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Acme Rocket Quartet
Indie / Electro / Jazz

		"A Lark in Dead Earnest " DAVIS, California United States Profile Views: 4432 Last Login: 7/14/2008
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Member Since	9/22/2006
Band Members	Roger Kunkel, Dave Thompson, John Killebrew, Rusi Gustafson, Steve Edberg
Influences	Cartoons, B-movies
Sounds Like	"...Hearkens back to the panoramic soundtrack work of Ennio Morricone... The band is equally comfortable taking on straight lounge, Tex-Mex, moody rock and jazz. Ultra-High-Frequency is not to be overlooked." CMJ "This Davis, California sound factory meshes styles into something amazingly fresh rooted in a West Coast jazz tradition. ...gives reason to celebrate jazz musicians who look to the past to create the future." ROCKPILE "Acme Rocket Quartet staat voor een rare cocktail, en die gaan er bij de freaks meestal goed in. Een flinke scheut jazz, wat post rock en een rustige zondag middag sound. Maar het is geen typische jazz. De jazz moet je een beetje zien zoals de ..Rare Grooves.. compilatie van Blue Note." L'ENTREPOT "...challenging, entertaining and like nothing else in the CD racks today. Fun in the extreme." TOAST MAGAZINE "Even Jesus would dig this." SPLENDID MAGAZINE "Bizzarre brilliance." ANODYNE "Think Steely Dan plays War." MAGNET "Jazz for people who like The Jesus Lizard." NME
Record Label	Lather Records
Type of Label	Indie

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About Acme Rocket Quartet

Acme Rocket Quartet formed in 1993 following the expiration of guitarist Roger Kunkel's previous band Thin White Rope. Steve Edberg played drums and provided a living room for "rehearsal". Dave Thompson played bass. Improvised jams became themes/songs that usually were loosely refered to during gigs. The music was instrumental and "wacky" drawing from diverse sources inluding Raymond Scott, 60s film soundtracks, Django Reinhardt, Miles Davis, Hiest movies and Lounge music. During the recording of their self titled debut (1995/6) John Killebrew began regular duties on trumpet. Later he would purchase a Rhodes and play that too. After recording basic tracks on Ultra-High-Frequency (1998) Steve de-acme-vated himself. Rusi Gustafson became drummer for the less frequently playing quartet from 1999 through the final recording, Sound Camera (2004).

Dave is the myspace janitor and Roger drops in when the moon is waxing gibbous to read secret messages from secret places.

Buy our 3rd CD, SOUND CAMERA, here for $10 (add $3 for international orders) with free shipping and we will add the 2nd CD, UHF, for free!:

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Wanderfate	Jul 9 2008 5:14 PM Hi there! Thank you so much for the add!!! Cheers. the Wanderfate
SubCult	Jul 1 2008 7:28 AM Hi, Everyone! I’m pleased to invite you to MediaLab program during Body Navigation Festival 08, witch will go from 6 to 12 July in St. Petersburg, Russia. http://cnmrg. org/ru/news http://www. bodynavigation. ru/en/schedule MediaLab presented by: "CNMRG" - research group (St. Petersburg, Russia) "Theremin - Center" for electroacoustic music (Moscow, Russia) "TMA" - Trans Media Akademie Hellerau (Dresden, Germany) MediaLab workshops and performances by: Frieder Weiss (Germany) Yuri Didevich (Russia) Daniel Ploeger (Germany) Dmitry Dubov (Russia) Thomas Dumke (Germany) Dmitry Letohovskiy (Russia) Mathias Harting (Germany) Patrick K.-H. (Russia) Micah Silver (Usa), Dmitry Subochev (Russia) Andrei Smirnov (Russia) For more info go to: blog. myspace. com/musicelectronic
Strings Of Consciousness	Jun 29 2008 6:09 AM Knowing that you like our music I thought I'd let you know that we have uploaded 4 new songs in our player, feel free to come listen... They are from our second CD which is now released and should be available in fine record stores close to you Strings of Counsciousness : Fantomastique Acoustica (Off Rds) www. myspace. com/offlabel It offers 4 instrumental compositions + their remixes by: Rothko (UK - BiP_HOp/Trace/Bella Union/Lo) Mira Calix (UK - Warp) Kammerflimmer Kollektief (DE - Staubgold) Gamial Trio (BE - Off) Leafcutter John (UK - Staubgold/Planet Mu) Scanner (UK - Bette/Sub Rosa...) Marsen Jules (DE - CCO) Sutekh (US - Context/Leaf/Soul Jazz/Mille Plateaux) Si-cut. db (UK - BiP_HOp) + 2 videos by Anne Sulikowsky and Olga Mink
Ivan	Apr 22 2008 3:36 PM Thank you so much!! Hope to see you live some day!
SubCult	Jan 1 2008 8:06 PM All best in 08!
URCK Records	Oct 25 2007 3:28 PM
Strings Of Consciousness	Sep 16 2007 7:05 AM Central Control International is pleased to announce the release of the debut album by Strings of Consciousness, 'Our Moon Is Full'. Starting life as a small group of musicians from Marseilles, France, the ensemble expanded by recruiting like-minded musicians from across the Globe. Their unique sound has been likened to latter-day Talk Talk, Angelo Badalamenti, Do Make Say Think, Tortoise and Arab Strap ñ often in the same breath. Our Moon Is Full features vocal collaborations from J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus), Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Lisa Smith-Klossner, Pete Simonelli (Enablers), Black Sifichi and Barry Adamson. The album is being released in stages across the world in September, and you can order directly from CCI as of now on CD and LP Please visit our online store for details and to listen to tracks from Our Moon Is Full. Go there now.
Loesha	Sep 6 2007 10:52 AM Hi, so thanks for your comment! You have a true universe of yours, a visual music arousing imagination... Keep on experimenting, cheers from Mars, Loesha ....
Ihlenfeld	Aug 27 2007 4:03 PM Thanks for the add!
the Onomatopoeian	Jul 5 2007 11:35 PM this excites me danglin' swingin' saavy. what's on burner in 2007? -your friend from 1985, theOnomatopoeian
Strings Of Consciousness	Jun 23 2007 6:39 AM gee your music is so full of surprise really thought-provoking and fun at the same time, a rare mixture placed u in our top in hope that it brings some more attention
thin white rope	May 24 2007 4:56 AM Welcome.Click on the banner bellow.Thank you.
Tazman Ordog	Mar 28 2007 1:56 PM Hello, Thanks for the add, Your music is great! Tazman Ordog Budapest Hungary
VLAD WEST	Mar 22 2007 9:56 AM Thanks.
Michael Murphy	Mar 17 2007 10:27 AM I just wanted to swing by a wish you a most wonderful day and I hope your life is full of happiness and many blessings! Happy St. Patricks Day! Keep the Vision Michael Murphy
SAMARABALOUF	Feb 23 2007 8:51 AM SAlut de FrAnce A tous Un grAnd merci de SAmArAbAlouf Actuellement en tournée Aux USA jusqu'Au 8 Avril A bient^t
San Kazakgascar	Feb 22 2007 7:31 PM I hadn't listened to first album in a long time until last weekend. I had forgotten how groovy it is. May we never forget...
Michael Murphy	Jan 26 2007 5:47 PM Well hello my good friend! :-) Just wanted to stop by and say hi.... I hope this finds you well and have a great day! Keep the Vision Michael Murphy
Burning Mop	Jan 5 2007 11:41 PM How do I get me some more of these?
Burning Mop	Jan 2 2007 11:01 AM Does this mean I can expect album 4?
Strings Of Consciousness	Jan 2 2007 10:54 AM very pleased to be in your top your music is so fascinating and surprising where is lather based? I hav to find the album...
dipshit	Jan 2 2007 10:29 AM Well that didn't take so long, now did it? Maybe in a couple years, a live show? Just give me the word and I'll start booking the East Coast Tour. I hope all are well, and please send my best to Ruth. love, wayne
Gea	Jan 1 2007 7:34 AM extremely esteemed Mr.Kunkel and everyone from Acme Rocket Quartet...thanx a lot for the add! much love and respect for the music you've done and the one you're doing... hear you soon? hope so! Gea
Chris C & Swingin' Danglers	Dec 31 2006 1:59 AM thnx a lot for accepting C
Hamen	Dec 30 2006 8:22 PM Thanks for the add! I have both albums and am a huge fan.
thin white rope	Dec 29 2006 1:46 PM Ahhh finally....thank you!
Strings Of Consciousness	Dec 19 2006 5:12 AM waoh! your music is fantastically assymetrical, very interesting and intriguing I knew TWR back then and I feel very pleased to be acquainted w/ ARQ danx
The Graves Brothers Deluxe	Dec 18 2006 7:15 PM Welcome to Murdochspace, bruthas. Hope to see you soon.

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