A Disgruntled Hibernian, with vocals from Moonswift, Steven Wilson, Nyx, Jo, Jason Ninnis and Jerome
Influences
Alexander Scriabin Can David Bowie Comus Olivier Messiaen Miles Davis Third Ear Band Syd Barrett Kate Bush Nico Scott Walker Stereolab Suicide Siouxsie & the Banshees Sonic Youth Silver Apples Slits John Fahey John Cage John Coltrane John Renbourn John Barry Jacques Brel Bela Bartok David Munrow Dimitri Shostakovitch King Crimson Bert Jansch Funkadelic Forest Faust Claude Debussy Cocteau Twins Cul de Sac Neu! Nick Drake Mark Hollis Marc Almond PIL Pere Ubu Led Zeppelin Eno early Roxy Music even earlier Pink Floyd Pharoah Sanders Gustav Holst Gustav Mahler Ennio Morricone Edgard Varese Herbie Hancock Yoko Ono Maurice Ravel Joy Division David Sylvian Talk Talk Marc And The Mambas Pentangle Mr Bungle Astrud Gilberto Giacinto Scelsi
Austin Osman Spare Rembrandt Richard Gerstl Velasquez Odilen Redon Pierre Bruegel Georgio De Chirico Hieronymus Bosch
JK Huysmans Oscar Wilde Samuel Beckett 60s/70s Roman Polanski 70s Nick Roeg Saul Bellow Anthony Burgess George Orwell Carson McCullers Gabriel Garcia Marquez Martin Amis James Joyce
Sounds Like
A whisper in a world full of shouting. A rainbow in a raindrop. The shadowy corners of a child's psyche. Veganism. Van Gogh's "Sain d'Espirit". De Chirico's Metaphysical afternoons. Tall tales in small hours.....
As an artist, Sand's sound and vision is that of musical hide and seek, things seen peripherally, memory, not being here, light, spaces & shadows, vision quests on public transport, trances in shopping queues, time as a playground, hugging monsters, riding the outskirts of one's age. Ingredients are acoustic guitars, piano, bass, electric guitar, organ, drums, percussion, mandolins, recorders, sitars, xylophones, vibes, violin, voices and miscellaneous found, treated and accidental sounds.
Sand also paints (pictures, as opposed to walls, which he tends to climb)
Hi darling, just heard Fading Flowers, WHAT A GEM!!!!!! How comes you havn't played it to me? What naughtiness is this. LOVE IT! By the way, who is singing?
heya Sand! truly apologetic for leaving it the aeons I have before whizzing by...I hope you are fine and dandy, and as ever, continually musically inspired! go well, with mirth and music xx
Cheers, Sand - hopefully we'll sort out the snowman at the weekend, weather permitting! Meanwhile, the third piece has just been uploaded - Suibhne Organum Tertius Auris - in honour of Mad Sweeney & the Third Ear Band...
Cds are in production, and will be here soon. Let me know if you'd like a copy, it will be on cbaby.com, and hopefully a handful of local shops in Kent, Ohio. Take care!
Hey Sand, just recieved Two Way Mirror/Magpie House in the mail, and I love it. The blend of instrumentals and vocal tracks and the seamless flow is incredible. Keep it up, looking forward to the new material and re-issues of previous albums!
