Etaoin Shrdlu - Muziek

Cul De Sac Formed In 1990 In Boston Massachusetts Taking Their Name From A Roman Polanski Film. Led By Guitarist/multi-Instrumentalist Glenn Jones Cul De Sac's Music Is Primarily Instrumental - Although Vocals From Boston Folk Legend Dredd Foole Graced The Bands Debut Album - Drawing Inspiration From Sources Such As 1960s Psychedelia Surf-Rock Middle Eastern Folk Music Krautrock John Fahey And American Primitivism Folk Music Free Jazz And The More Industrial Elements Of The Avant-Garde. Cul De Sac Have Been Classified By Many As A Post-Rock Band - The Term Was Coined For Group By Writer Simon Reynolds For The Music Of Bands Like Cul De Sac Stereolab And Bark Psychosis - But Jones Has Expressed Some Discomfort With The Term Preferring That Cul De Sac's Music Be Viewed On Its Own Terms Rather Than As Part Of A Specific Genre. Nevertheless Simon Reynold's Own Description Describes Post-Rock As "using Rock Instrumentation For Non-Rock Purposes Using Guitars As Facilitators Of Timbres And Textures Rather Than Riffs And Powerchords " A Description That Applies Well To Cul De Sac Albeit More To A Way Of Approaching Music Than To A Particular Style. Jones Has Stated That Cul De Sac Is The Most "musically Satisfying" Group He's Been Involved With A Group That Is The "closest To Being The Band I'd Dreamed Of Forming. It Allows Me To Combine My Love Of Open-Tuned Guitar Played Fingerstyle With My Love For Electronics And Noise All Placed Within A Rhythmic Rock Framework." Cul De Sac Have Collaborated With Legendary Guitarist John Fahey And With Can Singer Damo Suzuki Caught The Ears Of Lou Reed ". . . There's A Group Called Cul De Sac - Very Ambient Very Cool." - Lou Reed Interviewed In Mojo And Composed The Soundtrack To The 2002 Roger Corman Film "The Strangler's Wife." The Band Continues To Release Music Perform And Tour. read less