Music:
Peter Gabriel, Trent Reznor, That 1 Guy, Emmett Chapman, Rufus Wainwright, Ween, Muse, Elbow, Fiona Apple, Tool, Randy Collins, Kaki King, Cat Stevens, Bobby McFerrin, Ben Harper, Joanna Newsom, Zilla, The Album Leaf, J.S. Bach, Arvo Pärt, The Books, Four Tet, Ratatat, & Boards of Canada
Painting & Illustration:
Alex Grey, David Titterington, H.R. Giger, Kris D, Mars-1, Andrew Jones, Kris Kuksi, Alfons Mucha, Robert Bakker, Russell Hawley, William Stout, Ernst Haeckel, & Scott Draves
Sounds Like
"Monstrously talented...an act the likes of which I have not seen in a long time."
- Willy Porter
"Watching your show the other day was a
PROFOUND spiritual experience for me...a highlight
of my musical experiences up till this point. Dude, you hit me on the
deepest soul level."
- DJ Dreamcode
"Your music is divine...it sends me deep inside and high above and beyond my self. You are an inspiration to me."
- David Titterington
All That's Left Is Stars (13 March 2008)
"While I MEAN to give helpful, rational feedback, all I want to do is run around and throw copies of your CD at people, photograph their faces upon listening, and give THAT to you instead. The music makes me FEEL too strongly to be able to THINK about it enough to speak on it in a way that would be useful to you."
- Ruth Smith (Kansas City, MO, USA)
Bête Moiré (20 May 2007)
"I don't even know where to begin. To me music is important, good music is great, and beautiful sound is more of a...'I-need-it-to-live' category. I think yours fits in that last one."
- Marta (Mystery, Canada)
Autocatalysis (28 July 2006)
"Your music melts me."
- Stephanie Gordon (Chicago, IL, USA)
"You can kill people with sound. And if you can kill, maybe there is something opposite of killing. And the distance between these two points is very meek. And you are free, you can choose. In art, everything is possible, but everything what is made, is not necessary."
- Arvo Pärt
I'm bored by superficial art, and you probably are too. Popular music is capable of so much more...and my songs emerge from a tireless effort to restore that depth, to explore our common blessing and tragedy as human beings, to breathe life and mystery into our everyday existence.
I have an insatiable drive to grab you and pull you with me into awe - a commitment to intelligent, evocative, forward-thinking music that forbids me from settling into a comfortable niche. Turning on a dime between dynamic, throbbing anthems, heart-spearing ballads, lightning instrumental etudes, and hypnotic loopscapes, my music is as daring, innovative, and passionate as possible.
Music is for sharing! You can download my new studio EP, Double-Edged Sword, for free from the music player above (liner notes here). Also, my first two albums are available at Archive.org for your listening pleasure:
As a performance painter, I use paint markers on black board to conjure vivid and organic images, informed by my study of biology and evolutionary spirituality, science fiction and psychedelic shamanism. Each concert's energies course through a unique visual genome, resulting in a field guide to the strange creatures of our collective imagination - works one friend of mine described as "coral plugged into a car battery."
I sell both tabloid-sized laser jet prints ($15) and poster-sized signed & numbered giclées ($100) of most pieces - and I love doing custom work - so don't hesitate to EMAIL ME if you're interested.
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yeah man, i really appreciate your music, sounds awesome! I actually was looking up some percussive guitar players and came across an atricle you wrote which i really found interesting about a couple different musicians. well take care man and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the comment, MG. Yeah, we're devoting a decent section of the book, discussing Saturn Return and how it might relate to the 27s. It's coming out soon and we're actually finishing it up here in Boulder these days.
You do some pretty amazing graphic work and know how to play that uke (and more!).
Keep on living out those dreams brother. Maybe we'll run into you at the Goat.
thank you fr the slide. I always love your art work and prints...and plan on buying some in the very near future. Colorado is great now...summer is beautiful...lots of parties...lots of music...lots of sunshine.
Thanx ;D Yes, we'll deff. keep in touch!! And I trust we'll see you in Lawrence soon... Take care of yourself brotha! Love & Brightest Blessings, Leslie
Hey it was good to see you the other night, I just wanted to let you know that your art looked super awesome kick ass in the black light. I am glad I was there to see that! Peace and Love beautiful soul<3
Thanks for listening. I watched several of your videos. Nice Work. Maybe I will run into you in the future. Until then, best of luck with your art and music.
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