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FEVER CHAMBER
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FEVER CHAMBER
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Released: Jan 1, 2009
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    FEVER CHAMBER

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    MESSAGE FROM THE ETHER

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    GO

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    CALL ME H

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    FIRE ANT HILL

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General Info

  • Genre: Other

    Location NEW YORK, New York, US

    Profile Views: 80274

    Last Login: 8/7/2011

    Member Since 5/23/2006

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Emerging out of the underground dens of New York City's DJ-based remix revolution - DROID pushes the envelope of improvised music, mixing elements from breakbeat / electronica to industrial rock and nu-form jazz. Their combination of all these disparate sensibilities is a touchstone to an incredible new scene in NYC; reminiscent of the eclectic mix of people and sounds that brought about the early 80's NO WAVE scene. In 2000 the band was signed to Shadow Records and released "NYC D 'n' B" as well as various tracks on Shadow compilations "Hard Sessions" 1 & 2. NYC's DJ Spooky and Detroit producer Carl Craig also used Droid material for their own remixes. The musicians that make-up DROID combine experimentation, musicianship and an attitude for current beat culture. Jordan McLean (member of Antibalas & leader of Fire Of Space) plays trumpet, Amir ziV (long-time member of Cyro Baptista's Beat The Donkey & leader of KOTKOT w/Marc Ribot, Cyro Baptista & Shahzad Ismaily) plays drums, Adam Holzman (long-time keyboardist and musical director of Miles Davis!!! & leader of Brave New World) plays synthesizers & Fender Rhodes. As for the LOW-END.... BASS that is - it's basically a rotating "electric" chair which so far has been bravely filled by: Tim LeFebvre, Jonathan Maron, Shahzad Ismaily, Stu Brooks, Luke O'Malley, Nick Movshon & Yossi Fine. Droid has been very active durind 2007/2008 playing live and recording/archiving their current sound. Recently, the band started collaborating with projection artist extraordinaire Chris Jordan. _______________________________________ URB - "Like '70s-era Miles Davis, Droid transcends genres as the musicians link disparate elements of sound with astounding results." Chris Muniz _______________________________________ BPM - "Droid seems to be leading the way as far as truly "live" drum 'n' bass/electronica-infused-jazz is concerned." MC. (Blips) _______________________________________ TIME OUT NEW YORK - "You can expect the high-energy group to pull out what ever stops may be left to pull." _______________________________________ FUTURE MUSIC - "A high-octane journey - Newform Jazz." Lisa McGee _______________________________________ URB - "The astounding drum work of Amir ziV may convince even the most ruffneck kids that they're in the hands of masters." Chris M. _______________________________________ AP - "Real-time drum 'n' bass from a planet OUT of our immediate solar system. WAY 'out-of-the-box' - way AHEAD of it's time." .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    legend has it... that the core band has always been: JORDAN MCLEAN > TRUMPET, AMIR ZIV > TRAPS, ADAM BUTLER > SYNTHESIZERS & TIM LEFEBVRE > BASS, but as of lately, the band may have been spotted with any of the following bad-asses: STU BROOKS / SHAHZAD ISMAILY / YOSSI FINE > BASS, ADAM HOLZMAN > SYNTHESIZERS, ABE SEIFERTH > GUITAR.

  • Influences

    MILES, ZEPPLIN, STOCKHAUSEN, PLUG, SQUARE PUSHER, LIGETI, MORTON FELDMAN, JACKSON POLLOCK, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, STANLEY KUBRICK & SUBVERSIVE POLITICAL TALK...............

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    this question has been known to make certain band members froth at the mouth and grow red horns. .. .. .. ..Join Our Email List.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Email:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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