Adam Casey (electric and acoustic guitar, voice, banjo, gong, singing bowl, bells, programming, found sounds)
Jenny Jo Oakley (piano, voice, piano accordion, melodica, clarinet: visit our other project at ww.myspace.com/emptyvesselartmusic)
Justin Rhodes (drums: also drums with these guys - http://www.myspace.com/dominaeon).
Mike Findlay (bass, voice: also plays with these guys - http://www.myspace.com/dukessexrock)
Sebastian Melendez (electric and acoustic guitar)
Influences
Popol Vuh, Beirut, Fire on Fire, Rachels, A Hawk & a Hacksaw, Swans, Neil Young, Angels of Light, The World of Skin, Mississippi John Hurt, Labradford, Karen Dalton, the Moody Blues, This Mortal Coil, Gordon Lightfoot, Cindytalk, Akron/Family, Neurosis, Animal Collective, Steve Reich, Dead can Dance, Gillian Welch, M. Ward, John Fahey, Taraf de Haidouks, My Bloody Valentine, Henryk Gorecki, Arvo Part, Isis, Loren Mazzacane Connors, Zbigniew Preisner, Gavin Bryars, The Necks, The Body Lovers, The Paradise Motel, Silver Mt Zion, Talk Talk/Mark Hollis, Steve Roach, Windsor for the Derby, Stars of the Lid, Sigur Ros, Brian Eno, Hildegard von Bingen, Hungry Ghosts, Nusrut Fateh Ali Khan, Virginia Rodriguez, James Gordon Anderson, Ry Cooder, Trial of the Bow, Windy & Carl, Bohren und der Club of Gore, Function Ensemble, Led Zeppelin, Hungry Ghosts + the list does not really end, but I will end it anyway!
The Boy Who Spoke Clouds began as the solo project of Adam Casey, guitarist and singer of the now defunct Seascapes of the Interior. Slowly it has evolved in various formats, currently a 5 piece.
The Boy Who Spoke Clouds, featuring acoustic & electric guitars, banjo, piano, accordion, drum-kit and ethereal vocal harmonies, explores the full dynamic range of acoustic instrumentation, proving that a band can sound large and harrowing without amplification. The ensemble engages in the pummelling sound of artists such as the Swans and Godflesh, but take this sound outside of the amplified arena and attempt to achieve the same fullness with acoustic instruments. The ensemble simultaneously embraces the delicacy and sparsity of devotional classical music, conjuring artists such as Popol Vuh, Henryk Górecki and Arvo Pärt. The combination of these disparate musical traditions is unexpected, yet somehow, the sounds unite into a glorious whole, taking the audience on a dark journey into the human condition.
A debut album from The Boy Who Spoke Clouds has now been completed and will be released soon. There is also an EP/storybook coming out soon featuring the wonderful artwork of Jenny Oakley (www.emptyvesselart.com).
thank you very much for kind words. it's so hard to find publisher. now we're looking for. Your music is beautiful like Spokane or some works of Richard Youngs. Wonderful! Dima T. Pilot
Very beautiful and thoughtful music... like the whispering of a butterfly... colorful and delicate. Thanks for the request. I see we share a lot of influences, from the 60's to the present day.
golden woman behind is a heartbreaker. and breathing under wtaer is what i'd want to listen to if i were to jump off a very tall building. powerful trakks.
thanks adam! love this other project empty vessel - yeah im from SA and im in heaven! if you visit, let me know and well catch up - have a good one, renée †
Thank you for your wonderful words about Arcana and Peter's voice. I've been listening to your songs for over an hour now, and I want more...I love it:) Is it possible that we can trade a cd o something?
Best
/Ia Bjärgö
p.s. Peter really liked the little parts of your music he heard last night. He will give it another listen tonight:)
I was angry about the confiscation of Henson's work by NSW police as well. I was pretty sure charges would not be able to be laid against either Henson or the gallery the 'controversial' works were being exhibited in. I was right. No charges are being laid against either. I love it when I'm right and philistines are wrong.
Lots of respect and apriciation for your music THE BOY WHO SPOKE CLOUDS - we'd love you to play at this year RENAiSSANCE Festival 21-23 nov. - janusz matisse
Hey hey Adam, next time dude, for sure. Say hi to the lads for me. Bat Ray
THE WINTER SIXPACK ALL KILLER – NO CHILLER!
Since 2000, the Sixpack fraternity has featured bands like Sydonia, Mammal, Sleep Parade, Mushroom Giant, Peeping Tom, Subaudible Hum, Devil Rock Four, Long Walk Home, Dr Invisiablo, Winterun amd heaps more. And if you haven't heard of any of these names then even more reason to get acquainted! This year The Tote Hotel is proudly hosting the inaugural "WINTER SIXPACK" – on Saturday night, June 28. After live bands in the front bar from 5pm the main event begins at 8pm with the young princes of the Northcote astral panorama, ALITHIA, hot on the heels of the debut EP, "The Rising." Next up is DIVE INTO RUIN: high-octane, riff-laden, tongue-in-cheek, 3-piece rock action with a sound somewhere between Helmet and Spiderbait! Following them at 9:30pm is the lyrical sway of ALASKA RATIO, a classy indie rock band that's rocketed to the fore of the live music scene. Fourth on the bill is the breathtaking instrumental majesty of MENISCUS – these two guys and a girl have been the blowing minds of Sydney-siders and this will be their first foray south of the border. INTERNATIONAL KARATE are AWESOME! They continue to deliver spectacular soundscapes with every show, with each new album, and always with glorious guitar tones and impeccable taste. If you think, by now, you couldn't possibly squeeze in another aural blitzkrieg, then you will be missing out. At the strike of Midnight, appropriately, SPIDER GOAT CANYON will launch into their distinctive style of experimental pseudo-metal armed with a seriously potent guitar/bass/drums combination that never fails
My my aren't we being all controversial. Watch out dude, PM Rudd might start calling our music 'FILTH' crerated by 'DEGENERATES'........wait..... he's not far off.
