often: Brian Gleeson, Norman Teale, Jason Hoopes, Ava Mendoza, Moe! Staiano, Shayna Dunkelman, Sarah Elena Palmer, Noah Phillips, Jordan Glenn
less often: Marielle Jakobsons, Jesse Quattro, Angela Hsu, Ivor Holloway, Suzanne Thorpe, Travis Johns, some people who don't go to Mills whose names escape me at the moment...like Jacob Felix Heule of Ettrick and Gowns!!! Phew...
...and of course, sometimes just me...
Influences
Trey Spruance, Eyvind Kang, John Zorn, Supersilent, Ennio Morricone, Bernard Herrmann, David Lynch, Angelo Badalamenti, Ava Mendoza, Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Yes, King Crimson, Sleep, Bill Frisell, Pig Destroyer, Dave Webb, Stephen O'Malley, David Kenneth McEvoy Sparks, Jimmy Page, Autechre, Morbid Angel, Dylan Carlson, Trevor Dunn, Sir Richard Bishop, Efrim Menuck, Abe Cunningham, Tim Young, Alvarius B, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane (pretty much all incarnations), Miles Davis (mostly electric groups), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Muhamad Abdulwahab, Taraf de Haidouks, Fanfare Ciaocarlia, Melvins, Tool, Michael Patton, Jacob Felix Heule, Jordan Glenn, Shayna Dunkelman, Ava Mendoza, Brian Gleeson, Jason Hoopes, Moe! Staiano, Philip Greenlief, Sarah Palmer, Noah Phillips, Steini Gunnarson, Travis Johns, Jesse Quattro, Patrice Scanlon, Norman Teale, Justin Broadrick, Mr. John Fahey, Scott Walker, Jack Rose, Bohren und der Club of Gore, Brian Eno, Gyorgy Ligeti, Anton Webern, Bela Bartok, Morton Feldman, Feist, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Carcass, Carl Stalling, Asva, Devo, Talking Heads, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick.
So this profile is for presenting/announcing/fronting all the music that is not officially the doing of my main band, The Atomic Bomb Audition. Thus far, this includes my solo guitar stuff, a little band called Fake Traditionals (who play faithful renditions of classic Middle Eastern and Indian pieces that don't exist) and any other collaborations that come down the pike. Huzzah!!!
OK, here's the list of non-ABA bands that I am VERY proud to be involved with:
Bass/vox/guitar for Mute Socialite (w/ Ava Mendoza on guitar/vox, Shayna Dunkelman on drums, and Moe! Staiano on drums/percussion guitar/vox/etc.) We just finished our 1st full-length, More Popular Than Presidents and Generals. Visit Mute's space below for shows and info.
Guitar/vox/tweaked sounds for Holly Caust (w/ The Norman Conquest on electronics/vox/etc.) We are about to record a 3-hour full-length tentatively titled, Buried in Sand, Drowned in Sky. Samples above, inquire here for booking, kudos, and all else.
Also on here are samples of my solo work and compositions. I compose for chamber ensembles of various instrumentations for films that do and do not exist. If you are need of a composing collaborator, feel free to contact me here or email alee[at]tentacle[dot]net
Lastly, here's some footage of me playing bass with Damo Suzuki of CAN. Also with members of Grey Daturas and Oaxacan. This is about 1/20th of our set...
This default picture makes you look like a terrorist. You should really reconsider...I'd hate for you to "be pulled aside" the next time you try to fly.
I will see you in PDX on da 14th! How long will you linger? I wanna maximize the kickitography of our geographical overlap. Also, What the fuck is your regular type email address these days? How does a brother send you updates from the South Atlantic in life?
please come to the first night of my weekly dance party! FEMINISCO!!! your post work dance party! 7 to 10, ruby room, oakland, no cover, TONIGHT!!!!!! please spread the word!!! xoxoxo jenpop
1) If i ever have a (art)show, ill call it "The Death of the West and Wave Interference"
2) If i ever have a child, Ill call it Western. West for short..
3) I'll be listening to Lucifer's Blues on loop for the remainder of the week, whilst dripping leaky tears over the notion of deceased conceptual cowboys ...
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