The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, B.B. King, Ry Cooder, the Who, Carlos Santana, Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Laurie Anderson, Sun Ra, Fela Kuti, John and Alice Coltrane, Sheila Chandra, Sonic Youth, Billy Bragg, The KLF, Moby, Orbital, the Orb and many more.
I call this genre Intense Ambient: found sounds, altered electronics, scrap metal and other devices, blended to soothe and stimulate.
My musical roots were developed in an industrial city (Cleveland), where I grew up in the virtual shadow of a Ford plant, and I've lived most of my years within a few blocks of railroads. My musical experiments tend to reflect these environmental influences.
Please check out the videos and photos.
Here are two excerpts from a performance at Sonic Circuits, April 23, 2009, at the Pyramid Atlantic in Silver Spring, Md. (Not much to see, I'm afraid, as I played in the dark.) You can hear the full set at the District of Noise site.
Click here to read the Washington City Paper review.
... For videos of the performance at The Electric Possible, May 13, 2009, at the DC Arts Center, look under the video link on my profile or go to my YouTube page.
Just stoppin by to say thanks for being a friend of ours Feel free to hit the band page up and talk!! Btw...We're playing a show 8.29.09 at Macc's The Club in Essex,MD it be cool if you can come let us know!
this sounds fantastic! was great meeting you at the rock creek thing, and nice seeing you around a few times since then. hope to see you do this live sometime!
Hi Keith! this is Alison from Moon Pie. you were talking to my mom at the sonic circuits show on Sunday! she gave me the card you gave her. this is really cool stuff. when i was in high school i tried to make tubular bells using galvanized ducting pipes and part of my own baby cradle as a frame but they definitely didn't sound this good!
Keith, the tubular bells you made have a fantastic spectral quality, and I like the blend of this sound and the electronics. I hope to hear these tracks on CD soon.
hey man.. thanks for the ad... i look forward to jammin again.. wanted to tell ya i got this sick little kid's keyboard with multi instruments.. drum sounds.. animal sounds.. like 37 keys.. you'd love it i got it at good will.. i need to give it to you...
