nate: drums, vocals, some guitar, some bass, some keys, some scratching, some looping, you get the idea.. other featured musicians: sean griffin: lead guitar on "stay where you are", "audible smell", and "about some him" and "over and out", adam beach plays bari sax on "soothsayer", arnie plowe: bass, guitar, keys, kate pittard: saxophone on "about some him" and "flashcard", marc deon: synth and vocals on 'soothesayer', lee mcdaid: instrumentation on "monument"
Influences
the good, the bad, and the ugly (a lot of ugly), some pretty, bjork, blur, beck, brian jonestown massacre, the dandy warhols, the movie they made together, steve martin, yes, the comedian, gary numan, frank zappa, mary j. blige, pavement, tv on the radio, morphine, morphine, morphine! (rip) afghan whigs, acealone, ac/dc, broken social scene, violent femmes, hendrix (for his 'hendrixness'), prince (for his 'princeness'), public enemy, de la soul, tribe called quest, hooverphonic, U2 rush, lou reed, morrisey-(sometimes), the cure, the cult, radiohead, railroadjerk, spoon, soundgarden, cat power, queen (for the sheer brazenness of it all), siguros, (the same), pomegranate (my old band), many i won't mention, certain days and nights in black rock city, people who aren't only into one kind of music, and the year 1995.
currently a studio project. it's much like starting with something unaware. dual forces at work (humans/tech), always listening for something real and compelling. sometimes a live performance finds it, sometimes the editing does. then deliberately molding it into something more realistic. more than anything though, is that i hope this music never is considered 'cool'... cuz it's totally HOT!
i thumb my nose at convention- this music as art will never be stifled.
