A Disgruntled Hibernian, with vocals from Moonswift, Steven Wilson, Nyx, Jo, Jason Ninnis and Jerome
Influences
Alexander Scriabin Can David Bowie Comus Olivier Messiaen Miles Davis Third Ear Band Syd Barrett Kate Bush Nico Scott Walker Stereolab Suicide Siouxsie & the Banshees Sonic Youth Silver Apples Slits John Fahey John Cage John Coltrane John Renbourn John Barry Jacques Brel Bela Bartok David Munrow Bert Jansch Funkadelic Forest Faust Claude Debussy Cocteau Twins Cul de Sac Neu! Nick Drake Mark Hollis PIL Pere Ubu Led Zeppelin Eno early Roxy Music even earlier Pink Floyd Pharoah Sanders Gustav Holst Gustav Mahler Ennio Morricone Edgard Varese Herbie Hancock Yoko Ono Maurice Ravel Joy Division David Sylvian Talk Talk Marc And The Mambas Pentangle Astrud Gilberto Giacinto Scelsi
Austin Osman Spare Rembrandt Richard Gerstl Velasquez Odilen Redon Pierre Bruegel Georgio De Chirico Hieronymus Bosch
JK Huysmans Oscar Wilde Samuel Beckett 60s/70s Roman Polanski 70s Nick Roeg Saul Bellow Anthony Burgess George Orwell Carson McCullers Gabriel Garcia Marquez Martin Amis James Joyce
Sounds Like
A whisper in a world full of shouting. A rainbow in a raindrop. The shadowy corners of a child's psyche. Van Gogh's "Sain d'Espirit". De Chirico's Metaphysical afternoons. Tall tales in small hours.....
As an artist, Sand's sound and vision is that of musical hide and seek, things seen peripherally, memory, not being here, light, spaces & shadows, vision quests on public transport, trances in shopping queues, time as a playground, hugging monsters, riding the outskirts of one's age. Ingredients are acoustic guitars, piano, bass, electric guitar, organ, drums, percussion, mandolins, recorders, sitars, xylophones, vibes, violin, voices and miscellaneous found, treated and accidental sounds.
Sand also paints (pictures, as opposed to walls, which he tends to climb)
Hey up! Still thinking of you and hoping you're alright. "Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone." Got to love Burgess, glad you got me better acquainted with him! Hugs x
''I Nod To The Man With The Quick Sell Stratergy We Live Side By Side Like Hens In A Battery The Sherrif Of Nottingham Wasnt My Dad Actually But I'm Not On The Rob And There's No Hood Attached To Me''
Well I had to administer the old hair of the dog remedy. I think I'm turning nocturnal. I'm glad to hear you are pleased with the session. I'm looking forward too hearing the finished article.
Thankyou very much Sand. I'm glad you like it. We were thinking of your goodself while playing 'Sand' by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood over the weekend. :)
