Critters Buggin
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| Critters Buggin | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Label(s) | Ropeadope |
| Website | Crittersbuggin.com |
| Members | |
| Matt Chamberlain Skerik Brad Houser Mike Dillon |
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| John Bush | |
Critters Buggin is a Seattle-based instrumental group which performs in a jazz and funk-influenced, eclectic style.
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[edit] Brief History
The group began with Matt Chamberlain and Skerik who were later joined by Brad Houser, thus forming a trio in early 1993. John Bush joined soon afterward, and the group gave their first live performance using the "Critters Buggin" name in May 1993 at the Seattle club The Colourbox. Chamberlain, Houser and Bush were all from the then-disbanded Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Skerik came from another Seattle group, Sadhappy. Their live success was followed by the release of their first album which was produced by Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam on his new label Loosegroove. The original Critters Buggin trio continued with several guest musicians, including Mike Dillon. Chamberlain and Dillon had both played in the locally popular Dallas, Texas band Ten Hands in the 1980s. By 1998 Dillon had joined Critters Buggin as a fourth member, thus forming the current line-up as of the 2004 release of Stampede.
In 2007 Critters Buggin released the DVD, Get the Clackervalve and the Old Clobberd Biscuits Out and Smack the Grand Ham Clapper's Mother. It is a live set filmed and recorded during the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days 1999 performed in The Palace of Culture and Science of Warsaw, Poland.
[edit] Description
Critters Buggin often defies categorization because of their many musical influences and interests. Reviews tend to describe their music as a combination of electronic, ambient, jazz and "groove." When asked to describe their music in 1994, Chamberlain stated that it is "jazzy, funky, rocky.... it has African rhythms, too. (It is) African, industrial, tribal music."[1]
Reviewed also in terms such as unique, adventurous,[2] innovative and creative it has been noted that because they play with a diversity of other artists rather than "simply go through the motions" they "take full advantage of the rare occasions they have to play with one another."[3]
[edit] Members
- Matt Chamberlain - drums, percussion, piano, programming, synths, loops, samples, digital editing
- Skerik - saxophone, keyboards, loops, samples, effects, guitar
- Brad Houser - bass, bass clarinet, electronics
- Mike Dillon - vibraphone, percussion (1998-present)
- John Bush - percussion, loops (1993-1994)
[edit] Discography
- 1994 - Guest (Loosegroove)
- 1997 - Host (Loosegroove)
- 1997 - Monkeypot Merganzer (Crittersbuggin.com)
- 1998 - Bumpa (Loosegroove)
- 1998 - Amoeba (Loosegroove)
- 2000 - Taxi (Crittersbuggin.com - limited vinyl edition)
- 2004 - Stampede (Ropeadope)
[edit] Additional Musicians
Guest (1994)
- Dave Palmer - Keyboards
- Shawn Smith - Vocals
- Sophia - Talk
- Bruce Calder - Static Engineer
Host (1996)
- Doug Stringer - Djembe
- Tim Young - Bubble Boy
- Doc Vinton - Voice
Monkeypot Merganzer (1997)
- Maurice Caldwell Jr. - Vocal
- David Palmer - Rhodes Wah-Wah Piano
- Eyvind Kang - Violin and Air-hu
- Keith Lowe - Upright Bass
- Craig Flory - Bass Clarinet
- Mike Dillon - Vibes and Percussion
Ameoba (1998)
- Earl Harvin - Bass Loop and Percussion
Stampede (2004)
- Stone Gossard - Synth & Gus, Guitar
- Jon Brion - Piano and Guitar
- Master Musicians of Jajouka: Bachir and Mustafa Attar
[edit] References
- ^ Critters Buggin' Ignites Sweat-And-Groove Sound Vanessa Ho, The Seattle Times, January 28, 1994, Retrieved November 29, 2007
- ^ Stampede, John Kelman, AllAboutJazz, September 12, 2004, Retrieved November 29, 2007
- ^ Critters Buggin @ Neumo's (12/16/06) Zack Furness, Bad Subjects, December 2006, Retrieved November 29, 2007
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