Dmitri Shostakovich, John McLaughlin, Ravi Shankar, Ed Lawes, Saint Etienne, John Fahey, Led Zeppelin, jungle, Cannibal Ox, Source Direct, Nas, Alfred Schnittke, Calyx, Sister Sledge, Yes, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Cadaver, Slayer, The Gasman, Jonathan Harvey, Gyorgy Ligeti, Arvo Part, Sugar, Neil Young, AFX, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Anti Pop Consortium, Sole, Utabi, Ebola, Boxcutter, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Fairport Convention, Olivier Messiaen, Great Society, The Charlatans, The Stone Roses, Deep Purple, Gangstarr, MF Doom, Elvis Presley, Tortoise, Stereolab, Gloria Coates, Si Cut dB, The Prodigy, Carl Ruggles, Mike Patton, Cream, Terry Riley, Tony Williams, Refused, Ride, Joni Mitchell, The Police, REM, Shitmat, Voltek, Bela Emerson, Monster Bobby, Britch, Orbital, Ali Akbar Khan, Rush, Def Leppard, Michael Jackson,
Sounds Like
CDs available at Normans and
posteverything :-
Same Actor "The End Of The Garden" ( Discordance
3" CD)
Same Actor "Sharp Edges" (Bip Hop)
Hot Roddy "One Liners" (Wrong Music)
Chris Cook lived in Brighton, now he lives in noisy London. He's been making electronic music of all kinds for many years since his Electronic Music degree and operates under the names Remote and Hot Roddy, playing sitar along with electronic jiggery pokery. In 2004, Cook also started to play gigs as Same Actor, using various stringed instruments building up soundscapes on the fly using no pre recorded or pre sequenced material, but playing with alternative tuning systems and unusual rhythms.
Hot Roddy collaborations include work with Planet Mu artists Urban Myth, Chevron and Kyler as well as Rashamon (High Point Low Life), Bela Emerson (Quiet Records), Kenny Process Team, Tim Holehouse, Jane Bartholomew and not least with various clients within his day jobs in care work. He also helps run Brighton's Spirit of Gravity electronic music collective, promoting monthly nights, presenting a show on Totally Radio and releasing sporadic compilations. Hot Roddy has been in session on Radio One and Same Actor on Resonance FM more than once (twice in fact). Chris provides the sitar in Brighton based group El Maes and he's produced glitchy remixes for them. He's played been playing Hot Roddy and Same Actor live sets in all kinds of live settings, touring with Totally Bored (Monster Bobby, Bela Emerson and Britch) and Wrong Music (Shitmat, Ebola, Droon, nwodtleM, Gross Consumer, Ladyscraper and Floorclearer).
After an abundance of CDRs, Bip Hop released a Same Actor album "Sharp Edges" in 2005 which was nominated for a Quartz award and then Litmus, Heresmycardrecords and Wrong Music Complaints Dept released Hot Roddy CDs. "One Liners" for Henry Shitmat's diverse Wrong Music label is Cook's most focused work, an intense half hour of detuned guitar, sitar and dulcimer with lots of rhythm and noise and but no breaks. It’s the first album he made while living in London and “One Liners” is influenced by the noise between pirate radio stations and the noise in the street as well as the recently deceased composer Gyorgy Ligeti.
New :-
youtube of Frankfurt show (thankyou Aiden Humphreys)
....and by the way "The End Of The Garden" , my new 3" CD EP on Discordance
is now available at
Normans and
posteverything
you might want to check out:-
Same Actor "More And More Finite" EP: three new free tracks available at acroplane netlabel.
and also check out my NEW LISTINGS SITE
for live experimental and electronic music in London
Nothing is too Freaky for Freak Magnet! We have real-life singing Dalek * Instant Flight - Psychedelic indie band * Little Eris - her Electro band makes their debut performance tomorrow! * I Am A Vowel - Experimental electronic artist from the south of France * Steve Treatment 3 fantastic Rough Trade singles -had his first kiss with Marc Bolan * DJ Tobywoby Spins records from other times & places... 24 June London ... thanks
Check out our new dubstep-release "Wanna Get High?" by The Attic Project. For streaming/downloading it FOR FREE click the banner. Stay tuned for "198" by Moestep and "Decoded Darkness" by Smash System (both Drum and Bass).
Wooohaaaaa!!! Braindrop is throwing its very first boat party on Saturday 6 June.
The vessel is specially equipped to hold large groups of people (and all the extra bass bins we can squeeze on). Her name is The Dutch Master and she be a mighty fine boat too!
It's going to be a ridiculously fun rinse up. However, if you think you can get away with being remotely serious and/or cool at this party - ye be mistaken. The Braindrop Boat Rave is fancy dress: Pirate's from the 80's. Arrgh...better get thinkin what ye gonna wear.
D&B / DUBSTEP / TECHNO / BREAKS / ELECTRO / HARDCORE / HIP HOP / GABBA / BREAKCORE / PSYTRANCE / RAVE... and lots more!
The boat will leave St.Katharines Pier (London) at 9pm and return at 2am. Tickets are £20 and you can get them from TICKETWEB.
For more info check www.braindrop.co.uk. Arrrrgh me hearties!
Sat 16th May @ The Soup Kitchen, Spear Street, Manchester.
The Centrifuge @ Futuresonic Festival present Richard Devine, Puzzleweasel, NeuTek vs Boombots, missaw, Guide, Gareth Clarke, Mr Underwood & His MIDI Octopus and Scrubber Fox.
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