me and my beautiful records, some astonishing cds and quite possibly the illustrious laptop
Influences
the abstract_terrorist, nemo, aWatt, logan 5, switch, m.i.a., justin martin, jesse rose, swag, claude vonstroke, skinny puppy, new order, meat beat manifesto, depeche mode, M.I.A., the cure, everything but the girl, the smiths, my bloody valentine, dj heather, digable planets, slowdive, sasha, dj garth, jay tripwire, paul louth, ritchie hawtin, underworld, orbital, matthew dear, herve, solid groove, trevor loveys, trentemoller, daft punk, plastikman, banco de gaia, the orb, brian eno, xymox, eddie richards, tiga, adam beyer, johnny fiasco, jt donaldson, front 242, david mancuso, x-dream, derrick carter, bryan jones, the lawnchair generals, derrick may, jurassic 5, public enemy, aphex twin, ride, cocteau twins, vangelis, biosphere, massive attack, ben watt, portishead, mr. annand, dead can dance, vapourspace, ryuichi sakamoto, anthrax, billie holiday, kruder & dorfmeister, gillian welch, ltj bukem, jonah sharp (spacetime continuum), the irresistible force (mixmaster morris, future sound of london, dj pierre, ulrich schnauss, the knife, son kite, the jesus & mary chain, curve, josh wink, dj t, this mortal coil, ben watt, son kite, junior boys, swayzak, alex under, samim, mojave 3, AIR, mr. rogers, cocteau twins, bjork, audion, the metric, milton jackson, cut copy, joris voorn, duke dumont, mazzy star, auralism, j.rogers, blipswitch digital
Besides producing and djing the CA north valley’s only techno/minimal/house party with Future/Now partner Anna Talbott, he runs the community website blog 530Techno.org. He also co-runs a VJ Source visuals label Dandelion Collective with TopherZ, is a web applications developer, a husband & father of 2, and recently finished building an octagon strawbale house. Finally, he has found the time to sit down and focus on producing his own music.
Six years of djing and producing parties with friend Anna Talbott and Sean Micheal Yoder (aka The_abstract_terrorist) have provided him with a solid knowledge for what works on the dance floor and what doesn’t. Symbio’s own dj sets pull from every genre of danceable music. Early sets mix old school electro, new wave, SF ambient, indie dance & bmore breaks. While his late night sets venture into heavy doses of crunk laden tech-house, acid, minimal techno and deep house. He has played along side such reknowned artists as Liilyanne, Kid Kameleon, Jason Short & Ripley. His own productions build on a solid 4/4 tech house foundation giving way to a unique mixture of weird polyrhythmic insectoid noises, bouncing sub bass and organic tribal textures.
Inspired by pioneers, New Order, Skinny Puppy, Meat Beat Manifesto, Autechre, The Orb, Basic Channel and Aphex Twin, as well as the new breed of techno coming from SF labels Blipswitch Digital, Dirtybird, Mothership and Auralism, Symbio strives to create fresh dance floor fillers that fuse field recordings and found sounds with psychedelic noises and the latest in synth technology.
“I am inspired by new and fresh sounds.” says Symbio “This is what drew me to this type of music in the first place. I am not really interested in filling an existing niche or fitting into a singular style with my music. I want to keep experimenting, pushing the music in new directions, taking risks and having fun.”
His debut release on Blipswitch Digital, “The Gasps & Fissures Parade” incorporates original oboe, English horn, suona and mijwiz work from improv noise musician/composer, Kyle Bruckmann (www.kylebruckmann.com). “Kyle’s music was actually one of the main catalysts for me to start producing. Some of the sounds he makes are so strange and otherworldly I just had to get them on the dance floor!”
im always interested in hearing new music. if you have a track you think might be something i would like. sent it on over!Send me your track
sym bi o! sym bi o! sym bi O! sym BI OHHHHHHHHH! Lol. Hook was a silly movie. Anyway...Just letting you know I posted a new beat on my page. Check it out or wtvr. See you on the 2nd!
whats up buddy? We miss you bro, If we dont see ya on the local dance floor, hopefully we will see ya at Memories! I would like to catch up and kick it with ya! Hit me up DJ-
sorry i missed your set tonight, i have to work in the morning. monday night we are going to dinner for kev & sean's 30th birthday. we would love it if you could join us. give me a call & let me know. take care, stef
wud up buddy? hope alls good. I am still down in the town, some plans changed, but it is allll gooood. Just wanted to see how the "god of glitch" is doing!! ciao buddy, stay up. J..
