Marke Lester - voices, guitars, bass, keyboards and drums (but not all at once).
Exhibit A - line-up to be announced, but has played/been seen with:
Robert Emmett - bass, immoral support
Lem Roby - bass, smokin' guitar leads, bad jokes
Dave Camp - drums
Inderjeet Sidhu - drums
Jerome Spiering - trumpet
Jeffrey Shimizu - violin
Susumu 'Steve' Sato - blues guitar
Alex Geyser - guitar
Terry Kendall - backup vocals, promotion goddess
Miyuki Kanaba - backup vocals.
When I get this up and running, I may be asking YOU!!!
Other projects I'm involved in:
Labrador Dali - bass, backing vocals, disinformation.
Phil Circle Band - drums, intervention.
Hawk From A Handsaw (Jeff Churchwell's band) - drums, percussion, backing vocals.
Jack Salamander - drums, giggling
Previous bands/projects:
The Aaron Bowland/Marke Lester Shakedown
Everest
No Love Lost
Thunk
Gut
Mark Harper & Metacrats
Mosquitohead
Spiney Norman
Phlegm
Influences
In no particular order: Neil Young, Pete Townshend, the Beatles, Jimmy Page, Tool, Soundgarden, Peter Gabriel, Harry Chapin, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Robert Emmett, Yes, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, Trey Anastasio, Dave Matthews, the Grateful Dead, Eddie Van Halen, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Mould, Days of the New, the Verve Pipe, Duncan Sheik, Scottish McMillan, Tommy Emmanuel, Gus Kenneth
Marke Lester has been involved with some of the most intriguing and memorable music to come out of Chicago for almost twenty years, including Spiney Norman, Thunk, Mosquitohead, No Love Lost, Everest, Labrador Dali (www.labradordali.com), Phil Circle (http://www.myspace.com/philcircle), Hawk From A Handsaw (now Left Turn at Albuquerque), and Jack Salamander. His formal musical education includes instruction in viola, piano, classical guitar, drums, percussion, voice and theory. Through a combination of curiosity and osmosis, Marke has been quietly amassing a vault of material, raging from the soft and subtle to the loud and levitating, a few of which made it into regular live rotation in Thunk and Everest. In 2005 Marke decided to strike out on his own after receiving much encouragement and some vocal coaching by Wendy Hart. A four-song demo, entitled "A Sound Seen Distant" and featured here, encapsulates the peak of Marke’s early period of writing, around 1995, as well as a taste of his newer material. Recent shows have ranged from small coffehouses to hundreds-in-attendance performances at festival-type venues, with both his band, Exhibit A, and alongside other singer/songwriters such as Robert Emmett, Aaron Bowland, and Gus Kenneth from Everest. In addition to his role as a singer-songwriter, Marke is celebrating his third year in Labrador Dali with longtime collaborator/partner-in-crime Robert Emmett, playing drums although he started out on bass. Marke also hits stuff rhythmically for Kristin Kelly, one of Chicago's finer rock songstresses, and for French Finnish, the vehicle for the dark and enchanting songs of Mary Lee. New versions of the previously posted songs are available here for listen (see below for details). Please enjoy and leave comments! Critique at will! Knock me off my self-imposed pedestal! I wouldn’t mind getting paid for this sort of thing, so your input is invaluable. Thanks for listening, and for reading.
Hi Marke Lester. EletriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs make its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check EletriKa out! Thanks a lot for the attention and support. Keep in touch.
Kisses from Brazil, Marie
[Brazilian M£TAL]
Blz, Marke Lester? Agentejunta Metal com unstreco Brasileiro. Tamutendo umbomretorno dasradiosgringas nosquatrocontos. Quandorolaumtempinho, mefalaoqueachoudo £leTriKa, blz? Valeudemaisaforça! Mantenhacontato.
Hi Marke Lester. EletriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs make its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check EletriKa out! Thanks a lot for the attention and support. Keep in touch.
Kisses from Brazil, Marie
[Brazilian M£TAL]
Blz, Marke Lester? Agentejunta Metal com unstreco Brasileiro. Tamutendo umbomretorno dasradiosgringas nosquatrocontos. Quandorolaumtempinho, mefalaoqueachoudo £leTriKa, blz? Valeudemaisaforça! Mantenhacontato.
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Lots going on for Turkey week!
Tuesday, I'm hosting Open Mic at Lillys from 8pm til 1am, 2513 N. Lincoln
Wednesday, I play a show from 9pm til midnight at Elbo Room, 2871 N. Lincoln (what's with the Lincoln?)
Friday, another show at 9pm at Birds nest, 2500 N. Southport
Sunday, host Open Mic at Hops and Barley, 4359 N. Milwaukee
Monday? Sleep...
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