michael ilves [keeeys]
dan melancon [drumdrums]
chris frias [vocalsss/guitarss]
mike allison [synth/sax]
jay watford [samplererer]
Influences
supertramp, silver jews, roy orbison, musica poetica, bobby vinton, harmony korine, howardAmb, lou reed, caribou, jorge luis borges, levon helm, vintage instruments, cool new bands, being a neighbor, neil young, herbie hancock, weather, junior senior, surrealistic things, talking heads, animal collective, good conversations, highland park, dan deacon, the miller high life cowgirl
Sounds Like
jamming household appliances. the in vitriolization of a robot. a digital hangover. confessions of a city sidewalk. the last temptation of a flamingo. marcel marceau's bottled tears. the future in 1990. getting stuck in quicksand on planet awesome. a retired general surfing the web. when on and off collide.
"i keep expecting he will pull out a bunny or a miniature vacuum to dazzle stay-at-home mom’s at their television sets...random Patterns is not chaos, but it will sweep you up and chomp your head a little" - (L.A. record)
"...cinematic explosions of glossy keys,
shimmering beats and swarming melodies swell up into hypnotic,
booty-moving numbers" - (LA Weekly)
"Random Patterns combines the funk and jazz fusion of the Budos Band with the ambient, dreamy melodies of Animal Collective" - (Evil Monito)
"LA-based Random Patterns blend jazz, synth-pop and psychedelia to create a multi-layered, deftly-arranged and genre/era-mixing sound" - (my old kentucky music blog)
"at Spaceland. opening band are really cool. weird mish mash of bad 80s, the walkmen, with a post rock drummer. think called 'random patterns" - (aquarium drunkard)
part of the Heard of Elephants collective. [click the elephant].
This sounds great! It's a bummer Nurses had to cancel their tour, that would've been a great fit. Perhaps we can play together one of these days in LA or chicago.
Yo dudes we totally would fuck sounds like fun! We love Jack and Future Music!! Congrats on the record can't wait to hear it. But what sucks is that we have a show Saturday too. Maybe we will stop by after:)
5/30/2009
Doors open @ 8:30 PM
CIA in NOHO!
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$10 cover
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