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Gerald Prokop

Gerald Prokop Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Folk Rock / Grunge / Shoegaze

    Location MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, US

    Profile Views: 22093

    Last Login: 8/21/2012

    Member Since 7/2/2006

    Website www.geraldprokop.com

    Record Label PROKIEV projects + publishing

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. Gerald Prokop is a songwriter and recording artist dedicated to DIY production and publishing. He creates his work under the imprint of Prokiev Projects + Publishing, which includes print zine projects as well as recordings. He performs with a band around the Minneapolis area in venues such as the Nomad World Pub and the Hexagon Bar. He will also be kicking off the release of OPEN with a casual solo tour through the month of September. In the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, his live band consists of keyboardist/vocalist Sarah Wash, drummer Chris Pappas and electronic artist Courie Bishop... .. .... .. ..About OPEN.... Continuing to venture down a path of multi-textured headphone music from last year's mashup of grunge and folk, Exits + Obstacles, Open is Prokop's most sonically diverse album to date. With Open, Prokop veers slightly into electronic synth + drum machine territory alongside 90s-esque layers of fuzz and delay, throwing in just enough sonic experimentation to set this record comfortably outside of the typical singer-songwriter paradigms. Lyrically the album explores the vague concept of authenticity along personal, interpersonal and political levels. Open includes Prokop's typical experimental packaging. The CD and art booklet are housed inside of inkjet-labeled plastic sleeves... .. ..Press for Exits + Obstacles.... Tracks from 2008's Exits + Obstacles have been played on 90.3 KFAI, 89.3 the Current, and Madison's WORT. RIFT magazine has called it "A really good and challenging disc, open to a lot of opinion and definitely worth hearing." (Nelson Heise).. All of Gerald Prokop's projects are available through his own DIY imprint, ..PROKIEV projects + publishing..... .. ..More tracks plus photos and news at ..www.geraldprokop.com......... .... ..Detritus Project Free Downloads.. are over at my blog, ..Quelquechose... Click below to view, listen to and download specific tracks (as they are posted):.... ......Living on the Weekends.. The original version of a song I eventually redid for Twenty-Eight.......Right at Home... An out-take from the Twenty Eight sessions.......Shoegazer Bluez.. A weird little Twenty-Eight period demo made on minitape and fourtrack. (I really like minitapes!)......A Saturday Night.. An out-take from Lost in the Background....... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Music video for "Wandering On," documenting the DIY assembly process of Exits + Obstacles:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........Check out this video: Sorry About the Noise........ .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .."Separating" live at Acadia.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    ..Gerald Prokop.. plays everything on the records. During live performances he has recently been joined by ..Sarah Wash.. on keyboards and vocals, ..Chris Pappas.. on drums and ..Courie Bishop.. on the mystery synth box.

  • Influences

    Nianda Lades and Usually just a t-shirt.. Siamese Dream.. OK Computer.. White Light White Heat.. Sister.. Dirty.. Isn't Anything.. The Aeroplane Over the Sea.. Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.. Clouds Taste Metallic.. Mellow Gold.. Nevermind.. Polara.. Washing Machine.. Jar of Flies.. Under Thunder & Fluorescent Lights.. Even the night can't tell you from a star.. Jamboree.. From a Basement on the Hill.. Rubber Soul.. Fevers and Mirrors.. Blood on the Tracks.. The Last Dog and Pony Show.. Mysterious Production of Eggs.. Smile from the streets you hold.. C'est La Vie.. Split.. The Boy with the Arab Strap.. To Record Only Water for Ten Days.. Hail to the Thief.. Loveless.. Drop..

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  • Laura M. Sullins


    Hi,how are you?

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    Hey,How are you todady .i love you space fans.

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    Hi,my friend.Was it a lovely day yesterday?

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    Hi,how are you?

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    It's Monday today, I think it's a new begi

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    How are you? My friend.

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    Thanks for adding me, my new friend. How are you?

    2 years ago
  • Laura M. Sullins



    Thanks for adding me, my new friend. How are you?

    2 years ago
  • Isis Ra

    GO learn how some Bands and Rappers are getting famous!

    ever wonder how some artists have 1000's and 1000's of fans and get all the hookups???

    for real, go check out Capacity Productions and you'll thank me later!



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    2 years ago
  • CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS

    good stuff Gerry!  I listened to it on here.  Is that the stuff from the new or older album on here?

    3 years ago
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