Michael Liston

Bio:

Michael-Owen Liston is an acoustic and electric musician, raised in the sublime mediterranean idyll of Vancouver, B.C., and now hailing from ..Montreal, QC...,..Onanole, MB.., Toronto, ON.

Michael's healthy appetite for all manner of musical styles and idioms has not only given him strong, healthy bones and teeth, but also a vibrant, lyrical and unique voice on his instruments, chiefly the double-bass, and banjo.

Always striving for the best in aural taste, Mike takes pleasure in being a sensitive, dynamic accompanist, seeking to provide the optimum musical experience, as perscribed by law. While he thoroughly enjoys holding down the firmament, he also has a keen fondness for the textural, experimental urges, and he is a regular participant in Toronto's improvised music community. Michael has also composed soundscores for dance and film, and currently performs his own "alt-roots" songs under the name of

Antlers and Anchors

Some of the many artists, troubadors, and troublemakers whom Michael has had the pleasure of collaborating with include: Rae Spoon, Mark Berube, Jess Hill, Christa Couture, James Lamb, Ridley Bent, O Susannah!, Through Glass, The Wailin' Jennys, Joel Kroeker, Po'Girl, Aaron Joyce, Geoff Berner, Bottleneck, Tons of Fun University, Lesley Hoyles, ..Yael Wand, The Fugitives, Coco Love Alcorn, Dan Mangan, Barzin, C.R. Avery, Wendy McNeill, Leah Abramson, and Miss Emily Brown.

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As a side-serving/person, Michael plays with many fine combinations of musicians and their instruments and song.

You can hear examples of that kind of thing from the people who write those songs. The bio/resume over yonder has some good suggestions.

Of that music which Michael writes himself, you can hear a bit of that here.

On his own debut as Antlers and Anchors, the Dream of the Dead Caribou EP (co-produced by all-round great guy and original Rheostatic Dave Clark), the [fantabulous] personnel are:

doug tielli - trombone, xylophone
christine bougie - lap steel, acoustic, and electric guitars
mariah burton - vocal ninjitsu
lesley hoyles - choral olympics ['carry-on crow']
dave clark - thigh slappin' and add. vocals ['dream of the dead caribou']
hannah - vocal caribou channeling ['dream of the dead caribou']
sophie the cat - cat vocals ['carry-on crow']

michael liston - singin', banjo, doublebass (plucked, bowed, scarfed, struck), karaoke box
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and on the "lumston" session, the personnel is:

aaron lumley - one doublebass, singlet
michael liston - another doublebass, singlet ..

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thank you : all the musicians and people and places that have touched and rubbed-off, the sum of its parts, the road, trembling aspens, the railway club, the last sip of coffee, something beautiful held over the balcony's edge, an awkward moment, humous and crusty bread, your front porch, mrs.wilson's string classes.

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