__Music Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, Paul McCartney, CSN, Can, Black Sabbath, Neil Young, King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, ELP, Yes, Genesis, ELO, Peter Gabriel, Vangelis, Steely Dan, Queen, Françoise Hardy, Supertramp, David Bowie, Rush, The Eagles, Joe Walsh, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, Milton Nascimento, Cheap Trick, Gary Numan, Marillion, The Cure, The Police, Midnight Oil, The Clash, New Order, Duran Duran, Tears For Fears, A-ha, The Church, Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, David Sylvian, Soda Stereo, Gustavo Cerati, Daniel Lanois, Suede, Slowdive, Aimee Mann, The Smashing Pumpkins, Björk, Tool, Beck, Radiohead, Placebo, Coldplay, Portishead, Massive Attack, Air, Mogwai, Interpol, Unkle, Sigur Rós, Zero 7, Elbow, Goldfrapp, Max Richter, Deftones, Spoon, M83, Blonde Redhead y Doves.
__Film Directors Jean-Pierre Melville, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Ingmar Bergman, Sergio Leone, Andrei Tarkovsky, George A. Romero, Stanley Kubrick, Dario Argento, Wes Anderson, David Lynch, Larry Cohen, Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, Win Wenders, Terry Gilliam, Hayao Miyazaki, John Carpenter and Peter Jackson.
__Movies Vertigo, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Solaris, Le Cercle Rouge, Suspiria, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Dune, Scanners, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds, Nosferatu, The State of Things, Brazil, Fanny & Alexander, Re-Animator, The Lost Highway, The Castle of Cagliostro, Sky Captain, Psycho, Castle in the Sky, The 39 Steps, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Princess Mononoke, Hour of The Wolf, Halloween, Magnolia, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Wall, Midnight Express, Mondo Cane Series, Apocalypse Now, Le Samurai, Grave of the Fireflies, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Monty Python Series, Village of the Damned, North by Northwest, Fire and Ice, God Told Me To, Persona, A Clockwork Orange, Wings of Desire, Two Sisters, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Q, Mississippi Mermaid, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Star Wars, Dawn of The Dead, The Lord of The Rings, The Ghost in The Shell Series, Appleseed, The Devil's Rejects, Escape from New York, James Bond Series and Planet of The Apes Series.
__TV The Outer Limits, Twin Peaks, Sapphire and Steel, Captain Scarlet, Survivors, Monty Python, Firefly, The Prisoner, Fawlty Towers, The IT Crowd, Life On Mars, Spaced and Peep Show.
Written, performed and produced by The Umma Project.
Recorded, mixed and masterized by Esteban Mejía Mesa.
The Umma Project logo design and My Space template by Carlos J. Roldán.
Special thanks to Ricardo Mejia Mesa and Carlos J. Roldán.
Some Rights Reserved 2008. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
Biography:
__The Origins
The Umma Project is a solo project created by Esteban Mejía Mesa.
Before forming a band in 2003, Esteban studied advertising at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana were he joined forces with Radio Bolivariana (1993-1996) and Javeriana Stereo (1992-1996) to produce -on a weekly basis- two radio shows: Rock al Día and Jazz Contemporáneo.
In 1996-1997 he worked at Warner Music Colombia, where he gained popularity with local radio stations and Latin American bands thanks to his musical knowledge, and promotional skills.
In 2008, he made his debut with the following self-produced albums: "Kosmodrom (EP)" and "Ethereal (La Noche del Terror Ciego)".
Currently, he his rehearsing with other musicians for some public performances during 2008.
__Musical Style
Although The Umma Project music is often referred to as Ambient / Electronica, it has been influenced even more by the Post-Rock (melodic, experimental and minimalist) sounds of the 2000s such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós and Mogwai.
Also, by progressive rock pioneers like Pink Floyd and King Crimson; Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Cure, The Church, David Sylvian, Slowdive, and Gustavo Cerati.
The Umma Project music also has long improvisation passages at times and live on stage using their studio instruments that ability is clearly highlighted with extended versions of their songs.
Gracias por la invitacion y por escucharme. Que buena musica, se nota la solera de estilos que habeis escuchado, que bueno. Me gustaria que escucharais a mis amigos "the X" no se si los conoceis, pero hacen tambien muy buena musica. http://www.myspace.com/thexmusik Venga nos vemos, saludos desde España ;)
Hola Señores que buen proyecto mucha calidad, gran estilo, espero que les vaya muy bien hace falta grupos de calidad en latinoamerica gracias por aceptarme que esten bien y mucha suerte!
Hi there, Thank you for your request which I am happy to accept. You have some fine tracks here which are thick and rich with delicous vibrations of otherness. Keep pushing the envelope. Electronically Yours, Sheer Zed
Wow........love the music can definately hear your influences in there............have you heard of a band called Mandragora?......you sound like them big time.
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