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Aside from executing in the sonic collage duo the Books, Nick Zammuto recorded computer-based music privately under his surname. Zammuto’s initial albums had been atmospheric, you start with 2000’s Willscher as well as the 2001 triple CD-R Solutiore of Stareau. These early functions had been ambient, hypnotic, and glitchy. Nevertheless, …

The solo project of Nate Kinsella, formerly of Joan of Arc, Make Believe, and Decembers Architects and cousin of brothers Mike and Tim Kinsella, Birthmark finds the multi-instrumentalist striking from his own and looking for his own sound. Textural and split, the project originally began when Kinsella was wanting to …

Portland, OR-based clothing Ramona Falls was formed in ’09 2009 being a single automobile for Menomena multi-instrumentalist Brent Knopf. Called honoring a childhood walking path on Mt. Hood, Ramona Falls’ alternately whimsical and brooding mixture of electro-acoustic pop and left-field indie rock and roll made its open public debut in …

Multi-talented musician Jon Ragel continues to be performing as Boy Eats Drum Machine since early in 2001, when he began tinkering with music sampling utilizing a four-track recorder and his very own unique noises. The Portland, OR-based DJ was became a member of briefly by two various other music artists …

Made up of Joe Kremer, Matt Marlin, and Kurt Beals and packaging a rigorous, complex sound that drew from rings like Polvo and Modest Mouse, Pterodactyl began formulating their make of shrieking, stomping indie rock and roll in the first 2000s. The music group produced in Ohio and relocated to …

Talkdemonic are an experimental indie rock and roll duo begun in Dec 2002 as an outlet for multi-instrumentalist Kevin O’Connor to fulfill his fixation with instrumental hip-hop and digital music. Fitted in amidst the budding “folktronic hop” picture, the spouse to O’Connor — who takes on drums, electric guitar, synths, …

Portland, Oregon-based experimental rock and roll clothing Menomena originally contains multi-instrumentalists Justin Harris, Brent Knopf, and Danny Seim. They constructed a lot of their debut record, I Am the Fun Blame Monster!, with a pc plan dubbed Deeler, produced by Knopf. The album’s uncommon packaging was by means of a …

Truly warped funk/dub ensemble the Eternals combined the talents of Damon Hair (vocals, keyboards, special EFX), Wayne Montana (bass, melodica, guitar, keyboards), and Dan Fliegel (percussion, guitar, keyboards). Montana and Hair spent years collectively within the overlooked Trenchmouth, and Fliegel spent period with users of Tortoise as Tom Zé’s support …

Health&Beauty can be an experimental rock and roll clothing led by guitarist/songwriter Brian J. Sulpizio, who started using the name in 2003. Located in Chicago, Sulpizio released the initial standard full-length as Wellness&Beauty, IT HAD BEEN Almost Certainly a little Kid, in 2008. An EP entitled The Retch, the Movement …

A collaboration between National vocalist/lyricist Matt Berninger and multi-instrumentalist/producer Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls, El VY (“pronounced such as a plural of Elvis; rhymes with ‘hell pie'”) found fruition in 2015. Close friends and periodic tour mates for over ten years, Berninger and Knopf have been sending music …