SLOTERDIJK
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History:
Formed outside of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 1996 by Mike Burro.
Brought by Burro to the U.S. in 1997. Released "Alien Theme" and "Technoanthropology".
1999: performed at the Strange Daze, space rock festival, Nelson Ohio. Toured Europe November-December 1999.
2000: played stateside shows throughout spring. Released "Integration" CD on Lollipop Shop Records, Berlin Germany,
May and June. Toured Europe and performed at The Hamburg Hawkfest, June 2000( only American act to ever play this event) .
Toured supporting Harvey Bainbridge of Hawkwind during the Traveling Outerspace Spectacular Tour 8/2000.
2001: released 'Uranium Zone' CD
2002: released 'Beware The Charlatans' CD
performed by request ( as The One Eyed Bishops) at Hawkwind's private 'Hawkfestival, Devon , UK
2003: performed at the 'Garden Party' II
performed at the 'Space Rock Bar BBQ'
( Mike Burro & Jay Adcock toured The UK in January of this year)
2004: performed at 'The Philadelphia Electronic Art & Music Festival', and subsequently released a recording of the show as the new 'PEMAF CD'
( Mike also toured The UK with The One Eyed Bishops during the summer ).
performed at the 'Cosmic Coffeehouse series hosted by Brainstatik, in November.
2005: Mike becomes a dad and Sloterdijk takes a brief hiatus,( they make one rare performance in Philadelphia) while The One Eyed Bishops continue to perform regularly.
2006: Sloterdijk returns to Amsterdam and performs on the long running pirate radio program 'Psychedelicatessen' hosted by Feddo Renier.
2007: Mike revamps the lineup and makes plans for a a new cd as well as several northeast U.S. shows to begin in the spring.Band/artist history
Since May of 2003, SLOTERDIJK has once again been playing live performances. We look forward to several upcoming concerts scheduled forspring and summer 2007
Recent performances included 'The Philadelphia Electronic & Art Festival', May 2. 2004.
This performance was released as our 'PEMAF' CD.Have you performed in front of an audience?Sloterdijk has toured in Europe & The United States. The band enjoys performing at festivals and gatherings of all sizes.
Your musical influences
The music of Sloterdijk is influenced by many artists, however UK 'space rock pioneers' Hawkwind, might top that list.
Other influences include Klaus Schulze, Harvey Bainbridge, The Pink Floyd ( 66-69 ) & The Orb.
Guitar influences include, Dave Brock, Huw Lloyd Langton, Syd Barrett, Buck Dharma, Rick Parfitt, Punky Meadows & Ace Frehley.What equipment do you use?
SLOTERDIJK employs an array of analogue and digital synthesizers, rhythmic prgramming devices, loops, and electric guitars. Sometimes the band is more automated that others, depending on the lineup at the time.Anything else?
Sloterdijk is actively seeking bookings for 2007-2008. Please contact us directly at the e-mail address provided on this site for booking inquiries.
Also if you wish to look at a discography just click to http://www.freewebs.com/oebs
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Hi Mike...
Long time no speak mate.
Hope everything is cool with you :)
Time Delay...
Very cool song,got the Hawks vibe going on :)
Sounds live.................
Like the jams hawks go off on live.
Nice work mate :)
Nigel.Hey, I haven't had time to listen to the tunes yet but I absolutely loved the descriptions! My father's from the Netherlands too.
Cheers
Ingrid from Agenda
www.soundclick.com/agendaHi: thank you for the message. I will check it out. RIP is a collaborative side project of RI (just for your info). And welcome to soundclick anyhow! I am the first one posting - yeah!All comments (4)
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Re-education Of The Bladder: Very cool track, powerful Hawkwind and Priest vibe happening! Added to one of my stations... Peace, Jim