Ashin
Alternative / Post punk / Hip Hop
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"Archaic Futurism and Baroque Minimalism"
Los Angeles, California
United States
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| Member Since | 10/29/2007 | | Band Website | ashinsound.com | | Band Members | Ashin | | Influences | African Head Charge,
Rage Against the Machine,
Madlib,
The Pop Group,
The Velvet Underground,
Gravitar,
Alien Sex Friend,
The Pixies,
The Birthday Party,
Cypress Hill,
Liars,
Davis Redford Triad,
Gang Gang Dance,
Sleep,
Grey Daturas,
Muslimgauze,
Public Enemy,
White Stripes,
Kyuss,
Bauhaus,
Public Image Ltd,
Shriekback,
Grifters,
Beck,
Mouthus,
Pere Ubu,
Vladislav Delay,
Miles Davis,
Can,
Grails,
My Dad is Dead,
Venetian Snares,
Sonic Youth,
David Bowie,
Iggy Pop and
the Stooges,
Nadja,
The Coup,
Led Zeppelin,
Boredoms,
Blues Control,
Tones on Tail,
Fenin,
Sex Gang Children,
Black Dice,
The Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Phase Selector Sound,
Butthole Surfers,
Lightning Bolt,
James Brown,
Love and Rockets,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
RZA,
Nick Cave and
the Bad Seeds,
Skullflower,
John Wiese,
The Creatures,
Red Red Meat,
MF Doom,
Black Label Society,
Devendra Banhart,
Pavement,
Deadbeat,
Ikue Mori,
Brian Eno,
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion,
Amon Tobin,
The Fall,
Afrika Bambaataa,
Dead Kennedys,
Jimi Hendrix,
1919,
Jan Jelinek,
King Tubby,
Earth,
Lee "Scratch" Perry,
KRS-One,
Adam and the Ants,
Ol' Dirty Bastard,
Captain Beefheart,
Jane's Addiction,
Syd Barrett,
Scientist and
Prince Jammy,
George Clinton and
the P-Funk Mob,
Tom Waits,
Dali's Car,
Sun0))),
The Rolling Stones,
Beastie Boys,
Ausgang,
King Crimson,
Japan,
T-Rex,
Jochem Paap and
Pete Namlook,
Camper Van Beethoven,
Specimen,
Bob Dylan,
Soft Cell,
Boris,
Do Make Say Think,
Peter Gabriel,
The Cure,
Burnt Friedman,
Echo and the Bunnymen,
My Cat Is an Alien,
Murcof,
Sparklehorse,
Vidna Obmana,
Henry Threadgill,
Monolake,
Pan Sonic,
Pole,
John Zorn,
The Clash,
Toru Takemitsu,
Latin Playboys,
New Order,
Joy Division,
Andrew Pekler,
Scenic,
Robert Fripp,
Bill Laswell,
Ween,
David Toop and
Max Eastly,
Robert Johnson,
Steve Roach,
Komet,
Aphex Twin,
Nightmares on Wax,
Dirty Three,
Andreas Tilliander,
Marc Ribot,
The Cramps,
Babatunde Olatunji,
Tim Hecker,
Frank Bretschneider and
Ralph Steinbruchel,
Violent Femmes,
Autechre,
Tortoise,
Uusitalo,
Medeski, Martin, and Wood,
Megadeth,
Visage,
Depeche Mode,
Kiss,
Pink Floyd,
The Beatles,
Elvis,
various tribal and ethnic drummers and percussionists... | | Sounds Like | groovy, experimental, tribal, glamless metallic velvet, belly dance, softened clanking, electrogoth, sharpened muffles, dubtronic, pitched deflated tires, downtempo, bacon sizzle slowed down and run through cheap effect units, hip hop, cobwebbed corner illuminated with flashlight, imagined techno creatures, fusion.
or, more specifically, the atmospheric, beat-heavy Goth Belly Dance Electric Gypsy fusion of The Vampyre Dances:
the electronic belly dance beats with the 80's new wave, goth, and hip hop influences of Dancing Electress:
the experimental sonic zones assembled from radio static, filtered beats and frequencies, record scratches and samples, and minimal, repetitive voices of Storm-Drain:
or the dream-tinged, alternate pop contained in the metaphorical and ambiguous vocal tracks of Cyan Pointers:
| | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | Indie |
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| About Ashin |
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Take it back, and way down,
Scrape off some of that glam and sheen,
And make it raw, make it bleed.
Set it in black and adorn it with green.
Set it in motion in the four directions,
It blooms below as it shines from above.
Set it on fire, burning with passion,
Gestures of intensity, Movements of love.
Inseparable: body and spirit, form and energy,
The natural state of flowing blood, and strong bone,
A noise of embodiment in a territory,
A song connecting one with his or her home.
So, take it back, to a primal state,
Rip it, bleeding, all the way down.
Open up wide, and swallow it whole,
Watch it in the sky, but feel it in the ground.
The Vampyre Dances, Dancing Electress, Storm-Drain, and Cyan Pointers CDs now available!
Click these links for more details, numerous clips, and purchase options:
I’m interested in the play of differences, an illumination of shadows, the ever-rising diversity of heterogeneous forms from the field of homogeneity and uniformity. It’s a natural occurrence of forces: once an empire has gobbled up enough tribes, they will sprout from within it. The growth of these diverse forces is natural, evident, and necessary. As an artist, I am pulled to respond, to contribute to their embodiment and manifestation.
It is this play of differences that I see in the symbol of the ouroboros, the snake biting its tail, and I mean to reflect in the phrase ‘Archaic Futurism and Baroque Minimalism.’ This dynamic interaction between the poles underwrites harmony, rhythm, and the pulse that life is founded on. It creates a circle, which through time is a wave.
For more about me and my art, visit:
www.last.fm/music/ashin,
www.jasonlamotte.com, and also
www.graphicafire.com, plus
www.cafepress.com/shiningshadows, for some cool T-shirts.
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