Loading details…
Artist
Corpus Collosum
9+ albums
5432fun
about
There are two bands named Corpus Collosum An experemental Noir-Folk outfit from Santa Clara, CA (1), and a grindcore band from Johnstown, PA (2). (1) Corpus Collosum is an effort to create dynamic, uncompromised music, both heady and theatrical, using simple, do-it-yourself means. The band credits influence from american roots music, early industrial & noise, and western classical, blending the musics of Neutral Milk Hotel, The Velvet Underground, Tom Waits and Einsturzende Neubauten, among others. The musicians, Avery Burke, Dax Tran-Caffee, Stevie Hryciw and Zach Michels, compose songs by combining the traditional instruments of accordion, banjo and guitar, with more obscure instruments like the singing saw, theremin, wash bucket bass and glass goblets, as well as common objects such as pots and pans, pickaxes, children's toys, a kitchen blender and sheet metal. Corpus Callosum has shared stages with such notable bands as The Mountain Goats, Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof and Jason Webley. They have been hosted by radio stations KSCU Santa Clara, KKUP Cupertino, KFJC Los Altos Hills and KDVS Davis. "Strange Fruit," the first album, was self-published in the winter of 2003. Three live performances have since been recorded and released. The six-track EP, "Machine Under Its Own Spell," self-released in May 2005, received national review and airplay, including ..1 on the charts of KUOI, Moscow, ID (8/8 and 8/22/05) and ..2 on the charts of WNUR, Chicago, IL (8/23/05). The band current
