Terrence (Terry) O'Brien + Godin LGXT, xtSA & LGX-SA guitars + his live looping/processing rig of sonic discombobulation.
Influences
I like to listen to, and have been influenced by (in no particular order) Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Jon Hassell, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, The Orb, Harold Budd, David Sylvian, Michael Stearns, Bill Laswell, Steve Reich, Miles Davis, The KLF, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Irresistible Force/Mixmaster Morris, Future Sound of London, Biosphere, O Yuki Conjugate, Pentatonic, Banco de Gaia, Aphex Twin, Global Communications, Pete Namlook, Howie B, DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin, Rockers Hi-Fi, Fila Brazillia, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Chemical Bros., Fat Boy Slim, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, Warp Records, Ninja Tune, Waveform, 4AD, Silent Records, Instinct Ambient, Planet Dog, Mo'Wax, Pussyfoot Records, Mute Records, ECM, Hypnos label, Tom Heasley, Bjork, Laurie Anderson, Syrinx, Edgar Varese, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Wendy Carlos, Dick Hyman, Synergy, Vangelis, Tomita, Jean Michel Jarre, David Bowie, David Gilmore, Steve Hillage, Adrian Belew, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Nelson, Allan Holdsworth, Terje Rypdal, Pat Metheny, Daniel Lanois, Michael Brook, David Torn, Bill Frisell, Mark Isham, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, early Tangerine Dream, early Genesis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zepplin, The Who, Frank Zappa, Kraftwerk, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, 10cc, Godley and Creme, Ultravox, Gary Numan, James Brown, DEVO, The Residents, Tom Waits, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Thomas Dolby, Carla Bley, Killing Joke, Ministry, The Young Gods, Nine Inch Nails, Front 242, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Eat Static, Skinny Puppy, U2, The Blue Nile, Talk Talk, Radiohead, Massive Attack, Portishead, Coldplay, Anna Homler, Adham Shaikh, .....and more or less, all forms of electronic music. Also authors: Ken Wilber, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Terence McKenna, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Clifford A. Pickover, Acharya S, Mathew Alper, Hakim Bey/Peter Lamborn Wilson, John C. Lily, Wade Davis, John Ralston Saul and many more.
Based in Vancouver, BC, Terrence (aka Terry) O'Brien records and performs ambient soundscapes via electronically modified, looping guitar improvisations, under the moniker Anomalous Disturbances.
Terrence has been a visiting performer at The Ambient Ping in Toronto
www.theambientping.com
as well as performing in Vancouver, BC and Western Canada over the last five years.
Three full length CDs have been released by Anomalous Disturbances, plus the single track "Portent" on the Music for Seances - Talking Board Series. Also, several individual tracks have been released on various artist compilations. He has also performed as a guest artist/composer on CDs by Monique Barry and Sylken. The most recent release that he worked on is SADU "Live" (2006), a collaboration with fellow Ambient Ping alumni, Eric Hopper (Sylken) and Jamie Todd (URM and DreamSTATE)
www.cdbaby.com/sylken5
Terrence has just completed two new Anomalous Disturbances albums, "Archive Two", and "Inside", a collaborative project with brothers Chris and Wayne (formerly known as OB3). Another pending release for '09 will be from the Wassonic project, a collaboration with Matthew Poulakakis (aka Automatic Fats, SalvageSound). Stay tuned for release info in early '09.
Hi Terry - good to see someone else has actually heard of the TG-55 - and I see Graham Massey has sent you a photo of my old one! I sold it to him last year, an interesting if erratic piece of kit.
Drop in on the Big Block 454 page sometime - you may find it strangely stimulating. For all fans of English whimsy / Canterbury / Krautrock and The Fall arguing with the Velvet Underground in a deserted fairground.
Look out for our latest album “Bratislava”… We guarantee that you will hear no other album containing references to Alan Turing, Leviathan, cotton mills, canoes, melamine and badgers. We assure you that you will hear instruments you have never heard before. We’re damn well certain you’ll go away whistling, like a punctured lung.
great to see your show tonight. the whole thing was amazing. here's the place i was saying might be a good fit for what you're doing: RAW Canvas 1046 Hamilton St. raw-canvas. com
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