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Јебено невероватно да им нико није ставио топик. Ликови могу да прекољу било који прог-рок-тек-метал по техници и креативности а да притом и даље не звуче преозбиљно. Колико год да је ово мешано месо никада није толико психотично као Гос'н Бангл нити је гротескно као Тајни Мајстори 3.

Енивеј, ево википедија за оне лење:

Estradasphere is an experimental band that originated in Santa Cruz, California during the late 1990s. The band, now calling Seattle their homebase, consists of 6 multi-instrumentalists from a variety of musical backgrounds trained in disciplines ranging from classical music and jazz to heavy metal.

 

Band history

 

Guitarist Jason Schimmel and bassist Tim Smolens met in 7th grade at Miraleste High School. In 1997, their band Don Salsa recorded its first album, Koolaid Moustache In Jonestown. In 1998, Jason and Tim moved to Santa Cruz, California. Jason attended UC Santa Cruz, along with Timb Harris, John Whooley, and David Murray. At that time, John, Tim, Jason, Dave, and friend, Jason Concepcion, played downtown among the street performers of Santa Cruz. Jason Concepcion left the band to focus on his other project Netwerk:Electric. In December 1998, Timb Harris joined the band. The band continued to play the streets and at local coffee shops.

 

On January 7, 2000, Estradasphere held its first concert at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center. This was a pivotal show for them and they began to play clubs exclusively. Estradasphere's popularity in Santa Cruz birthed a spontaneous circus environment where audience members began actively participating in the shows and fans were encouraged to wear costumes. Frequent sideshow acts included: juggler and balloon maker David Poznanter, book reader George Smith III, fire-dancers Isaac Rappaport and Jessica Bottomley of Phoenix Rising, so-called "death metal cheerleaders" wearing corpse paint, a "satanic swordsman" Erin Wood, stilt-walkers, and more. Perhaps most infamous of these sideshow performers was someone with the stage name 'Mono-Man' who wore a cape, painted his bare chest with a large M, and proceeded to attempt to kiss people in the audience while having the disease of the same name (mono). He can be heard ranting on the last moments of their first album, It's Understood. Poco Marshall booked many more shows at the legendary Palookaville, as he was the venue talent buyer at the time. Later that year, they released their first album, It's Understood, on Trey Spruance's label Mimicry Records. They went on their first North American tour, opening for Secret Chiefs 3.

 

In 2001, Estradasphere released their first EP, The Silent Elk of Yesterday, which included a few new studio tracks, and some live performances. They also went on their second North American tour with the band Tub Ring. The band released their second full length album, Buck Fever in the spring of 2002. Later that year, drummer Dave Murray left the band. In 2003, they released their third full length album Quadropus. Because they did not have a full time drummer, several guest drummers appeared on this album, including Dave Murray. In the spring of 2004, they released a DVD of live concert footage entitled, Passion for Life. It contained a full length DVD as well as a CD that included some live tracks and other material. The cover featured an oil painting by Santa Cruz artist Michael Joseph Welsh, entitled Humans as seen by God last week through a Tootsiescope. In 2004, founding member and saxophonist John Whooley left the band. Tsugaru Shamisen player Kevin Kmetz and keyboardist Adam Stacey joined Estradasphere to replace him. They played their first show together as a new band with guest drummer Theo Mordey at 2004's SXSW Festival. Later that year Lee Smith moved from Atlanta, Georgia to join Estradasphere as their new permanent drummer. In 2005, Estradasphere released These Are the Days, a documentary of the band's first national tour. This DVD highlighted the original line-up and circus side-shows, marking the end of an era and ushering in the present age of Estradasphere. 2006 saw the energetic reemergence of a cohesive Estradasphere. They signed to New York label The End Records and released their most conceptually grounded album to date, Palace of Mirrors, an instrumental song-cycle with a psychedelic narrative structure. In 2007 Estradasphere signed with Silverleaf Booking Agency, who booked them on a Northwest US tour with The End Records label mates Stolen Babies, and completed a full US tour that April. In November 2007, members of Estradasphere started touring with Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls, as well as helping to produce her debut solo album Who Killed Amanda Palmer.

 

Musical style and influences

 

Estradasphere have been influenced by many different artists from many different subgenres, ranging from heavy metal to jazz and classical music. Their songs draw influences from genres such as jazz, funk, techno, classical music, pop, heavy metal, New Age, Latin, Balkan, Greek and gypsy styles. They are influenced by artists such as The Beach Boys and Secret Chiefs 3, and have been compared to Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa and John Zorn. Like Mr. Bungle and Secret Chiefs 3 they hectically mix several genres in their songs. They are the self proclaimed inventors of bizarre genres such as "Bulgarian Surf", "Romanian Gypsy-Metal", and "Spaghetti Eastern" and sound like "Psychedelic-Sci-fi", "Gypsy-Metal-Jazz" and "Epic-Cinema-Thon" according to their MySpace.

Stage Shows

 

A large part of Estradasphere's early success stemmed not only from their musically technical virtuosity, but their organic stage shows. In addition to the added ambiance of the band's sideshow performers, live sets would consist of frequent 'jams', re-arrangements of original material, and cover songs ranging from video game themes such as Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda and Contra (arcade game) to television show theme songs such as Beverly Hills, 90210, Duck Tales, Gummy Bears, and CHiPs; since the name of the band was related to CHiPs star Eric Estrada. Estradasphere shows also were known to feature more traditional cover songs from styles as diverse as jazz, heavy metal, pop, and hip hop.

 

On tour, the band would often play smaller free shows using primarily acoustic instruments. Venues for such shows could be as obscure as on a public beach or live on the air of college radio stations such as KSDT, where they can be seen giving an interview to KSDT DJ Pete Bejarano on their DVD Passion for Life.

 

Band members

 

Current members

 

According to www.estradasphere.com:

 

* Tim Smolens - standup bass, electric bass, vocals, audio production/engineering

* Timb Harris - violin, trumpet, mandolin, guitar, vocals

* Jason Schimmel - guitar, keyboards, banjo, vocals

* Lee Smith - drums

* Kevin Kmetz - tsugaru shamisen, guitar, keyboards

* Adam Stacey - accordion, keyboards, vocals

 

Former members

 

* David Murray - drums

* John Whooley - saxophone, accordion, vocals

 

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линкови:

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Palace Of Mirrors 2006 (mediafire)

 

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Quadropus 2003 (mediafire)

 

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Buck Fever 2001 (rapidshare)

 

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It's Understood 2000 (mediafire)

 

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www.estradasphere.com

MySpace

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Hahah, ko ga jebe, ionako ce biti crkotina kad se ja budem odlucio na taj korak :D

 

 

 

то сам ладно и ја рекао. они и Лаћо Тајфа. Скривени Мајстори 3 на афтерпарти, па удри до зоре...

 

Apsolutno ne bih imao nista protiv :meshuggah:

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то сам ладно и ја рекао. они и Лаћо Тајфа. Скривени Мајстори 3 на афтерпарти, па удри до зоре...

 

Znas li ti kakav bi to šenluk bio :D Kad se svi isviraju, i dodju na red skriveni majstori, ne vrede vise kubure, samo top da uzmes i da pucas :zuba:

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Hellyeah, bas slusam Palace Of Mirrors i pitam se da li ovde postoji tema, kad se prijatno iznenadih, ne da postoji vec je sa sve linkovi ka albumi! Ajoooooo...Hvala.

 

Evo "rezencije " sa jednog bloga koja me je zaintrigirala i naterala da skinem album:

 

"While most progressive minded bands (for lack of a better term) pride themselves in mixing and matching unrelated musical genres together, Santa Cruz's Estradasphere take it a step further by inventing and then naming entirely new hybrid styles! Among the crossbreeds slated for inclusion in 2006's Palace of Mirrors: "Romanian Gypsy Death Metal," "Spaghetti Eastern," "Bulgarian Surf," and damn it if these outrageous cocktails aren't masterfully realized in the likes of "Smuggled Mutation," "Six Hands," and "The Terrible Beautypower of Meow," respectively. Also to be found on this wild ride of an album are the industrial noises of "The Unfolding Pause on the Threshold," the beautifully arranged soft jazz of "The Debutante," the far-Eastern-funk-video-game-jingles of "Those Who Know," and symphonic orchestrations both lush, stately and relaxed (see the title track), and swinging, strutting, pouncing and lounging like a Monty Norman Orchestra James Bond theme (see "Colossal Risk"). Elsewhere still, the nightmarish "Flower Garden of an Evil Man" comes off all growling bass and ominous tones, while "Palace of Mirrors Reprise" wafts from polka, to circus music, to music box lullabies, to haunted castle organ music, and, finally, "Corporate Merger" trades in keening Arabic violins for metallic blastbeats and heavy electric guitars during a cathartic finale that's pure post-Mahavishnu (mountain-toppling closer "The Return" is even more intense in that last regard). Oh yeah, and all this without a word — Estradasphere have gone instrumental on the whole of Palace of Mirrors, which winds up shining an even brighter spotlight on their impeccable and astounding musicianship."

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стигао ДВД, кидање која свирка уживо, они класични моменти су до јаја, али оне експерименталне ствари са Палате јееееебуууууууу наааааннееее, НЕВЕРОВАТНА СИЛА, ЛУБАЊЕ СИЛОМ!!!

ако има неко од познатих да волонтира са масном кабловском и аплоудује ИСО им'џ, радо ћу му добацити ово, ја са својим аде-еселом не бих завршио па ни да ми 3 дана не пуца конекција... има неко да оће?

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Tim Smolens (Estradasphere, I.S.S., ex-Secret Chiefs 3, ex-Mr.Bungle) ima novi bend zaninljivog naziva HighCastle Teleorkestra (Barem prvi deo naziva izvlači referencu na Philip K. Dick-ovo književno čeljade The Man In The High Castle) se okuražio posle duže pauze da nam podari novi projekat koji je tek počeo svoj život. Kao što vidite ovo je sempler četiri pesme koje su do sada uradili i vidi se da je izabrao proverenu ekipu ljudi za posao.
U najmanju ruku bićete iznenađeni i dobićete najeklektičnije pesme od doo-wop-a, chamber music-a i britkih metaliziranih rifova i ko zna čega još. Overite ih u ovom sempleru.

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