Marc Sloan

YEOW '85
1. Memory 2. Wha't Intro 3. Wha't 4. Freebass 5. Is It Any Wonder 6. Fall and Rain Away 7. Table Tops 8. Notice 9. Thunder Crickets 10. At The Campsite 11. 3 Dreamid 12. Lullabye 13. Playing OXOWL '89/93 14. Wassail Song 15. Cumulus 16. Dark Seas 17. Woodland Echoes 18. A Darker Solvent 19. Storm Waltz 20. Falls 21. B'ox Breathing 22. Rapids 23. Molecule 24. Timeafter Piece

YEOW was released in '85. LORE OF THE OXOWL, including the expressionist art of Reed Ghazala, was released in '89 (proceeding Ritual Tension's final recording of 'Expelled').

While Sloan recorded and played for Lower East Side groups Purple Geezus,Vital/Rats of Unusual Size, False Prophets, Carbon ('90-'96) and Stalwart, who later became the Metal Blade group Crisis, the first two Gawk albums were augmented with additional songs and are now compiled onto one CD YeowOxowl for maximum picturesque playing time. Also, the original Yeow pre-Oxowl vinyl record is available w/ approx. 34 minutes of eclectic cuts.

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GAWK

Organic music for king-hell rhythm section, ornamental chaos, structural electronic grid work and optic nerve textures. GAWK sound structure: dense colour, rendering cinemagraphik textural organics, industrial cathedrals, bio electro-mechanics and form motifs of bucolic surrounding. Within the recordings are psychotropic chemicals, barometric changes in climate effecting the viscocity of air.

GAWD

1. DREAM OF SOUND 2. SKELETAL KISS TO STEEL RAIL 3. THIS IS WHAT 4. ALDEHYDE 5. JAW BREAD 6. SJIGAREE 7. CMYK DVORAK 8. RIGHTEOUS RADIO 9. WORKING IN THE RING 10. CHANDELIER 11. REQIEUM IN GREY 12. STAR SPANGLED BANNER

CREDITS: MARC SLOAN basses, waterharp, sampler/tapes/devices, use of voice, electronic alterations, sledge JOSEPH TRUMP (Carbon) drums,percussion, djembe, lipoma REED GHAZALA circuit designs, tape, sources, harmonic window, botanics KNOX CHANDLER (Psychedelic Furs/Maggie Estep) guitar, electronics, miles MARK POYSDEN sound proccessing, Lightsound Studios, Amsterdam GREG KITZIS violin, rosin/acid ANDREW WILLIAMS trombone ANDREW NAHEM guitar, switches ANDY HAAS dijaredo, bucket KAREN CRISIS (Crisis) vocals, suitcase, STEVE McALLISTER-basic track mix engineer

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Next the IRON MUSHROOM Cd added the lysergic support of sampler Alexander Smith and the demonic virtuosity of Gregor Kitzis on violin for a most intense live to digital.
Punkadelic orgy of sonicstones physical. King-hell rhythm section with ornamental chaos, structural electronic grid work laced with organic/optic nerve textures; Art rock w/ ambient electronic virtuosity; An electro-plasma farm tractor plowing The Who/early King Crimson. A psylocybic turbine; full range Bass Guitar Landscape, Violin Counter Art Mad Cat and Complex Primal Drum screaming.

CREDITS:
Joseph Trump-drums, percussion
Alexander Smith-sampler/sequencing
Gregor Kitzis-violin
Marc Sloan-compositional arrangements, basses, use of vox

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1997 Gawk production SCRATCH w/ Sloan, Gregor Kitzis and Stephen Moses.
This is the band that toured Europe.
Gregor Kitzis - violin, electronics. MFA from L.A. to Europe: John Cage,Xenakis, Morton Feldman, The Holocaust Museum, Don Byron, Elliott Sharp, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center... Solo recordings on Opus One and North/South Records.

Steven Moses - drums, percussion, trombone. 1000 gigs in Europe Japan USA with the group Alice Donut (Alternative Tentacles). w/ Columbia recording artists Rasputina opening for Marlyn Manson, Helmet, Porno for Pyros, Bob Mould, w/ appearances on Conan OÕBrian, Regis and Cathy Lee

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Last GAWK Release
Synaptic Pasacaglia.
Return of ryhthm section Marc Sloan and Joe Trump
w/ Alex 'Lysergic' Smith-Sampler, Greg Kitzis-Violin, Stephen Moses-Trombone
feauturing from Tokyo:
Katsui Yuji (ROVO) on violin and Kido Natsuki on guitar (Bondage Fruit/Umezu Kazutoki)

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1999-2001. Sloan goes solo with two tours in Europe. A much needed seperation from the trust fund hillbilly mentality of the East Coast 'composers' debutantism.

TRANSIENT ELECTRO ACOUSTIC EVENTS
Electro-Acoustic Solo Bass events, studio and live on tour + "Anti DJ" Mixed Devices and Electronic Arts, rendering variations of the original composition, improvisational sound scapes and the works of other 20th Century composers. Beautiful Sounds. Wild/Crashes. Electronic Moods.

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Marc Sloan and Steve Moses cut a live jam session w/ Kido Natsuki. Kido leads the group BONDAGE FRUIT out of Tokyo ( w/ Yuji Katsui of ROVO), plays with Umezu Katsutaki and is seriously involved with the studio/live scene of Japan.

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Additional Cd Sound Track Material

There was a moment before Gawk hit the road touring Europe. Sloan organized a series of chamber 'motion picture' musics at a small bar on east 11th Street in '95 and the performance of two concerts at the Knitting Factory. CD Including outakes from YeowOxowl and various apartment studio sketches....

GAWQUAR TETES.

1. Moon Rises On Banks of Rivers
2. Freebones featuring Andrew Williams
3. Radui Free Falls
4. Backyard
5. Whispers In The Refractions Of Water
6. Carnival Of Boxes
7. So Long
8. Sunrise
9. Lullabye
10. Ground
11. The TOTAL NeverEND Of the CHESire Street SMILE

Credits: Marc Sloan-guitar/bass,efx,tapes Knox Chandler-cello Andrew Williams-trombone Joe Trump-percussion Samara Lubelski-violin Ethan Winnogrand-drums Bob Field-sax Scott Jarvis and Virgil Moorfield-drums. Choir: Andrew Nahem, Sally Endroso, K.J. Grant, Glenn Sorvisto, Derek Bronston, Ray/Wendy Sage, Mike Evans, Mike Osterhaut, Miriam McDonnough

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MAD ART RIVER

Twisted experiments = Electronics, Ham Radio/Satelite signals, Field Recordings, Short Circuiting, Multi-Tracking, Signal Processing, Outakes....... Gawk's Mechno Music; a few introverted blatant 20th century societal obsessions with beat oriented music...... composing While Playing Chess With The Former Artist

guest artists:
Alex Smith-sampler/sequencing
Marc Sloan-arrangements,bass,voice,electronics
Andrew Nahem-guitar
Joe Trump-percussion
Steve Moses-trombone