I was tired of my previous, oh-so-very-IDM moniker "cathode ray tube" (shudder!). After playingg for a bit under my own name, I was watching Ms. Brittney Spears twangle her ddangle, and I began to parse her name in my head. A compulsive anagrammaticist, I came up with Brittney Sparse. She's got the junk in the trunkl but not much in the top bunk knowwhumsayin'?

But Brittney Sparse was initally about bringing music down to a very basic, minimal setup. That's gone out the window in favor of anything that comes into my damn head and needs ot get out.

I play live on occasion. I find playing llive hard in a lot of ways. I tear apart my studio to bring out some gear to use, even though I started using a laptop (iBook and proud, mofo!) about 3 years ago. Annd then I tend ot write entirely new stuff for each and every show, which is draiining and rewarding. If I don't do new stuff, I get bored. And folks can smell that a mile away.

It's obvious the Internet has seriously eroded the foundation of the music industry with its trojan horse the MP3. The major labels are all hemorrhaging from open wounds crap bands and crap music. Perhaps it's because it's the music I grew up with, but I am hard pressed to find anything about the current crop of pop music that compares with 80's dance or alternative music.

Who would have thought that the Mp3 would be the catalyst for change? This little ccompression algorithm has just got the major laabels soiling themselves in terror of this. Mp3's are repsonsible, I believe, for the gorwth of the computer industry and from the iPod to DAW's.

Um, perhaps. I'd need complete control over artwork and distribution. I am also a homebody, and don't particularly like to leave the house, except for Yoga. And seeing as touring is how most musicians make their bread and butter, I'd have to work something out where I could take my wife and kid along so I wouldn't be lonely and succumb to wanton groupies.

/bio

Brittney Sparse is Charles R. Terhune, aka Cathode Ray Tube, aka Super Barrio Mothers, aka C-fom label head, aka Founder of "It's Yoga, bi***es!" International. He began making music at 14, but made noise long before using tape recorders, vacuum cleaners and whatever else he could lay his hands on. In 1999 he founded C-fom records in Boston. C-fom then released the seminal "Boston not London" compilation in 2000 . In 2001, he released "Subzero Sensei" to critical acclaim. Following a thwarted attempt at world domination, he turned to the world of power vinyasa yoga. But there was no beat, so he went out to find it. Brittney Sparse is the result, a paring of simple melodies, concise beats, and sonic architecture all glued together into one beautiful package. Brittney Sparse's 2004 release "The Mountain Sisters" will be available for consumption in Summer 2004.

OH, god... Here goes...

Richard H Kirk, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Bourbonese Qualk, Spaceheads, Ultravox, The Fixx, Simple Minds, Skinny Puppy, Joy Division, New Order, Ministry, To Rococo Rot, Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, Savage Republic, Big Black, Wire, X, Arovane, Boards of Canada, glitch, idm (ugh, I hate that term, but it helps the pigeonholers), Depeche Mode, Motorhead, Bolt Thrower, The Who, The Beatles, The Clash, Johnny Cash, Negro Spirituals, Slave Songs, King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, Pole, Tapa Zukie, Sigur Ros.

Huh. A hard one. There are a few that come to mind. My favorite spots are on my couch, in front of my gear, playing with my daughter and my wife. My favorite city is NEw York City, although I wouldn't want to live there. I love my city, Somerville and Boston, of which wwe are a smaller satellite city.

And I love my yoga studio. I love yoga. It's helped my music so much.

Oh, the gear pron question. Sure, here goes:

Apple iBook 70mhz

Yamaha AN1X

Korg Poly800ii

Yamaha TQ5

MOTU Glyph Firewire Drive

MOTU 828ii

Korg Kaoss Pad

Korg Electribe Er-1

Nord Modular (expanded)

Behringer UB 1204

Alesis HR-16

Boss DR660

MULTIVOX MULTI ECHO

Furman Power Conditioners x 2

Line 6 Echo Pro

Digitech Studioquad

Electrix Filter Factory

Electrix MoFX

MIDIMAN 8x8 midi patchbay

Mackie LM3204

Alesis Datadisk

Alesis 3630

BBE 462

DBX 48 point Patchbay

AP 48 Point Patchbay

Apple G4 450, 700mb Ram 2 monitors and a whole bunch of crap in it.

Junk

Bionicles

Toys

Godzilla!

I, like many Americans, despise George Bush. I would like nothign better than to see him fall and hard.

I cannot tell you how much better my life is since quitting drinking, smoking, eating alot of dairy and sugar. I feel like a million bucks. I need very little sleep now.

I love my wife. She is da bomb. Praise be.

Best music to listen to in the early morning: Sigur Ros or any Dub. Best when played loud!

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