PRESENT. Our live shows may feature anywhere between 2 and 10 of the following lovers. In ILLINOIS: CJ Boyd on bass, percussion, harmonica, and voice, Doug Tesnow on bass clarinet, voice, and organs, Sabrina Rush on violin, cello, and voice.
In TEXAS: Barbara Arriaga cello and voice, Keith Kofoed on bass clarinet and voice,
Aisha Burns on violin, Dave Wiley cello, Rob Lowe on melodica.
In CONNECTICUT: Gabriel Duquette on percussion.
In TENNESSEE: Casey Kaufman cello and voice, Enoch Porch on percussion, saw, kalimba, singing bowl and voice, Bindi Hale cello, singing bowl, and voice.
In OHIO: Teddy Parker cello and voice.
In MISSOURI: Mic Boshans on percussion and voice.
In NEW YORK: Phoenix Feeley on fire.
In INDIANA: Lauren Eison on violin and voice.
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PAST. Also, the project has also included the following folks at one time or another since fall of 05:
Sarah Tyson cello and voice,
Erin Bradfield cello and voice,
Carolyn Benedict cello and voice,
Jamie Hodgkin on piano and voice,
Ben Griffith cello and voice,
Josh Fuson on percussion and voice,
Shane Minter cello and voice,
Nat Baldwin on double bass and voice,
Peter Matteson on trumpet and voice, Mandy Ellis on voice, clarinet, and percussion, Deanna Varagona on Baritone Sax,
Devin Lamp on vocals and recording,
Justin T. Roddam on bass guitar and voice.
FUTURE / FANTASY. Danah Boo cello, violin, and voice, Lindsay and
Justin Prim on voices and each other.
Influences
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Sigmund Freud, Philip Glass, Silver Mount Zion, Edgar Meyer, Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Alfred Kinsey, Sigur Ros, Low, Friedrich Nietzsche, Godspeed you! black emporer, Jimi Hendrix, Thelonius Monk, Bjork, Radiohead, Charles Mingus, Igor Stravinski, Caetano Veloso, Tarentell, Virginia Rodrigues, Autechre, Jean Luc Godard, John Coltrane, Pierre Bourdieu, Joao Gilberto, Gustav Mahler, Harpo Marx, Maude, Saul Williams, JFJO, Theodor Adorno, Claude Debussy, Frederick Chopin, Dilute, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Polmo Polpo, Aristotle, Dirty 3, Led Zeppelin, Eluvium, Zoe Keating, Primus, Rothko, Cinematic Orchestra, Matmos, Bulgarian Womens Choir, The Slip, Libby Kirkpatrick, Salvadore Dali, Can, Van Morrison, Tool, Johanna Newsom, Aphex Twin, Sly Stylone, Do Make Say Think, Dylan, Arthur Russell, Kahlil Gibran, TS Eliot, Angelo Badalamenti, Ani Difranco, The Beans, Bill Frisell, Silvio Rodriguez, Funkadelic, Unwed Sailor, Bedrich Smetana, Kaki King, Richard Wagner, Alexyss Tylor
...probably one or two or a million more.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME OF OUR MUSICAL LOVERS: The Ascent of Everest, Baby Teeth Theives, Roots of Orchis, And the furies say, His Life Not Mine, Stationary Odyssey, Bonfire Madigan, Jared Micah and the Hats, The Drift, Lazarus, By the End of Tonight, Kayo Dot, The Give, The Dead Hippies, Leslie Helpert, Sparrows Swarm and Sing, Castanets, Mike Tamburo, Lozen, Gravity Plays Favorites, Floating City, Lafcadio, La Fin du Monde, Pillars and Tongues
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SOME INSPIRATIONAL WORDS:
"In music, the passions enjoy themselves." --- Friedrich Nietzsche
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"I am fond of music I think because it is so amoral. Everything else is moral and I am after something that isn't. I have always found moralizing intolerable." ---Hermann Hesse
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"Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism." ---John Updike
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"Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed." ---William Blake
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"Wahrheit ist Feuer und wahrheitreden heisst leuchten und brennen...Nudas Veritas"---Gustav Klimt
Sounds Like
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." --Thelonious Monk
We are not exactly a "band". We're a group of musicians interested in exploring the connection between music and sexuality. The line-up has changed quite a bit, and continues to change; what continues is our commitment to experimenting with eros and its place in musical experiences.
We are a vehicle of critique. We start with the supposition that our culture's fundamentally prudish willfull ignorance about sex is connected to our culture's simultaneous cult of sexuality hidden behind thin veils of pop icons on the radio and television. We suppose that the shunning of the body and the attempt to make sex a mere spectacle are both forms of denigrating our sexual bodies. The true celebration of sex, as far as we can tell, has yet to fully manifest itself in our culture. We tip our hats to the sexual revolutionaries of the 60s and 70s, as well as the great sexual scientists Freud and Kinsey, and hope to continue their work through musical/sexual exploration. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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A NOTE ON THE SONGS FEATURED HERE: The songs presented here for you myspacers are mere snippets. The actual songs are all between 15 and 20 minutes. We had to cut them up in order to make them available on myspace, but please don't settle for what you hear on here. Buy the record (please), and get the full listening experience. We appreciate your support.
Hej cj do you remember meeting up in bxl in the murmure?? eheheheh finally we went to the electronic party but i'm glad you didnt come it lasted til 7 in the morning ehehhe wait for some new amazing Gigs ... Love Federico
