Sunny War
It’s no secret that great art comes from the margins. From those who are either pushed to create from inner forces, or who create to show they deserve to be recognized. Los Angeles-based street singer, guitarist, and roots music revolutionary Sunny War has always been an outsider, always felt the drive to define her place in the world through music and songwriting.
As a young black girl growing up in Nashville, she searched for her own roots, looking first to the blues she heard from her mother’s boyfriend, and learning from a local guitarist. Moving to Los Angeles in her teens, she searched for herself in the LA punk scene, playing house shows with FIDLAR, and shoplifting DVDs from big box stores to trade at Amoeba Records for 80s punk albums. But here too she found herself on the outside, working to bridge her foundation in country blues and American roots guitar traditions with the punk scene she called home. She first made her name with this work, bringing a wickedly virtuosic touch on the fingerstyle guitar that sprang from her own self-discoveries on the instrument. But her restless spirit, a byproduct of growing up semi-nomadic with a single mother, led her to Venice Beach, California, where she’s been grinding the pavement for some years now, making a name for her prodigious guitar work and incisive songwriting, which touches on everything from police violence to alcoholism to love found and lost.
Michael Jost
Born in Dreieich, just outside of Frankfurt Germany, guitarist Michael Jost (pronounced ‘yoast’), found his way to the bohemian Venice Beach boardwalk, in Los Angeles California, where he now lives and makes music.
Owing to Michael’s unique European heritage, his rigorous classical training, and his 21st Century American experience, you can hear something very different in his passionate, Spanish-style guitar. Michael’s travel companion is Miss Lucy, a Flamenca guitar built by Tomas Delgado of Candelas Guitars. She has a strong character, with a warm and beautiful sound.
Michael has a unique sound. His music is a journey in time and space fueled by his passion for music and his instrument. His influences are very multicoloured and involve different styles, continents and time periods from Paco De Lucia and Stravinsky to Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd.
No two of Michael’s live performances are ever the same, drawing from his recent albums, Zeitlos and California Burning, as well as unreleased songs from his upcoming album, Concierto.
Zeitlos is a timeless and unique blend of acoustic, classical and flamenco styles, entwined with the sounds and soul of Venice, California. His earlier album, California Burning, is a psychedelic fusion of electric and acoustic guitar.
Born from the tradition of bringing good stories to music, Brother Billy’s first release “Don’t Fall Asleep on the Tracks” has conjured up spirits of the past with tales of jilted love, pointed historical commentary, and folks having raucous good time.
With the evocative puberty anthem “Red Ribbon” to the cynical retort of “Your Grand Design” he gets right to the sweet, the sad, and the naughty.
His Hopeless Choir is a revolving door of many talented musicians that give a little to help a lot in lifting up the spirit of his oh-so-spirited music.
From the snow-capped mountains of Oklahoma to the pale-painted deserts of Louisiana – from the coal-firing cost of California to the sweeping serenity of New York City – everyone could use the kind of smile that comes from spending a little time with Brother Billy.
“Someday, I know, we’ll walk in the sun.” Eugene Boronow performs regularly in the Tucson area. The original music is strong on melodies, with a unique sound that grabs the attention of every listener.
Isaac Irvin is a singer-songwriter. He founded the Venice Open Mic Night in 2014 and has hosted it since. He is also the lead singer and rhythm guitar player of the Latin Rock band Los Pochos.
Isaac plans to release new music both as a solo artist and with Los Pochos this year. Check out what’s already been released on any streaming platform.
Esmé Olivia grew up in occupied Tiwa Pueblo lands known as Albuquerque, NM to a Mestiza Mexican-American mother & Dutch-Jewish father. Her blood is a peace treaty she honors through prayers of dance, poetry & song. After competing on the 2005 National Poetry Slam Champion team, she received her BA from Hampshire College in multi-disciplinary performance & arts-based education. She works as a movement, theatre, music & teaching artist with Dancing Earth Creations, an Indigenous contemporary performance company. She has also taught with The Identity Project, the New Mexico School for the Arts, the Institute for American Indian Arts (IAIA), and CSU East Bay. She plays in the duet La Luna Rose, and also with Grammy-award winner Chris Berry. Her main instruments are voice, guitar, and percussion. For more videos and to get on the mailing list for notice of upcoming music releases, please visit EsmeOlivia.com.
The Bird Lords are Lisa Lemke and Mik Garrison.
The Bird Lords’ eclectic flight path, from ethereal to gritty, lands you on the dance floor, in the mosh pit, in the city streets, and in the back seat of their rig as they hit the road. Making life happen yet … They share a unique and upbeat message along the way.
Mik, a multi-instrumentalist and live-looper provides the perfect backdrop and inspiration for Lisa’s songwriting style and vocal sensibilities.
Mik enjoys a popular solo career in Tucson and has played bass for 30 years, he has opened for No Doubt, March Fourth, and Steve Roach. Mik plays bass with the Eugene Boronow Trio in Tucson.
Lisa has been a songwriter for over 20 years, performing in duos,
and as an acoustic solo artist for the last 10 years. Vocalist in local art band B4skin from 2014-18, they opened for Metalachi and Corey Feldman/Corey’s Angels.
The Bird Lords have performed at the Side Pony Express Music Festival in Bisbee AZ.
Culling from such diverse influences as Funk, RnB, Soul, and Hip Hop, to Jazz, Punk, Blues, Rock and Roll, and Americana the Bird Lords hatched their first EP in November of 2019- “Nest Egg” is available now on their bandcamp page.
Multi-media adventurers, The Bird Lords are busy writing and recording new songs, and producing videos in their studio, The Bird Nest, in Tucson, Arizona.
Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, Cristina Vane is taking the town by storm with her unique blend of blues and folk. Originally from Europe, she draws from such a great host of influences that it is impossible to compare her music to any one artist. That being said, she draws decisively from country blues, delta blues, and American folk music, creating her own flavor of the blues. Whether on the Venice boardwalk busking by the beach or on a stage in Mississippi, her signature resonator bottleneck playing and powerful vocals are unmistakable and unforgettable.
Before falling in love with the blues, Cristina spent her childhood and adolescence studying classical voice, music theory, piano and flute, ever consumed by music. She has love for many kinds of music, ranging from baroque classical to punk and metal. This theme continues throughout her career today; while she predominantly plays slide guitar, she employs fingerpicking, acoustic, electric guitar techniques, as well as clawhammer banjo playing.
Cristina had been performing in the Southern California area for nearly four years when she embarked on a 5 month tour, summer of 2018. While Cristina spent summers gigging in both New York and London previous to her move to Venice, she had never traveled the United States extensively and found her tour to be a personal and musical success. Her effervescent and edgy personality make for entrancing live performances, which she has honed with hours of practice playing in venues across the country as well as busking for the public on Venice Beach for several years. It is safe to say Cristina lives through music, it saturates her life and is, for her, a necessary vehicle for expression.
Lizz Vega is a self-taught singer/songwriter from Los Angeles. A late bloomer when it comes to being a musician for she has only been creating music for five years. But her blues/RnB/soul fusion style of music will take you on a dive into what it means to connect to yourself and to others with the power of music.
The Blood Moon Howlers are a three-piece saucey blues/rock band featuring both male and female lead vocals, gritty electric guitar and some funk in the trunk! Framed with hard hittin’ hip shakin’ drum beats that’ll put a wobble in your walk.
Core members include guitarist/vocalist Matt Wayne, vocalist/keyboardist/bassist JuJu and drummer/percussionist Brandon “Funknasty” Cooke. The band formed in Los Angeles, California January of 2017 and since then have released multiple EP’s and singles, (including an original song featured on the film “Sugar Babe”), and their most recent critically acclaimed singles “Moonlighters” and “Tilted Patrons” released in 2020 are spreading like wildfire all over online platforms and publications, magazines, blogs and have been played on radio stations all over the world. They have also been featured as the Artist Spotlight on SoCal’s 88.5 FM for multiple weeks in a row, which lead them to being the featured band on the AUX RTN Podcast affiliated with 88.5 FM.
BUZZMUSIC raved about the band saying “[The Blood Moon Howlers] stimulated each of our senses in a rejuvenating and vivacious way…The band is fun and spunky, proving their collective spirit.” An ecstatic review from Jammerzine says, they’re “creating a sonic party through the speakers that can bring the energy back to even the most exhausted…this is five decades of global music packed into four minutes with added spice and flavor. Now that is what I call talent.” And Essentially Pop Magazine exclaims about the band, “The nightlife adventure that everybody wants to experience…perfect for those who like to dance and have a good time in town with the best company.”
Most recently, The Blood Moon Howlers played the first ever virtual reality Burning Man Festival being the largest virtual reality event in history.
Look for The Blood Moon Howlers’ new single coming out this November 2020.
SISSOS are an acoustic duo from Sydney Australia.
Georgie and Steph are sisters who flood the room with charm and talent from the moment they step on stage.
Their polished harmonies compliment their bluesy, feel-good and soulful songs perfectly. They execute an effortless performance, every time. Steph and Georgie have a certain purity and transparency on stage which is unique and refreshing.
Having grown up together in the same musical household, their rapport with each other is so prominent, you’ll feel like you grew up with them too!
Both sisters have long established solo careers in music and their talent and experience is undeniable in the live arena.
A Sissos performance is a guaranteed heart warmer.
Image © Sophia Emmerich
Adrienne Braswell is an Award winning Taos Singer/Songwriter at the New Mexico Music Awards. Her knock-out voice and multi-genre muse of Indiefolk-Blues-Jazz-MysticalPop have taken her to many stages, from the vibrant Austin club scene to The Copa Cabana in New York City; sharing venues with B.B. King, Jimmy la Fave and Lyle Lovett to name a few!
The guitar duo “El Duelo” (formerly known as Dos Pochos) are the guitarists Rick Boston and Michael Jost.
Suzy Williams, deemed by LA Weekly as “LA’s Diva Deluxe”, has played venues from Carnegie Hall to the Canary Islands with Van Dyke Parks, Buster Poindexter, Marc Shaiman, Nicholas Ray, and the Pilobolus dance troupe, among others.
Bette Midler, Horace Silver, Roosevelt Sykes, Ann Magnuson, Eubie Blake, Odetta, and Hadda Brooks have praised her passionate singing and vibrant energy. Her original songs will leave you laughing, sobbing, or both.
With a background in opera, Erinn Williams is known for her beautiful melodies and songs that have a delicate, breakable edge to them. Erinn has written and performed music for national commercials such as Virgin Mobile and Coca-Cola. She has written both opera and rock music for independent films such as Mad Song. She has sung opera and her original music around the word in industrial showcases for the Wella Corporation, Sebastian, Matrix, and TIGI Corporations. And she toured extensively with her own music around Europe for 4 years.
Erinn plays electric guitar with delay, and is usually accompanied by a violinist or another guitarist. The only word to describe the live performance is mesmerizing … Williams’ outstanding vocals, strong stage presence, and trademark deadpan humor add charm to a fantastic performance.
Based in Taos, New Mexico, The Second Wind Endeavor (TSWE) is a musical project powered by brains and hearts and bodies. Comprised of four friends passionate about music-making and performing, TSWE seeks to incorporate diverse musical influences and styles into its music, including rock & roll, old-time, soul, folk, funk, classical, and rhythm & blues. Featuring Michael Virga on guitar and lead vocals, Evan Sanchez on drums, Rose Dragoo on viola and vocals, and Tristan Craig on bass, the band draws together a wide variety of musical backgrounds to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Iriebellion
Iriebellion, is a 5 piece, conscious reggae root’s band from Taos, New Mexico. Their original music integrates catchy hooks, memorable progressions with high energy bass lines and brilliant guitar solos.
Gritty vocals and hip hop raps bring a positive message in their music. Iriebellion is currently in the studio working on their first album and continue to perform live. The bands talent, hard work and chemistry has granted them the honor to open for Legendary bands like:
Israel Vibration & Roots Radics, Stephen Marley, Hirie, Skanks Roots Project and many more!
Markie Erin is a New Mexico based singer-songwriter that weaves intimate tales of love and loss through bittersweet honesty. She draws her primary influences from indie rock and folk, shining with bright ambient guitar motifs and a knack for witty and expressive lyrics. Markie Erin is currently working on the release of several both collaborative and individual projects in the coming months.
Maya Rose & Esmé O. are singing soul sisters born of Mestiza heritage in traditional Tewa & Tiwa lands known as Santa Fe & Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their heart songs offer a hopeful prayer for all of the wild bodies of Earth, with a symbiotic mix of voice, guitar, keyboard, drums, live looping & love.
“What can I do? Everything asks me to sing, sing forever.”
-Pablo Neruda
Hannah Kligman
Non-verbal: a solo experience in encoding and decoding sounds
Electric violinist H. Kligman bows up freely improvisational notes on her handmade violin and effects pedals. Influenced by a classical music upbringing, and an adult life of folk, rock, and jazz music conversations, Kligman captures intuition and exploration in her music. Sounds and vibrations can capture human emotion, and the rhythms of the natural world, when words fail.
Orlando & Nicole
Local Taoseños Orlando and Nicole are a husband and wife musical duo. Creating all original songs, infusing poetic hip hop and soulful singing with finger style guitar.
Guillermo Martinez
My name is Guillermo Martinez. I grew up here in Taos, New Mexico working in the fields with my family. I started playing guitar in the 5th grade for a mariachi band called Jaguar Encantado. See you on the mesa!
Po.10.Cee (potency), is a Native American hip hop group based in Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Inspired by the mid 90’s golden era, their sound is versatile; a mixture of soul and hip hop with a Native American influence. The group began producing beats, writing rhymes, recording, and performing in 2004. The 8 plus members bring about a high energy performance from their 20 plus album discography, and have toured throughout the U.S. while promoting their movement of truth, art, and unity.
Sattva Ananda
As a prolific producer, event promoter and dance floor participant, Sattva Ananda has been influencing the electronic music world for more than two decades. Even if you haven’t seen Sattva live, you have definitely heard his work. Sattva has been a long-time studio collaborator with the Desert Dwellers, and his work can be heard in some of their biggest hits. His remix of their track “Crossing the Desert”was featured on Lighting in a Bottle’s 2011 festival compilation. That same year, Sattva joined the Desert Dwellers on stage at LIB for his break out major festival performance. In the time since, Sattva has released countless high-profile remixes and 3 full length solo albums, including the 17 track opus; Profane Geometry, which received high critical acclaim from taste maker music blogs including YourEDM.com. Sattva’s solo tracks have a deliciously psychedelic mid tempo rhythm, with sweet, and groovy textures. A life time of performing music, coupled with over 20 years in the electronic scene, gives Sattva the ability to consistently deliver a not-to-be-missed dance floor moving performance, while a huge library of original music to choose from makes every live show unique. “As a steward of the musical magical journey I’m always honored and humbled to present my art to the dancer/ listener, it is a resonant conversation that often transcends words and brings us to a health that is known simply by being”
BITTERSWEET HIGHWAY is the singer-songwriter duo of Rene’ Janiece and Wayne McKinzie. Living and traveling along the edges of America, theirs is music that rises from the fringes, in place and in style. It crosses genres and blends the sounds that have influenced these two as individuals, combining to create something strikingly original. It is no wonder they call their particular brand of music “Borderland Americana.” This is music that is thought about, and music that makes us think. More importantly, this is music that urges us to feel. Live, Bittersweet Highway’s relaxed and intimate rapport with each other and their audience allows for a wonderfully interactive experience that speaks to the journeys of the heart, the bitter and the sweet that are scattered along the road of life.
Big Joe Hurt & Gotaway Girl
BIG JOE HURT & GOTAWAY GIRL is a reunion of musical friends who all performed in California, meeting up on the mesa for FIELD TRIPPIN’ FEST. Chicks, guitars, cowboy boots, harmonies, Americana folk rock with a stab of Emo, Gotaway Girl can play and give true meaning to the quote, “I am woman, hear me roar”. Gotaway Girl lives up to their name through nostalgic reminders for the boys and empowering lyrics for the gals. Lead singer, Jocelyn Kay Levy, and violinist/vocalist, Alana Lee, also, once formed the backbone of the rockin’ beat of Big Joe Hurt and The Soul Junkies. They are getting back together for one night to play music and sing their hearts out united, not only to play, but to stand for a cause and that cause is to create positive change in the world! Check out their signature sound that is a simple blend of indie-pop, alternative rock and intense beautiful harmonies mixed with the soulful blues that bind them together!
LA MIMOSAS, the bluesy, crossover Rock´n Soul Band from Frankfurt/Germany is taking a major “field trip” to join FIELD TRIPPIN’ Fest on September 16th 2017. Expect some soulful rock ’n roll from these Venice Beach favorites. Their first album “Soul on Fire” (2013) was mastered in the studio of RadioVenice’s own, Michael Jost. La Mimosas will perform several of their original songs from their previous album, and their new collection of work, “Unity in Diversity“ (release date: July 2017).
Miles Bonny loves reality. His music is a warm blanket that hugs you while exploring life’s bed of nails. Social Awareness filters through microphones and computers to represent itself as a creation that will be experienced by soulful people around the world. Tours have including Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria and beyond. Collaborations have included additional international works toward suicide prevention in Russia, fatherhood in Italy. He sometimes calls it “Social Work Music”. More than a musician, Miles has simultaneously managed a career in social services, investigative social work and youth needs and educative solutions. Miles is known for taking leaps of faith and landing clearly on his feet, only to leap again.
His current exploration has taken him far from his metropolitan NYC upbringing, through the Midwest where he began his music career in Lawrence Kansas and Kansas City Missouri, and all the way to the SouthWestern United States in New Mexico where he currently enjoys a natural setting for his creative and spiritual endeavours while seeking to live as consciously and self-sustainably as possible. Solar panels power his Off-Grid recordings in a building he constructed from adobe cob, raw timber wood, and lava rock all harvested locally. Rather than fear the negative aspects of the world, Miles dives into them as he seeks possible answers to our collective social issues. Connect with Miles and welcome the future as your friend.
Siobhan Bonny-O’Rourke is a Contemporary Vocalist and Educator from Tasmania, Australia. After receiving First Class Honors for her Bachelor of Music from the University of Tasmania, she moved to Melbourne Australia and was professionally involved in many facets of the Australian Music Industry. She has worked in Jazz, Hip Hop, Southern Gospel, Folk and Traditional, Classical and Contemporary Songwriting in both Performing and Educational contexts. Her Honors thesis was about the connection between music and the body and how important it is to understand the connection between them, as well as how universal music is and how it can bring people together from all walks of life. Siobhan is passionate about young people feeling empowered through music, she also stays connected to her own musical expression through local performances and recording projects with people from all over the world.
Tony Mason
TONY MASON re-defines the term “One Man Band”! A singer/song writer, who traveled to Vermont by way of New York City basket houses in Greenwich Village, the 1960’s folk revival, and tours of New England in clubs and schools as well as the College Coffee House circuit. Tony gets excited with the new electronics that enable him to play all the parts – and then sing, too! It has been said of him – “His barrage of charm, skill, syncopation and exuberance completely captivates the audience.”
During this time, he was part of couple of bands, the Mojo Four and Children of God. Performing in Boston, Tony played in a duo called Tony and Eddie opening club shows for Odetta, Chuck Berry, J. Giles Blues Band and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition.
During the 1990’s, while living in Portland, Oregon, Tony developed an interest in MIDI and synthesizers. He worked and developed arrangements for many of his songs and the one-man band grew out of these creations.
It’s a long story …
They are the originators of the Mantra-Rock sound of the 90’s which has now infused itself into the consciousness of the new millennia.
With Teo Castro on Guitar and Vocals, Billy Stobo on Drums, and Jeffrey Dimmick on Bass, Golden Buddha becomes a mixture of ancient tones and modern sounds, interwoven with funky tribal rhythms and a hard biting edge.
- The pulsating grooves of the bass are sensual and erotic.
- The unrelenting drums are thunderous and melodic.
- The soaring guitars and mystic vocals are penetrating and chaotic.
Years of playing clubs and festivals throughout Europe (Montreux Jazz, Burg Hersberg, Paleo, etc.) with psychedelic icons such as Damo Suzuki from “Can”, Hawkwind, Gong, Guru Guru, Mann, Faust, and Birth Control, as well as touring The States with bands like Jane’s Addiction , Queens of the Stone Age, Perfect Circle, Audioslave, Incubus, Kings of Leon and more has galvanized these three men into one simple and powerful musical force. And, it has given them the great opportunity to share their music with thousands of thankful people …
Performing with raw intensity and moving dynamism, Zephaniah Stringfield sings stories about his travels from the SF Bay Area to New Mexico and beyond, weaving biblical references and archetypes of traditional folklore with stories of highways, girls and greyhound buses. His songs echo bluegrass and country music, rock-a-billy and the blues, but his clever lyrics and up-front delivery are both modern and relevant.
It is music both hauntingly familiar and uniquely his own.
“Simultaneously poignant and toe-tapping, this is the good stuff” KNCE Radio 93.5 Taos, NM
Winner of the 2016 Walnut Valley Festival New Song Showcase for song “Going to North Carolina”
2016 Semi-Finalist in International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
New album, The Book Of Zephaniah, produced by Mike West (Shawn Mullins, Split Lip Rayfield)
“Not a passive experience but more a journey alongside the artist” Utne Reader, Topeka, KS
Paracosmic is a collaborative project of musicians from various parts of California and the United States. The band’s sound can be described as a funk-based improv flow, incorporating rock and blues with a keen taste for the psychedelic soundscape.
Forming through the deep seeded dreams of 4 individuals, Paracosmic began in 2015 in Los Angeles through mutual friends in the southern California music scene and festival circuits. Since then, the band has grown to a 6 piece and along with playing several staple venues in Los Angeles, are making their way onto Festival line-ups with their favorite artists.
So what does the name mean? Paracosmic is the adjective of the word Paracosm, which is a detailed, imaginary world. Within that concept the 6 musicians aim to take you on a very lucid yet imaginary funk voyage through your mind and reality simultaneously for a rockin good time!
Keep your ears peeled for PARACOSMIC.
DC born, raised by Texans on a diet of American Song, spirituals, rhythms and poetry Aaron Gilmartin is an award-winning composer and song-writer for film, stage and people’s enjoyment. Scored Once Upon A Line, a film shortlisted for the 2017 Oscar that won the 2016 Student Academy Award and took top honors at BAFTA among others.
The songs for his first album were written on hiatus from NYC in Tucson where he worked with Calexico’s Jacob Valenzuela on trumpet and toured with Adam Levy of Norah Jones band. His songs bring the flamenco guitar together with looping and sampling of his band.
Currently playing the new batch of songs written in West Adams LA Aaron is now a full time dad while composing and touring the US.
What is a Pocho? One who lacks proficiency in Spanish but is of Mexican descent. So with that out of the way who are Los Pochos?
Los Pochos is a three Spanish guitar and vocal collaboration born in Venice Beach, CA. Band members Isaac Irvin (from El Paso, Texas), Michael Jost (from Frankfurt, Germany) and Rick Boston (from Alberta, Canada) started playing together in Venice for fun, but soon were being asked to play at parties and art shows.
Isaac Irvin sings in Spanish and English and this combination makes for a great blend of Tex Mex and south of the border vocals. Michael Jost is an accomplished flamenco and rock guitarist and is also a record producer with his own eclectic Radio Venice weekly internet broadcast. Rick Boston is a multi instrumentalist, musician, film composer and record producer, now enamored with his Spanish gut string guitar.
With Mexican rock songs such as Negra Tomasa and Cuban traditional El Quarta de Tula the three pochos dig into these Latin sounds with the fun of a Manu Chao but the instrumental skill of a Gypsy King. Well, almost!
Wolf Schubert-K. is an old hand of his genre and yet an insider tip. The singer-songwriter has always carved out his own niche in European rock and folk music.
In the 90s Wolf was on the road as a pioneer of what was then called “Alternative Country”. With the DIRTY BIRDIES, the COSMIC TWINS and the American songwriter/author Bob Lyng, he toured France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
After a ten-year-long, search-driven recovery, Wolf returned with his “Sacred Blues” album in 2009, clarified and much more thoughtful.
After a total of 4 albums, “Free Spirit”, a rough folk album with guests from the singer/songwriter scene, including his wife BINE MORGENSTERN, is out now.
Barry Conley is a professional recording engineer, producer and musician. In his formative years, Barry studied electronic and experimental music composition with Earle Brown (cohort of John Cage) and Morton Subotnick.
Barry’s professional career started with an engineering position at Baby’O Recorders in Hollywood where he worked with George Harrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Barry went on to work at Sunset Sound and Paramount Recording Studios with such artists as Miles Davis, B.B. King, Ike Turner, and The Stray Cats.
Barry Conley’s band “The Aliens That Ate Hollywood” was featured on The Desert Sessions volume 6 “Black Anvil Ego” record put out by Josh Homme (Queens of The Stone Age).
While waiting for the members of Cypress Hill to arrive at a recording session for their “Stoned Raiders” record, Barry invented and devised a portable joystick/photo optically controlled analog synthesizer/effects processor named the “OutofControl-atron”. Seven years in the making and played on many records including Black Label Society’s “Mafia”.
Barry currently plays in several combos including Liquid Owsley, Splotch, Spiel, and The Aliens. Barry has been known to do solo “abductions”, sometimes known as “sonic colonics”, with his various Buchla synthesizers and the OutofControl-atron.
Barry currently owns Outer Space, a recording studio in Venice, California where he has recently worked with Luicidal and Robert Trujillo (Metallica).