Jonathan Ewald - 6 string Pedulla bass, 4 string Kramer prepared/sympathetic bass, acoustic and electric guitars, tambura, tambur, dulcimer, Roland MC-202, alligator clips, chains, sticks, knives, FruityLoops, AcidPro, flutes, percussion, vox, samples, effects, loops.*****
with appearances by:
Brian Ploeckelman (tablas)
Patricia Zahler (tambura, dulcimer, percussion, flutes)
Influences
Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa, Les Claypool, Dean Garcia/Curve, Michael Brook, David Sylvian, Captain Beefheart, Marc Ribot, Rain Tree Crow, Chris Squire, Sonny Sharrock, Sonic Youth, Bill Laswell, Tangerine Dream, King Crimson (70s and 80s line-ups), Brad Laner/Medicine, Dark Muse, Khanate, Sunn O))), Negativland, Tool, The Residents, Fred Frith, Michael Manring, Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Brady Sharp, Marc Levinthal, Steve Kimmock, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Peter Kowald, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Wes Borland, Steve Reich, Edgard Varese, Giacinto Scelsi, LaMonte Young, Terry Riley, John Adams, John Luther Adams, Arvo Part, Morton Feldman, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pauline Oliveros, Ozric Tentacles, Stars of the Lid, Windy and Carl, Tortoise, Hollydrift, Transient
Sounds Like
a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag - fast and bulbous, got me?
litmus0001 grew up in a small town in the 216, but now it's the 330. When he turned 18, he went to the 513 to learn how life works. He also helped invent/mimic shoegazer in the band Sinker, which somehow still gets press there once in a while. 4 yr later, he went to the 615 to continue his study of how life works at a much finer, more detailed level. Additionally he began his study of how to channel emotion by spontaneous expressionist/impressionist sonic surrender using various modes and methods in the bands Electric Mayhem, Local Anesthetic, Waywards Legs, and Simple Circuits. He was also a contributing member of the Kirkwood Arts and Social Collective and it's semi-official Ensemble Chamber Orchestra. In 2001, he moved to the 509 to develop new ways of looking at how life works, paying attention to everything all at once without knowing what you're looking it, describing it all with a limited-variable equation. Unfortunately, he really wanted to be in the 206 and the 503 during this time. It was here, in the desolate high desert rain shaddow of Mt Adams, Mt Ranier and Mt Stuart that litmus0001 developed in earnest as a method to combat crippling depression and near-terminal psychosis. In 2004, he returned east, this time landing in the 608, to figure out how life goes haywire in that thing called cancer, and how to drug this haywire so it goes quiet and benign. Here, he has also further developed his spontaneous transitory expressionist/impressionist sub-mental channeling methods to chisel sonic sculptures and soundscapes out of thin air. He continues to perform these experiments in self-imposed isolation in the presence of select audiences. ***************** He is married, and has two dogs that he communicates with empathically; they are his familiars. *********** All litmus0001 music is absolutely free. Just like you should be, think you are, but probably aren't.
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Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website :
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