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Artist: Tie That Binds
The Tie That Binds began in 1993 under their original moniker of Badger. Based out of Houston, TX, Abridged Records debuted the band's sound of melodic hardcore and indie undertones on the 1994 split EP with fellow Texans Blueprint. Following a U.S. tour and their 1995 EP, Unhappy Life, Badger discover that there was already a '70s supergroup... [+] Read More
Artist: Carly Binding
Artist: Verbals Binding
We just like to play music so we decided to play it together. [+] Read More
Artist: Dying is Easy
I've been creating and demolishing music for around six years. I've made myself comfortable with basic computer applications, including VST plug-ins. I create electronic music with a background story. Nothing is ever the same. I mix orchestrated samples and fuse them with rock chords with an electronic overseer guiding the path. I combine... [+] Read More
Artist: Black Market Flowers
Guitarist and vocalist Matt Neth and bassist Bryan Ray formed the band in San Francisco in 1991, and moved to Los Angeles, where they found drummer Heath Patterson. After a year of showcasing their melodic brand of grunge on the club circuit, Black Market Flowers were signed by Relativity Records, and released their debut, Bind, in 1993. ~ John... [+] Read More
Artist: Wind May Do Damage
Formed in the early '90s, this Canadian-based band featuring lead singer and future solo artist Kathryn Rose gained much recognition among music critics for their easy style and haunting melodies. Although accompanied by many, the core duo's 1992 self-titled debut was a sparse collection of song and word. The album was followed by some touring... [+] Read More
Artist: Sally Shuffield
A native of Arkansas, Sally Shuffield brought a varied background to bear on her career as a folk singer/songwriter, including a master's degree in anthropology and work for the environmental movement. Based in Durango, CO, she built up a following around the U.S., releasing her debut album, Backroads of My Mind, on Fanfare Records in 1999. Ties... [+] Read More
Artist: Biastfear
After starting out as a pretty straightforward late-'90s harsh metal band reminiscent of Fear Factory or Crowbar, Cleveland, OH's curiously named Biastfear embarked upon a far more unusual and original path with their attempts to blend heavy metal with hip-hop. Featuring vocalist T.J. Bruce, guitarist Ron Brinker, bassist Rob Schultz, and... [+] Read More
Artist: Louise Rutkowski
Vocalist Louise Rutkowski is most recognized as the startling voice behind 4AD projects This Mortal Coil (Filigree & Shadow and Blood) and the Hope Blister's Smile's OK. The Scotland native was actually signed to CBS at the age of 19 in the early '80s and recorded Sunset Gun with noted session keyboardist Pete Wingfield. Later signed with... [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Snitzer
Contemporary jazz saxophonist/composer Andy Snitzer was born and raised in Philadelphia; although his first instrument was the clarinet, he turned to the sax at age 15, going on to study music at the University of Miami. There he was discovered by Bob James, touring behind the keyboardist and appearing on a series of albums beginning with 1987's... [+] Read More
Artist: Michael Edmonds
Michael Edmonds is an independent Gospel recording artist, songwriter and producer. His ministry has been said to be a breath of fresh air to the industry and the world. Platinum recording artist, producer, and pastor, Ben Tankerd, who has a clientel which includeds multi-platinum recording artist such as Yolanda Adams, say this about... [+] Read More
Artist: Jotunspor
When asked to do a noisy Black metal record for Cold Spring Records, King (Gorgoroth, Sahg, etc.) and Kvitrafn (Sigfader, ex-Gorgoroth,) teamed up and formed Jotunspor (tracks/traces of giants). Musically their debut album «Gleipnirs Smeder» binds grim and primitive black metal together with elements of noisy dark-ambient, while the concept of... [+] Read More
Artist: See Emily Pray
See Emily Pray is a new Portland band featuring former members of
Stabitha and Almost Milwaukie. Their music brings together influences
as varied as New Wave, Gothic, Psychedelic, and Metal.
Pinning down the rhythm is M'liss on drums, her inventive rhythmic
devices honed through years of playing and teaching in Pittsburgh and
Portland.
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Artist: Drummers of Burundi
Improvised polyrhthms are used to create the spell-binding sound of the Drummers Of Burundi. An ancient group, who originally accompanied the king during his travels, The Drummers of Burundi continue to express emotion and intensity through the pounding of their home-made drums. Bill Bruford, drummer for King Crimson, described the drummers of... [+] Read More
Artist: Ogre
Nivek Ogre was the snarling voice behind Canada's fierce industrialists Skinny Puppy, and after their demise in 1995, he was already tinkering around with various music projects. Together with producer Mark Walk (Pigface, Ruby), he designed the unit called OhGr. The new moniker, which had been in the works just prior to Skinny Puppy's end, did... [+] Read More
Artist: Iron Lung
Music maybe his life, but his life seems to be fading away. Iron Lung is an underground Emcee out of Miami Florida that is yearning for escape from the unseen chains that bind him. "if anyone deserves to leave this earth a little earlier then scheduled, believe me it's me" he sings in one of his songs. Something is happening under the skin, and... [+] Read More
Artist: Detty Kurnia
The musical traditions of Indonesia meet the electronic technology and rhythms of the West through the music of vocalist Detty Kurnia. Well known in Indonesia since the late '70s, Kurnia steadily increased her following throughout the world since 1990 when her album, Rayungan, was remixed by Japanese producer Makoto Kubota and reissued in Japan.... [+] Read More
Artist: Neil Diamond
In a career that began in the 1960s, Neil Diamond became a major recording artist, an internationally successful touring act, and a songwriter whose compositions produced hits for himself and others. His earliest recognition, in fact, came as a songwriter associated with the Brill Building era of Tin Pan Alley in the early '60s. But he soon... [+] Read More
Artist: Elyzium
Cary Carrico was in Texas. Josh Langfield had heard of Texas from his small Italian village some call Chicago. McKay Garner rose through the ranks of the Alien Allies Local Chapter 67 after writing his awakening article for the 3rd annual E.T. conference "Texas, It's not a Myth." This was the link that would forever bind the three and bring them... [+] Read More
Artist: John Bradshaw
Self-help guru John Bradshaw was born in Houston, TX, on June 29, 1933; the product of a troubled family, as a teen he was abandoned by his alcoholic father but still excelled as a student, graduating from the University of Toronto in 1963 with degrees in sacred theology and philosophy, while later pursuing graduate studies in psychology and... [+] Read More
Artist: The Dowlands
During the late '50s, David Dowland and Keith Dowland were a harmony vocal duo from Bournemouth who were basically known as Everly Brothers imitators, similar to the Brook Brothers. Their sound was toughened up by the presence of a backing group that included Roy Phillips on guitar and drummer Chris Warman, and they were good enough to get... [+] Read More
Artist: Corciolli
From his early teens, he was interested in music. At the age of fifteen, he started playing the piano and later on studied classical and pop music, harmony and improvisation, and also participated in many bands and solo projects and turned to Jazz music as well as the typical South American styles such as Bossa Nova.
After buying his first... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Derrane
The Boston-born son of Irish immigrants, Joe Derrane is ranked among the finest button accordionists in the history of Celtic music. Although he recorded a series of Irish tunes on 78 rpm in the 1940s and '50s, he disappeared from the traditional music circuit until performing at the Irish Folk Festival at Wolf Trap Farm Park for Performing Arts... [+] Read More
Artist: The Primitives
In the mid-1960s, Lou Reed took a job as a staff songwriter and studio musician at Pickwick, the budget/exploitation label in New York. His most fully realized effort from this period, though hardly a notable artistic accomplishment, was the 1964 single "The Ostrich"/"Sneaky Pete." Pretty outrageous by standards of the time, "The Ostrich" was... [+] Read More
Artist: The Flamin' Groovies
One of America's greatest, most influential, and legendary cult bands, the Flamin' Groovies came out of the San Francisco area in 1965 playing greasy, bluesy, rock & roll dashed with a liberal sprinkling of British Invasion panache, in an era soon to be dominated by hippie culture and hyperextended raga-rock freakouts. Caught in a double bind of... [+] Read More
