Bardo Pond

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Bardo Pond
Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s)	Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Years active	1991–present
Label(s)	Matador, Three Lobed, ATP Recordings
Website	http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/home
Members
Ed Farnsworth John Gibbons Michael Gibbons Isobel Sollenberger Clint Takeda

Bardo Pond are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991. The current members are Michael Gibbons (guitar), John Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger (flute and vocals), Clint Takeda (bass guitar), Jason Kourkounis (drums), and Aaron Igler (synth/electronics). Bardo Pond's drug-inspired music is often classified as space rock, post-rock, noise or psychedelic rock. Many Bardo Pond album titles have been derived from the names of esoteric psychedelic substances. Their sound has been likened to Pink Floyd, Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine amongst others.

Allmusic describes Bardo Pond as having "lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise." Bardo Pond are a taper-friendly band who encourage fans to make recordings of their shows.

1 Side Projects
2 Discography
3 External links

[edit] Side Projects

Alasehir is a psychedelic/stoner rock trio featuring Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons and Jason Kourkounis.

Alumbrados produces psychedelic folk/drone music and consists of Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons, Michael Zanghi and Aaron Igler.

Prairie Dog Flesh is more improvisational and rearranges the members of Bardo Pond with Takeda on vocals.

Hash Jar Tempo is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Roy Montgomery. A pun on Ash Ra Temple, this project resulted from two "marathon jam/recording sessions" between the two parties and produced two albums: Well Oiled (released in 1997, recorded in 1995) and Under Glass (released in 1999, recorded in 1998).

Third Troll features Michael and John Gibbons (guitars), Sollenberger (flute), and includes Kevin Moist (saxophone) and Aaron Igler (synths).[1]

Baikal conducts free form psych experiments. the band consists of John Gibbons, Michael Gibbons, Clint Takeda and Jason Kourkonis and has released a self titled album on Important Records.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

Bufo Alvarius, Amen 29:15 (1995 – Drunken Fish Records)
Amanita (1996 – Matador Records)
Lapsed (1997 – Matador Records)
Set and Setting (1999 – Matador Records)
Dilate (2001 – Matador Records)
On the Ellipse (2003 – ATP Records)
Ticket Crystals (2006 – ATP Records)

[edit] EPs

Big Laughing Jym (1995) – (Compulsiv)
Slab 10" (2000 – Three Lobed Records)
U.S. Tour, Spring 2001 split with Mogwai (2001 – Matador Records)
Purposeful Availment (2002 – Three Lobed Records)
Tigris/Euphrates split 12" with Subarachnoid Space (2002 – Camera Obscura Records)
Bog split 12" with Buck Paco (2005 – Black September Records)
Adrop - Modern Containment EP series (2006 – Three Lobed Records)

[edit] Volume series

In October 2000, Bardo Pond self-released the first volume in a highly limited series of CD-R jam sessions. The tracks in the Volume series are generally considered by critics to be more improvisational and experimental than the band's studio work.[2]