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 :-
interview and recording of live set at Dislocation Festival on
Global Soundtracks Radio 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
Club Integral @ Whitechapel Gallery, 18th December 2009.
Featuring music from Lotus Pedals, Nobodies, MayMing, Boycott Coca-Cola Experience and Jack Shirt. + DJ Chris Cornetto and projections from Jaime Rory Lucy of Rucksack Cinema
Lotus Pedals: - "Gorgeous live music from the supremely strange Lotus Pedals, who remained on stage throughout the show...shambolic, bold and beautiful...offers truly unique rewards." Beccy Smith - British Theatre Guide.
PLACTICIAN / THE McMASH CLAN / RAIDEN / A1 BASSLINE BROKEN NOTE / HIJACK / THE CORRESPONDENTS / DJ FLOORCLEARER MDS / BRUCE STALLION / AMEN-TAL / MR JOSEPH & MC DEEFA
DEATH DEFYING CHINESE POLE / PYROKINESIS UV CIRCUS ACROBATIC BREAKDANCE DUO / COMEDY STREET PERFORMER FULLY PLAYABLE 16-BIT ARCADE / SECRET DISCO / 80s HOUR
DnB / Bassline / Dubstep / Jungle / Techno / Breakcore / Reggae / House / Gabba / Hip Hop / Psytrance / Rave
Doors: 9pm - 6am Advance tickets: £12 www.ticketweb.co.uk On the door: £10 before 9.30pm/ £14 after Venue: Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL Nearest tube/overground: Kings Cross
Check www.braindrop.co.uk for photos, downloads and info, and join our facebook group here =D
SoundCurious #1: listen & look : look & listen A weekend of enthralling activities in sound and moving image: Live scoring and zoetroping, puppets, OHP animation and more and more.
Performances from:
Hamilton Yarns Robert Stillman Bunty Weirding Vessel Collectress Sons of Noel and Adrian Charlie Henry The Grubby Mitts Vitamin B12 Same Actor Bela Emerson Viv
Oct 10th & 11th Workshops 1000 - 1200. Shows 1800 - late. Weekend £14, Day £8 Coachwerks. 19 Hollingdean Terrace, Brighton. More info at www.soundcurious.org.uk
If you do not know already there has been an excited "Ringmaster" running through the lengths and breadths of North London in the hunt for a brand new experience; to venture into the Bohemian undergrowth that is Camden town. This my good fellow friends, bountiful ladies and Damsels of sorts, is…
Featuring a variety of real and imaginary circus performers and actors - and a transformed Dingwalls - the Camden Circus is nothing less than the road that leads to the palace of wisdom. With bands (Molotov Jukebox and Vincent & The Bomb Neutron) + a selection of London’s finest alternative DJs from 12am till 4am - this is not just a night out, it is an investment in future memories.
Not scheduled to return for another 100 years, this is, as our heads might say, ONCE IN A LIFETIME. Tickets only £8 (adv) £10 (otd)
My music is like a morbidly depressed Tori Amos blended with experimental/tortured cello. Join the Unveiled fan club and receive weekly emails containing exclusive and unreleased mp3s, photos, and first draft chapters of my autobiography, Inside the Mirror. http://www.tylean.com
FREAK MAGNET CLUB *** A VARIED NIGHT OF OUT-THERE SOUNDS *** The George Tavern 29 JULY 2009 8pm £5/£4 before 9pm * Brazillian artist Divyarup plays MPB Bossa and some of his own songs with a peaceful spirit * Dancers at the end of time - Electronic warfare * TyLean - Morbidly depressed, nihilistic sometimes atonal piano explore waking, insanity, hallucinations, loneliness and nightmares * I Am A Vowel - Outstanding experimental electronic artist from the south of France. Amazing intricate collages woven live using human sounds and more * Same Actor - with influences from Messiaen through Wayne Shorter to Kate Bush, one does not know what will come out of Same Actor's sitar/laptop creations * DJ tobywoby Spins records from other times & places...
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