Meredith Anne Yayanos (violins, voices, theremin, autoharp, stomping, gnashing, etc.)
Influences
Nick Drake, Angela Carter, Dmitri Shostakovich, Terry Riley, Jules Verne, John James Audubon, Bob Moog, Bela Bartok, Jim Henson, Swans, Athanasius Kircher, Werner Herzog, Clara Rockmore, James Chance, Mickey Spillane, Johnny & June, Max Ernst, Olivier Messiaen, Lee Bontecou, Remedios Varo, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Popol Vuh, China Mieville, Brian Eno, Kronos Quartet, Lustmord, Moondog, P.K. Dick, Hasil Adkins, Slayer, Winsor McCay, Danielle Dax, Nikola Tesla, Morton Feldman, Orson Welles, Anais Nin, Jessica Joslin, Frederick Law Olmsted, situationism, Brian Froud, Fritz Lang, Aubrey Beardsley, Neutral Milk Hotel, Weill & Brecht, Jeunet & Caro, Arvo Part, Klaus Nomi, Vincent Price, the Ex, Pat Keck, Alan Moore, Ota Benga, Warren Ellis, Joy Division, Ray Harryhausen, Ennio Morricone, Scott Walker, rembetika, Hayao Miyazaki, Goblin, Diamanda Galas, Einstürzende Neubauten, German Expressionism, Italian Futurism, trepanation, traveling by train, wolves, whales, narwhals, owls, marsupials, monotremes, hedgehogs, lyrebirds, gibbons, bricoleurs, dirigibles, clang & boom & steam.
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Grouper (US) has her latest – Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill – of three albums on Type Records. She has also been involved in collaborative releases, contributing a track to Xiu Xiu’s Remixed & Covered and four tracks to a split release with Inca Ore. Her other contemporaries are Belong, Growing, Tim Hecker, Windy & Carl and Atlas Sound.
Jasper TX (Sweden), with a hefty back-catalogue of releases on labels such as Miasmah, and collaborations with buddy Machinefabriek, is an essential domestic appliance in the household of conceptual music. He is comparable to artists Fennesz, Sigur Ros, Múm and Tape.
Intricate and atmospheric songsmith, Danny Saul (UK) performs with different combinations of musicians, making each gig a unique event. His forthcoming release is "Harsh, Final", and he also performs with Greg Haines as Liondialer.
Fieldhead (UK) music delights in tape hiss, bleak landscapes and decaying analogue loops. He is also a member of The Declining Winter and Glissando. His debut album, "They Shook Hands for Hours" is released soon on Home Assembly.
Go Trick or Treating with your Favorite Fantasy/Paranormal Authors!
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Sam Cheever is sponsoring her third annual Trick or Treating Bash on a street near you! The street is inexplicably filled with some of your favorite Romantic Fantasy/Paranormal/Horror Authors and they will be waiting by the door with tricks and treats for you. All you need to do to play is visit Sam’s site anytime between October 26th and October 31st and select an item from the goodie bag posted there. Then you will send a note off to Sam with your selection and move on to the next “house” on the list, where another Author will be waiting with a goodie bag for you to choose from. The lucky Contestant who is selected at the end of the contest will win a Halloween Bag with a Kindle e-reader in it, assorted candy, and other wonderful prizes from the Authors who live on Sam’s street.
Only one trip down the street per contestant and you must be at least 18 to play!
Come and join the fun and play for a chance to win a Kindle and a bag of goodies. You might be surprised to learn who lives on Sam’s street!
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Have a scary rockin weekend
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