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dinowalrus
Healing & EasyListening / Regional Mexican / Death Metal



BROOKLYN, Hawaii
United States

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Last Login:  7/25/2008
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   dinowalrus: General Info
Member Since12/18/2006
Band Websitedinowalrus.com
Band MembersPete - voice, 6-string, 4-string, roland juno, drum machine programming, production, pots n' pans, knob twiddling.

Kyle - voice, 6-string, 4-string, knob twiddling, roland juno, mo' percussion, clarinet, engineering

Josh - trap kit, drum machine, 6-string
Sounds LikeCombatative American Sign Language
Record Labelnone
Type of LabelNone






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   About dinowalrus
ABOUT)))))))

Dinowalrus is a three-person drum n' drone band out of Brooklyn that commenced operations in 2006. It is rooted in the songwriting and infinite reverb discoveries of Pete Fudge, which date back to 2004, the acoustic and laptop-based MAX/msp sampling experiments of Kyle Warren, which date back to 2003, and the psych-pop recordings of Josh Da Costa.

Pete, an architectural designer and multimedia artist, met Kyle, an abstract painter, at a “To Live and Shave in LA” show in late 2006, when they simultaneously attempted to accost a greasy longhair in white garb whom they assumed was Andrew Wilkes-Krier. They would quickly find out that the seemingly party-hearty person whom they were talking to was simply a random, look-a-like concert attendee--the real Andrew WK was on the other side of the room, incognito in his blue hooded sweatshirt and recently cropped hair. In the awkward pause that followed, Pete and Kyle struck up a conversation with each other.

After months of free-form improv psych/noise sets to unsuspecting loft "audiences" of one or two people in East East Bushwick during late 2006, they began looking for either a laptop or a third person. Kyle almost convinced a certain co-worker at his beer-coasters-cut-from-vinyl-records job, Blood on the Wall drummer Miggy Littleton, to start jamming, but when they met young Belgian drummer Josh Da Costa in mid-2007, they knew they had found their match. Meticulously-structured songs with a latent pop-sensibility began to quickly emerge.

Stylistically, the songs of Dinowalrus are rooted in the garage-punk of the 60s, the post-psychedelic biker rawk of the 70s, the robotic electro-grooves of the 80s, the lush guitar-scapes of the 90s, and the noise-tribalism of recent groups such as Liars, OOIOO, and Gang Gang Dance.

In an attempt to capture some of the spontaneity of their improvisational period, retain the complex spatiality of their recordings, and transcend the limited sonic palette that plagues most three-piece bands, Dinowalrus re-invents its instrumentation with every song. Some tunes feature dueling guitar interplay between Pete and Kyle, some feature Kyle frantically playing the bass, sampler and synthesizer simultaneously, and others revolve around Josh drumming toe-to-toe with a phat electronic beat. The band relies heavily on the use of self-sustaining electronic devices to expand its sound, including an optical theremin, a sampler, and a 1983 Roland analogue synth named "Marc Bolan".




SOME RAD BANDS THEY HAVE PLAYED WITH))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))):

Health, Titus Andronicus, Ponytail, Muggabears, Anavan, Double Dagger, dd/mm/yyyy, FLASPAR, SUSU, Chairlift, Soundpool, Ringo Deathstarr, Fiasco, Slasher Risk, depreciation guild, Triangle Forest, Screaming Females, Le Rug, So So Glos, Aquila, Chubby Behemoth, Church of the Snake, Michael Jordan..............................................................................................................



VIDEO)))))))))))

BEAD performed on Steph's Roof in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, June 7, 2008.



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"Dinowalrus, is redoutably, the true coming of post-post-structuralism. The tectonic realm is still reeling to catch up."

-Jean Nouvel, Weimar Architectural Journal, 2006



"In the age of YouTube, would Matthew Barney even exist as a singular entity? In contrast, Dinowalrus continues to prove that superior concept can transcend the banalities that have inevitably followed the recent proliferation of consumer technologies and web-media outlets”

-Umberto Eco, artFORM, 2005



"Then there's the mysterious Dinowalrus, who revels both in the aqua-net bombast of Jake E. Lee, and the aerosol scuzz-tone of Steve Albini. Needless to say, both Lee and Albini concur in their HATE for that shape-shifting poseur."

-Chuck Klosterman, dubiously obtained email, 2007


WANT MORE?)))))))))))))

Write to dinowalrus@gmail.com and request a CD-R! A physical address will then be provided to which you can send $4 in well-concealed cash to cover postage and living expenses. You can request the standard-issue Dinowalrus CDR-EP (tracklist=perpetually subject to change) or a pastische of 30 second genre-based experiments. You specify what yr in the mood for (i.e. Hair Metal, Afro-Carribean Fusion, Post-Minimalism, Psychobilly, Electrogrime) and Dinowalrus will assemble a mix of 5-10 crudely recorded traxxx that hopefully yank yr crank.

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POGO IN TOGO





Jul 24 2008 5:37 PM

Dirty Dancing





Jul 23 2008 12:29 PM

Photobucket

Thanks for the add.

I'll be the Estelle Getty to your Betty White anyday.

Eric
Thanksgiving Brown





Jul 23 2008 12:20 PM

Awesome Color
Bachelor Of Arts





Jul 22 2008 8:29 PM

y'know, Melbourne is kind of meant to be the NYC of Australia. Funny thing is right, they just named a new suburb here Brooklyn. outrageous.

A

PS.
sweet new track
Buffalo Drive





Jul 22 2008 10:42 AM

trash bar flyer
THE BASTARDS OF FATE





Jul 18 2008 11:37 AM

HEY DINOWALRUS!
Adam Kautz


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Jul 18 2008 9:22 AM

Amputated Repugnance NEW SONG UP !





Jul 17 2008 3:27 PM

NEW SONG UP NOW !!!! CHECK IT OUT
POGO IN TOGO





Jul 9 2008 3:36 PM

ryan





Jul 8 2008 3:52 PM

Blind Minds





Jul 8 2008 2:24 PM

Digg'n the tunes.
- Blind Minds
Electric Tickle Machine





Jul 7 2008 11:30 PM

pogo a go go??!?
BLUES HORROR BRIGADE





Jul 3 2008 1:17 AM

nice drugs on your planet. thanks.
A++





Jun 30 2008 8:28 PM

hey thanks for the friend request. your music is really cool.
Circles





Jun 27 2008 9:52 PM

Hey - sounds great!
INFINITE ∆ LIMBS





Jun 27 2008 9:10 AM

YAO nice to meet you, albeit briefly and in a state. Again soon hopefully with less having to yell in each others' ears.
-greg fox
AQUILA*NEW SHIT IS UP*





Jun 26 2008 11:42 AM

hey dudes wassaaap....we're playin a smokeathon loft party this saturday, kind of early style like 8:30...let us know if you can make it to chill and we'll send you the direcks
POGO IN TOGO





Jun 26 2008 12:42 AM

CHAIRLIFT





Jun 24 2008 11:23 PM

godjesus did you guys survive last weekend?
Sheri Barclay


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Jun 23 2008 8:35 PM

you guys are really good and im not just saying that
bryan





Jun 23 2008 2:10 PM

Dinowalrus
Willy Weird





Jun 20 2008 5:49 PM

you guys sound awesome. I saw your band name written all over the silent barn and I thought it was someone's tag. "Lame tag," I thought.

thanks for the add-itude dudes. lets play some shows sometime.
the sunshine boy





Jun 17 2008 7:20 PM

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!
CHAIRLIFT





Jun 16 2008 11:36 PM

heckyeah!
Gangi





Jun 16 2008 6:32 AM

man, wish we were in new york to play a show with you kids. come out and visit los angeles with some sound. In the summer months, people come here to sunbathe, swim and barbecue.
Spend some time and save some money -- Book a Vacation with My Music City Package! Come visit our quiet, peaceful, fun island and see for yourself!
LJ





Jun 6 2008 11:43 PM

intense and mind-blowing would be one way to describe it. your practice was scheduled in a REALLY unfortunate way. it was just like, every person in market hotel was involved in a drunken, violent barfight with themselves and every other person there.
LJ





Jun 6 2008 2:31 AM

i thought so. but your pictures are in technicolor and hard to figure out.

well there's got to be a reason they play new york shows like it's their job (i mean, technically, it is, but... you know). it'd be a hell of a lot easier to just play shows at the smell. and i bet it's pretty sick, too. i've always wanted to see them there. but there's hardcore love for them on the east coast.

speaking of crazy awesome shows, were you at black lips/titus andronicus tonight? or last night, rather.
LJ





Jun 4 2008 6:49 PM

haha, yes it was. i'm assuming (one of) you were at the show? one of the best i've been to in a while, for sure. i couldn't contain myself.

PS - i think i may have met one of you at that Aa/fiasco/knyfe hyts show at goodbye blue monday.
LAZY M





Jun 4 2008 2:23 AM

Hey... I'm glad to meet you. I love very much your project. The music is cool.
:D
michael jordan





May 25 2008 10:54 PM

you guys are a bunch of cool guys!!!!

69!
Gangi





May 23 2008 7:55 AM

heard you guys played a great show the other night.
Electric Tickle Machine





May 21 2008 11:15 AM

dinowalrus = new favorite band.

my ears still hurt.
Kill the Captains