I Am Spoonbender

I Am Spoonbender

Infobox musical artist
Name = I Am Spoonbender


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Origin = San Francisco, California, U.S.
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Genre = Experimental Music Krautrock Ambient Indie rock Progressive Rock Soundtrack Electronic music
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Years_active = 1997 – present
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Current_members = Dustin Donaldson Robynn Iwata Dave Edwardson
Past_members = Brian Jackson Marc Kate
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I Am Spoonbender is an American multimedia group formed in San Francisco in early 1997 by Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson. Halfway through the recording of their debut album "Sender/Receiver", the band was joined by cub guitarist Robynn Iwata. [ [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_gus.html seminal i am spoonbender interview ] ]

Their breakthrough musical style has been compared to Brian Eno (Stopwatch Static), Can (Reality Dealer, Replaced By Toys), and This Heat, with occasional forays into post-rock (Parenthetical) and digital micromusic (Mr Knife Miss Fork). [ [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/iamspoon.html The History of Rock Music. I Am Spoonbender: biography, discography, reviews, links ] ] Dustin Donaldson has noted that their influences include Morton Subotnick, Wire, This Heat and Devo. [ [http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/feature/5863/8.html Art of Noise - San Francisco: CitySearch ] ]

Members

Current members

* Dustin Donaldson: synths, drums, vocals, production 1997-
* Robynn "Cup" Iwata: synths, vocals 1997-
* Dave Edwardson (Neurosis): bass on "Shown Actual Size", "Buy Hidden Persuaders"

Past members

* Brian Jackson: bass, synths, 1997-2000
* Marc Kate: synths 1998-2003
* Chad Amory: bass, synths, 2000-2002

Current live members

* Kevin Farkas - drums
* Nolan Cook - bass and synths (The Residents, Dimesland)
* Drew Cook - bass and synths (Dimesland)
* MA'AT - perception management and subliminatexture

Discography

Live Appearances

In addition to their own shows, I Am Spoonbender has performed on bills with Mogwai, Glenn Branca, Cibo Matto, The New Pornographers, Wire, Money Mark, Einstürzende Neubauten, Hot Hot Heat, Steven Stapleton, Mike Patton, Secret Chiefs 3, Man or Astro-Man?, The Locust, The Faint, Grandaddy, Trans Am, Pleasure Forever, Notwist, Fly Pan Am, and Explosions in the Sky, among others.

References

External links

* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com I Am Spoonbender website]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Brgyvadsku8w8 AllMusicGuide]
* [http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2001/03/2809.cfm Interview at Chartattack.com]
* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_mirror.html Interview in Montreal Mirror, 2003]
* [http://www.iamspoonbender.com/interviews/inter_now.html Interview in NOW magazine, 2003]
* [http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/feature/5863/8.html Interview on CitySearch]


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