Tag Archives: The Octopus Project

Affected by ambient electronica, dance, post-rock, and world music, the Berg Sans Nipple certainly are a French-American duo offering Paris native Lori Sean Berg and Nebraskan Shane Aspegren. Both produced their musical debut in 2002, liberating a soundtrack EP towards the brief film Marie-Madeleine before laying the groundwork for any …

A notoriously enigmatic music group hailing from Pa, Dark Moth Super Rainbow produced waves over the indie circuit in the first 2000s using their make of otherworldly, psychedelic indie pop. The task started in Pittsburgh in 2002, and extended to add five associates (Cigarette, the Seven Areas of Aphelion, Power …

Toto Miranda, Josh Lambert, and Yvonne Lambert will be the primary members from the junky, dirty, hook-heavy electronic trio referred to as the Octopus Task. On-stage, the group change between musical instruments, including drums, guitars, and consumer electronics; additionally, Yvonne has a Theremin. The group’s lively stage existence and exclusive …

An idiosyncratic indie pop keyboardist whose trippy, reverb-laced Hammond organ-dominated compositions drew evaluations to the task of Hansson & Karlsson, Eric Malmberg gained reputation in the Swedish indie picture of the first 2000s both like a single artist and as you half from the instrumental indie pop duo Sagor & …

Attempting to stick out among your peers when you practice your art in the wonderful world of Japanese pop/rock and roll/punk is usually no imply feat, but NY City-based Peelander-Z offers certainly produced some serious waves. Mixing elements of the energy Rangers, Japanese and American pop tradition pictures, sci-fi, and …

Books on Tape may be the long-running single task of electronic musician Todd Drootin. Drootin started Books on Tape in LA in 1999 following the separation of his even more collaborative task Subverse. An early on cousin of breakcore and much more punk-informed assumes digital music, Drootin dubbed his frequently …

Dark experimental instrumental post-rock music group Pivot were shaped in 1999 by brothers Laurenz Pike (drums, percussion) and Richard Pike (acoustic guitar, creation), but soon ballooned to some five-piece band using the improvements of Adrian Klumpes (key pad), Neal Sutherland (bass), and Dave Bowman (turntables). It might be de rigueur …

Acquiring their name from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Delivered Down Girl, Xiu Xiu created in San Jose, California with Cory McCullough, Yvonne Chen (publisher from the indie zine Zum), Lauren Andrews, and Jamie Stewart. Before developing Xiu Xiu, McCullough and Stewart performed in the music group Ten …

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, …

Formerly referred to as Cherry, Fresh York’s rock-meets-electronica duo Ratatat feature multi-instrumentalist/programmer Evan Mast and guitarist Mike Stroud. Mast was also the brains behind the fairly laptop computer pop of E*vax, and along with his sibling E*Rock and roll he went the indie digital label Sound Dregs. Stroud also performed, …