Michael B sings (occasionally) and also plays electric guitars, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12 string guitar, bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, ebow, accordian, organ, theremin, piano, drum machines and controls drum samples, effects and all facets of recording and post-recording.
Influences
Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Tortoise, Radiohead, Godspeed You Black Emporer!, Doves, Portishead, The Triffids, The Lemonheads, The Pixies, Elliott Smith, Billy Bragg, Big Star, The Cure, Love
MAB is the solo project of Michael B, who plays all of the instruments.
I am a Brisbane-based songwriter, musician and music hobbyist. I spent the early 1990’s living in Perth playing original music in several indie/alternative guitar bands (Two Faces of Culture, As Is); and the mid-late nineties in a sixties garage/surf/pop band (The Hoovers) playing a mix of original songs and cult sixties covers.
After moving to Sydney in the late 1990’s I developed an interest in writing and recording my own songs and soundscapes. I am attempting to blend the old and the new in these recordings, mixing analog and digital instruments and tools. I have taken sounds from the analog domain (guitar, bass, organ etc.) and messed with them digitally to create new sounds which I have then mixed with the original source tracks, creating layers of often long sustained sounds. The drums and samples were created and processed using drum machines and PC software, which was also used for the recording and mixing of the songs.
Room40's annual Open Frame Festival is just around the corner with performances from Oren Ambarchi, KK Null, Birchville Cat Motel, Lucky Dragons and many more! Tickets are on sale now. Hope to see you there!
