Bjork, The Cure, Massive Attack, Portishead, Radiohead, Janes Addiction, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Autechre, Elliott Smith, Cocteau Twins, Jeff Buckley, Tolkien, Plaid, My Bloody Valentine, Aphex Twin, Terry Gilliam, The Notwist, Pretty Feet, Tricky, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Magnet, Mum, Eno, Mono, Nusrat, Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, Herbie Hancock, Red Snapper, Led Zeppelin, Zakir Hussein, The Police, A.I., Guy Sceptre, Akira Kurosawa, Slowdive, Kurt Vonnegut, Underworld, Deftones, Blonde Redhead, Bartok, Love and Rockets, Mike Patton, Fugazi, Bad Brains, Fishbone, Bauhaus, U.N.K.L.E., Codeseven, Squarepusher, The Smiths, Siouxsie, Tom Waits, Funkadelic, Tool, TV On The Radio, Dredg, At The Drive In, Orson Scott Card, IDM, Hip Hop, This life, Your art, Your beauty and lots of Sushi.
Sounds Like
"remnants of Curve, Peter Gabriel's soundtrack work, world music rhythms and Massive Attack." - Rollingstone.com
"gothy electronics and trip-hop squiggle...sounding like Marilyn Manson moonlighting as a moody software engineer." - Spin
"verges on heady Kid-A territory without stepping foot in traditional rock waters."
- Mean Streets
"Woven sound like Massive Attack and Squarepusher writing pop songs."
- Lollipop.com
WOVEN Album Teaser Trailer - Song: "Cosmonaut"WOVEN video 'Steady' from the album 8 Bit Monk
recorded live @ The Cat Toy Factory, Los Angeles,CA 8/11/02
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Get the full length album "8 Bit Monk" and the super rare EP, "Eprime"
In 2001, with the release of its debut EP titled EPrime (Interscope), the Los Angeles
group Woven set out to pave new roads with their signature aesthetic blend of
organic and synthetic elements. Exploring the spectrum of electronic and rock
influences, the music travels a path from guitar-driven drum and bass to
syncopated, sparse IDM, ending in a dark and brooding dream state.
The eclectic songs from EPrime quickly made their way into heavy rotation and
charted nationwide on CMJ as the 5th most added record that year for college
radio then landing spots on L.A.'s groundbreaking radio station KCRW 89.9.
Throughout the next year, Woven solidified its niche as a unique group of sonic
explorers devoted to taking listeners on astral and emotional aural excursions.
In 2003, the band released their second endeavor with Interscope Records,
8 Bit Monk. A wildly imaginative odyssey through the cosmos of soft, glitchy static
and melodic rock harmony. Seeking a dynamic mix similar to their debut, EPrime,
they re-enlisted the London-based mixing genius, Stephen Fitzmaurice, who honed
his mixing skills with such acts as Depeche Mode, U2, Fischerspooner, Seal and Magnet.
With the band drawing from such diverse influences as Bjork, Aphex Twin, Pink Floyd, Jane’s Addiction and Deftones among others, they would create otherworldly
songbeds for listeners to lie in and ponder life's moody side. Such haunting moods
would land two of 8 Bit Monk's songs, "My Conditioning" and "Soul Fossa", on the hit
CBS show, CSI : Crime Scene Investigation. Continuing to attract the attention of new listeners across the globe, Woven became one of the first featured artists on iTunes'
front page, receiving enough downloads to prompt iTunes to extend the bands coverage an additional two weeks. and would later receive positive nods from
Spin Magazine and RollingStone.com.
In support of 8 Bit Monk the group toured with then labelmates, Dredg joined by
Equal Vision’s Codeseven and Wind-up’s Strata gaining the respect of new fans
along the way. Forging ahead on their own, Woven continued to perform across
the country with a wide array of acts such as Buckethead, The Apex Theory,
Mellowdrone, Pretty Girls Make Graves, They Might Be Giants and Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon among others.
Woven guitarist, Steve Abagon has performed with Perry Farrell’s post Jane's Addiction endeavor kicking off 1999’s seminal Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and
recently contributed guitar tracks for folk-rock veteran Rickie Lee Jones on her album
The Sermon On Exposition Street. (New West Records 2007)
Ory Hodis, Woven's vocalist/guitarist has also recorded guitar tracks on
Perry Farrell’s 2001 solo electronica record, Song Yet To be Sung (Virgin).
Currently, Woven are gearing up to release Designer Codes, the highly anticipated follow-up to 8 Bit Monk and will be touring nationally this fall to support it.
Sacramento soon, huh?! :) Good times were had back in the day. Just about everyone I know has left there and headed to Portland. I will remind Josh and Dead City Sunday boys!
6 days and i get to see what this cat toy party business is all about. see you all soon. new cd is fantastical by the way, a song for every mood...peace & love
