CHESTER HAWKINS: Electronics, bass, lapsteel, ukulele, guitar, wood flute, recorders, signal processors, homemades, loops, tapes, samples, toys, vocals, shortwave radios, hand-drums, found sounds, field recordings, dogs, etc...
Influences
Alejandro Jodorowski. Jan Svankmajer. Coil. Master Musicians of Jajouka. Cluster. Skullflower. Om. Cosmic Jokers. Hallucinogen. Six Organs of Admittance. Alexander Scriabin. Bad Medicine.
Washington DC native Chester Hawkins has peformed as BLUE SAUSAGE INFANT since 1986. The sound of BSI encompasses brutalist noise, dark drones, pounding neo-tribalism, krautrock-flavored psychedelia, or cut-ups of cultural artifacts. The idea is to induce trance states, by any means necessary.
Instrumentation involves a mix of electronics with more organic sources: Squeaky dog toys and digitally abused lap-steel guitars have recently joined the arsenal of synths, bass, samplers, and acoustic items.
BSI has produced 14 full releases under the Intangible Arts imprint and has contributed to compilations across the USA and England. Collaborators include Violet, Haunted Toilet, Changes to Blind, New Carrollton, Lida Husik, and Stolen Government Binder Clip. A selection of BSI material has been used for the soundtrack to Tim Ashby’s film Surface To Air, due for release in 2010.
Stay tuned to this station for further updates on shows, recordings, and other nasty mischief...
You are between 16 and 72 years old ! And still no job, no wife, no children and no friends.... 2009 ended, here is 2010... JACK DUPON is happy to offer you "The Castle of the Elephant" first track on the new album !!!!..
Your show at the Velvet Lounge was pure sonic Dada at its most bizarre and inspired! Bravo to you good sir. We're looking forward to future Blue Sausage Infant shows!!!
Guest musicians include: The great Simon House!,Isobel Morris from Bruise, Louis Davey from Gunslinger, Nigel Potter (Gunslinger founder member!), Josh Dreamspirit and James Hodkinson. It will be available exclusively from my myspace site via link above for now!
Then it..ll be available from my new web site below!!
Soon the album and all my albums will be available from www.alandaveymusic.com which will be LIVE SOON!!
This is kinda random, but I took a glance at your discography and noticed that you contributed some vocals on Lisa Husik's "Bozo" album. I bought that CD in high school and stumbled upon it again recently and gave it another listen. Nice work on "Up" Reverend Hawkins! I used to like that song "Hateful Hippy Girls" quite a bit. What a small, weird world. Good luck at Sonic Circuits this year, I hope to check out that show.
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