"The atmosphere of sanitariums is such that it cannot fail to exercise the most debilitating, the most pernicious influence upon those it shelters, and this in the very direction their initial debilitaion has led them; further complicated by the fact that any demand, any protest, any movement of resistance merely raises charges of insociability (for, however paradoxically, even in this realm one must be sociable), serves only to charge you with a new symptom, by its nature not only prevents your cure but even keeps your state from remaining stable and rapidly deteriorates it instead. Hence those tragically swift evolutions we can follow in the sanitariums and which, quite often, are not those of illness alone."
--from 'Nadja', by Andre' Breton, 1928 -- Transl. Richard Howard
NOW LEAVE ME A VOICE MESSAGE, OR BETTER YET SOME WEIRD SOUNDS I CAN USE ON A RECORD
Ummm... err..
that is huge.
ok here goes.
Miles, Shawn Lane, King Tubby, John Mclaughlin, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Jason Williams, Steve Nash, Buckminster Fuller, Aaron Siskind, Helmet, Pele, Burroughs, Hakim Bey, Corporal Blossom, Bill Laswell, Jaki Liebizit, Shooby Taylor, Mice Parade, old Genesis, Gas, Jonas Hellborg, Jeff Sipe, Michael Shrieve, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Ray Price, Jimmie Rodgers, Tribe Called Quest, Absorption, King Sunny Ade, Adel Salameh, Ahmad Jamal, Ali Farka Toure, Ali Akbar Khan, Alison Krauss, Aoki Tamakasa, Arcana, Augustus Pablo, Beck, Beasties, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Brian Eno, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Charles Ives, DJ Premier, fIREHOSE, Gangstarr, Grateful Dead, Hassan Hakmoun, Helmet, Joe Henry, Jah Wobble, Jennifer Kimball, The Clash, The Police, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Joni Mitchell, Kool Keith, L Subramanium, Let's Active, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mick Harris, MC Face, Minutemen, Ornette Coleman, Pearl Jam, RZA, Saul Stokes, Screamin Headless Torsos, Shakti, Nicky Skopelitis, Steve Tibbetts, Sonny Sharrock, Talk Talk, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, The Pretenders, Henry Threadgil, Louis Sclavis, Tony Williams, Trans AM, Vasen, Willie Nelson, The Shins, Rush, and tons more...etc. etc.
Sounds Like
I don't know... mix my music yourself:
Hint: Click on the "?" to see what the buttons do.
AIM=Fognode
Record Label
Infrasound Collective
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I NOW HAVE A PRIVATE PERSONAL PAGE NOW THAT IS SEPARATE FROM MY MUSIC PAGE. IF YOU ARE AN ACTUAL FRIEND O MINE... THEN GO HERE AND ADD ME: www.myspace.com/briansiskind
"It has an immediate-to me-seductive quality," "I want to listen to what's going to happen." Brian Eno
"Do you remember the day when albums functioned as an artistic expression? Front to back, each track stood on its own, yet when sequenced together they painted a compelling picture. Well, then consider Fognode's latest effort "Thin Faces" a masterpiece. Siskind makes music from the heart, his way, without contrive. Not worried about the latest, coolest and hippest he just simply and eloquently made a thing of beauty." Bob Green / The Grassy Knoll
"fantastic ambience..."
Pat Mastelotto - King Crimson
I make music under the name Fognode... my other name is Brian Siskind. I got the name from a friend during a project we were working on where an alias was required. A Brooklyn dub thing... Anyway... a joke that stuck.
I work on lots of different styles and projects, from the avant-garde and noise to singer/songwriter works. I play drums mainly, but also dabble in pedal and lap steel guitars, lots of processing and looping, and other misc. instruments. Lately I have been mostly producing.
I am not the best person for every project, but could be right for yours. So yeah... I like music that is flawed, broken, murky, and I prefer to use techniques that are simple and take as little effort as possible. I guess I am slack.
I just finished a really beautiful and noisy fun record for Clare Burson, and have in the past year or so made recordings for Oblio, Daniel Tashian (The Bees), Let's Say Baltimore, The Bubblegum Complex, collaborated on a film score for "Rodeo Girl", and other oddities and happenings.
Please put me down for a signed copy of your new CD!
'Across the Pond' is amazing and 'The Sound in My Head' is a masterpiece - like some sublime peal of bells. IMHO, this is your best stuff since Beat Hollow.
Hope you are having a great summer Brain and that you are enjoying the single life again. If you are out in the northwest stop in for a visit. Peace Dr. SAl RIP HST
hey fog, i hope you are well, heard you're traveling that must be great. im moving to seattle for the summer and i dont really know anyone out there, wondering if you knew of anyone that would be willing to hang out, play b-ball. agian i hope all is well
Brian, How are things these days amgio?
If you are free on Friday night, around 10 pm, Luke and I will be performing at 12th and Porter. Hope to see ya there Fog. Have fantastical week brother.
