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Artist: Severin
Before fronting the Capitol City Dusters, Alec Bourgeois held the mic for Severin, an early-'90s D.C. indie rock band that featured Gray Matter guitarist Mark Haggerty. Bourgeois founded Superbad Records, which co-released three Severin singles with Dischord Records. The band's textured, anxious sound got some West Coast recording on a single... [+] Read More
Artist: The Capitol City Dusters
Fusing the sentiments of early hardcore and the sounds of D.C. post-punk, the Capitol City Dusters started off originally as the Dusters in 1996. Guitarist/vocalist Alec Bourgeois and drummer Benjamin Azzara got together when their respective Washington bands, Severin and Delta 72, split up. Bassist Bill Colgrove, whose hardcore band Foundation... [+] Read More
Artist: Physics
Physics was a San Diego-based collective heavily indebted to German minimalism, from the electronic trances of Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream to the hypnotic repetition of Krautrockers like Can, Neu!, and Kraftwerk. Unlike many of their influences, however, they habitually performed at top volume, crediting avant-garde composer and guitarist... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Jasper
Any serious list of highly influential keyboardists in the soul/pop/funk field would have to include the Isley Brothers' Chris Jasper. Jasper can be heard laying down adept acoustic piano, organ, funky clavinet, and Moog/Arp synthesizer lines on such seminal '70s hits as "Who's That Lady," "Fight the Power," "For the Love of You" (covered by... [+] Read More
