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Artist: Transmutator
Artist: Praxis
Praxis is one of producer Bill Laswell's many projects, featuring guitarist Buckethead, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, AF Next Man Flip (turntable) and Brain (drums) Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis) appeared on Axiom Records in 1993, followed a year later by Sacrifist. Warsawa, featuring contributions from members of the turntable crew Invisibl... [+] Read More
Artist: Neilson Hubbard
Mississippi-based singer/songwriter Neilson Hubbard got his start in a Galaxie 500 cover band, but what's interesting is that was not until his second solo album (after an earlier stint fronting the mid-period Feelies-like artsy college rockers This Living Hand, the group that cover band had transmuted into) that Hubbard's own music showed any... [+] Read More
Artist: Brian "Brain" Mantia
Drummer Brian Brain" Mantia has played with some of rock's more cult/fringe artists (Praxis, Primus, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Godflesh), as well as more mainstream/renown ones (Guns N' Roses). Raised in the South Bay city of Cupertino, CA, Mantia became interested in such groove heavy' artists as James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix... [+] Read More
Artist: Razor Skyline
Modeled by Karen Kardell (vocals) and the_Gun (keyboards, programming), the Razor Skyline initiated its movements in 1995, underscoring their patterned methods through profound and dense compositions. Motivated by the work of '80s bands such as the Cure or Siouxie & the Banshees, and going beyond an inspired renaissance of gothic rock, Skyline's... [+] Read More
Artist: Fred Moolten
The Way We Are, a freshman album, marked the appearance of one of the truly extraordinary songwriting talents to arrive on the music scene, Fred Moolten. Fred Moolten's emergence as a songwriter had been preceded by years spent in other realms. At one time a stage and television actor, he later went on to earn a medical degree and devote... [+] Read More
Artist: Matthew Carlin
When asked about his professional life, Matthew Carlin says he is a freelance writer in Brooklyn, New York, where he currently resides. But what he really enjoys are long walks on the beach, fine wines and quiet evenings at home. His pet-peeves are rudeness, waiting and the sticky residue left behind from removed price stickers on shampoo... [+] Read More
Artist: Coil
Initially established in 1983 as a solo outlet for vocalist and percussionist John Balance, the experimental sonic manipulation unit Coil became a full-fledged concern a year later following the arrival of keyboardist/programmer Peter Christopherson, a founder of Psychic TV as well as a member of Throbbing Gristle. After debuting with the... [+] Read More
Artist: Constance Demby
Constance Demby is one of the few representatives of the New Age movement (in both her music and her personal philosophies) who consistently creates artistic, highly expressive compositions. Demby was trained in classical music as a child, and her artistic spirit led her to also master several other art forms; at the University of Michigan, she... [+] Read More
Artist: Bill Laswell
A longtime linchpin of the New York City underground music scene, Bill Laswell was among the most prolific artists in contemporary music; as a performer, producer, and label chief, his imprint is on literally hundreds of albums, the majority of them characterized by a signature sound fusing the energy of punk with the bone-rattling rhythms of... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Genzel
My name is Chris Genzel and I was born in 1978. Early on, my mother introduced me to lots of unusual music which made a great impression on me. At the age of 14, I started exploring the world of music on my own and have since found interest in nearly every imaginable style (though preferably non-mainstream), especially in the work of Herbie... [+] Read More
Artist: The Animals
One of the most important bands originating from England's R&B scene during the early '60s, the Animals were second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. The Animals had their origins in a Newcastle-based group called the Kansas City Five, whose membership included pianist Alan... [+] Read More
Artist: Harry A. Yerkes
During the decade preceding the transmutation of the word "jazz" from a verb into a noun, a vibrant mosaic of musical ideas and styles made it possible for this new form to germinate, develop, and spread throughout the world, a process accelerated by the increasing availability of phonograph records. Little attention has been paid to certain... [+] Read More
Artist: Ashley Hutchings
Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings first achieved recognition as a co-founder of Fairport Convention in 1967, but his work and his musical influences predate Fairport Covention by several years, and he has since gone on to found and lead numerous other notable groups, including Steeleye Span, and the various Albion Bands. In many respects, he is to... [+] Read More
Artist: Zoot Money
Zoot Money was one of British rock 'n' roll's homebound heroes -- admired, respected and sought after by his colleagues, and able to fill halls nightly in England, he never managed to sell lots of records, even in England. Born in Bournemouth in 1942 with the name George Bruno Money, he grew up in an Italian-immigrant (but, on his father's side,... [+] Read More
