live band: Matt Hough, Kate Soper, Ryan Smith, Spencer Russell, Ian Antonio, Susan Alcorn
band on recording:
Ryan Smith (of Twin Thousands and A Million Billion) - keyboards, synthesizers
Dave Novak (of Habit Trail) - guitar, backup vocals
Matt Hough (of Zs, Seductive Sprigs) - guitar
Bob Hoffnar - pedal steel
Anna Stirr (Grits and Harmony)- vocals
Maria Sonevytsky (Debutante Hour, Baby Pool) - vocals
Jim Altieri (Glissando Bin Laden)- violin and mandolin
Nate Botts - trumpet
Michael Ibrahim (RIOT) - saxophones
Influences
George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Bill Monroe, Jimmy Rogers, Louvin Brothers, Stanley Brothers, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Kitty Wells, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Hank Snow, Buck Owens, Charlie Pride, Melba Montgomery, Chet Atkins, Joe Maphis, Junior Brown, John Prine, Trent Reznor, Morrisey, The Cure, The Pixies, David Tudor, David Behrman, Don Buchla, Nyle Steiner, Nic Collins, Scientist, Prince Jammy, The Roots Radics, The Congos, The Trashmen, Carl Perkins, Kraftwerk, Skinny Puppy, The Carter Family.
Owen Lake is an electro-country performer and recording artist.
Combining a passion for classic country with an arsenal of homemade electronic instruments, analog synthesizers, and production skills, Owen Lake creates a unique music that defies existing labels and can only be described as "electro-country." On his exciting first EP, Lake re-creates country songs of an era when artists sang earnestly of spurned love, forbidden desire and cold death. Add in crackling, squelchy modular synthesizers, a vocoder from the early 70s, and a spate of talented session musician friends, and you have his new release, "A Love on My Mind." Look out for his second release, coming in the fall of 2008.
