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General Info

  • Genre: Experimental / Live Electronics / Psychedelic

    Location SAN DIEGO, California, US

    Profile Views: 36199

    Last Login: 8/29/2012

    Member Since 7/2/2005

    Website www.angelsbloodrecords.com

    Record Label ANGEL'SBLOOD rec's

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    .............. ....Myspace Layouts.. at UberHotLayouts.com / ..Hot Comments.. ....RIVERVERB is a cuban refugee who has been a san diego resident since 1980. After his village was destroyed in the midst of a drug war, Frank Melendez fled to the US with his mother and younger sister. His father was killed and they were left homeless. From the age of twelve, francois has experimented with various mind-altering chemicals and explored music, dubbing himself "the cuban ronald mcdonald" in the midst of a trip resulting from a mushroom/speed experience gone awry. He began building crude, stringed instruments in the mid-90's and performed under "RIVERVERB" in 1996 with six other musicians (one of which he knew). Following years of drug and alcohol abuse, he finally cleaned-up in 2000 and brought RIVERVERB back in 2004 with Leon Hyatt. Leon died of heroin overdose shortly after and Frank carried on in honor of his fallen brother. The performance is an improvisational ritual. It is both a study in minimalism and an attempt to bring into the consciousness the (bad) acid/hero's journey. He brings you to the entry of chapel perilous, points to the door with a smile, and begins a ritual with the intention of inviting the gods of chaos over for tea and menthols. "they're actually pretty swell once you get used to psychosis."....LEO HIWATT..COMMENTS ON TEMPORARY BLUES.. ..DISCOGRAPHY (in chronological order).. .. RIVERGHOST INVERT cdr (1st pressing of 18 w/ handmade covers) 2005 OUT OF PRINT.. .. RIVERGHOST INVERT cdr ANGEL'SBLOOD rec's 02(limited 2nd pressing of 100 w/ three additional tracks) 2006.. .. 2ND INCARNATION cdr (limited pressing of 20. Riverghost Invert w/ live RVRVRB/ZSA ZSA GABOR on KWVA in Eugene) 2006 OUT OF PRINT.. .. DEADWHITERIVER 8 Birds cdr ANGEL'SBLOOD rec's 03(collab with dead white. limited 1st pressing of 10 w/ handmade covers. second pressing of 100 w/ various covers. split release with pink deathstar rec's) 2006.. .. 061906 cdr 26+min all live with no dubs (limited pressing of 20) 2006 OUT OF PRINT.. .. SHERM STACK OVEN cdr ANGEL'SBLOOD rec's 05 (6 tracks/60 minutes) 2007.. .. FOOD NOT BOMBS comp cdr 2007.. .. MAR DE SANGRE cass c30 ANGEL'SBLOOD rec's 18 (limited edition of 50 on blood-red cassettes w/ handmade covers) 2007 .. .. D/A A/D vs. RIVERVERB split cass c60 RADIATOR COLLECTIVE rec's (limited edition of 50) 2007.. .. BLACKENED NOISE COMP 6 x c30 (6-cassette box set) on EPICENE (coming soon) 2007.. .. FULL SWAY cd full-length disc released on SWEATLUNG (Australia). one hour and twenty minutes-ish running time. 2009.

  • Members

    RIVERVERB:.. ^^Frank Melendez////guitars,drum loops, am radio, vocals, sampling, osc drum, turntable, electric cannon, neanderthal mountaintop throat offerings, footsystem, mixing/editing..... ^^^Ariel Iribe////guitar destructoh, pedal mutilation, black messiah. .. ______________________________________________________________________ (2007-08) Wyatt Frye////blue moons, black death throat .. .. COLLABS WITH: Bloodson Drifter, Dead White, Bloodfoot, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tullan Velte, Garde, Conchobar, D. Helm.. .. see also: WOLVES and the DIRTY FINGER/GHOST SHIP/SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Influences

    syd barrett. takehisa kosugi. spacemen3. stockhausen. peter green. dead c. ghost. trux. acid mother's temple. SWANS. mainliner. sick llama. caspar brotzmann massaker. amon duul II. hawkwind. leon franklin hyatt. slug. S6X6S. EAR. alphastone. loach fillet. spectrum. non. jandek. sam rivers. KOOL milds. seroquel. theresa's toes. red-head bombshells. blue sabbath black cheer. yat-kha. scientists. chrome. helios creed. love666. birthday party. main. god. honeymoon killers. nik turner. loop. silver apples. suicide. psychic tv. brainbombs. roky erickson. sam rivers. anthony braxton. charles gayle. TG. charles melendez. stringed instrument feedback-saturated voodoo ritualism...

  • Sounds Like

    cough syrup-induced acid sludge dreamstate

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