Collaborators past and present include: Tim Morgan, drums, trumpet, guitar, vocals;
Andy Monefeldt, basses; Brian Brock, guitars, banjo; Graham Stephenson, trumpet, keyboards, electronics; Pierce MacIntyre, electronics, keyboards; 52 Splinters, performance art group; Jeff Snyder, electronics, bass; Dietrich Gosser, guitars, vocals; Clare Fehsenfeld, vocals;
Dan Kuemmel, drums; Benjamin Pierce, poetry.
Several short films scored for Dietrich Gosser, Benjamin Pierce, Dan Cashin, Dan Durika.
Influences
John Zorn/Tzadik, Robbie Fulks, Sarah Siskind, Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Eminem, Scriabin, Fred Frith, Led Zepplin, Gastr del Sol, Eyvind Kang, The Breeders, Arto Lindsay, Lambchop, Kool Keith, Messiaen, Madonna, Ennio Morricone, Jim Keltner, Nirvana, Jim O'Rourke, Secret Chiefs 3, Marc Ribot, Cat Power, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, US Maple, Stereo Total, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Deerhoof, Gary Peacock, Art Bears, The Ruins, Jennifer Charles, The Police, Johnny Paycheck, Soundgarden, Bill Frisell, Mike Campbell, Merzbow, John Bonham, Mike Patton, Gillian Welch, Dave Douglas, Portishead, Mr Bungle, Schoenberg, Aphex Twin, The Beatles, Orthrelm, Paul Motion, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, George Jones.
Sounds Like
My favorite music criticisms are of US Maple that they sound like a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs, and of Gunter Muller & Taku Sugimoto's album I'm Happy if You're Happy that it sounds like it was recorded in a hot-air balloon drifting away from a fireworks display.
Zach Parker, born in Port Washington, WI, 1977, currently in Chicago. The first music for me was my sisters' and folks' records - Graceland, Beatles, Beach Boys, Knee Deep In the Hooplah - and Madonna and The Cars on the radio. Then came my brother's records, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin. My first record was Thriller, my first tape was Mr. Mister. Started playing guitar in 1987. Studied composition at UW Madison, also studied creative collaboration there with Pauline Oliveros. Studied abroad in Sydney, Australia; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Caen, France. Several albums written, performed, recorded, self-released; several short films scored. Piece "bedroom variation" included on Outsiders Looking Inward 2004, a compilation of experimental guitar music put out by White Rose (Will Soderberg).
Several musical collaborators met through Nottingham Co-operative in Madison, WI.
Hosted open-mics at Cafe Assisi and Nottingham, currently semi-regular performances at Nottingham and other local venues.
Guitar, voice, drums, keyboards, loops, electronics, bass.
When are you going to come down here and make a record? What's this I hear about you playing in a band now, where you play songs and such? I'm sure you're scheming to get the drummer to only play kick-snare-kick-snare like the good old days. Where can I hear some of this music?
.. THE ZEBRAS VINYL IS HERE!!! 300 hand numbered copies of the split LP with E=MC Hammer have been pressed and the official release shows are all booked (see below). PLUS RIGHT NOW i have a small batch ready to be ordered online to the quick fans that do not want to wait! you want it now? just go to myspace.com/slazebras.
I didn't realize until just now that you put some up some of your new music. It works strangely well accompanied by dryer noises. I hope you are doing excellently.
James Blackshaw & Jozef Van Wissem form a Holy Alliance on this palindromatic masterpiece, based on the heretic writings of 13th Century mystic Marguerite Porete.
Occasionally I miss France. Perhaps its just the longing for kir and quiet conversation. I had forgotten how fast things move here and sometimes I still feel the need to slow it all down.
How's life handsome? Really happy that I can listen to your music now whenever I want on your myspace page. I have some friends who like it, too:) Hope everything is well and that you are too!
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