past, present and future DB/BPBS Arts and Media Collective family members...
oryan peterson, owen ott III, garrett kelly, nick burmeister, landon phillips, wizard, sarah tremaine, tristan kadish, bodie pfost, jim davis, lincoln haury, nick jennings, tig oglesby, amber kai, andy fidler, davyd yeager, rob anderson, christian poules, joeseph sheedy, andrew miller, lucas jaworski, chris collett, amanda sloane, peter, jake, sebastian, jochim, kevin richardson, jeff graham, andrew pritchard, mark hall, jim, joel, ben, brandon and richard laws, christof hendrickson, lane barrington, shannon steele and todd...
Influences
six organs of admittance, comets on fire, akron/family, olivia tremor control, howlin' rain, eternal tapestry, bongloard, mammatus, wishbone ash, fela kuti, ghost, white heaven, dirty three, faust, amon duul, can, mindless thuggs, the birthday party, no neck blues band, acid mother's temple, sun city girls, sunburned hand of the man, incredible string band, the dead, moody blues, pink floyd, BPBS Arts and Media Collective material... the list goes on
The Datura Blues were conceived over the duration of a stormy Humboldt County evening as a way of combining pop sensationalism and various cultural cliches with noise, improvisation and a flair for the dramatic... What began as a trio in 1999, has now grown to an extended network of family and friends, active in the pursuit of community-oriented and tradition-based associations to Art and lifestyle... A handful of revolving performing musicians and recording artists living in Portland provide songs with their initial backbone, while satellite members (including those who contribute talent and inspiration from their respective homes in various states and nations across the globe,) operate with shared intentions, ideologies or aesthetics...
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"The Datura Blues appears to be a band only in the loosest sense. Incorporating members from all up and down the west coast, including members of Church, Firs of Prey and other groups, DB self-identifies as more a “collective” of musicians collaborating in sound-craft of a dramatic and dense variety. It’s likely no coincidence that, upon reading their bio, you might feel as though you’re being recruited for some kind of cult. Combining elements of punk, noise, world, free-jazz and post-rock influences means DB is as much a socio-political lifestyle/aesthetic as it is music. Is it as it Is, Brother? contains an appropriately swampy mix of found sounds, field recordings, chantings, strange voices, in addition to a broad array of instruments. Equally broad is the musical territory covered in just 5 songs. At times, you’d swear you were listening to a lost collaboration between Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Comets on Fire, and Confusion is Sex-era Sonic Youth. Opener “Crows…” takes you from a soulful southern gospel choir to a haunted Stonehenge Gregorian chapel chant in 4 minutes flat. The following, companion track, “…and Other Rodents” cranks up the ‘rawk’ as bright horns blare, layers upon layers of guitars overlap, screech and leer, and drums pound. Yet even in the midst of their most chaotic tracks, somewhere at the core of Is it as It is, Brother? is a firm, undeniable structure. Datura Blues succeeds with noise rock where so many fail because they achieve balance in composition without being pandering or getting all yawny on you. If they can manage to hone, focus and sharpen their sound-craft for their next release, they may just have a noisy, gritty masterpiece up their collective sleeves."
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"There is an artistic communication gap that is lost in the musical translation from Datura Blues to the mere casual listener. Fleeting exposure to this experimental—in the purest sense of this word—local band will just leave you with a confused look on your face or a pulsating headache, or possibly both. But hurling yourself headlong into their new album, Is it as it Is, Brother?, will lead you to a better understanding, if not downright acceptance, of the band's droning vocals, free-jazz skronk sessions, and commitment to improvised noise, rhythm, and controlled chaos. Then again, perhaps the best approach to the artistic upheaval of Datura Blues is to not wrestle with comprehending the band, but rather just appreciate their dizzying form of expression..."
Ezra Ace Caraeff- The Portland Mercury
HELLO, THANKS FOR THE CONNECTION, I SPENT A VERY GOOD TIME IN YOUR MUSICAL TRIP, GREAT UNIVERSE, I LIKE YOUR WORK !!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE ADD,YOUR SOUNDS IS WONDERFUL. ALL THE BEST. NICE WEEK. CHEERS. MOLECULE (paris)
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The new True Margrit CD - The Juggler's Progress - is now available for pre-order, along with t-shirts and artwork, photo and drumheads, check it out here: http://bit.ly/7Cu8J
Next shows: October 28, Jazzbones in Tacoma, WA October 30, Mississippi Pizza in Portland, OR October 31, Nana's Irish Grill and Pub in Newport, OR November 1, Muddy's Hot Cup in Arcata, CA November 5, Molly Malone's in West Hollywood, CA
Our tour wraps up with the big show at San Francisco's best rock club, Bottom of the Hill! For the complete show schedule, check here: http://bit.ly/1UgGqQ
Listening to the vinyl i got from you... Awesomeness! Thanks for coming to the island of Humboldt once again...
I misplaced the cd i got from you on my way to my car... i will be happy to pay for you to send one, if i may... if it's different from the vinyl i got... thanks for interstellar times!
