities that are similar in terems of song construction and arrangement. We are made up of unique people and although there would be united factors the end results, i think, are rather different!
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