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Davis James

Portland, OR  USA
August 14, 2004
476 plays
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!!! FREE !!! AVANT NOISE DENMARKIAN FOLK ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIAL HIP HOP SOUNDSCAPES FUCKED UP BEATS, ALL THIS FOR !!! FREE !!! .in-store day to night show. .Sunday October 17th. .4pm - 11pm. .ALL AGES WELCOME. .come get blessed. .at .Banged and Blown. .2250 E. Burnside. .Portland's fetish friendly gothic pirate's bootieque store. .buy-sell-consign .exotic and erotic art forms from local artist of every medium. .fashion.leather.sexy.causal.slutty.shoes.jewelry.decorative.furniture.pipes.knives.toys.pirate flags..music.art.stickers. bondage accessories and wear. .things to fill spaces in your home and or head. .if it's worth having you'll find it here. 4:00 pm mr. munnicut 5:00 pm bios+a+ic from entropic advance 6:00 pm Kathrine Heilesen 7:00 pm Davis James / PORCA. CELEB, 8:00 pm. Will S. 9:00 pm NEQUAQUAM VACUUM 10:00pm Synchronicity Frequency past shows have been with Nequaquam Vacuum, Daniel Menche, Will S., Das Torpedoes, Tan as Fuck, Annette Krebs, Chris Forsyth, Arnoux, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Page 27, In Ether, Tomato A Day, Sapat, Newton, Noumena. The Idiotaroud, Pengo. Bob Bellerue. Psychic Papsmear, Lotus fear, 16 Bitch Pile Up, and many more. i'll let others describe my live shows and cd's. . "impossible-to-pin-down-the-source-of effects, percussion, tabletops guitar-neck, etc; a very distinctive dynamic of moody, introverted & deeply melancholic attitude" Will S. . " you are the best thing i have heard live in ambiant music in the last 10 years." bar patron . "it reminded me of a very dark pink floyd and radiohead." drunk stranger at show "you should play a show with kevin drumm and and jim o'rouke." some nice guy
Band/artist history
Started 10 years ago, with a home made rubber band guitar two hand held tape recorders and a boom box. after a year i changed the name to Human Abstract after reading the poem by William Blake worked a few years mainly in Film and Painting. my soundtracks were well recieved and i thought more about music from a filmmaker and painters point of view. i grew up in the desert of northern los angeles. lived in the homes of roaches. lived out of my car. i once weighed 300 pounds. i still hate my body. i think of killing myself day to day; i laugh at myself. i do not believe in mental health. i do not believe mental hostpitals help. having money only makes me want to not have it. and vice versa. i have seen people raped on streets and i have been raped in rooms. friends around me have hung themselves. people around me hang themselves. this is all true. they do it slowly. drugs.sex.love.work.life. i've learned it can end quickly. i have been a prostitute. i have sat with dead people and cried. strangers tried to save my dieing mother. i do not ask for pity. just understanding. i do live a life i would not change. you can know who you are and hate it, you can live this way and still be happy. . people will tell you i am friendly. i have a nice personality. i have a nice smile. i am happy and go lucky. even though. i have done things i am sorry for. but don't dwell in wishing for a differnt outcome. i have a strong desire and love for fetish sex. i have a healthy kinky sex life. dominant women who know how to put a man in his place are quite devine. womens clothes feel better then mens. nothing is personal to me. degridation is as sinful as murder. . people can read my emotions well. i am told i am a strong sender. a good feeler. someone filled with conflictions. i am not into new age mumbo jumbo. i am just a human who's been through a lot.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
yes i have done 3 tours, 2 west coast and 1 nation wide. i've played plenty of shows around los angeles and portland where i now reside.
Your musical influences
IN AND BY LIFE. MUSIC. TONY CONRAD . SWANS . ANGELS OF LIGHT . TOM WAITS . LEONARD COHEN .M.GIRA .JIM O'ROURKE . SONIC YOUTH . NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS . EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN . THE BIRTHDAY PARTY . THE CRAMPS . OVAL . rADIOHEAD . ANDREI TARKOVSKY . ROBERT BRESSON . SERGEI PARAJANOV . WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS.SUICIDE . THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
What equipment do you use?
i use things you wouldn't think of and process them through delay's and though pitchshifters live. on the computer i record sounds objects and instruments and then i do things with them privately.
Anything else?
crash is one of my favorite films and books. i realy want to work with M.Gira . Jim O'Rourke. Tony Conrad . The Cramps .
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Portland, OR  USA
August 14, 2004
476 plays
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