Miki-Sophia Cloud, violin
Chris Coletti, trumpet/keyboards Nathan Koci, horn/accordion/keyboards TaylorLevine, electric guitar/electronics
Eileen Mack, clarinets Ron Wiltrout, drums
Matt Wright, trombone Ted Hearne, piano
and Bill Carson, singer
Influences
Charles Mingus, People, Vijay Iyer, The Bad Plus, Fieldwork, Modest Mouse, Lucibel Crater, Mostly Other People Do The Killing, Peter Evans, Erykah Badu, Bjork, Jennifer Charles, Randy Newman, Ken Thomson and Gutbucket, Mary Halvorson, Dither, Maja Ratkje, Rene Marie, Jim Black
YOUR BAD SELF is a nonet, a rhythm orgy in the first throes of its insurgency, illuminating the maze but not helping you out of it. And still a good time even in this, the worst financial crisis of our age. Your Bad Self is the official experimental/crunk/2-step band of Obama for America, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Your Bad Self has been seen in New York at such venues as The Stone and the Bang on a Can Marathon, as well as in Charleston, SC and other fine environs.
