Josh Schwalbach - Bass on Wayne's Thang, Blue Bossa, Abboi's Lament;
Jordan Carlson - Drums on all;
John Jensen - Piano on Abboi's Lament and 15th prelude;
Other sidemen include:
Jesse Mueller - Keyboard;
Adam Tucker - Bass;
Heath May - Bass
Influences
Family, Good feelings, Sadness, my childhood, Brendon Small, Joshua Redman, hipsters, music that reaches me when it's too outdated to be hipster but has a 5 month plan for mainstream
Sarcasm, Ironknee, Adult Swim
Sounds Like
A mix of love and h8, the keyboard during middle school chatrooms, your favorate retro TV show theme song, that kid who always who says he likes jazz and "let's jam sometime," The music that your misunderstood teen angst embraced when your friends disappear.
The Christmas lights strung around your room when you relocated to the basement and dimmed the switch.
Hello Friends,
My name is Dejen Tesfagiorgis, and I am a saxophonist living in the Twin Cities. I teach and I learn. I cuttently attend the University of St. Thomas. I love the balancing act of composing, arranging, and performing jazz and classical music. I currently study with Ruben Haugen, and have had studies with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray, Joan Griffith, Brian Grivna, and Ryan Meisel.
I made this page to showcase some of my jazz music. I love playing with different people, so I've made this a general Dejen et al page. I hope that doesn't sound absolutist, but I'm still trying to find the precise blend.
I appreciate any feedback you may have. feel free to message me. Take care.
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
Big things a-cookin’ at Signaturetone Recording – lots of new high quality 320kbps mp3s and pictures of our freshly remodeled studio have been posted. Browse through our large selection of genre samples for tastes of all the styles we’ve worked with – if you like what you hear, we can do it for you! Also, big congratulations to all of our newly signed bands, as well as everyone who put out some buzz making records in the last few months; you’re making us look good!
Who wants to be next? Get in touch now for July and August booking! Come find out how we can give you a record you can stand behind and get out to the masses.
Sparksfest is coming! For one week each year, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts gathers creators and performers of new media arts from around the world to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul to showcase their work to the public.
Nobot will be performing at one of the "Nightlife" concerts along with Caly MacMorrow, Rossum Electric Company, and Hay/Honda/Berardi (from Los Angeles) on Wednesday February 18th at 10:00pm at the Bedlam Theater. Its going to be a mindblowing earjerkoff-fest. And did we mention it's a FREE SHOW!
Nobot performs before the soon to be cult hit "Seven" at the Uptown Theatre on Saturday February 7th. Your favorite band and movie all in one super charged rock n' depress evening! Its also one of our favorite movies of all time so they are bound to be some surprises!
Doors: 11:45pm.
Nobot: Midnight.
Movie: 12:30am.
Check Switchbladecomb (dot) come for ticket giveaways.
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Presenting the first installment of PROJECT, PROJECT (look, listen, dance, repeat) Join us for an evening of live music, art, graphic design, Dj sets, and multimedia film at the Kitty Cat Klub on Saturday November 29th
The night will feature performances from local electronic rock heros Nobot and Estate , artwork and graphic design from Miss Lotion (UK) and J.R. Sutton (MN), and multimedia film screenings from the internationally acclaimed group PES (NY, LA, UK) along with Beeple (WI) and John Thompson (MN). There will also be DJ sets all night long from Too Much Love alum DJ Bach and live visuals from award winning Wisconson artist, Beeple
He's Dejen, Im asain together we are fierce! Bust a rhyme on time it's the ear I will pierce. Love the sounds of the sax when it comes from yo' mouf, love the sounds of my bass tones BRINGIN' DOWN DAH HOUSE!!!!!
If free music > bad music and good music > bad music, then Nobot = getdown 4000.
If "Drinking Progress" doesn't make you get up and dance, then you must be John McCain" - MFR
"Daft Punk may be Europe's answer to this situation, but the Minnesota band Nobot is America's robotic replacement." - HEAVEmedia
""Drinking Progress"... sounds like H.A.L. had a few too many Tecates and got busy with the Logic rig...Equal parts edit-pop and rave-up" - RCRDLBL
*Also, DONT MISS: No Surprises Art & Music Showcase 10/25/08
Lovelee Buttons is excited to present a new music and art presentation - No Surprises at the Nomad World Pub will make it's debut Saturday, October 25 with the goal of showcasing bands who employ the use of experimental techniques to create music. No Surprises will also feature the visuals of one multimedia student who's work will be integrated into the evening of performances. The first installment of No Surprises welcomes music by Nobot, Dearling Physique, Tartufi (from San Francisco), Atlatl (from Milwaukee) and art by Triston Milton of the Art Institute of Minnesota.
Hey Stranger! Good to hear from you. Sorry I missed the last party. I will shoot for the next one. I am heading to Milwaukee soon. The weekend of the 24th and the 31st. You need a ride?
Lots of great bands have come through Signaturetone recently, and we've helped unleash some spectacular new records from a bunch of genres. Check these artists out and support local music!
Let us give you the record you've always wanted but thought you wouldn't be able to get without mortgaging your home (again). Indie rock to alt country to extreme grind to free jazz, we've got the tape and tubes all warmed up for you.
