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Artist: Deep Melange
Artist: Les Maledictus Sound
From Montreal, Canada, les Maledictus Sound were a large instrumental ensemble that put out one album in the late '60s. The record was an odd melange of psychedelic rock, easy listening pop, orchestral arrangements, and some sound effects, dabbling in spots of classical, jazz, and whatnot. More of a novelty than inspired post-modernism, it was... [+] Read More
Artist: Doggerel Bank
One of the most unique British bands of the 1970s, Doggeral Bank set the words of poet William Bealby-Wright to an art-rock melange of harmonium, violin, viola, harp, mandolin, piano, organ, concertina, mini moog, electric guitar, drums and percussion composed by former British poet lauriat Jim Betjeman. Although they released two groundbreaking... [+] Read More
Artist: Cipher
New York's Cipher utilize rapped, sung, and shouted vocals to spin their very radical politics over an incredibly dense and unpredictable art-metal mélange -- part hardcore, part hip-hop, part free jazz, part math-metal, and more besides. Formed in 1996, the group has toured regularly, but recorded sparsely, waiting nearly a decade to compose... [+] Read More
Artist: Machine Drum
Of the many aliases attributed to Orlando, FL-based artist Travis Stewart (aka Syndrone, tstewart) Machine Drum is handily the most well-known. Although initially conceived as an outlet for Stewart's drill'n'bass meanderings, Machine Drum's first public release was a hazy, skittering melange that owed more to hip-hop and ambient than early... [+] Read More
Artist: L'Experience 9
In the kind of thing bound to confuse catalogers for eternity, L'Experience 9 were the same as les Maledictus Sound, a large instrumental ensemble from Montreal, Canada, that put out one album in the late '60s. The album credited to L'Experience 9 called Freak Out Total is identical to the somewhat more widely known one by les Maledictus Sound... [+] Read More
Artist: Bible Launcher
The San Francisco-based group/project Bible Launcher exists with the aims of satirizing Christianity (in general) and televangelists (in particular). Their style is a melange of metallic avant-rock, spoken word rants, screaming saxophones, and samples taken from both religious broadcasts and pornographic films. Bible Launcher's core members are... [+] Read More
Artist: Theo Parrish
With a style similar to Moodymann's take on Detroit tech-house as a melange of distorted disco-funk and boogie, Theo Parrish originally grew up in Chicago but moved to the Motor City by the time of his late-1996 Baby Steps EP on Elevate Records, a subsidiary of 7th City. From the EP, his Chicago tribute "Lake Shore Drive" later appeared on the... [+] Read More
Artist: Beseech
The flamboyantly dressed Swedish quintet Beseech delves in what they like to call
"symphonic goth metal" -- a mixture of doom, death, and, well, symphonic and gothic elements which, if it doesn't always makes sense, rarely fails to surprise. Jorgen Sjoberg (vocals), Robert Spanglund (lead guitar), Klas Bohlin (rhythm guitar), Andreas Wiik... [+] Read More
Artist: A.K ALVAREZ
A.K Alvarez commence sa carriere musicale en Angleterre en 1998 ou il tourne avec son groupe 'Brothers on the slide' dans les clubs de Londres a Soho, Brixton & Camden. Sa rencontre avec les artistes musiciens/danseurs de la fameuse troupe STOMP donne naissance a de nombreuses collaborations musicales.Installe a paris en 2004, A.K Alvarez ecrit... [+] Read More
Artist: Angelo Moore
Angelo Moore (vocals, saxophone) is also known as Dr. Madd Vibe, but he is perhaps more recognized as the frontman for Fishbone, the wildly energetic party train of '70s funk and ska revivalists. Moore formed Fishbone in 1979 with Chris Dowd (trombone, keyboards), Walter Kibby (trumpet, horn, vocals), Kendall Jones (guitar), John Norwood Fisher... [+] Read More
Artist: David Wilkie
During the 19th century pioneer days of America, immigrants brought traditional European folk music to their new homeland, influencing the audio mélange that became country & western music by the 1920s and '30s. Half a century later, mandolin player Dave Wilkie attempted to bring authentic Celtic melodies back to the cowboy music they had... [+] Read More
Artist: Fuzzhead
Less a true band than a loose collective of experimental improvisers and sonic explorers, Kent, OH-based Fuzzhead has no permanent members, save leader/philosopher Bill Weita. Since the mid-'80s, Weita has led an ever-shifting lineup (the sleeve photo of one album features a group photo of literally dozens of people) through an occasionally... [+] Read More
Artist: Fatboy Slim
Norman "Jack-of-All-Genres" Cook, in addition to his former occupations as bassist for the Housemartins and one-third of acid house hitmakers Pizzaman, is also the man behind one of the most popular of the new flock of English "Brit-hop" producers, Fatboy Slim. Releasing his Fatboy material through club staple Skint, Cook's raucous blend of... [+] Read More
Artist: Red Sea Station
Go to myspace.com/redseastation for the latest.Current Songs:The Streets are Whispering: A Protest SongThe Last Chord: A song dedicated to songwriters who have passed on too soonI was right, you were wrong: A song about a relationshipBombs: An anti-war songAlphabet City Swagger on a Sunday in GlasgowWe recorded 5 hours of music, 40 songs or so,... [+] Read More
Artist: sonarprod
A.K Alvarez commence sa carriere musicale en Angleterre en 1998 ou il tourne avec son groupe 'Brothers on the slide' dans les clubs de Londres a Soho, Brixton & Camden. Sa rencontre avec les artistes musiciens/danseurs de la fameuse troupe STOMP donne naissance a de nombreuses collaborations musicales.Installe a paris en 2004, A.K Alvarez ecrit... [+] Read More
Artist: Lemon Sun
Lemon Sun entwine a melange of glamorous rock and roll, the innovation of indie rock, a rush of Motown soul, and whimsical tinges of psychedelia. The members hail from various parts of the US (and a hint of overseas), but formed in Los Angeles, where they have steadily built a name and following for their energetic brand of rock and roll.... [+] Read More
Artist: The Pop Group
Warning: This band's name is loaded with irony; there is little if anything "pop" about them. So, if you happen across any of their albums and think you're getting something that sounds like a cross between the Raspberries and the Beatles, don't say you weren't warned. Emerging in the late-'70s post-punk era, this militant gang of leftist... [+] Read More
Artist: Nosy Parker
Nosy Parker began as a duo in Whitestone, New York, circa 1975. Tom Viola, late of the popular, local San Francisco-style psychedelic band Justice, met vocalist and fellow guitarist Joe Celano and the two soon thereafter formed an acoustic pairing heavily influenced not only by the Byrds and such esoteric British acts as the Strawbs, Ralph... [+] Read More
Artist: Norman Cook
Norman "Jacker-Of-All-Genres" Cook, in addition to his former occupations as bassist for the Housemartins and one third of acid-house hitmakers Pizzaman, is also the man behind one of the most popular of the new flock of English "brit hop" producers, Fatboy Slim. Releasing his Fatboy material through club staple Skint, Cook's raucous blend of... [+] Read More
Artist: Rick Matle
Beginning at the age of 17, guitar player Rick Matle has had an expansive musical career. He has worked in musical theater, toured with national show groups, and performed for two years with a jazz trio on the East Coast. But his most significant and productive work has come from his collaboration with singer/composer Sheila Landis. The... [+] Read More
Artist: Soul-Junk
When avant-pop band Trumans Water relocated from San Diego to the Pacific Northwest in early 1994, multi-instrumentalist Glenn Galloway stayed behind, re-christened himself Glen Galaxy, and embarked on a (mostly) solo project called Soul-Junk. Writing songs in praise of Jesus Christ, and in fact drawing a large portion of his lyrics directly... [+] Read More
Artist: F.X. Randomiz
Köln, Germany's enigmatic A-Musik label has produced some of the most fascinatingly complex reshufflings of experimental ambient and post-techno. And while his name typically only makes it onto his own releases, Felix "F.X." Randomiz has been involved in one way or another with most of them. A contributor to the electronica etchings of such... [+] Read More
Artist: Cotton Mather
A brilliant fusion of the Beatles, Squeeze, Guided By Voices, and some less obvious influences, Austin-based power poppers Cotton Mather are one of those rare power pop groups who transcend their inspirations to create powerful and original music of their own.
Formed in Austin in 1991, the original Cotton Mather (named of course after the famous... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Apollon
Dave Apollon was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1897. Originally a student of the violin, he became acquainted with the mandolin through an old bowl-backed model his father had lying about the house. By the young age of 14, he was performing on the instrument in theaters throughout Kiev, but a stint as a soldier during the Russian Revolution stalled... [+] Read More
