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Cul de Sac
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"The term "Post Rock" was coined for Cul de Sac"

Boston, Massachusetts
United States

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Last Login:  8/26/2008
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   Cul de Sac: General Info
Member Since9/10/2005
Band Websiteculdesac.org
Band MembersCURRENT:Robin Amos (synth), Glenn Jones (guitar, bouzouki, electric saz and sitar, contraption), Jonathan LaMaster (bass, violin, and occasional vocals), Gavin McCarthy (x-Karate drummer newly welcomed to the fold as of 9/06) + Jonathan Williams (engineer, producer, and collaborator).

PAST MEMBERS: Jake Trussell (laptop, turntables, bass), Jon Proudman (drums), Chris Gutmacher (drums), Michael Knoblach (drums), Chris Fujiwara (bass), Michael Bloom (bass), Yuri Zbitnoff (drums).

InfluencesCan, Neu, Cluster, Hendrix, Einsturzende Neubauten, John Fahey and "American Primitive" music, blues, film music (especially Bernard Herman), psychedelia, surf rock, electronic music, industrial, free jazz and middle eastern modalities.
Sounds Like“Pulsing with air-raid analog synth, sweltering art-surf guitar and agro jazz-rock drumming” Guitar Player magazine.

"Cul de Sac's rerouting of expressway rhythms through expansive modal territories, heady delayed Hawaiian guitar and amorphous clouds of streaming electronics felt ahead of the game when they emerged in 1992...Right now Cul de Sac are making their way accross America as Damo Suzuki's backing group. The pairing might make it easier to join the dots between Can's obsessive rhythmic jamming and Cul de Sac's whirlpool mantras, but the sense of boundless continental space in Cul de Sac's music is no one's but their own." David Keenan, The Wire

". . . there's a group called Cul de Sac -- very ambient, very cool." --Lou Reed (Interviewed in Mojo)

Record LabelStrange Attractors, www.strange-attractors.com
Type of LabelIndie








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Aug 10 2008 9:00P
Milky Way Lounge and Lanes Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

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Cul de Sac apperance at 2008 Cinemascore Festival in Benicassim, Espana  (view more)

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Review of Milan, Italy show, May 11th, 2007 (from Indie-Rock.it)  (view more)

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   About Cul de Sac

CURRENT BIO: Cul de Sac, a band whose name was taken from a Roman Polanski film, is Boston's original post rock granddaddy. (Many cite Simon Reynolds as the instigator of this term, coined for Cul de Sac back in 1991 in an issue of Melody Maker.) Formed in 1989, the band has toured or played with such luminaries as Sonic Youth, The Boredoms, Yo La Tengo and Faust. The band is currently comprised of Glenn Jones on guitar, bouzuki and electric saz, Robin Amos on synth, Jonathan LaMaster on bass, violin, and occasional vocals, and Gavin McCarthy on drums. Since the year 2000, the band has recorded 4 albums for their current label (Strange Attractors Audio House), appeared on numerous compilations (with one of those tracks appearing here on our MySpace player, a blend of two Franco Battiato compositions that appeared on the recent Italian comp. "What's Your Function" for Silly Boy Entertainment), composed the soundtrack to the Roger Corman film The Stranglers Wife, and made numerous appearances in other films including a documentary about performance artist David Blaine by filmaker Harmony Korrine, and the Warp Records soundtrack to the Scotish indie film Dead Mans Shoes". The band has aggressively toured nationally and (more prominently) internationally in recent years, sometimes backing legendary Damo Suzuki, ex-vocalist for the early 70's version of german band "Can". Cul de Sac's most recent album, Abhayamudra, is a live double cd with Damo on vocals (culled from over 50 performances spanning 4 tours of Europe, the US, and Canada), a track from which also appears here on our MySpace player. Pulsing with air-raid analog synth, sweltering art-surf guitar and agro jazz-rock drumming Guitar Player magazine.

THE ORIGINS OF CUL DE SAC, AS WRITTEN BY NICK KEMPER FOR ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Shunning the burgeoning alternative rock movement, Cul de Sac intertwined elements of surf rock, Krautrock, Middle Eastern trance and folk music, post-rock psychedelia, and avant-garde to create a unique blend that garnered immediate critical attention. Formed in the early '90s by guitarist Glenn Jones, multi-instrumentalist Robin Amos, formerly of the Girls, and Bullet La Volta drummer Chris Guttmacher, Cul de Sac released their first LP, Ecim, on the independent Northeastern label. Bassist and filmmaker Chris Fujiwara played on the release as well and became a permanent member of the band. In addition, steel guitarist and fiddler Ed Yazijian and tape manipulator/ collagist Phil Milstein performed on Ecim. Dredd Foole guested on vocals, but most of Cul de Sac's material on this and later releases was instrumental. According to Jones, Yazijian left the band because they were "too loud"; he later joined Kustomized. Early live shows were enhanced by the experimental films of Fujiwara and A.S. Hamrah, adding to the band's eclectic mystique. After a series of singles, a compilation of rehearsal jams was packaged and released as a second LP in 1995 as I Don't Want to Go to Bed, an interesting low-fi collection. Cul de Sac collaborated with the legendary John Fahey on 1996's The Epiphany of Glenn Jones. Three years later the group released the full-length Crashes to Light, Minutes to Its Fall. The members of Cul de Sac steadfastly oppose categorization. Their original compositions and recordings have been enhanced by instruments of their own creation, including the Contraption and the Incantor."


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Stoned Orgasm





Aug 28 2008 7:05 PM

Hey! COOL music :) sounds like an orgasm, haha.
Keep on playing musical orgasms so I can have good nights, hhahaha.
Hugs, colors and psych sound :**
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Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets





Aug 23 2008 8:31 PM

Hope you're well...just dropping by - doing a bit of myspace surfing. - everything looking good here...you have taste.

There's a fair bit of news from this side - the dark poets film 'Borderline' is being used in Beijing to promote the London 2012 olympics...so that's a bit of a coup. Also - the Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets album is doing well...We're currenlty underway with production of music videos - so watch this space! Judgement at Midnight is now officially the most downloaded tune from the some bizzare double album on iTunes.(and all other download sites including beatport, amazon mp3 etc etc)

Also - Gary Lucas has come out to show his political support - and guess who it is...check youtube. com for 'THE DUTELS' (Gary Lucas)

So If you havn't grabbed your copy or download already - make sure you check it out....please email us with regards your thoughts...

I hope things are good on your side of the screen

Things are good here - currently writing and recording new material - we'll let you know as soon as this new stuff surfaces...

either ways - hope you're well - take it easy

J

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Aug 20 2008 8:41 PM

dear friends of PEACEfest (and all friends of peace and fests!)
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Aug 15 2008 12:12 PM

thanx 4 the +++++++++














just to glance at
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Aug 8 2008 5:31 PM

thanks for the add from italy!

Grand Carabs
Ernest





Jul 29 2008 12:31 AM

Thanks for accepting the add, I'm a big fan :)
Dj Nobody





Jul 26 2008 5:33 PM

Hey guys!
I thought you might enjoy these wacky stripper impersonation pictures of Jonathan.
Jon-thanks again for hanging out with us. It was a lot of fun...hope to see you again, next time in SF!






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VVH





Jul 22 2008 8:15 AM

Hi Cul de Sac, thanks for the add!!
NICO





Jul 16 2008 2:07 PM

thx for the add! this is good

nico
minor mine





Jul 7 2008 5:40 PM

we are thankful for being our friends...
KING SUFFY GENERATOR





Jul 7 2008 2:38 PM

thanks...


+KSG-
giant boy detective





Jul 7 2008 12:31 AM

thanks for the add guys!
-zack
surrenderdorothy





Jul 6 2008 7:09 PM

grazie!
Anne®





Jul 6 2008 6:52 PM

Thank you so much for the add, you guys are some of the best i've ever heard. I saw you playing on the movie Faust in the art school of Nancy (France), and it was just genius, amazing.

All the best
Fuzz Against Junk





Jun 9 2008 3:48 PM

Please vote for Fuzz Against Junk to play this years Green Man Festival.

You know it makes sense.....

Go to:http://www. thegreenmanfestival. co. uk/greenpoll/node/299&utm_source=Green+Poll&utm_medium=Widget&utm_campaign

Thank you!

The Fuzz xx
pp





May 24 2008 12:27 AM

yeah yeah
i think u'r a great band¡¡
yeah u rocks
u are a good ''post rock''
pp
Julie’s Haircut





May 21 2008 9:21 AM

cut/e





May 12 2008 7:36 PM

fenomenologia is very nice
w battiato
tks
Kallous Boys





May 6 2008 10:56 PM

Thanks for the add!
Sutra





Apr 30 2008 4:11 PM

thast is rock my friends...
mexico is in the line ..
sutra
w?
Tonlist





Apr 28 2008 7:38 PM

Hello gentlemen, we hope to see you back in Nancy !

Michael Manning





Apr 24 2008 8:47 PM

Thanks for adding me. I've loved your music from ECIM on. Please keep it up.

..::MM::..
JacKMunky





Apr 22 2008 10:43 PM

you were amazing in benicassim. Keep like this guys. Hope you turn back soon.
N..A..T..X





Apr 22 2008 7:18 PM

thanks for adding me! excellent performance at Benicassim! LOTS OF LIEBE
Sutra





Apr 17 2008 4:02 AM

Greetings from GDL Mexico.
Great Music!
Vince Adams