Live band in various line-ups, different times, cities, moods. Often they appear as ghosts...
Timothy Young -Guitars
Nate Perry -Bass
Jeff Suburu -Guitars
Jesse Spencer-Acoustic Guitar, violins
Peter Adams -Keyboards
Dave Palmer -Keyboards
Lono Ciacci -Drums
Louise Griffith-BVOX
Influences
(in no order really) Bowie, Velvet Underground, Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, Stones, Sonic Youth, Jeff Buckley, american Music Club, The Carpenters, Janes Addiction, James Taylor, Wilco, Brian Wilson, Beatles, Johnny Cash, The Cure, Nick Drake, Bob Mould, Pixies, Barry White, Neil Diamond, Psychedelic Furs, Echo and the Bunnymen, John Paul Jones, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Elliott Smith (RIP), Ennio Morricone, World Party, Sex Pistols, Bob Marley, John Hughes soundtracks, paying bills, losing love, over indulgence, God, redemption, friendship, betrayal, poverty, money, love, loss, reward.
Sounds Like
Debut album 'see?'
Album cover illustrtations by the talented young artist Mary-Loup out of Paris, France.
Blending elements of 70's musical influences (ala; Bowie, Elton John, Lou Reed, Dylan) with modern synthesis and eerily addictive melodies (see; Flaming Lips, American Music Club, Brian Wilson..) This singer/songwriter ambitiously attempts the seamless blend of "Now and Then" with acoustic guitars, Piano, rhythm section, Synths and the sometimes gratuitous use of distortion.
...Julian Sakata transforms his songs into a "near perfect marriage of Pop music and abstract indulgence with a flare for dramatics...."
His composition"Everything's Beautiful Once" (in various mixes) is featured predominantly in the feature film "Flourish" The film features the talents of Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer (T.V.'s "House"), Olivia Burnette (FX's Sons of Anarchy), and Leighton Meester (T.V.'s "Gossip Girl") . This is a rare "paired down" mix of the song for the film that best captures Julian's rawest "bedroom aesthetic" in this recorded performance.
His composition "Fly" which he co-wrote and produced (with Dave Palmer), can be heard on episode 5 of VH1's, CBS acquired series "Love Monkey"
Julian Sakata will be embarking on a new sonic adventure with prolific programmer and drummer Lorenzo (Lono) Ciacci (out of Portland) which promises to be a treat for audio-bored adventurists. We'll keep you posted on this exclusive release!!
Lono will also be joining Julian on his Live shows as drummer along with Timothy Young and very special guest artists! The band plans on hitting the States as well as Europe and Asia in 2009 to promote "See?"
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JULIAN'S 12 Song Debut ALBUM "see?" HAS BEEN COMPLETED!!! HEAR A PREVIEW of "SUFFER THE YOUNG" NOW!!
Julian Sakata's long awaited debut release entitled "See?" is AVAILABLE NOW!!
Mixed in Los Angeles by 8 time Grammy award winning producer/mixer Thom Russo
(Audioslave, System of a Down, Johnny Cash, Prince, Jay Z, Kinky, Eric Clapton)
just to name a few!
Thom Russo also Co-Produced the record with Matt Pence.
(American Music Club, Jay Farrar {of Uncle Tupelo SunVolt}, South San Gabriel,
Centro-matic)
Matt also lends his extraordinary drumming talents to the record along with a prodigious list of guest artists that includes:
Dave Palmer (AIR, Fiona Apple, Ray Lamontagne)
keyboardist who also co-produced the album track "Lights On"
Timothy Young (Wayne Horvitz, Matt Chamberlain, Thruster)
guitarist Tim's spacey slide and distorted manipulation is incomparable!
Buffi Jacobs and Tamara Cauble (from psychadelic pop mainstays
The Polyphonic Spree )
Violins and Cello from these 2 talented darlings from the "Spree" tribe!
Jesse Spencer (Besides being a talented actor, Jesse is a gifted multi-instrumentalist who lent his backing vocals and violin to the record) A genuine and prodigious musician...indeed.
The record was tracked at The EchoLab Studios
and Rainstar Lounge by Julian Sakata and
Matt Pence.
in chi town with your biggest fan, amber kaufman, and she just wanted to say, "I play your music all day while nursing. I mean, I'm a nurse. And I play your music at work."
U R sucha "GOD"!!!!!!!! I stole a couple pix from your page & posted um on mine! Didn't know u went to that fund raiser that Erica was putting on. So sad that I missed it. I had planned for months to go when I thought it was just Laurens fashion show but I didn't find out till 2 weeks b4 that it cost $75 to get in...... wow. Can u believe I missed that MAGNIFICENT event cuz of "MONEY"????? Never again!!!!! I'll rob a f'ckn bank b4 I end up in that position again. LOL!!! How are u? It's "literally" & "officially" been 4EVER!!!!!...
Do you need spanish lessons? whenever you want! This afternoon I saw a spanish book called "Shangri-La" and I started to laugh, I think I'm gonna buy it!
so, what's going on? Hope that's everything's alright!
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