Wizards of Mass Distraction
Bread and circuses to a funky gurgling. for more stuff, work in progress mixes etc.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Formed from the molten ejaculate of the Incredible Tractors. Wizards of Mass Distraction have been performing live from around 2005. Having played diverse venues from the Social Forum Cymru in Aberystwyth to a bar entirely lit with UV light. Many collaborative events with Robert Minhinnick, award winning poet and novelist.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Despite our better judgment we indeed play live.
Your musical influences
Experimental, dance, electronica, Talking Heads, Afro Celt Sound System, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, A Certain Ratio, Kraftwerk, funk, Brian Eno, 23 Skidoo, filmic, David Byrne, Air and the Wombles.
What equipment do you use?
Gurglers, whizzers, bamboozlers and 24bit Ring Modulators.
Anything else?
The Wizards are Richard Thomas and Peter Morgan aided and enabled by many other collaborators.
