'the ghosts upstairs' available now on iTunes. U.S.:
Japan:
Influences
The Police, Thomas Dolby, New Order, Underworld, Starecase, Deep Dish, Blake Cunningham, Depeche Mode, Peter Green, The Revolting Cocks, Phish, Joy Division, The Pixies, Michael Meyer, The Orb, The Smiths, Dead Can Dance, Royksopp, Bjork, Stevie Wonder, The Sisters of Mercy, Brendan Evans, Banco de Gaia, The Shamen, Nick Warren, Screaming Blue Messiahs, The Sugarcubes, The Grateful Dead, Herbie Hancock, Adam Freelend, Pink Floyd, Front 242, Chrome, Severed Heads, Siouxsie and the Banshees, A Split Second, Sam Ospovat, St Germain, Cabaret Voltaire, Everything But The Girl, Miles Davis, Meat Beat Manifesto, The Beastie Boys, PIL, The Cocteau Twins, James Lavelle, Cornelius, U2, Fluke, Vangelis, Chris and Cosey, David Bowie, Wade Randolph Hampton, Pizzicato Five, Linton Kwesi Johnson, moments of truth, Peter Murphy, Buffalo Daughter, Lee Perry, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Steve Bug, The Art of Noise, Peter Gabriel, Curve, Catherine Wheel, Massive Attack, Steely Dan, Bauhaus, Fad Gadget, Yello, Joyce, more...
For Tokyo-based American-born live performer and producer Conoley Ospovat dance music is something that is deeply personal – a means of expressing and sharing the most heartfelt of emotions. Not content to follow trends or pigeonhole himself, Ospovat draws on a diverse range of influences such as techno, progressive house, electronica, synthpop and improvisational jam bands to make energetic dance music that is rich in feeling. A desire to create an experience that is both dynamic and engaging infuses his live performances, which see him playing and controlling synthesizers, a laptop and a midi-controller in real time, as well as running his own live vocals through guitar effects pedals. Ospovat has played live extensively since 2003 across America and Japan, including the Fuji Rock Festival, a 2007 U.S. tour, and at the popular Real Grooves club events in Tokyo.
Mortal Engines performed another show at KPSU's studio on April 11th, 2009. It features all new/previously unheard material that will probably be released in the near future as a Live CD. It's now available as a free download or can be streamed in real time:
dood 'Time to Close'... proper techno! It's like i'm in a plasma blender surfing the 80's, 90's and 2000's all at the same point in space. Smitten by brilliance I am! Come to san diego, they will dance here.
hey my friend, the desert misses you! and i know it's probably not so easy to leave a city like tokyo for a place like new mexico, but anytime you are in the states- i hope we can reconnect somehow.
Thanks for having us! Hope to see you soon! COME TO BODY LOUNGE SUPERDELUXE, ROPPONGI 08/08/08 7.30pm-2am DJs: DUCK ROCK, DJ YONE (THE BRIXTON ACADEMY), DJ RY01 (GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR),DJ WATABE & VJ CHISATO NISHIKAWA (BANANA CO). PERFORMANCE: YOKO HIGASHINO – BABY-Q, YELENA GLUZMAN, KAKUYA OHASHI, YOKO ISHIGURO, MUY. LIVE SETS: YOSHITERU HIMURO, DR. USUI & NU CLEAR CLASSMATE. PLUS VIDEO ART & PHOTOGRAPHY.
hey man, just checkin in to see how yousa doin!?! soooo....how's the tour? big ups from the whole fam in nm! roll through for some added debauchery! ;]>
