Moe! Staiano

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Moe Staiano (born Mario Anthony Staiano Jr.) (b. June 13, 1973, Staten Island, New York) is an American experimental drummer/percussionist and composer who works in a variety of found sounds and prepared trap set as well as massive orchestra conductions of his own scored compositions. Mainly an improviser in a solo performance setting, Moe! Staiano (the exclamation mark is sometimes a part of his name) has no formal training in music and would play in unconventional ways such as drumming a bat on a snare or placing vibrators on cymbals. His early destructive performances were known to have Moe! showering audiences with packaging popcorn and wrapping them up with yellow caution tape and destroy an arsenal of television sets, dishes and other breakable objects and setting off loud fireworks to end a typical show. Early influences of acts such as Foetus, Einstürzende Neubauten and Z'EV (with whom he once collaborated) were evident in his playing and shows as he used various found "junk" such as springs, sheet metals, oil barrels, pipes and other metal objects as percussion. He has toned down a little with his current shows, usually using prepared drum kits and guitar loops to create a more one-man band sound, though he still breaks an object or old 78 RPM records over his head from time to time. In 1997, he started his large ensemble collective, MOE!KESTRA!, which employs a rotating cast of available musicians playing Staiano's text "instructional"/graphic scores for large orc

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Two Rooms of Uranium Inside 83 Markers: Conducted Improvisations Vol. 2

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Post-Asiatic: Lost War Dream Music

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The Non-Study Of First Impressions

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The Lateness Of Yearly Presentations

Two Forms Of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations

The Absolute Tradition of No Traditions

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Knormalities

Depth Of Beyond

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Post-Asiatic: Lost War Dream Music [Disc 2]

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Music + One

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Irreplaceable Hand: A Dax Pierson Benefit Compilation

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Tape Music

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