"Shades of Beck & Tom Waits meet the dystopic poetics of William S. Burroughs, filtered through a schizophrenic jazz sensibility tripping across a surreal electro-acoustic landscape of robotica & noise to folk-rock rhythms…groundbreaking & highly recommended…the West Coast’s 'next big thing'…" -
CARBON PRESS SARTISOHN is Christopher Heinrich Sartisohn from Victoria BC, Canada.
SARTISOHN is a published poet, novelist, musician, composer & hypermedia artist.
SARTISOHN is homegrown-hydroponic electro-acoustic space-folk pop-poet beats.
SARTISOHN plays acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, strings, winds, percussion, electronica, explosives.
- For Sartisohn's Gypsy Jazz Guitar project, check out: COLD CUT COMBO (www.coldcutcombo.com)
- For Sartisohn's noisome prog/math rock outfit, check out: f i j i t (www.fijit.org).
- For Sartisohn's multimedia endeavors, check out: Carbonize Hypermedia (www.carbonize.com).
Influences: Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs, Pink Floyd, Butthole Surfers, AC/DC, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Django Reinhardt, Bireli Lagrene, the hideous aural mechanics of the human body, a baboon, multifarious meats.
Sounds Like: Beck, Radiohead, Hayden, Mugison, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Frank Black, Pixies, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, John Cage, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, William S. Burroughs, Claustrophobic Reinhardt.
Artist History: Studmuffins, Coleslaw, Stick Farm, Apes, fijit, Pigment Vehicle, Cold Cut Combo, Sartisohn.
Group Members:
Sartisohn with the odd drunken guest.
Instruments:
Acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, strings, winds, percussion, electronica, explosives.
Albums:
Visit www.sartisohn.com/music.
Press Reviews:
None favourable. For Cold Cut Combo press go to www.coldcutcombo.com.
Additional Info:
Absolutely.
Location:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
