Brent Bowman synthesizer, sax, flute Greg Field percussion, theremin, poetry Don Rolling interstellar guitar Ryan Jones electric bass, poetry
and sometimes others...
Don McCarter, guitar, bass
Michael LaGrega, violin
Chris Ragan, guitar
Ben Brue, bass
Allan McGinty, bass
E.E. Pointer, trumpet
Leonard Ladd, keyboard
Matt Mullender, drums
KACICO, Conemporary Dance
Thomas Cobian, neon artist
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Sounds Like
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Pink Floyd in outer space!
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Honors the place in you which is of love, of truth, of light and of peace
A timeless space experience
Sonics for healing
Sounds from the ambient frontier
Ethereal music
Self-reflective, calm sound-scapes
Transcendental music
An eternity of endless space
Experience the transcendent unity of all things
From a withered tree, a flower blooms
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders
And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time
Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water, the moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although the light is wide and great, the moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide, the whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass
BROTHER IOTA improvises music on the spot. The instrumental music group is unlike other bands you have heard. BROTHER IOTA is original and spontaneous. BROTHER IOTA creates ambient, electronic sound-scapes for discriminating listeners. BROTHER IOTA is avant-garde, atmospheric, experimental electronica. Experience the musings of Kansas City's defiant voice and unconventional music ensemble.
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PAST PERFORMANCES
(in Kansas City) The Drum Room, Bar Natasha, The Hurricane, El Torreon Ballroom, The Brick, Jilly's on Broadway, Pete's Inn Lounge, Kansas City Crossroads, Grand Gallery and Cafe, The Bohemian Gallery, Downtown Neon Gallery, The Arts Incubator, The Next Space Gallery, KACICO - Contemporary Dance Company, Kansas City Fringe Festival 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008, Kansas City X Fest 2006, Kansas City Writer's Place, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Digital Labrador, Kansas City Independent Filmmaker's Jubilee 2007 & 2008, Archival Designs, The Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA) Community Center, "Tour de Cowtown" presented by the Greater Kansas City Bicycle Federation 2007 & 2008, Westport Coffee House
(outside Kansas City) Java Junction (Warrensburg, MO), The Cesspool Castle (Joplin, MO), Live Earth Concert 7.7.07 (Columbia, MO), Cooper's Landing (Columbia, MO), The Olive Gallery (Lawrence, KS), InterFuse 2007 "The Afterlife?" and InterFuse 2008 "Technophilia/Technophobia" regional burning man event presented by the Midwest Burners Association (Boonville, MO)
...very unusual vibrations ... lovely sonick experience, spanning the aural spheres ... perhaps from Neptune in either sense of possible entities?
- Kid >;}~
"Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates. " - - - The Kybalion
Hey guys. Just droppin in to say In the Bed of Grace is a cool piece and a good addition to your sound. Best of luck and hope all goes well with your shows. - James
Thanks for being our friend, Brother Iota! What a great name; we are brothers of cosmic rock, that's for sure. If we cross paths we are certainly going to have to play on the same stage, and even jam together. That would be a psychedelic event!
tasty toasty space rock! thanks for inviting me to listen to your jams. if you would dig being on a cdr diy compilation series called what's up mutants join up with my friend hart's horn. you guys are space...
Greetings and Salutations, Brother Iota. Cool sounds. Dig the total improv dedication. Our crew has that element as well. As we are fairly close, just over in St.Lou, we must stay in touch for potentially teaming up for an evening of cool music somewhere.
i really like that Channeling PP, but then again i really like PP
this at times seems mildly in the direction of the so-called Music Of The Room stuff that Scott Born was exposing me to recently - we did a MOTR improv thing at the Replay Lounge right before Christmas
my two (rather different) current bands are:
Hyperopia (just getting started)
Cryin' Out Loud been around longtime
