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  • Genre: Alternative / Experimental / Folk

    Location The Black Hills, South Dakota, US

    Profile Views: 35016

    Last Login: 5/29/2011

    Member Since 10/17/2005

    Website kickland.com

    Record Label Trick of the Desert Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. Ryan Kickland is a songwriter, performer, composer and arranger of original and diverse musical works including folk & world music, psychedelic rock, ambient/atmospheric sound experimentation and film scores. He was also the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the phenom psychedelic/fusion rock band, Animalcule, which dis-banded in 2006. .. .. Ryan Kickland's folk music is less about pop-functionality than it is about content, imagery and mood. His writing maintains a gritty social conscience and a personal depth that explores different dimensions of the human condition, metaphysical and spiritual concepts, social and humanitarian issues, introspection and artistic expression, while also providing lighter images of joy, salvation and redemption. His music often includes elements of humor, fantasy and the downright bizarre. .. .. On the other side of the musical coin, Ryan's ambient, electronic and instrumental soundscapes (which make up his world, fusion and atmospheric body of work) range from the murky depths of psychedelic funk/fusion and prog, to Eastern-inspired ragas, to the swirling sound of his symphonic analog arrangements. Ryan is a talented multi-instrumentalist and accomplished guitarist who's stylistic, liquidy guitar playing and intricate scale work are staples of his rock and fusion compositions. .. .. Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1977, Kickland was fortunate enough to be raised by a family of musicians. His father, Rocky Kickland and his mother, Marcella Remund (along with step-father Al "AR" Remund) have been staples of the Midwest music community for nearly thirty years. .. .. Kickland grew up and dug his musical roots in South Dakota, where he began playing music as a young child. In his late teens, he started the cult phenom psychedelic rock group, Animalcule, with bassist and longtime friend, Josh Hilpert. Over the next ten years, Animalcule, comprised of Kickland, Hilpert, keyboardist Pat Ondrozeck and drummer Clint Wood, went on to gain a substantial following throughout the Midwest. Animalcule was heralded as a psychedelic tour de force, igniting the music scene throughout the central United States. Kickland began to truly dig into his folk roots around 2001, when he began releasing solo folk recordings in his spare time. Since the dis-banding of Animalcule in 2006, he has continued to pursue his solo music across multiple genres. .. .. Ryan Kickland is a licensed artist through Rumblefish Inc. in Portland and Music Dealers Co. in Chicago. He maintains his own record label, "Trick of the Desert Records", he is a highly ranked favorite on Garageband.com, was a finalist in the 2005 "International Songwriter of the Year" competition, and has toured the Midwest, the South and the Northwest US. Kickland's music has been featured on television, film and his songs are featured on over one thousand user videos on Youtube. .. .. Listen for Ryan Kickland's music on the following radio stations... Jango.com --Uneon Radio -- Lime Light Radio -- Indiebandradio.com -- Babys Crib IAC Radio -- The Stashion IAC Radio -- Podcast of Myspace Podcast -- KAIC Radio -- USD Radio KAOR and more... .. .. ..

  • Members

    Ryan Kickland - vocals, guitars, various other instruments...

  • Influences

    Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Woodie Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Prine, Peter Green, Robert Wyatt, Shakti, Townes Van Zandt, David Crosby, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Soft Machine, Brian Eno, Gong, Shakti, Miles Davis, Caravan, Ravi Shankar, James Brown, Grant Green, Donald Byrd, etc. Also influenced by a long list of various artists, authors, wanderers and thinkers, as well as the many diverse and astounding individuals who I'm fortunate to call my friends and family.

  • Sounds Like

    Ryan Kickland's music is available for licensing here: ..RUMBLEFISH.. .. .. .."Homesick" by Ryan Kickland...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. .. .. .."The Wood Carver" by Ryan Kickland...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | ..More Videos.. .. .. ......

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Ryan Kickland is a songwriter, performer, composer and arranger of original and diverse musical works including folk & world music, psychedelic rock, ambient/atmospheric sound experimentation and film scores. He was also the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter in the phenom psychedelic/fusion rock band, Animalcule, which dis-banded in 2006.

Ryan Kickland's folk music is less about pop-functionality than it is about content, imagery and mood. His writing maintains a gritty social conscience and a personal depth that explores different dimensions of the human condition, metaphysical and spiritual concepts, social and humanitarian issues, introspection and artistic expression, while also providing lighter images of joy, salvation and redemption. His music often includes elements of humor, fantasy and the downright bizarre.

On the other side of the musical coin, Ryan's ambient, electronic and instrumental soundscapes (which make up his world, fusion and atmospheric body of work) range from the murky depths of psychedelic funk/fusion and prog, to Eastern-inspired ragas, to the swirling sound of his symphonic analog arrangements. Ryan is a talented multi-instrumentalist and accomplished guitarist who's stylistic, liquidy guitar playing and intricate scale work are staples of his rock and fusion compositions.

Born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1977, Kickland was fortunate enough to be raised by a family of musicians. His father, Rocky Kickland and his mother, Marcella Remund (along with step-father Al "AR" Remund) have been staples of the Midwest music community for nearly thirty years.

Kickland grew up and dug his musical roots in South Dakota, where he began playing music as a young child. In his late teens, he started the cult phenom psychedelic rock group, Animalcule, with bassist and longtime friend, Josh Hilpert. Over the next ten years, Animalcule, comprised of Kickland, Hilpert, keyboardist Pat Ondrozeck and drummer Clint Wood, went on to gain a substantial following throughout the Midwest. Animalcule was heralded as a psychedelic tour de force, igniting the music scene throughout the central United States. Kickland began to truly dig into his folk roots around 2001, when he began releasing solo folk recordings in his spare time. Since the dis-banding of Animalcule in 2006, he has continued to pursue his solo music across multiple genres.

Ryan Kickland is a licensed artist through Rumblefish Inc. in Portland and Music Dealers Co. in Chicago. He maintains his own record label, "Trick of the Desert Records", he is a highly ranked favorite on Garageband.com, was a finalist in the 2005 "International Songwriter of the Year" competition, and has toured the Midwest, the South and the Northwest US. Kickland's music has been featured on television, film and his songs are featured on over one thousand user videos on Youtube.

Listen for Ryan Kickland's music on the following radio stations... Jango.com --Uneon Radio -- Lime Light Radio -- Indiebandradio.com -- Babys Crib IAC Radio -- The Stashion IAC Radio -- Podcast of Myspace Podcast -- KAIC Radio -- USD Radio KAOR and more...

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Member Since:

October 17, 2005

Members:

Ryan Kickland - vocals, guitars, various other instruments...

Influences:

Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Woodie Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Prine, Peter Green, Robert Wyatt, Shakti, Townes Van Zandt, David Crosby, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Soft Machine, Brian Eno, Gong, Shakti, Miles Davis, Caravan, Ravi Shankar, James Brown, Grant Green, Donald Byrd, etc. Also influenced by a long list of various artists, authors, wanderers and thinkers, as well as the many diverse and astounding individuals who I'm fortunate to call my friends and family.

Record Label:

Trick of the Desert Records

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