H.N.A.S. and the Dom Elchklang label; Conrad Schnitzler; Nurse With Wound; La Monte Young; P16.D4; Merzbow; Horror films; soundtracks; INA-GRM; Stockhausen; Roland Kayn; Krautrock.
THE BIG NEWS: I'll be returning to WFMU's weekly airwaves starting Wednesday, June 24 @ 8 p.m. ET. MY CASTLE OF QUIET will be horror-themed, with an avalanche of underground metal, soundtracks, horrorscapes and noise. Hopefully some directors, film buffs and writers will show up, too. Streamable @ http://wfmu.org/
For updates, see my blog and playlist page:
http://my-castle-of-quiet.blogspot.com/
http://wfmu.org/playlists/WB
TH AN KYO UF ORYO URP ATR ONAG E
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Bio / Projects:
1984-1999: The Hip Bone, weekly radio program on WFMU-FM, 91.1 (NY Tri-State Area). Music show with scripted humor, artist interviews and live performances, with a focus on experimental music, art and progressive rock, proto and post-punk, contemporary avant garde, drones, free improv etc.
1986-199?: Lo-Fi, 30-min. radio segment devoted to home-recording, d.i.y. artists. Program comprised solely of solicited contributions on cassette.
1988-1998: Uncle Wiggly, avant-rock-pop trio (briefly a foursome).
Released vinyl and CDs with Nur Sch. Rec. (Austria), Shimmy-Disc, Teen Beat (dist. & mfg. Matador), Hemiola (UK), Dark Beloved Cloud. Limited tours in Eastern US and twice in Europe.
1990s-present: Guitarist/sideman for some of the "heavies" of underground pop, most notably Arthur Lee of Love and Jowe Head of Swell Maps.
1996-1998: World (Without End)/ World (of Dreams), solo project devoted to personal catharsis through multitrack recording. 1 limited LP, 1 limited 7" and a widely available CD (as World (of Dreams)), all for the Dark Beloved Cloud label. One semi-disastrous live performance.
1998-1999: Pink Elephants, experimental trio with members of the band Fly Ashtray. Electric instruments, drums and percussion, samples and studio trickery.
1998-1999: Composed, and later organized a recording of "One", for any number of players to improvise, within certain rules and restrictions laid out in the 'score.' Largely inspired by an association over 1997-98 with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela, as well as the work of Stockhausen (Aus Den Sieben Tagen), Morton Feldman and AMM.
2000+: Sinistre!, solo project, digital music mixed with 'environmental' sounds, keyboard, guitar, samples and loops.
Sinistre! has contributed to three compilation discs for dbc.
Several home-spun releases available.
2008: Created original score for the experimental short film Fable, by Gerald Slota.
sorry i cannot write messages, am i grounded by myspace? i don't see why i would be. and gosh you kill me with your proposition! and i am in texas right now with my wife and her children who live here, but it is not possible for me to come until new york as we are in a tight situation because of a trial. but gosh i would be so happy to do that. i'll remember with it and i hope one day. have a beautiful night
DJ That Hideous Strength will be spinning his New Wave Psych Disco Prog platters for you & yours @ The Argus Lounge this Saturday night, 2/21/09 9pm-2am • free • 3187 Mission (@ Valencia)
If I'm feeling Sinistre, I don't go find a ministre, but hit the "vol. +" button on the board
when the noise is sculptural, I know a friend is culpable, emotions thus engendered not untoward
so if some intrepid blogger will have made it through this doggerel, I hope a link is made to send sound forth
