60 Cyle Hum---- started in 1982 as a trio of guitar, bass, and drums with a bit of synthesizer and a fair amount of effects. it then progressed into a duo featuring significantly much more electronics and electronic processing. after a descent into sparse ambient soundscapes and audial wall paper it turned towards high-energy fusionality. around 1988 the sounds started to get more electronic again until Halloween 1992 when we stopped playing (except for one reunion jam in 1998.) High levels of sound pressure, polyryhthms, feedback, drones, dynamic interaction, atonality, and long, mind tingling jams...
Your Brain on Drugs---was a solo effort by me (crystal) during a slow period of 60 Cycle Hum. Two cassette tapes were released and about 10 live performances performed including one memorable outdoor jam when the troopers showed up at 2:00am (after most listeners had bedded down ,or fell down, for the night) and said they could hear the noise for over a mile ;^) i was using well over 1000watts of amp stacks, with multiple different effects on each amp, fun.
AEON --- was a duo of bass guitar, feedback, electronics, and didjeridou that lasted about 3 years, 25 performances, and someday (when i get to it) a cd or at least some downloadables. Very trance inducing, spacey and earthy all at once ...
Crystal Awareness Project --- was the working/playing name of some various electro-acoustic ensembles formed and unformed during 1999-2001.
since 2001 i have been performing as Crystal Awareness and since 2007 as part of Synaptic Tendrils, a trio of bass guitar, synthesizer, trumpet, computers, and digital trumpet
2007: we played 2 small birthday partys with me on live computer and JoeyJoe on digi trumpet in July 07 but unfortunately they weren''t recorded...another small party upcoming on 8/17 (was good, also unrecorded)
we (joeyjoe and i) played a duo on 12/20/07 which was, miraculously, partially recorded. me on bass guitar, and homebuilt analog synth, joey on digi trumpet with some beats via LP by our friend paul. .....soon i will edit it and put up a few minutes of it.
2008:supposedably i am going to play at the local teahouse in feb..., actually it's looking like april 5 or 18 maybe. this will be analog synth in quad.
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