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Spagirus

General Info

  • Genre: Ambient / Electroacoustic / Experimental

    Location AUSTIN, US

    Profile Views: 16720

    Last Login: 2/13/2011

    Member Since 2/19/2005

    Record Label various, see discography

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Spagirus is the solo musickal work of Gregory Elliott (though he occasionally collaborates with other artists under this moniker as well, mostly for live performances). He was raised in Springfield, Tennessee, U.S., but now resides in Austin, Texas, U.S. Greg has been doing music almost all of his life, starting as a bass player in punk, metal, and goth rock bands then he moved into doing more experimental, dark ambient, drone, noise, and post-industrial music; which is the realm he has been working in for the past 14 years. He has played keyboards in psych rock bands (most notably in Dreamt of By Armadillos) and done computer based experimental music (which was the foundation for the early days of Spagirus). He has also done psych and dark folk music (playing dulcimer and acoustic guitar) with the bands Gavagai, Anvil Salute, and Gabhar. But now, for his solo Spagirus work, Greg exclusively makes his aural contributions with the Appalachian dulcimer, his favorite instrument that is near and dearest to his heart as a Tennessee native. He approaches the mountain dulcimer in extremely non-conventional ways such that one could say that he plays ‘prepared mountain dulcimer’. That said, he still has a great respect for traditional modes of playing this instrument and manages to incorporate these more ‘musical’ elements into his experimental work. The sound of Spagirus could be described as being made up primarily of layered drones with an emphasis on overtone phenomena but interspersed with percussive moments and interludes of melody, perfect for meditation or shamanic journeys..... ....DISCOGRAPHY....:.... ..EVER NOW THOSE BEFORE ..CDr (..Maritimefist Glee Club..).... ..IVDT ..net releases.... ..LOSE THE MIND ALTOGETHER ..CDr (Ethedrone Muzac/self-released OUT OF PRINT, searching for re-release).... ..EVER NOW THOSE BEFORE<>PERMUTATIONS ..2XCDr (Ethedrone Muzac, 'Permutations' CD has remixes from Chance Anatomie).... ..SHE UNDERSTANDS ..net-release (Umbrellanoize Collective).... ..SHRAVAKA ..CDr and limited 2XCDr (..Palustre Records.., the 2nd CD of the limited copies, 'Spagirus and Friends', has live versions of tracks from 'Shravaka').... ..AURAL SECTS.. split CDr (..Roil Noise Records.. split w/Ghoul Detail, Ctephin, and Spagirus).... ..SPIRAL BONE ..3" CDr(..Lo Bengo Sound..).... ..2nd MYND.. compilation appearance featuring the track 'Shravaka'.. ..
  • Members

    Greg Elliott with ocassional co-collaborators (such as Gabe and Todd from Anvil Salute, Jake from Terminal Shock, Phortran, Kev from Akoustik Timbre Frekuency, Doug Ferguson, Kevin from Photon Ghoul and Skillful Means, R. Loftiss of Gray Field Recordings, Pablo of Pablo De La Musica and Hotel Hotel, Sky from Hipnautica, and probably more to come)
  • Influences

    La Monte Young, Phill Niblock, Ellen Fullman, Tony Conrad, Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, James Plotkin, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Stars of The Lid, Bernhard Guenter, Francisco Lopez, Troum, Zoviet France, Dead Voices on Air, Double Leopards, Birchville Cat Motel, Thuja, Lab Report, Pelt, Bruce Russell, Charalambides, Ctephin, Ghoul Detail, Pablo De La Musica (P.D. Wilder), Loren Dent, Tibetan Musick, Chinese traditional musick, Appalachian folk, Lao Tzu, Shakyamuni, forest and urban sounds.
  • Sounds Like

    Spagirus Live @ Cherrywood Aug. 11, 2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

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    There is video of Pop's amazing magic, music and comedy at Pop's Youtube Channel You will also find videos of Pop's performance at the World Steam Expo in Dearborn, June, 2011.

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Bio:

Spagirus is the solo musickal work of Gregory Elliott (though he occasionally collaborates with other artists under this moniker as well, mostly for live performances). He was raised in Springfield, Tennessee, U.S., but now resides in Austin, Texas, U.S. Greg has been doing music almost all of his life, starting as a bass player in punk, metal, and goth rock bands then he moved into doing more experimental, dark ambient, drone, noise, and post-industrial music; which is the realm he has been working in for the past 14 years. He has played keyboards in psych rock bands (most notably in Dreamt of By Armadillos) and done computer based experimental music (which was the foundation for the early days of Spagirus). He has also done psych and dark folk music (playing dulcimer and acoustic guitar) with the bands Gavagai, Anvil Salute, and Gabhar. But now, for his solo Spagirus work, Greg exclusively makes his aural contributions with the Appalachian dulcimer, his favorite instrument that is near and dearest to his heart as a Tennessee native. He approaches the mountain dulcimer in extremely non-conventional ways such that one could say that he plays ‘prepared mountain dulcimer’. That said, he still has a great respect for traditional modes of playing this instrument and manages to incorporate these more ‘musical’ elements into his experimental work. The sound of Spagirus could be described as being made up primarily of layered drones with an emphasis on overtone phenomena but interspersed with percussive moments and interludes of melody, perfect for meditation or shamanic journeys.

..DISCOGRAPHY..:

EVER NOW THOSE BEFORE CDr (Maritimefist Glee Club)

IVDT net releases

LOSE THE MIND ALTOGETHER CDr (Ethedrone Muzac/self-released OUT OF PRINT, searching for re-release)

EVER NOW THOSE BEFORE<>PERMUTATIONS 2XCDr (Ethedrone Muzac, 'Permutations' CD has remixes from Chance Anatomie)

SHE UNDERSTANDS net-release (Umbrellanoize Collective)

SHRAVAKA CDr and limited 2XCDr (Palustre Records, the 2nd CD of the limited copies, 'Spagirus and Friends', has live versions of tracks from 'Shravaka')

AURAL SECTS split CDr (Roil Noise Records split w/Ghoul Detail, Ctephin, and Spagirus)

SPIRAL BONE 3" CDr(Lo Bengo Sound)

2nd MYND compilation appearance featuring the track 'Shravaka'
..

Member Since:

February 19, 2005

Members:

Greg Elliott with ocassional co-collaborators (such as Gabe and Todd from Anvil Salute, Jake from Terminal Shock, Phortran, Kev from Akoustik Timbre Frekuency, Doug Ferguson, Kevin from Photon Ghoul and Skillful Means, R. Loftiss of Gray Field Recordings, Pablo of Pablo De La Musica and Hotel Hotel, Sky from Hipnautica, and probably more to come)

Influences:

La Monte Young, Phill Niblock, Ellen Fullman, Tony Conrad, Keith Rowe, Oren Ambarchi, James Plotkin, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Stars of The Lid, Bernhard Guenter, Francisco Lopez, Troum, Zoviet France, Dead Voices on Air, Double Leopards, Birchville Cat Motel, Thuja, Lab Report, Pelt, Bruce Russell, Charalambides, Ctephin, Ghoul Detail, Pablo De La Musica (P.D. Wilder), Loren Dent, Tibetan Musick, Chinese traditional musick, Appalachian folk, Lao Tzu, Shakyamuni, forest and urban sounds.

Sounds Like:

Spagirus Live @ Cherrywood Aug. 11, 2010

Record Label:

various, see discography

Label Type:

Indie

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