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t oakes z

flagstaff, AZ  USA
February 22, 2006
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in the himalayan mountains, tibetan monks are known for creating thier own inner heat or "tuomo" to defy the cold. this is especailly prevalent when thier tuomo tested in an initiation ceremony where they sit naked by a river in the night while fellow monks pure ice water over them. when the world is absolutely falling apart, so tuomo is a metaphor for just holding your own while everything around you falls to pieces... plus i believe I was once tibetan in another life.
Band/artist history
tuomo is an alias name for me and the music i've been recording over the past 11 years. i've been recording pseudo-conceptual cassette tapes since i was like 11. i've played in one heavy metal band, when i was 15, and knew right away that there was no way i would be able to play conventional r'n'r ever again...since then i've just tried to be as creative, spontaneous and emotional as i could be...The first "real" album I recorded was made on my grandma's computer, was named "ice clouds" and was finally released by Statue records in LA under my old name "penumbra(e)" or whatever. I am currently working on two follow up albums, taking advantage of this restricted time. we'll see what happens.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
I play live at home and with friends but am always needing a drummer it seems, so I mostly just record on my familys laptop.
Your musical influences
grew up on beatles. first two albums i baught were tool undertow and beck mellow gold. cant resist radiohead and thier ongoing evolution. pink floyd. tupac. nirvana is the reason I picked up a guitar. skinny puppy. sublime. del tha funky homosapien. alice and john coltrane. cant resist hendrix. can resist coldplay. cant resist hip hop. can resist toby kieth. gotta love bob marley and steel pulse. gotta love me going on forever when in actuality i have'nt listened to anyone elses music in months!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!gotta fix that
What equipment do you use?
whatevers floating aroundRAIN/LET ME TELL YOU A TALE IN WHICH WE UNBELIEVABLY SURVIVE/YOU OPENED UP A VIEN IN THE EARTH AND YOU SHOT HER UP/WERE A GALLOPING UNICORN ON A POLLUTED SHORE CHAINED DOWN BY A DRAGUN OF FEAR/
Anything else?
lovelovelovelove loveloveloveloveGalaxies at Fingertips Reflections of your shining urgency, like psychic pastels in bright transitions. Your eyes in likeness to countless stars to which I will travel. In our future will lie a nest, soft, hot between your sheets. Surely, victory and love reigns in the boiling waters of my body's center. lovelovelovloevl oevloevloelvolev oleovleolvolevol eolvoleovolelvlo enoenoeninenoeno nineoneoneenoeno elovleolvoevloev loevloevloevloel vlvoelvoelvovlov eloveloveloveloe vloevolevolevole voleoklvoleolvol eovloelvovleovlo elveolvoelvoevle ovleovleovlovleo ovel WE FALL INTO RIVERS ALONG THE WAY WITH BABIES IN OUR ARMS********** ************GET A JOB IN THE CITY DIGGING GRAVES*****SELLING OXYGEN WHERE IS THE CONTRACT?*?*?******* ****?*?*?****BURN ME MY BOOKS AND +++++++LEAVE ME MY BONES+++++++++ !!!!!SIX BILLION LITTLE EYES!!!!! (over the mountains of the great) D*****I******V*****I*****D******E A NUCLEAR WIND BLOWS THROUGHOUT$$ IN THE VOICES THAT KEPT ON FADING $$$$$$$$$$IN AND OUT$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ASK EVERY PASSING CLOUD ********* EYEZ MONITORING YOUR EVERY MOVEYE BLOW MY HEART ALL OVER THE EARTH STEP OUT OF THE CAR WITH YOUR LISCENCE AND REGISTRATION......THAT FACE LOOKED SO UGLY TO ME THEN........GRANDME I HEAR YOU FEEL YOUU IN THE HILLS AROUND ME..... THEY RAN AS IN A CIRCLE...HAND IN HAND.....BIG DREAMS OF LITTLE WORK Helicopters roam The skies filled with bleeding stars World watches silent Machine guns fire ghosts Cavalries of skeletons Swat team hosts survey Nazi recipes Needles prick blood-my brother In life made for war Sleep walking through mists Hospital bed subconscious Demons claw at doors The little ones sleep Songs were sung so long ago Cradles held fisted, unknown Where are you so close? Sad clowns look into windows At night beds left cold All will be better Government splits us apart Hands still reaching mom DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN (prarie/secret/bottom/imaginary/koyannisqatsi/abiotic/cavalry/a thunder cloud/trees/bait/fallout/under/glossolalia/fish/opening/cold/acid batchin/naked/sizzlesizzlesizzle/ DRY GILLS CHEMHEADS NOGASMASK PAPERCUTS JUMPFALL HOPSKIP JUMPSWIM MAD WINDS carry mind DEAD WEIGHT CITY-LIGHTEN CURLING SMOKE EBB+FLOW ELLORA FOCI CHAINTING GNOMONS ERRATIC ORBITS ENERGY? CABALLO ALUMBRADO UNICORN TORTUGA DRAGONZ STARMILK EARTH FRUIT tornadoes released across a land lost in time and space-given over to cold, damp hands....in relish in hypnosis, in place...a billion miles in the same direction...comin back home....coming back home thoughts in the rising smoke PLANETICIDE THE PSYCHOPOMP WORLD WAR 12345678910111213141516171819101927628363863276237578358732487263482746981736474!!!!!!!! WHITE CROWN VICTORIAS BLACK HELICOPTERS CHEMHEADS LINE UP DEAD EVERYONE WAITING FOR YOU TO OPEN YOUR DOOR WHERE SAD PEOPLES' THOUGHTS WEAR SAD FACES DONT ASK ME WHERE I GO I DONT PRETEND TO KNOW SIGNALING SIGNALING (blablablablablablablablabablablablablablablablalalalalalalablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablablabla lbal bla bla blab blah blah blah blha) +-+-+-+-+-=============================== blank and numbered faces at an egofest all empty chests and wasted breath, livin death arrest your mind on fresh impressions, skip the rest 2ND MILLENIUM INQUISITION WAIT FOR ME THERE IN THE COLD WINDS FAST ASLEEP THROUGH CIRCLES OF FLAME ON PLANETS WITHOUT RAIN/LET ME TELL YOU A TALE IN WHICH WE UNBELIEVABLY SURVIVE/YOU OPENED UP A VIEN IN THE EARTH AND YOU SHOT HER UP/WERE A GALLOPING UNICORN ON A POLLUTED SHORE CHAINED DOWN BY A DRAGUN OF FEAR/
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Hi, I'm quite a long term fan of your music, have you written any new music recently?
Nice work, really like the music, which is atmospheric and relaxing. Eroded Roads and Soft Redemption are awesome. So is Mars in Transitions, but the chorus slightly takes away from it, cos it's quite distorted. Still, I love listening to all your music, and keep up the good work.
enjoyed the terrifically far out cihua. --stockwrock
Great vibe's Guy's very nice, please could you check out our new band,we are three indentical sisters from Switzerland and we sing with a single voice,please tell us what you think of our music,and who you think the prettiest is,thank's "M".
Those are some very awesome songs. You are simply terrific and I gave all your songs votes. One of the best groups I came across on Soundclick. ~Spudnick
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