Looking for experimental musical collaborators.

E Scarlett, Tucson AZ

Description

I am new to Tucson and looking to find like-minded experimental musicians to make all sorts of weird "music" from ambient/drone, found-sound collage to scrapey atonal rippers and wherever else we land in between. I'm 47, a multi-instrumentalist and an enthusiastic, amateur audio engineer. I've played drums since I was 3 (seriously since the age of 13) but also play guitar, bass, synths, clarinet and any kind of electronics. I love recording to antiquated tape devices and messing with the playback to achieve some kind or warping or degenerating sounds. I also love instrument creation/modification to achieve new sounds. I suppose I am most interested in pieces that sound like they're being created/destroyed simultaneously. I love most genres of music and like fusing them together in ways that are not overly obvious. Over the course of my music life I have amassed a mountain of gear to bend and shape sound. I have been in bands almost all my life, toured all over, recorded piles of records, blah blah, etc, etc... That isn't intended to sound impressive, but merely illustrate that I take making music very seriously and that it is the true love of my life. I have run an experimental record label since 2005 and I am always excited to be involved in anything having to do with the creation, production or promotion of music. I will likely die with in instrument in my hands when my time here is expired. I don't necessarily strive to sound like any of these artists, but some big influences on me have been: Maryann Amacher, Talk Talk, Coil, Autechre, Don Cherry, Laraaji, Graham Lambkin / The Shadow Ring, Jon Hassell, This Heat, Alvin Lucier, Unwound, The Dog Faced Hermans, Pharoah Sanders, William Basinski, Faust, Sarah Davachi, U.S. Maple, Alice Coltrane, The Ex, Andrew Chalk, Duster, Zeena Parkins, Oneida, Ilhan Mimaroglu, The Dead C, Selvhenter, La Düsseldorf, Leprechaun Catering, Tongue Depressor, Six Finger Satellite, Wendy Carlos, Tony Conrad, Grouper, Polvo, Arvo Pärt, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Patrick Cowley, electric-fusion era Miles Davis (mid-late 70's), Laddio Bolocko, Eliane Radigue, Burial, Joy Division, derPlan, Daniel Schmidt (& The Berkeley Gamelan), Cindy Lee, Ornette Coleman, Gang Gang Dance, Harold Budd, Richard Strauss, De Kift, Sun Ra, things I hear in my backyard, broken machinery, bodies of water, insects, overheard conversations... If this sounds interesting to anyone, say hello, even if you just want to talk about music.