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| Location: | NEW YORK, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Apr 2, 2008 (243 days back) |
About Me |
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| Emerging out of the underground dens of New York
City’s DJ-based remix
revolution - DROID pushes the envelope of
improvised music, mixing
elements from breakbeat / electronica to industrial
rock and nu-form jazz. Their combination of all these disparate sensibilities is a touchstone to an incredible new scene in NYC; reminiscent of the eclectic mix of people and sounds that brought about the early 80’s NO WAVE scene.
In 2000 the band was signed to Shadow Records and released "NYC D ’n’ B" as well as various tracks on Shadow compilations "Hard Sessions" 1 & 2. NYC’s DJ Spooky and Detroit producer Carl Craig also used Droid material for their own remixes.The musicians that make-up DROID combine experimentation, musicianship and an attitude for current beat culture. Jordan McLean (member of Antibalas & leader of Fire Of Space) plays trumpet, Amir ziV (long-time member of Cyro Baptista’s Beat The Donkey & leader of KOTKOT w/Marc Ribot, Cyro Baptista & Shahzad Ismaily) plays drums, Adam Holzman (long-time keyboardist and musical director of Miles Davis!!! & leader of Brave New World) plays synthesizers & Fender Rhodes. As for the LOW-END.... BASS that is - it’s basically a rotating "electric" chair which so far has been bravely filled by: Tim LeFebvre, Jonathan Maron, Shahzad Ismaily, Stu Brooks & Yossi Fine.Droid has been very active durind 2005/2006 playing live and recording/archiving their current sound. Here’s what some people recently had to say:_______________________________________URB -
"Like ’70s-era Miles Davis, Droid transcends genres as the musicians link disparate elements of sound with astounding results."
Chris Muniz
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BPM -
"Droid seems to be leading the way as far as truly "live" drum ’n’ bass/electronica-infused-jazz is concerned."
MC. (Blips)
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TIME OUT NEW YORK -
"You can expect the high-energy group to pull out what ever stops may be left to pull."
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FUTURE MUSIC -
"A high-octane journey - Newform Jazz."
Lisa McGee
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URB -
"The astounding drum work of Amir ziV may convince even the most ruffneck kids that they’re in the hands of masters."
Chris M.
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AP -
"Real-time drum ’n’ bass from a planet OUT of our immediate solar system. WAY ’out-of-the-box’ - way AHEAD of it’s time." * * * PLEASE - NO ADVERTISEMENT COMMENTS * * * |
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Music:Member Since: 5/23/2006Band Members: legend has it... that the core band has always been:JORDAN MCLEAN TRUMPET, AMIR ZIV TRAPS, ADAM BUTLER SYNTHESIZERS & TIM LEFEBVRE BASS,but as of lately, the band may have been spotted with any of the following bad-asses: STU BROOKS / SHAHZAD ISMAILY / YOSSI FINE BASS, ADAM HOLZMAN SYNTHESIZERS, ABE SEIFERTH GUITAR. Influences: MILES, ZEPPLIN, STOCKHAUSEN, PLUG, SQUARE PUSHER, LIGETI, MORTON FELDMAN, JACKSON POLLOCK, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, STANLEY KUBRICK & SUBVERSIVE POLITICAL TALK............... Sounds Like: this question has been known to make certain band members froth at the mouth and grow red horns. Join Our Email List Email: Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other / Other / Other) |
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ANTIBALAS, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Jeremiah Lockwood, Beyondo, Amir ziV, Tim Lefebvre/Skip Herbertson, Dub Trio, Isabel of ISAphoto.com, Adam Holzman & Brave New World, Shir, Medeski Martin & Wood, Cling, Trey Anastasio, Ugochill Productions ( ALBUM RELEASED !! ), The Dormouse, Rebel Audio Recordings, Cuban Soul Productions, HYENA Records, DJ MUSTARD PIMP (NEW CLIP & NEW SET AVAILABLE), Degoba, muh-lih-ssuh, SQUID, Roberta Giallo, My Friend Ben, Marie, they came from the stars, i saw them, Spread The Word Events, dario boente, Heedoosh, Jenna Nicholls, Freud Quiere Bailar, Carsten Lindholm, Silence Factory, Lucibel Crater, Beat Frequency, Husk, pascal, Control Escape, Composure, DIAGONAL BUILDINGS, Mark Dignam, 11:00A.M.™, Brendan O’ Shea, FairplayCollective, Sarah, the Agriculture Records, Michael Brunnock, Faith-Ann, 50on, krill.minima, SEEK IRONY - Everything we Are ON iTunes NOW!, quasi the forgotten, Dobson Hall, Nerve Recordings, Trenton 2 Philly (TeedHosting .com)
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