Chris - Drums
Mike - Guitar
David - Bass
Franco - Guitar
Patrick - Engineer; Resident Mascot
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Influences
Spacemen 3, Boris, CAN, Pink Floyd, brian jonestown massacre, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Sunn O))), Lightning Bolt, Velvet Underground, neu!, Os Mutantes, Ashes, To the Sky, Radiohead, Brian Eno, Hawkwind, Autolux, My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Sonic Youth
Twin Earth plays music with a definite heavy/psych bent by weaving spontaneous riffs, rhythms, and noise around a predetermined, core melodic base -- much like jazz units work standards. Borne of the defunct DC lo-fi garage-pop band Ambassador Now! and a distaste for the obvious, the three members now in Twin Earth almost overwhelmingly preferred the rudderless jams produced during their rehearsals to standard song "craft."
After trolling for a second guitarist to help expand the sonic possibilities of the threesome, they somehow found a soul mate in Franco, possessor of huge ampage. All four members of the band listen to, and are thusly influence by, a wide range and genre of music, from Radiohead and Brian Jonestown Massacre, to standard rock fare like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, from avant-metal bands like Sunn 0))) and Lightning Bolt to Brian Eno, Velvet Underground, and Os Mutantes, and psych-inflected bands like Can, Hawkwind, early Pink Floyd and Spacemen 3.
Music, like any other artistic medium, is not (or should not) be directed or affected by a set of absolutes; as with any creative endeavor by any truly creative persons, it should challenge those who experience it, in some capacity--whether positively or negatively. Like visual art, music does not have to be a cyclical experience as it usually tends to be, it does not have to be the same experience every time, either for the listener or the performer. It can be hurried and frantic, deep and contemplative, painted or assembled. The rest is just pandering.
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"Standout Track: 'Ultra Vires,' an instrumental that splits the difference between spacey shoegaze and industrial-strength psych-rock. Guitarists Mike Ball and Franco Brockelman vamp on a syrupy progression that goes down like cough suppressant, while drummer Chris Dunham and bassist David Topping ride the leaden groove like brontosaurus herders." - Washington City Paper
would you guys be down to play @ dahlak on aug 13th? i've got this band from San Francisco coming in on tour---they are called The Alright Class---anyways, let me know! thanks, dave
twin earth was great last night. you all had us hypnotized. can't thank you enough for having us share the night with you. and the drums. but mostly, the night.
Concrete Alchemy is a tour of 15 visual artists visiting five major urban centers on the East Coast. It is the first tour that creatively combines gallery shows, public panel discussions and numerous murals to present the artists’ unique approach to public arts.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – National Harbor, MD The tour will officially end with a gallery exhibit opening at Art Whino on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 6 pm to midnight. The audience will have chance to view artists’ recently finished canvases and a slideshow of photographs from the previous days of the tour.
Thanks for the message!! That'd be awesome if you could come out! If not, we've got a bunch of shows coming up this summer, so there will be more opportunities! We'll definitely try to hit up your May 22 show, too.
about my songs, my dad and I write, engineer, and produce all the tracks together in our teeny home studio, so it's not JUST me, although that would make it more newsworthy lol! keep up the great work! sophie=)
Mark your Calendar! Feb 22nd is the solo show for JoKa. Music by HoneyLab's DJ Eddie Twain. The music will be broadcast live by Orcradio. com. 13 New artistist added to the Art Whino Collabortive as well!
I can't quite remember my path to your site, maybe through the Warlocks and/or ... there were a few others. Really am enjoying your music! Peace.. lexi
Mark your Calendar! Jan 18th is the solo show for J. Coleman. DJ Mikel Panda will be spinning from 6-9pm and a Live Band Perfomace by Object and Live Painting performance by J. Coleman begins at 9pm. 20 New artistist added to the Art Whino Collabortive as well!
Hello Twin Earth! Excellent tracks here! Great stuff...trippy style... Thank you for adding us. Something a bit different here... Hope you dig our guitar/synth mix!
