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Welcome to ballbearingspinatas.com - home to the musics of spencer owen, ariel pink, r. stevie moore, raven fenbahn, andrew epstein, jeff eliassen, devin mcnulty, john wood, max markowitz, beyondo, jonathan marmor, chris xiques, cody brown, corey fogel, ing, john acquadro, calibungai sergeants, and fireworks. All music represented on this site is self produced and home-made. Send us your music - j@je-ff.net |
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| ARIEL PINK |
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| Ariel Pink has slowly / over night become the darling prince of LA underground pop. His songs seem like lost jems from decades past that would have changed the world had they been made / discovered then, yet, now they have been made.... All sounds are made & played by Ariel (including the drum sounds which are made by his mouth) at home on an 8-track cassette machine. Don't miss out on the craze that is currently sweeping the nation!!! |
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| Lover Boy |
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| Don't Talk To Strangers (LB) |
| Jonathan's Halo (LB) |
| l'estat (according to the widow's maid) (USTOI) |
| My Molly (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| arielpink.com |
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| SPENCER OWEN |
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The prolific and inspired Spencer Owen is a hidden California treasure. His music produces an immediate sensation of pop familiarity, yet cannot easily be contextualized within any genre of music. At once, Owen upholds and subverts an entire tradition of formula in American popular music. His songs have a richness that envelops you immediately like a room, rather than wall, of sound. |
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| E.T.R. (Electric 3rd R-Word) |
| 18' x 2000' / ribcage |
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| The Association (18x) |
| The Method (18x) |
| Sleeping In Public (ETR) |
| Phenomenon (ETR) |
| Traveller's Song (USTOI) |
| The Warning, Despite Meredith (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| matomico.blogspot.com |
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| RAVEN FENBAHN |
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| Raven Fenbahn is the west coast's hottest sitting/sing-yelling pop band. Members include: Andrew Epstein, Jeff Eliassen, John Wood, Devin McNulty, Spencer Owen, Lee Lynch, Christian Cummings, Max Markowitz, Dan Bennett, Corey Fogel, and Jonathan Marmor. Raven formed in the fall of 2001, Jeff, Corey, Jonathan, and Andrew started playing little things that were music-ish, people smiled, some teared up, and they became Raven Fenbahn. Now Raven has evolved into a community-collective that plays warm, expansive, unique, subtle, and inspiring music for all ages. |
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| introducing raven fenbahn |
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| Baeleen Frolst / Gliding Pelican / Baeleen Frolst (IRF) |
| In My Town And Gown (IRF) |
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| MAX MARKOWITZ |
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| Max Markowitz musician, composer, improviser, artist, community leader, friend, list maker, brilliant, member of ing, leader of bear bear, member of Raven Fenbahn, trumpet, sing, yell, say, laugh, things, lap steel guitar, son, sun, volvo, max. |
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| ALBUMS: |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
| from u.s. to i |
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| ing - Sixty (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| redcowboyboots.com |
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| JEFF ELIASSEN |
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| Jeff Eliassen creates subtle & enchanting music through a symphonic eye/ear to cultivate harmonically-whole-grain-enriched and highly-melodic little cardboard model cities. Some of these cities have good public transportation, no homeless-ness, and a deliberate de-emphasis of professional sports, and some don't. |
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| sugar's dream |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
| from u.s. to i |
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| LISTEN: |
| Valentine (SD) |
| Have You Forgotten? (SD) |
| Baeleen Frolst / Gliding Pelican / Baeleen Frolst (IRF) |
| In My Town And Gown (IRF) |
| Oregon Vows (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| je-ff.net |
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| ANDREW EPSTEIN |
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| In addition to being a pioneering founding-fathmothuncler of ballbearings pinatas, Andrew Epstein is a trailblazato member of Calibungai Sergeants, Raven Fenbahn, and Kurt Wynn's Wilpy Neempai Steeth Orchestra. He is the cilantro, glue, and garlic in any musical setting. He also coaches youth basketball. |
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| ALBUMS: |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
| from u.s. to i |
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| Calibungai Sergeants - We Drank Their Whiskey While They Slept (USTOI) |
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| R. STEVIE MOORE |
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| "Improviser, composer, arranger, producer, musical conceptualist, comedy writer, vocal stylist, filmmaker, sketchpad artist, self-taught instrumentalist and bon vivant, r. stevie moore was born 1952 in nashville TN to famed elvis bass player bob moore. since '66 rsm has recorded nearly 2,000 songs on over 400 very original homemade albums of alarmingly idiosyncratic variety and styles, often considered a seminal pioneer in the DIY ethic. remaining virtually unknown, he quietly resides in new jersey as curator of his own museum." |
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| from u.s. to i |
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| Hate Epidemic (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| rsteviemoore.com |
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| DEVIN MCNULTY |
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Devin McNulty lends his unique ears and long arms to many musics. Solo, or as a member of Raven Fenbahn, Texan Hex, and Bear Bear, you will find senator McNulty contributing to the musical greater good thusly: voice, saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, melodica, computer programs, various analogue synths, mpc1000, recording, and composition. |
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| ALBUMS: |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
| from u.s. to i |
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| Patrick (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| devinmcnulty.com |
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| JOHN WOOD |
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| John Wood bestows gifts and surprises on all occasions and for all/any who are paying even the slightest bit of attention. John has contributed to many outfits in his tenure - including Raven Fenbahn, ing, Bear Bear, Inara George, even Kelly Osbourne, and can be found playing piano, keyboards, various tasty items, melodica, singing and laughing. And, he is a stalwart composer. |
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| NRHB (USTOI) |
| ing - Sixty (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| ingismaxandjohn.com |
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| BEYONDO |
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| BEYONDO, (led by matinee idol Eric Biondo), is the quintessential and timeless boy-band/pop-unit. In addition to writing all of the mind blowing songs, Eric contributes vocals, trumpet, keyboards, drums, beatbox, and much wizardry on his yamaha qy-100 sequencer. There are many other amazing contributors to Beyondo, on record and live, and always at the heart of it all is ol' brilliant Eric Biondo. (Eric can also be found on countless other recordings as well - including Ted Poor, The Monkees, and Antibales.) |
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| from u.s. to i |
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| She (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| ericbiondo.com |
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| CODY BROWN |
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| The electronic/acoustic music of saxophonist Cody Brown has its intention in the place where heart and mind merge with the bright infinite. The music is as serious as it is light-hearted, and as disjunctive as it is completely ordered. *Visualizing the unity of all things. |
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| from u.s. to i |
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| lucarain (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| brownspace.net |
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| COREY FOGEL |
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| Corey Fogel - drum, mouth, toy, thing, color, food, shoe, member of Mae Shi, Raven Fenbahn founder. |
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| ALBUMS: |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
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| calarts.edu/~cfogel/ |
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| JONATHAN MARMOR |
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| Jonathan Marmor - Raven Fenbahn founder. sercurity guard [Getty, Dodgers], pianos, tape recorders, trumpets, mini disc random function, ack, no attack, guitars, no release, plants, baseball, Channel 13. |
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| Fantastic Discharge |
| introducing raven fenbahn |
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| Birthdays, Weddings, Thank You (FD) |
| I'm Gonna Kill You (In Springtime (Again) ) (FD) |
| Dominican Piano 3 (USTOI) |
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| FIREWORKS |
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Fireworks is Christian Cummings and Lee Lynch. They are folklorists that have traveled far and wide and now bring to the world many secrets of dimensions unknown and sensibilities unfelt. Voices, ukuleles, guitars, keyboards, noise, drums, friendship, love, rays of light, brothers, finding, searching, metroid, running, the "creep" chord progression, zombies, and multiple utopias seen to fruition. |
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| brothers: find your brothers |
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| A great dream (BFYB) |
| The first time i had to bury a friend (BFYB) |
| Love (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| leelynch.net |
| CHRIS XIQUES |
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| Chris Xiques holds down the bay area rain, wind, sleet, and sunshine inspirations with virtually no sleep, and all love. In addition to his musics, he is known for the important code behind everything you see, mix tapes, tasty tofu concoctions, stellar fatherdom / husbanddom, and ears 'til tuesday. |
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| The Coils (USTOI) |
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| http://www.circusmusic.com/ics/x/ |
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| JOHN ACQUADRO |
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John Acquadro makes home-recorded multi-tracked goodness madness pop, always with a striking coherence of vision. (That same vision can also be found in his personal and unique films). He recently finished his debut solo album under said actual name!, and is putting his old solo outfit ‘Goodbye the Band’ (and it's massive recorded output) to rest for a while. |
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| from u.s. to i |
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| The U.S. Government Song (USTOI) |
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| WEB HOME: |
| goodbye.crackerbox.net |
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| CALIBUNGAI SERGEANTS |
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| The Calibungai Sergeants are Andrew Epstein, and Thomas Yee. Together, they are three, or so it seems. Anthems, kitchen séances, many many treats and surprises. Expect them when you least expect them. |
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| from u.s. to i |
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| We Drank Their Whiskey While They Slept (USTOI) |
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