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The Invisible

The Invisible produce a thick but satisfying musical stew using their cerebral mixture of art rock, post-punk, funk, dance-pop, and Afro-beat. The London trio started when vocalist/guitarist Dave Okumu tapped bassist Tom Herbert and drummer Leo Taylor for any 2006 solo task. The trio quickly gelled; recognizing themselves like a …

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Liquid Liquid

The minimalistic funk of New York’s Water Water consisted almost entirely of percussion grooves having a smattering of bass, plus congas, marimba, and the casual vocal thrown in. The quartet contains Scott Hartley (drums, percussion, speaking drum), Richard McGuire (bass, percussion, piano, acoustic guitar), Salvatore Principato (percussion, vocals), and Dennis …

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Chris Frantz

Among the Speaking Mind’ founding users, drummer Chris Frantz provided the backbeat for all the group’s following recordings (and performances). Given birth to Charton Christopher Frantz on, may 8, 1951, at Fort Campbell, KY, Frantz and his family members ultimately relocated to Pittsburgh through the middle-’60s, where he used the …

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Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Golf club began life like a part project for Speaking Heads users Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, who adopted a light, tropical dance design that won them a platinum recording in Tom Tom Golf club in 1981 and a high 40 solitary in “Genius of Like.” They continuing …

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Tina Weymouth

Among the initial bassists to merge funk with punk/substitute music was the Speaking Minds’ Tina Weymouth. Delivered on November 22, 1950, in Coronado, CA, Weymouth’s family members moved a lot in early stages, as her dad served within the Navy. Although Weymouth 1st found a acoustic guitar at age 14, …

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Adrian Belew

Although Adrian Belew has used a few of rock’s biggest names over time (Frank Zappa, David Bowie, the Speaking Heads, Ruler Crimson, etc.), he continues to be perhaps one of the most underrated and woefully overlooked guitarists of recent years. Like all great guitarists, Belew provides his very own recognizable …

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Wally Badarou

Wally Badarou was created in Paris, where his physician parents were educated and his father afterwards served simply because ambassador off their Western world African homeland of Cotonon Benin (previously Dahomey). Although he prepared a career being a pilot, he was seduced by synthesizers and rock and roll & roll, …

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Dinosaur L

Beneath the name Dinosaur, avant-garde cellist/composer Arthur Russell and several his NEW YORK based associates were in charge of the very first disco single released on Sire. That 1979 solitary, “Kiss Me Once again,” featured acoustic guitar from David Byrne (Speaking Mind), bass from Wilbur Bascomb Jr. (a practiced session …

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Sly Dunbar

The foundations of Jamaica’s drumming style were set with the innovative playing of Sly Dunbar (born: Lowell Fillmore Dunbar). As one-half from the Riddim Twins, Dunbar became a member of with bassist Robbie Shakespeare to supply the tempo section and/or creation for recordings by reggae performers including Peter Tosh, Dark …

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Get Back Guinozzi!

Founding people Eglantine Gouzy and Frederic Landini got exchanged music ideas formally and informally ahead of their function in REUNITE Guinozzi! — Landini got even came out on Gouzy’s single debut, Boamaster, released on Osaka Information in 2006. While REUNITE Guinozzi! shared a lot of the fuzzy, digital sensibilities of …

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