Michael Absher, and many collaborators, including (past and present) Josh Hendrickson, Jason Ferris, Todd Nickola, Bruce Stedron (RIP), Jeff Figueroa, Mikelyn Terry, Dan Kienitz, Eduardo Scizzahandz, Johnny Mason, Jared Mooney, Marc Hudson, Jim Fourniadis, Corey Robinson (RIP), Daniel Kerr, Cheryl Wilson, Thomas Totten, Scott Hawkins, R. Moore, DJ Psycho, DJ Fish, Danny Hood, Costa Neofotistos, Justin Glasco, and others.
Remixes for: Lack of Afro, the Process, A Murder of Crows, Artfull Dodgers...remixes in progress for Tunde Olaniran and Oh My God.
Influences
Beatles, Brian Eno, the Orb, Throbbing Gristle, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins, Bomb the Bass, Cabaret Voltaire, Massive Attack, Portishead, Country Joe and the Fish, Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Robert Fripp, Einsturzende Neubauten, Can, Robert Rich, Tom Waits, Coil, Mad Professor, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Postal Service, Meat Beat Manifesto, Funkadelic, Carl Craig, Derrick May, Bill Laswell, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Butthole Surfers, Chemical Brothers, the Cure, Joy Division, Beastie Boys, Beck, Coldcut, Adrian Sherwood, Public Image Limited, Jah Wobble, Public Enemy, Erik Satie, Miles Davis, King Tubby, Primal Scream, The Fall, Cabaret Voltaire, Prince, Yoko Ono, Happy Mondays, Radiohead, DJ Shadow, Severed Heads, Bjork, Skinny Puppy, Slowdive, Tackhead, Dub Syndicate, Tricky, Irresistable Force, De La Soul, David Bowie, Steve Roach, the Stooges, Laurie Anderson, Negativland, the Residents, sound effects records, noises you hear around you every day, the way things sound in dreams.
Albadore's dubbed out electronic...errr...stuff...has its roots in the decaying sprawl of Flint, Michigan and the ridiculously varied record collection of its founder, Michael Absher. From the Beatles to Pink Floyd to Lee "Scratch" Perry to the Orb to Throbbing Gristle and all points between, nearly everything is grist for Albadore's spaced-out grooves.
Michael started out in the early 90s with Bruce Stedron and Rob Mulcahy in the four-track power trio SSG, which morphed into the ludicrously large and fluid SSG Radio Project, a loose assemblage of local musicians who performed a once a month hour-long improvisational experimental music concert on public radio station WFBE-FM, incorporating musique concrete, techno, hip-hop, ambient music, dub, industrial noise, psychedelic rock, jazz, and Lord knows what else into a sometimes sublime and sometimes unbearable stew, balancing right on the edge every time.
Due to a surprising appetite for noisy psychedelic freak-out music in Flint at the time, SSG spawned a live performance arm called SSG Soundsystem, which set to hypnotising and confusing audiences all over the Flint area for a few years. Eventually it was discovered that there were a few other bands called "SSG" already, so a name change was in order. A remarkably creative mispronounciation by a drugstore clerk of "Absher" led to the name "Albadore", which, contrary to popular belief, is not a kind of tuna.
Over a dozen years on from the birth of SSG, Michael Absher continues to create electronic music with a revolving group of collaborators that has been downloaded and presumably to some extent enjoyed by people all over the world. Especially in the Netherlands and Russia. Hmmm. Go figure.
Check out music by Albadore and many more independant electronic, experimental and ambient musicians at Lunar Flower Radio!
Lunar Flower Radio on MySpace!
That synth intro on Schizo was incredible. I like that solid bass drum. You have a interesting selection of samples. I must say that funk sound caught me of guard. Silicone PRN was really lovely. I like high tech sound effects. Take care and keep in touch, Jere
Hey i would like to personally take the time out to thank you for giving my band a chance! we are quickly rising through the ranks of unsigned bands because of amazing people like you who give us a chance and support us. we have a new song off of our new ep thats coming out in late january up now! thank you so much! please comment us we ALWAYS respond -anthony
REALLY? No comments since I thanked you for the add?
Just wanted you to know that I've been listening to the free downloaded material on that site you gave a link to a while back and it is totally awesome. I like the ambience of the music and I am jealous too; I wish my instrumental shit wasn't as formulaic as it is. I hate you. :( Nah, it's inspiring (read - at some point in the future I'm going to rip you off somehow).
I really like your music. Thanks for the quality shit guys. :)
- Patrick, Innerbass. (Not an Albadore sock puppet).
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Sooo...wish we coulda jammed one more time before I moved....T just got nearly all his gear over to the house now so our living room is like a kickass recording studio....I tink it's time for a virtual session, whadayou tink??
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Please help us perform at this event One of our favorite venues SALT RIVER ACRES is taking requests from fans on which bands should play the April 26th event this spring. THE PROCESS has not performed at this event in several years and needs you to contact them and ask for us to perform. Please leave a message on the blog at the below address and tell Salt River you want to see THE PROCESS live at SALT RIVER ACRES this spring! Thanks to everyone who has been supporting us! (you know who you are) WE LOVE YOU!
Work has begun on the new CD by THE PROCESS. The CD of new songs is the groups 7th studio album and the first produced in the bands own studio, as well as studios in London. The album will include collaborations with renowned UK Artist Ghetto Priest and other London based artists. Stay tuned for more details! We love you all, so stop by our page and show us some love! TheProcessOnline
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