Alex Kirzhner - guitars, bouzouki, oud, drum programming
Veronica Faye - vocals, guitar, interpretive dance, keyboard, synths
Clifton Aird Hyde - bass, chapman stick, guitars, mandolin, lapsteel Kevin Garcia drums and percussions Joe Peretore - producer, engineer, sound designer, therapist
Influences
Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, Opeth, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Radiohead, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Nirvana, The Melvins, anything Mike Patton does, anything John Zorn does, the Swans, Black Sabbath, NIN, Bela Bartok, Bach, Mahler, Asian court music, Middle Eastern, Latin, Russian, African, and all other world music.
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Estrogen mixed with testosterone and formaldehyde.
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"Vast dynamics, odd meters, tormenting vocals and a stick bass make this a band you will not soon forget. It kind of assaults your ears the way a female fronted Tool would." - Usounds.com
AIKOSTAR, primarily known as an aggressive melodic hard rock ensemble with a taste for extraordinary arrangements, vast intense dynamics and eclectic instrumentation, is born to its enigmatic Filipino-American frontwoman, Vero, and to its introverted Ukrainian-American artsy-fartsy guitarist, Alex Kirzhner.
The duo has engaged this project with several musicians including a good ol' Mississippi string-pickin' multi-instrumentalist which they found in Clifton Hyde, and a Spaniard (by way of Michigan) percussionist, Kevin Garcia. Both appear in AIKOSTAR's critically-acclaimed untitled debut album, commonly referred as "The Gun Album".
And if that's not diverse enough, AIKOSTAR's musical tastes range from Mahler and Bartok to Meshuggah, Tool, Radiohead and Nobuo Uematsu, and the instrumentations range from electric guitars and bass to mandolins, bouzoukis, ouds, djembes, cellos, violas, violins, keyboards and synths.
Vero, whose voice has been described as "Maynard James Keenan having a threesome with Dolores O'Riordan, and Bjork" has also earned quite a reputation for her unforgettable primitive tribal dance simultaneous with a powerful vocal performance.
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Brooklyn-based Indie song-writer & violinist, KONO MICHI, (heard recently on BBC RADIO 1, RADIO 3 & 6MUSIC) joined her Scottish buddies from Shark Batter Records over in France & Switzerland in October to shoot this tasty little video. Click the link to check it out:
KONO MICHI UK TOUR DATES Tuesday Nov 25th: The Brickyard, Carlisle Wednesday Nov 26th: Nice 'n' Sleazy, Glasgow Thursday Nov 27th: Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh Sunday Nov 30th: The Roadhouse, Manchester Monday Dec 1st: Korova, Liverpool
Great myspace AIKOSTAR™ , and a great music choice: ROCK ON!!!
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hi AIKOSTAR, thanks for being a new friend of namast fan page! I hope you like their music and we`ll soon see you at one of their live gigs! stay tuned and have a great week!
