Bob Kurthy - keyboards, programming, samples, and eventually drums & vocals
with help from friends, family, pets & machines.
Guest players:
Marco Deraney - Narration on Deroon, Chapter 5 and The Decree of Ponzoos, Part II
Rowan Kurthy - Heartbeat on The Heart Motorik, scream on The Decree of Ponzoos, Part II
Wolfgang - Whatever you call the hellish sounds Macaws make on The Decree of Ponzoos, Part II
Influences
Anekdoten, The Beach Boys, Craig Armstrong, Blackfield, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Butthole Surfers, Caesars (SE), Can, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Citizen Cane (UK/SCT), Collage (PL), Phil Collins, Miles Davis (On the Corner), DeadCanDance, Del the Funkee Homosapien, DepecheMode (dark stuff), Dev-o, Don Caballero, Easy E, Echolyn, Elbow, Brian Eno, Funkadelic (1st album & Maggot Brain), Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Goblin, Godspeed You ! Black Emperor, Peter Hammill, Bo Hannson, Herbie Hancock (Thrust), Hawkwind, IQ, King Crimson, KISS, Kraftwerk, Liquid Scarlet, Love & Rockets, Magma, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marillion, The Mars Volta, Morte Macabre, Museo Rosenbach, NOmeansno, Nuggets/Pebbles, Gary Numan, NWA, The Pink Floyd, The Police, Porcupine Tree, Pure Reason Revolution, Queen (esp. Flash Gordon soundtrack), Ramones, Robert Rich, Roxy Music, Rush, Satellite (PL), Shellac, Sieges Even (NBtS & P), The Smithereens, Spock's Beard, The Stooges, Talking Heads, Tangerine Dream, Tears for Fears (The Hurting), This Heat, Tool, Tones on Tail, TV on the Radio, Van Der Graaf Generator, Van Halen (1st 4), Ween, Zombi, !!!
After 20 years of playing drums, I am now making music.
Most of my solo material over the past year is retro-futuristic thriller soundtrack music.
I incorporate sonic elements of progressive rock, such as vintage keyboard sounds, while still maintaining a simplicity, with short songs and soloing kept to a minimum.
So far, I have also touched on Heavy Metal, Ambient and Euro Disco.
I try to create a mood, often dark, tense, or sad with scattered bits of comic relief. My collaborations with Marco Deraney are the reverse.
All the pieces are in a small, bite-sized form, open to be expanded later, like say, during collaboration with other musicians (i.e. a vocalist...any singers interested?)
Trivial note: I like to avoid using stock loops & beats, preferring to program/sequence my own, piece by piece.
To get an idea of my drumming (as in actually playing live, acoustic drumkit, unlike the programmed drums you hear on this page), check out my former band BlowUpBlow...
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