Erick A. Fabian Sr.-vocals, synths, a little guitar, beats, subtly-borrowed clips from children's music and his own spoken-word recordings, programming, arranging, noise sampling
Children's music, R2-D2, manipulating transistor radio static as a kid, Tangerine Dream, Joy Electric, Frank Zappa, John Cage, AC/DC, Petra, Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart, Yoko Ono-Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Tom Morello, Albert Collins, Rev. Gary Davis, Bob Dylan, Air Supply, Abraham Laboriel, Clannad, Kevin Kern and keyboard wizard John Lawry. Using SW radio waves to eavesdrop on really funny CB-radio conversations as a kid, turning mini-Marshall guitar amplifiers into radio receivers, finding the music in everyday noise.
Sounds Like
Pop songwriting, punk rock attitude, and oozing sentimentality played with electronic instruments. An accumulation of sounds integrated: funk, intelligent old-school hiphop, gospel, jazz, Latin, disco, prog-metal, synth-rock, blues-rock, americana folk, world music, jam band music, and Game'n'Watch nostalgia.
Erick is a rock guitarist who also plays keyboard instruments. He uses a BEHRINGER UMX25 MIDI keyboard, his desktop computer and a Suzuki classical guitar to create sugary melodies, bouncy beats and catchy but otherworldly sounds, all in the name of classic pop songwriting that transcends the limits of word-based compositions. Erick derives his musical concepts from tons of secondhand books, strange graphic novels, pop culture, robot myths, Sweet Valley Twins, C.S. Lewis, E.F. Schumacher's 'Small Is Beautiful', Kurt Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle', and a childhood spent swimming in dirty floodwaters.
Mr. Fabian is formerly of obscure lo-fi folkpop outfit Lewis*Staples
CERUMENTRIC is not a DJ, and he is not into club/dance culture. CERUMENTRIC is a one-man rock band that just so happens to use computers in their music.
Erick also plays classically-influenced instrumental pop. You can listen to it here: Erick A. Fabian Sr.
hi! Erick-san How are you doing? I have played Theremin and just started to sing. My singing is very bad!! How should I do? Should I go to vocal lesson? Yeah, real monkey would make troubles hehe. Well, where did you hear "EIGO DE SHIYABERA NAITO"? I think this is the title of Japanese TV English lesson program. They spell "Eigo de shabera night" just for fun. It means "You should talk in English". Do you understand what I am saying? I am not goot at explanation.
arigatou very much. But I called to my instrumental store and the selling person "He is my friend too" will control it. It seemed hard for me !!! This is my first electronic instrumental, so it is better I do not touch! I will write back you on e-mail. I have been busy so my reply is late. gomennasai! Keep in touch!! Fumie
Hello! How are you doing? My theremin is needed tuning of integrated circuit. I checked it out on website but I dont know I can do it or not now. I am going to try it now! If it seems to be broken, I will take it to instrumental store!
I am sorry that I cannot write back soon. I caught a cold and it is hard for me to write long English now! Yes my English is poor. But I like to write English usually. I try to sleep well today.
hi erick, lovely new song sweet vocals reminds me of Bernard Summer at Robert Smith if you're not too busy please feel free to checkout a new remix that we've done for Food Shelter and Clothing's song The Manifest
hello erik we're somewhat back from a temporal hibernation and we have uploaded a new song which is basically a live version of a lullaby of love and lost please do check it out... =)
just the same here, man! i have my access only when i'm here in the office, ssshhh..so yeah, just e-mail me the product, 'really excited. thanks and ingat!
really? it will be super great! hmmm.. but i think the songs i uploaded is not fit to be remixed considering the songs mixture and texture sucks.. hehehe
i'll be recording very soon though.. this time, serious and a better sound since i'll do it in a studio.
