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INSTAGON
Experimental / Jam Band / Jazz

"audio virus...garage jazz deamon.. "

SACRAMENTO,
United States

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   INSTAGON: General Info
Member Since10/2/2004
Band Websiteinstagon.com
Band Members450 + and always growning..
InfluencesSun Ra, Flipper, Guru Guru, The Grateful Dead, Hawkwind, Throbbing Gristle, Pink Floyd, Don Ellis, Iceburn Collective, GONG, Led Zeppelin, Caroliner Rainbow, Sun City Girls, John Cage, Phish, Ween, & simple creativity.
Sounds Likeimagine if FLIPPER had a baby with The Grateful Dead.. and it was raised in the 1980's and 90's by Sun Ra and Ween...

LOW END jam based garage jazz.. sluggish and odd.. dynamic and everchanging.. bass driven punk fusion....
Record LabelLOVE EARTH MUSIC, HEBI LIKE A SNAKE, & others
Type of LabelIndie





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 11 2008 8:00P
Luna’s Cafe Sacramento, California
Aug 2 2008 2:00P
IN THE FLOW Festival @ True Love Cafe Sacramento, California
Aug 24 2008 2:00P
Jave Lounge Sacramento

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   About INSTAGON
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INSTAGON started in concept on Feb. 2 1993 in Fullerton, CA as a project started by members of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) at the TOPY Access point called BABYLON. (www.topy.net)... the core member of this project was LOB, a.k.a. Coyote 139, a.k.a. Thee Lamb Ov Instagon, a.k.a. Thee Mystic Master ov Space & Time... and thus far, remains to be such.

INSTAGON actually manifested and appeared later that year once in May at Lob's apartment behind Vinyl Solution, and then again for the LIVE debut at OLD WORLD in Huntington Beach,CA in June of 1993. This show was billed as a live audio tribute to David Koresh and the Waco Massacre, and featured a band of over 13 performers, plus random members of the audience as well... and hence INSTAGON was born into the world... and audio deamon invoked by mulitiple participants, aware or not.

INSTAGON is a term coined to describe the SPONTANEOUS FACTOR, the essence of Chaos Theory... everything that happens in this universe changes instantaneously upon its creation... nothing stays the same... everything changes, and is gone in an instant... hence INSTAGON.
INSTAGON has performed LIVE, unrehearsed, no practice, fresh on the stage... just as much an experience for the BAND, as well as the AUDIENCE... for over 400 shows in the past 12 years, and has NEVER been the same group of people, or ensamble on stage ever.. NEVER repeating... always changing... once it happens it is GONE... yesh, INSTAGON

INSTAGON in the early years of 1993 and 1994 was more or less a drum circle with electric instruments added at random... very tribal and hard to control...it was fun, and very chaotic... sometimes too chaotic.. but we lived thru it. . Once during a performance celebrating the death of Richard Nixon, at a venue called OUR HOUSE (rip) in Costa Mesa, CA...someone lit the bathroom on fire... the Fire Department had to be called, hence ending our set early and causing the entire venue to be evacuated and closed... but thats a sample of what it was like... lots of drums and lots of chaos... many things happening at once. Into 1995 and 1996, INSTAGON took more of a minimalist approach to our sound and began experimenting more with dynamics and NOISE... more ambient sets were performed.. still with the same group chaos dynamic... but, quieter than with live drums. In late 1996 that changed and INSTAGON added the dynamic of the live drummer with a kit... thus began the birth of GARAGE JAZZ.. a free form improvisational approach to playing Psychedelic/Jam based garage rock, with an emphasis on "riffing" and musical interplay.. playing the lead with the bass guitar, LOB started to find it easy to direct the players to follow him into new territory and deep dimensions within the riff of the moment.

INSTAGON continued on playing and changing on the concept of GARAGE JAZZ and Improvisational jam music thru the rest of the 1990's and into the early 2000's. In 2002, Lob started booking shows for a bar in Huntington Beach called the LIQUID DEN (rip) and Instagon gained a regular gig. INSTAGON played the longest series of its career performing EVERY Sunday night at the Liquid Den for 18 months... The weekly gig gave Lob and Instagon the opportunity to REALLY explore the live band concept and performances became quite exciting and interactive... attracting players like RIKK AGNEW(Adolescents), JIM KAA (the Crowd) and GREG GINN(Black Flag) .. INSTAGON began to gather a name with the older punks... "its like if Flipper were trying to be the Grateful Dead... this was fun times and INSTAGON's repuatation grew. The OC WEEKLY named their "129 BEST Bands In Orange County History and INSTAGON was ranked ...13, above NO DOUBT, THE OFFSPRING, DICK DALE, even TSOL...and the legend of INSTAGON grew even more..

In early 2005, LOB packed his bags and moved away from Orange County and the OC life... and headed north to SACRAMENTO, CA... and this is where INSTAGON is today... 2005 has found INSTAGON returning to the NOISE based sounds of 10 years ago... and re-introducing them into the aspect of the GARAGE JAZZ band concept that has been so re-defined and polished over the last few years.. Today INSTAGON invokes that subtle confusion of the unknown... you really dont have any idea what sort of performnace you are about to see when you go to see INSTAGON perform live (which by the way, if you missed it, is bascily ALL that Instagon does is perform LIVE.. studio happenings are very very rare).. you may see a BAND play, with other people you recognize IN the band... you may see a noise performance, you may experince accapella sound interaction... you may see people hitting metal with other pieces of metal... you might hear grunts, screams, kazoo's, saxophones, drums, guitars, keyboards, theremins, juice harps, [enter other instrument here], but you for sure will hear the rumbling bass guitar ov Thee Lamb ov Instagon, LOB.

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INSTAGON's Friends Comments
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IHABIAL ( NOT INHABIAL!!!)





Jul 4 2008 9:58 PM

hope you can make it out!! this one shal be a doozy
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Jun 30 2008 2:10 PM

SacLights. com is the fastest growing online stage for Sacramento bands and dj’s! Currently, we’re the online sponsor for Sacramento’s Friday night Concerts in the Park series and are looking forward to pushing the local music scene even more. If you haven’t already, head over to the site right now and join the rapidly growing list of names.

Start here and enjoy how quick and easy it is to set up your profile, complete with music/video/photos … whatever you’d like to share with our community.

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The Stag





Jun 30 2008 9:32 AM

That's waaay better than the poster I just made, lol, thanks! See ya Saturday!

;} Kenny Nonymous
L.A. Noise Maffia





Jun 27 2008 2:46 PM

Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket..
chopstick





Jun 25 2008 6:36 PM

Blood Into Water


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Jun 14 2008 8:59 PM

it was fun to be a part of the gon
thanks for having me man, i dug that allot

much respect
Alas, alak, Alaska!





Jun 10 2008 7:44 PM

Hi HIGH!!!
The Clarences





Jun 4 2008 1:09 PM

The Clarences love & support Instagon!!!!
Dolo





Jun 2 2008 7:28 PM

Now, off to vote for INSTAGON! You/They/We so deserve it.

A Rabbit Named Trick





May 18 2008 8:59 AM

Hi there ;)
Dirty Centaur





May 9 2008 11:24 AM

WELL you know what comes with this picture, so I won't repeat myself...
Delaypat





May 4 2008 2:14 AM

sorry about everything man, Dan's actually a cool guy..don't know
Superzapper Recharge





Apr 29 2008 10:32 AM

Yes! More Vox shows! Its the new coolest spot in town and I can practically spit there from here!
la rebelión de los antioxidantes





Apr 28 2008 9:05 AM

Hello friends.Thanks for the add and your music.All our force.
Greetings from Barcelona
= JAMIE JAGGER =





Apr 23 2008 7:36 AM

Just stoppin' by to say hi! :-)
EARPOWER (S.Öhrström)





Apr 20 2008 9:04 AM

Hi there,

Is this cool or is it cool! Glad to be your friend. Please feel welcome visiting my profile/music.

Greetings from Stockholm
SWEDEN
Microwave Windows





Apr 11 2008 8:22 PM

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Released in 2006

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ENJoY!! ..:..:..


-MW
Experiment Haywire - full album out now!





Apr 8 2008 2:31 AM

Let's end the world again.

Yvette





Apr 3 2008 8:59 PM

You're a nominee!
Annalee





Mar 30 2008 7:15 AM

I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
-Benjamin Franklin

It is snowing here in the mountains of Utah! The winter just will not let go.
Annalee
Xopher tm





Mar 29 2008 7:42 PM

Dog





Mar 28 2008 10:57 AM

so, instagon #2 on LEM in 09 ok?
xoxox
sd
Annalee





Mar 25 2008 9:31 AM

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
-- George S.
Patton
The Better Maker





Mar 24 2008 4:16 PM

BLOB





Mar 21 2008 3:23 PM

2 GIFTS FROM BLOB!!!


BLOB's New Release is
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BLOBcast #14 is out there... get yours by clicking the black hole

Annalee





Mar 20 2008 7:34 AM

"I never tried to prove nothing, just wanted to give a good show. My life has always been my music, it's always come first, but the music ain't worth nothing if you can't lay it on the public. The main thing is to live for that audience, 'cause what you're there for is to please the people." -- Luis Armstrong

"My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never."
-- Duke Ellington
The Pet Goat Records





Mar 19 2008 4:18 PM

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Mar 19 2008 4:06 AM

hi there,

i've just uploaded a new track to my page - "political soundscape" - further details about it may be found in my latest myspace blog post.
i'm warning you - this is not an easy listening - personally i call this musical genre "A Huttu-Tutsi style ethnobeat-noise"

you are invited to listen, and if you feel like it, i'd like you to leave your opinion as a comment, even if you think it's a crappy one.

all the best,
Yotam.
Gandhi Jones





Mar 19 2008 2:49 AM

1995, in-studio at KUNV Las Vegas, feat. Ron "Benway" Jackson.

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Feb 27 2008 10:18 AM

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Feb 24 2008 4:07 PM

i swear ill get you those pix....
tried to upload several times but always got fucked somehow
Luca Urso





Feb 21 2008 11:10 AM

Hello and Thank for the add! All the best Luca
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Feb 19 2008 10:00 AM



Hello! check out the new release on Record Label Records, Fluorescent Grey's Gaseous Opal Orbs 'Wildly experimental in its construction, it carves an off-kilter yet hypnotically melodic soundscape which never sounds abrasive, unbalanced or directionless' - experimusic.com
listen to CD here
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Feb 18 2008 1:41 AM

THNX FOR THE ADD -!
The Firetheft B®idge





Feb 17 2008 1:43 PM

It was great playing with you!

We should do it again sometime.

Many thanks...
IceCobra





Feb 14 2008 3:45 PM

Happy Valentine's Day!

~S
BABALON BABES