will baumgartner --singing, saxophones, flute, guitar and harmonica
maus isi -- guitar, tenor sax, singing, keys
dave lyons -- electric and acoustic bass
tober schorr -- drums
Influences
sonny rollins, tom waits, nina simone, beat takeshi (especially "fireworks" and "kikujiro"), bob dylan, andy warhol, kenneth patchen, the lovin' spoonful, "henderson the rain king" by saul bellow, janis joplin, johnny cash, june carter, john huston (especially "the african queen" and "the dead"), the incredible string band, bastard trash, beck, michael ondaatje (especially "coming through slaughter" and "the english patient"), joni mitchell, charles mingus, cat power, louis malle (especially "lacombe lucien" and "aux revoir les enfants"), hank williams and hank III, george jones, tammy wynette, "the illustrated man" with rod steiger and claire bloom, elliot smith, jonathan lethem (especially "amnesia moon" and "motherless brooklyn"), neil young, terry gilliam (especially "the fisher king" and "the adventures of baron münchhausen"), antonio carlos jobim, tim burton (especially "big fish" and "the nightmare before christmas"), joan baez, mimi and richard farina, "been down so long it looks like up to me" by richard farina, britt daniels, "letters to a young poet" by rainer maria rilke, van morrison, david lynch (especially "blue velvet" and "the straight story"), sonic youth, jim harrison (especially "wolf" and "a good day to die"), broken social scene, "against all odds" (taylor hackford's finest moment), she and him (zooey deschanel and m. ward), donovan, charlie kauffman (especially "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" and "adaptation"), gram parsons, eels, "the thin man" movies (nick and nora charles and asta the dog), "a confederacy of dunces", the fiery furnaces, ridley scott (especially "blade runner" and "the duelists"), jonathan richman and the modern lovers, and l. ron hubbard's early science fiction
december 12, 2009: distance engine began as a solo acoustic effort by will b (action figure 8, subcity six, sentimental hitmen).
distance engine is now a band.
since august, distance engine has played a number of shows in denver and boulder, and we've just finished recording our first EP. the tracks we have up here are the demo versions of all 5 songs from that session. over the next week or so we'll be doing some more stuff to it, and when the masters are done we'll take down the demos and put up the final, EP-ready tracks.
the EP should be released sometime in january, on cd and vinyl. we're booking for 2010, and we may end up playing in austin during a certain very busy week in march (but not as an "official" band. we're underground like that).
Will, I am so sorry I missed your show at the Meadow Lark. Some huge projects came up at work and I had to work from home last Wednesday to finish them. I hope the show was great! Perhaps I can catch u at a show in boulder.
Hey! It was great meeting you at burnt toast last week! Thanks for the encouragement, I really enjoyed you set too! By the way, I used the recommendation for the studio you gave me this week and it was great!! I'm doing burnt toast again this week, so hopefully I'll see you there!
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