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Chen Santa Maria
Experimental / Psychedelic / Other

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OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
United States

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Member Since6/8/2004
Band Websitehttp://zum.bigcartel.com
Band Memberssteve santa maria, george chen. we use samples on our record from eric ostrowski and yoko matsuda. the album is available at the Zum store and through Revolver.
Influencesso far we've played shows with usaisamonster, yellow swans, sightings, hair police, open city, comets on fire, burning star core, rubber o cement, kites, prurient, hospitals, big techno werwolves, goofice, pedestrian deposit, warbler, i explode you, cold war, militant children's hour, exjesus, modular set, bettertoseeyouwith, felicia and coctopus, oscillating innards, corpsekisser, fred thomas, yacht, world, nudge, noggin, ultra boyz, joey casio, the sunken, monster dudes, pussy gutt, damion romero, mitchell brown, yuma nora, dead bird, axolotl, core of the coalman, belss, gregg kowalsky, bulbs, oaxacan, portland bike ensemble, hank iv, scarcity of tanks, sic alps, brown un, foque mopus, the moms, sword and sandals, 1&7 death, blues control, shepherds, raccoo-oo-oon, evan miller, necking, puttin on the ritz, the urxed, shooting spires, extra life, castanets, oh sees, cars will burn, dave smolen, mincemeat or tenspeed, tom carter, ava mendoza, david daniell, ettrick, ovo, brilliant colors, people people, grass widow, lumerians, these are powers, sissy spacek, death sentence:panda, jason crumer, big nurse, take up serpents, moment trigger, lemon bear, pykrete, aram shelton, synt.tofs, lazy magnet, pro bro gold, pod blotz, kool teen, wiggwaum, mom, warm streams, lucky dragons, pit er pat, ezra buchla, wiese, child bride, tunnels, litanic mask, yellow crystal star, sex negative, dan friel, totally ripped, redneck, arbitron, white rainbow, grandfather claws, grouper, date palms, finches, foot village, zayante spoils, the atchleys ...
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CHEN SANTA MARIA: Chen Santa Maria
AQUARIUS REVIEW 4/24/09: George Chen is responsible for so many cool things in the Bay Area. Whether it's helping keep the all-ages scene alive with Club Sandwich, injecting life into zine culture, championing all sorts of weird and unusual music, etc. So it's kind of easy to forget that the man is also quite an awesome music maker himself, for proof just check out records he's been on in bands like 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, Common Eider King Eider, Voltz, etc. Teamed up with Steve Santa Maria the two have put together quite a potent concoction of damaged, haunting and often gorgeous textural sounds that rank right up there with folks like Taiga Remians, Simon Wickham-Smith and Birchville Cat Motel. Collapsing electronics, fractured guitar, seamless samples and primitive drum machines all come together to create sounds that would make the perfect soundtrack to a mysterious and brooding post-apocalyptic experimental film. These are sounds of machines on their last legs, creeping and crawling through fields of grit and grime and buzz and glitch trying to survive. Their affiliation with the East Bay noise scene can be heard on some of the more squelching and stuttering moments here, but they also have a more subtle side to their sound that is more dreamy and drifting keeping things drifting and spacey and oh so hypnotic!
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Jul 19 2009 8:00P
Bus show San Francisco, California
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
Rooz Cafe w/ Dragging An Ox Through Water, Tom Greenwood Oakland, California

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   About Chen Santa Maria
two guys first started playing together as megaweapon / fun santa maria. for a northwest tour in january 2004. changed the name in feb 2004 cause that was a mouthful. album recorded with ricardo esway released in fall 2008 on gssd/Shit On Records. upcoming recordings on compilations

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Jun 24 2009 9:52 AM

hey! thanks for the request

have you taken a look at issue no.2 yet?
Psychedelicate Records


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Jul 11 2009 3:20 AM



temptation





May 5 2009 6:59 PM

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That Hideous Strength





May 21 2009 4:55 PM

The Argus Lounge
3187 Mission Street @ Valencia
$5 9pm
Memorial Monday May 25th
mmmmmm
Wiggwaum - http://www.myspace.com/wiggwaum
Zayante Spoils - http://www.myspace.com/zayantespoils
Chen Santa Maria - http://www.myspace.com/chensantamaria
The Atchleys (Kenneth & Kattt) - http://www.katch.com/ http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=113

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May 13 2009 11:13 AM

sweet !!
icinori





Apr 29 2009 1:04 PM

Hi crazy chen - love your work-, we are happy to tell you that icinori, a screeprinting-editing project is alive

ICINORI -

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poster baleine - 30 ex 30 euros printed in Le Dernier Criby Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller
poster baleine - 30 ex 30 euros printed in Le Dernier Criby Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller
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Baleine

a poster by Mayumi Otero and Raphael Urwiller


30 ex

3 colors

100cm*70cm

30 euros only !!

you can buy it HERE with paypal
Eternal Tapestry





Apr 26 2009 5:29 PM

hey george! yeah, great seeing you, and good set last night.
let's hang in sf!
CHROME WINGS





Apr 27 2009 3:49 AM

GONNA TRY...
CHROME WINGS





Apr 26 2009 8:26 AM

KILLER TIMES TONIGHT///HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON
Ellen





Apr 16 2009 7:24 AM

I love you guys! See you at uci
Mike M





Apr 12 2009 6:28 PM



thanks for being friends...
$K$





Apr 10 2009 2:13 PM

Can't wait to hear the jamz!

Talitres Records





Apr 8 2009 1:31 PM

SCARY MANSION EN TOURNEE :

TSH+BS
Talitres Records





Apr 9 2009 5:01 PM

THEE, STRANDED HORSE + BALLAKE SISSOKO EN TOURNEE :


....
Bad Paradise





Apr 6 2009 8:14 PM

hey doods! It'll be great to have you at the 4/20 show!

Maggie Morris





Mar 3 2009 12:24 AM

GEEEEEOOOOORRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGEEEEEE!

!
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Mar 13 2009 11:09 PM

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Saturday March 14th | 2009
9:00 pm
@ Women of Crenshaw

(1800 block) Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90019

with:
Chen Santa Maria
Lemon Bear
Moment Trigger
Human Hands
Tochtl (Poland)

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That Hideous Strength





Mar 14 2009 5:29 PM

Argus Lounge
3187 Mission
(@ Valencia)
3/14 9pm $5
Shy Grape (Oak) - 9pm
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That Hideous Strength





Feb 17 2009 1:31 AM

DJ That Hideous Strength will be spinning his New Wave Psych Disco Prog platters for you & yours
@
The Argus Lounge this Saturday night, 2/21/09 9pm-2am • free • 3187 Mission (@ Valencia)
alien team





Feb 22 2009 8:15 AM

Cool. Thanks.

gr,
.alien team.
Nanotear Booking





Feb 27 2009 10:25 AM

Hey, The Better to See You With is in the Bay Area the next two days. Please come see us!

Fri 2/27 @ Annie's Social Club w/ Totimoshi and Embers 9:30 sharp

Sat 2/28 @ Terminal in Oakland w/ John Weisse

FLIHI





Jan 30 2009 10:38 AM

Carne Tremula trailer final
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Jan 28 2009 5:04 AM

{COASTAL HELL!!!MINI-RIPPER!!!COME GET SICK!!!}
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Monday February 2nd | 2009
9:00 pm
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Los Angeles, CA
90026

with:
Moment Trigger
P r o t e c t M e
Pedestrian Deposit
Terrors

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Friday February 6th | 2009
9:00 pm
@ House of Nostromo

Four 5th Ave.
Oakland, CA
94606

with:
Moment Trigger
Realicide
Good For Cows
Soft Teeth

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Saturday February 7th | 2009
9:00 pm
@ Baby D's Banana Cabana

1416 17th st.
Oakland, CA
94607

with:
Moment Trigger
Rale
Hrs/Dys
+ more

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SEEYASOON
john





Jan 2 2009 10:11 PM

Brilliant Colors





Dec 16 2008 6:26 AM

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