CHESTER HAWKINS: Electronics, bass, guitar, ukulele, 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 can range from brutalist noise to textured drones, pounding neo-tribalism, krautrock-flavored psychedelia, or cut-ups of cultural artifacts. The vibe that binds it all is a desire 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.
In 2008, Blue Sausage Infant launched a fresh attack of live performances, delivering unpredictable, hallucinatory sounds for brave dreamers in the DC area. Watch for Blue Sausage Infant at this year’s Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music (23sept09) with Luigi Archetti, Odal, and Twilight Memories of the Three Suns.
...and stay tuned to this station for further updates on shows, recordings, and other nasty mischief...
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.
GREETINGS... OUR FIRST FIVE STAR REVIEW FROM USA Sendelica: The Girl From The Future Who Lit Up The Sky With Golden Worlds
The instrumental outfit from Wales Sendelica returns with a fabulous collection of seven face melting jams on their brand new offering for RAIG called The Girl From The Future Who Lit Up The Sky With Golden Worlds. For this new disc the two principal members, Pete Bingham (guitars, electronics) and Glenda Pescado (bass) have enlisted two Boston area musicians Geoff Chase (drums) and Ed Guild (electronics) to join them on their lengthy, astral excursions. Kicking off with a brief snippet of sampled, ethic tinged female vocals "Standing On The Edge" quickly shifts into overdrive as Bingham slashes out a mammoth swath of thick power chords, as bursts of psychedelic sounding electronics swirl around his extended solos. His guitar lets out an extended run of feedback at the tail end of the track before seamlessly segueing directly into the metallic, twelve minute crunch of "Manhole Of The Universe". Bingham tears off solo after solo.... FOR FULL REVIEW GO TO... http://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=7884
I listened to Scalpels for the Animal God today. As soon as track 3 started I saw McCain's floating head and remembered where I was on election eve. Great stuff! Gary
SENDELICA
NEW ALBUM OUT ON RAIG RECORDS APRIL 24TH
“THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE WHO LIT UP THE SKY WITH GOLDEN WORDS”
TWO TEASER TRACKS UP ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE NOW!!
GO AND LISTEN…
FULL T/L:
STANDING ON THE EDGE – MANHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE – HAZELNUT – DARK DISKO – THE GIRL FROM THE FUTURE – GLORY BEE – SEVERAL SPECIES OF FURRY HUMANS GATHERED TOGETHER IN A CAVE GROVING LIKE GROOVY PICTS.
Also will be available as a limited edition (100 copies) which come as a collectable CD+DVD edition with the "SleepWalker Fever" movie by Grant Wakefield. DVD: 8 tracks - 51 min.
hi and thanks for finding b°tong - coming to washinton in april:
12.4. Brooklyn NY, Monkey Town 13.4. Brooklyn NY, G'byeBlueMonday 14.4. Philadelphia PA, Model Home 15.4. Washinton DC, Velvet Lounge 16.4. Baltimore MD, Hexagon 17.4. Lakewood OH, Bela Dubby 18.4. Muncie IN, Village Green Rec 19.4. Michigan City IN, Creephole 20.4. Detroit MI, The Belmont 21.4. Toronto ON, TBA 22.4. Montreal QC, Casa Del Popolo 23.4. Medford MA, Applejam 24.4. Manhattan NY, The Tank
