ZEITMAHL is the music created by music producer/ composer, multi-instrumentalist, Shok via the use of the blending of ORGANIC and ELECTRONIC instruments, where the line between the two is unable to be always discerned.
All drums & percussion, guitars, bass, piano & keys, trumpet & vocals on the recordings are written, performed, recorded and mixed by Shok
(Thrill Kill Kult, Mount Sims, Newgrounds.com, Zombie Girl, Lavender Hill Mob, Terrence Trent D' Reznor, etc)
Featured guest musicians include cello, violin, mandolin, brass, woodwind, vibraphone, and accordian players.
Jeff Buckley, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Meat Beat Manifesto, Dead Can Dance, Sneaker Pimps, Duran Duran, Prince, The Doors, Nine Inch Nails, NIN, Michael Jackson, Old School Hip Hop, 4AD, Wax Trax, early U2, early Clan Of Xymox, The Police, Brian Eno, Bowie, Prince, the chemical brothers, prodigy, boom boom satellites, your dog, portishead, lamb, monk & canatella, the clash , I AM X, Elysian Fields, Michael Jackson, triphop, massive attack, portishead, jack dangers, david bowie, adam ant, love and rockets, tones on tail, xymox, trent reznor, pop will eat iteself, pwei, brendan perry, frank sinatra, morcheeba, Jack Dangers, The Stone Roses, Thrill Kill Kult, Blur, Big Black, Steve Albini, PJ Harvey, Mute Records, Lunatic Calm, Woven, My Bloody Valentine, Machines Of Loving Grace, Killing Joke, Billy Idol, Kiss, The Doors
The new French Electro revolution aka Industrial for indie rockers and modern new wave meets whatever:
Ed Banger/ Kitsune/ etc. = SebastiAn, Surkin, Justice, Mr. Oizo (flat eric from 99),
Moulinex, Boys Noize, Digitalizm, White Rose Movement, Siouxsie, Puscifer, Morphine, Richard Cheese, Perry Farrell, Tech Itch, Einsterzende Neubauten, Matt Johnson, Elysian Fields, Johnette Napolitano, Red Light District, The Real Tuesday Weld, Adam Freeland, Bassbin Twins, Mstrkrft, Alterego, Nouvelle Vague, Ministry, Renegade Soundwave, Nitzer Ebb, James Lavelle, The Bloody Beetroots, BSOD, Felix Cartal,
Random Vocal Stylings:
Sue Denim, Dave Gahan, old Bono, Pavarotti, Chris Corner, Chris Cornell, Chris Connelly, Martin L. Gore, Jennifer Charles, Beth Gibbons, Elizabeth Frasier, Jeff Buckley, Brendan Perry, Lisa Gerrard, John Crosby, Beth Orton, Jim Morrison, Matt Johnson, Juliette Storace, Alexandria Amethyst Seeley, Adrianne Louise Hecker, Carol
ine Crawley, Dot Allison, Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Johnette Napolitano, Abby Travis, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Douglas McCarthy, David Bowie, Prince, Emilina Torinni, Roland Orzabal, Rufis Wainright, Al Jourgenson, Roger Waters, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Lou Rawls, Nusrat Fateh Ali-Khan, Horace Andy, Bjork, Ronnie Moorings, Ivo Watts, Daniel Ash, 3D, Jack Dangers, Joe Strummer, Damon Albarn, Jane Fishon Kantor Castagna, Potsy (from Happy Days), Pieter Nooten, Anke Wolbert, Brian Ferry, David Sylvian, Brian Eno, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Freddy Mercury, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Michael Hutchence,
Various Percussion Pepperings:
Stewart Copeland, Larry Mullen Jr., Sly Dunbar, Martyn Atkins, Ringo Starr, John Densmore, Topper Headon (The Clash), Stephen Morris (Joy Division/ New Order), Dave Grohl (his work for Killing Joke especially), John "Jabo" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Will Anvers (Xymox), Steve Gadd, Stephen Perkins, Kenny Arnoff, Earl Harvin, Will Calhoun, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Gene Krupa, Louie Bellson, Buddy Rich, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Criss (I loved Kiss as a child), Phil Collins (excellent drummer, brittish version of Robin Williams in both size and humour factor, too many songs filled with cheese when he became a singer), David Westlake, Roger Taylor (Duran Duran), Roget Taylor (Queen, the only band EVER to have all members write a top ten song). This list will continue.
-- Everything from creative experimental music to classical symphonic to dark indie to electronic dance, jazz, rock and more. --
Below is a list generated by what has just most recently played on Shok's machine.
Material Influences: synthosistamination Arp 2600, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland Jupiter 6, Prophet 600, Oberheim Xpander, Virus Proto-type, other Roland synths & Korg, Moog, FM Synthesis, etc.
synth de virtuale
Absynth, Albino, Arturia, DFX VST, 4 Front, NI, Image-Line, FL, Ableton, Live, more to be listed
The Sneaker Pimps, IAMX, The Cure, Depeche Mode, The The, Love And Rockets, Tones On Tail, Tears For Fears, NIN, Nine Inch Nails, Wax Trax, 4AD, Massive Attack, Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Shok, Good Music, nothing, everything, your favorite music, Martin Gore, Meat Beat Manifesto, Boom Boom Satellites, Evil Nine, Lunatic Calm, Dave Gahan, Roland Orzabel, Brendan Perry, God Lives Underwater,
Portishead, My Bloody Valentine, The Stone Roses, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, Die Warzau, Zeitmahl, Calidelphia, Anita Haxsaw, Lavender Hill Mob, Michele Mortem, Big Black, Steve Albini, Fugazi, 16 Volt, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Blur, The Killers, Machines Of Loving Grace, Woven, Killing Joke, Cop Shoot Cop, The Faint, Garbage, Simon Lebon, Snake River Conspiracy, Recoil, Jane's Addiction, VHS or BETA, Soft Cell, Prince, The Young Gods, The Neptunes
The Infadels, The Editors, This Mortal Coil, Primal Scream, Mount Sims, Thomas Dolby, The Doors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Angels, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, The Verve, Jeff Buckley, James Hall, The Police, Jack Dangers
Originated in 1990 by multi-instrumentalist/ singer and Producer, Composer, Shok (Thrill Kill Kult, Mount Sims, Newgrounds).
The music unites the worlds of organic and electronic together in a mesh which creates new sounds with strong songwriting where the listener has no idea which sounds are real and which synthesized.
Songs have been featured in movies from Miramax and tv shows such as A&E's acclaimed Biography, to compilations and more.
Shok's current news:
- Out Now Shok's remix of "Soldier" by Godhead (Ryko/ Warner Bros)
- After more than two years, work has begun for new Zeitmahl
- Performed on drums for UK artist, Attrition
- Added as drummer for (ex-Whitey) Julian Shah
- Added as drummer for Maxi Wild
- Producing Josie Cotton's highly anticipated comeback album
- Finished producing SMOKE & MIRRORS for Red Light District and performing
- Producing an album (techitchshok) with world reknown DNB DJ, TechItch featuring a variety of musicians
- About to launch a new monthly part in Hollywood, CA celebrating britpop, indie rock, experimental and modern electro genres
Shok's recent remix work includes:
- Zombie Girl - Creepy Crawler (Shok's Horror Pop Mix)
- Godhead - Soldier (Shok's Sold Yer Mix)
- Juno Reactor - God Is God 2007 (Dog Is Dog Update Mix)
- Isaac Hayes & Burt Bacharach - The Look Of Love (Shok Remix) [Staxx/ Concord Records]
- West Indian Girl - Solar Eyes (Solarized by Shok)
- Cylab - Grays (Graced by Shok & Zeitmahl mix)
- Pink Skull - Drugs Will Bring Us Together (Shok's Druqz Rehab)
- The Bellrays - Tell The Lie (Shok's Truth And Soultrain Blend)
- Traci Lords - Come Alive (Shok's Live Come Blend)
- Project 2501 - Again
Shok's past collaborations include:
- Daniel Ash (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love And Rockets)
- Superstar DJ Keoki (producer)
- Donita Sparks (L7) (producer, drums, bass)
- My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (drummer)
- David J. Haskins (Bauhaus, Love And Rockets)
- Daniel Myer & Haujobb (Metropolis/ Out Of Line)
- Mount Sims (Emperor Norton/ Gigolo Records)
- Mirah (K Records)
- The Wolfmen (Marco P. and Chris C. of Adam and The Ants)
- Julian Shah Taylor
- Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb)
- Adam Freeland
- TechItch
- Rabbit In The Moon (Hallucination Recordings)
- Juliette Storace
- TenWest
- Attrition
- Ben Watkins (Juno Reactor)
- New World Revolution
- Tom Fulp (Newgrounds.com FdaAllDay.com)
- Zeebarf (Zeebarf.com Sillygoth.com)
- Erik Weise (SpongeBobSquarePants, The Mighty B!, Sillygoth.com)
- Josh Salmon (Thistler.net FdaAllDay Sillygoth.com)
- Zombie Girl (Metropolis Records)
Shok's past news:
- DJ'd the Hex Halloween VIP party with Nitzer Ebb
- Performing on Drums for ZOMBIE GIRL
created in one day for the all night Cure party called PURE
CURE which had some of drum n bass's big DJs, etc. This song is a remake
NOT remix of the Classic song and vocals sung by Shok & guest vocalist,
Brimole - See Flyer front
& back
June 4th 1998
Sea
of Love
(classic remake in dark lounge triphop essence featuring Juliette)
This was created August 2003 in roughly one hour with vocals
recorded on the first take. Guest Vocalist, Juliette, duets with Shok.
Aug 2003
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Red Light District - Fire [2008, August 15th @ Santa Monica Pier]
Red Light District - Judas [2008, June 27th @ Bordello]
(Shok on vocals for 1 of 3 encores)
Shok as EMIT PEELS in SPRINGS
Girl Unknown
GothBot by The Frown.com
Shok drumming on tour with Thrill Kill Kult
Shok drumming on tour with Thrill Kill Kult
