Winter Eliptics by Michael Shannon

Performed and recorded by Michael Shannon at Joy Street Studios during the Seattle snows of 2019

A Baumhaus Production

Instrumentation: Erhu, Singing Bowls, Piano-in-the-Park, Feedback Circuits, Electronics, Blue Guitar, Field Recordings, Harmonium, Radio, 1972 Florida 8-track recording, Voice, 12-string Acoustic Guitar, Black Beauty Electric Guitar, Soong, Synthesizer, Sedro Wooley Drum, Bodhran, Cello, Electric Bass, Rhiata, Been, Zurna, Darbuka Drum, Temple Bell, Vajra

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Music & Photography Copyright 2019 Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon is a sound/recording artist, musician, photographer, and performer of experimental media, based in Seattle. He began performing in the punk clubs of San Francisco in the late 1970's evolving performance and sound designs through various venues and media, specializing in the use of a variety of string instruments from Asia, field recordings, percussion, sound objects, electo-acoustic strings, and electronics. In San Francisco, he started Joy Street Studios, the name for all of his sound art productions and his studio in 1983, to the present. First releases of audio works in the form of cassettes began in 1987, followed by an LP 'Laguz' on Anomalous Records and CDs on various labels around the world. Presently a member of Seattle-based performing/recording groups Gyre, Eye Music, Yuan, Echore, Aono Jikken Ensemble, Animist Orchestra, Broken Mask (Seattle-San Francisco). Previous San Francisco bands: Appliances, Kahunas, KuKuKu, Earnerve, Joyo, Lethal Gospel.

Gyre: soundcloud.com/gyre
Gyre video: vimeo.com/gyreseattle
Michael Shannon video: vimeo.com/user7291944

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