Mike Tamburo is an independent musician, film maker, inventor, instrument builder, story teller, writer, psychonaut, Kundalini Yoga devotee, Reiki practitioner, installation artist, painter, orgone energy enthusiast, and amateur ethno-botanist born on March 30, 1977 in New Kensington, PA and currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. He plays the hammered dulcimer, the gong, the crowned eternal (an instrument he built out of a headboard) and tuning forks and in the past has played guitar, percussion, electronic instruments, bulbul tarang, bass gopichand, gulbulgar, singing bowls, and clarinet. He runs a small label called: New American Folk Hero.[1] and curates the Fantastic Voyagers Music Festival.
Eskimo 88 with Christopher Pecoraro on guitar (released two cassettes: Open Your Ears and Hear a Sound and Inside Outside)
Meisha with Ken Camden, Pete Spynda (released Meisha, Meisha Returns, Meisha Forever, The First Lessons in New Era Time: The Universal Orchestra of Pituitary Knowledge Sing Om to the Disturbed Onlookers, Who were Meisha and Robin Anyway?, The Fourth Lesson In New Era Time: The Republic of Meisha, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Meisha Machine Music, A Celebration of Life, For Sayas and The Secret Of Paul Grouper).
Arco Flute Foundation with Matt Mcdowell, Pete Spynda, Rob Dingman and Jeff Komara (released The Second Lesson in New Era Time Exploring the Possibilities of New Wave Villains; And What of Boy?, The Third Lesson in New Era Time: Running Slow-Motion Marathons With Purple Rejoice; Who Killed the Party House?, Everything After The Bomb Is Sci-Fi, Everything After Everything Is The Bomb Is Sci-Fi, I Ate Tony Conrad's Pierogies, The Fifth Lesson in New Era Time: The Unconsciousness of Yukon Steve) [2] [2] [3] [4]