21st Century Schizoid Bliss

Bio:

..   ..   ............................................................................................................................................................................. Some of my songs are sample based, some are based around acoustic guitar and vocals, some are a mix of the 2 approaches. Stylistically, it's difficult to say what type of music I make. My influences are eclectic & I don't set out to make any specific genre ............................................................................................................................................................................. Oh, sorry, this is meant to be a biography ............................................................................................................................................................................. Well I came out of my mother many years ago, and pretty soon realised that music was about the only thing in this world which makes any sense ............................................................................................................................................................................. The first thing I recorded was a cover of Gloria. I could barely play guitar, but I discovered that on my twin tape deck, I could record the output from one of the tape decks and the input coming from the condenser mike at the same time, and so using two tapes I could make multitrack recordings. I could add as many tracks as I wanted, but each new track made the overall sound a bit more lo fi.... Anyway, to cut a long story short, these days pretty much everyone uses computers, including me ............................................................................................................................................................................. Oh, and I was once in a band called The Beefcurtains.... (the only song I remember was called "I Want To Fuck You") ... And The Seven Legged Ickenham Beat Boys (we made a hypothetical concept album called "Jocky Wilson Says" which narrated a man's life using phrases from darts commentary).............. And another called Scenic Route - we were a one off comedy free jazz band who played at a benefit gig to raise money for a friend who was going off to Africa to do charity work. He was the only member of the audience who knew we were a comedy band since we put on serious jazz faces. I played piano; it was lots of fun. Afterwards, a guy at the front said he wasn't quite sure if he understood it, but it's always good to hear experimental music..... None of which tells you anything about the music I make these days... I guess you'll just have to listen to some of the tunes.... ............................................................................................................................................................................. ..

Member Since:

June 05, 2008

Members:

Purple Dave (aka Dave Aardvark) - Guitar, Vocals, Electronics, Samples,Percussion, Production etc... Edina Balczó - Classical Guitar on "Misako"

Influences:

....Funk,Reggae,Drum and Bass,African,Tropicalia,Psychedelia, Cosmic Jazz,Blues,Ska,Gospel,Dubstep,Krautrock,Hip Hop before Bling 'n' Bullshit,Baile Funk,MashUps, SingerSongWritersThatAren'tShit......... eg...Sun Ra,Lee Perry,Parliafunkadelicment,Washington Phillips,Tim Buckley,Gal Costa,Jazzsteppa,Tom Waits,Dinosaur L,Bessie Smith,Marva Whitney,SE Rogie,Leviticus,Mingus,Hendrix, Drumagick,Captain Beefheart,Alice and John Coltrane,The Winstons,Mahala Rai Banda,Dylan,Godspeed You Black Emperor!,Big Youth,DJ Suv,Moondog,ESG,Spank Rock,Junior Byles,Jimmy Guiffre,Marta Sebestyen,The Litter,Midaircondo,Fela,Jah Lion,Muddy Waters,Marva Whitney,Papete,Blind Willie Johnson,Joyce Muniz,Billie Holiday,The Residents,X-Ray Spex,King Tubby,70's Eno,Gatemouth Brown,Aorta,Kronos Quartet,Faust,Pharoah Sanders,Os Mutantes,Skatalites,Buraka Som Sistema,Gogol Bordello,Sly Stone,OC,Robert Johnson,Dr.Alimantado,John Barry,Art Ensemble Of Chicago,Herbert/Dani Siciliano,Kode 9,Public Enemy,Skull Snaps,Pressure Drop,Donna Summer,Howlin Wolf,Avro Part,The Temptations,Dr.John(Night Tripper era),Mahalia Jackson,U Roy,Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup,Betty Davis,Miles Davis,Can,Early Billie Holiday,Lalo Schifrin,Spaceape,Late 60's Beach Boys,Stooges,Skip James,Django Reinhardt,Abyssinians,Terry Riley,R D Burnham,Harry Partch,Big Apple Productions, anything that makes me tingle inside,any song that can walk by itself....

Sounds Like:

The Inside Of My Brain

Record Label:

Unsigned