 Kono Michi's Profile |
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Currently on the Tom Robinson Show: BBC 6Music |
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| Location: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 21, 2008 (508 days back) |
About Me |
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| After recent radio play in the UK on the BBC Radio 1 (Vic Galloway), BBC 6Music (Nemone) and BBC Merseyside, Kono Michi once again travels British airwaves via The Tom Robinson show on BBC Radio 6 Music, which you can listen to online all week till 6/20.
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 1/13/2006Band Website: sharkbatter.com Band Members: All songs written, recorded and produced by Michi Wiancko (violin, vocals, toy instruments, computer) For live shows, Kono Michi has been joined by an assortment of talented friends including: Nick Cords (viola), Carolyn Jeselsohn (cello), Dan Jeselsohn (bass), Max Mandel (viola), Tai Murray (violin), Clancy Newman (cello), Annaliesa Place (violin), Melissa Reardon (viola), Rench (drums, suitcase, electronics, cowbell), Tarrah Reynolds (violin, vocals), Peter Seymour (bass, beats), Eric Stephenson (cello, meat hammer, cowbell) Influences: Debussy, Ligeti, Alpha, Bartok, Stina Nordenstam, Taraf de Haidouks, Sparklehorse, Le Mystere des vois Bulgares, This Mortal Coil, The Bad Plus, Cocteau Twins, Webern, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Satie, Bjork, Kurtag, Tom Waits, Nathan Milstein, Portishead, Andrew Manze, Mum, Colleen, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Cohen, Dolly Parton, Sherban Lupu, Brian Wilson, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Art Tatum, Schnittke, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Sounds Like: dark sparkly wood-and-horsehair-based trip-pop with some robot beeps here and a weeping gypsy there. Record Label: Shark Batter Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Classical / Trip Hop) |
My Blog |
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Kono Michi on the Tom Robinson show BBC 6Music |
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| Kono Michi gets more UK radio play on the BBC this week! You can listen to Tom Robinson's awesome 2 hour show which showcases a bunch of hot new bands every week. Follow this link to BBC Radio 6 Music... Posted by Kono Michi on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:05:00 PST |
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My First EP Review |
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| Greetings and Happy Barack!I'm pleased to share my very first review for the Livingroom Disappearance E.P., published on musictowers.comNotice that my video was called "disturbing" which is giving me ... Posted by Kono Michi on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:47:00 PST |
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My First Video |
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| Hello Fellow Freaky MySpace Heads,My new video When I Don't Come Back is up for viewing. I should also mention that it's my FIRST video ever! I filmed it myself, but it was directed and produced by St... Posted by Kono Michi on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:37:00 PST |
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Kono MIchi on the BBC |
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| The gentlemen over at Shark Batter Records have been hard at work plugging my new EP, "The Livingroom Disappearance" and as a result I just had my first radio play in the UK! My song "When I Don't Com... Posted by Kono Michi on Sun, 18 May 2008 01:25:00 PST |
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DJ Simple Simon |
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| I wanted to post a thank-you to DJ Simple Simon (check him out on my 'top friends'), for contributing some subtle but tasty sounds to my new song "When I Don't Come Back". Looking forward to some futu... Posted by Kono Michi on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:43:00 PST |
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Kono Michi WNYC radio debut :) |
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| Olivier Conan, father of the wonderful bar and venue Barbes in Brooklyn, was interviewed on WNYC and put in a good word for Kono Michi! He also handed over some of my music, and they chose to play 2 o... Posted by Kono Michi on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:38:00 PST |
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The new Mike & Michi page! |
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| Hi people!I have been long-distance collaborating with Mike Small, a brilliant and multi-talented musician from Scotland. We've never met in person (we met on Myspace!) but it's been the most fun I've... Posted by Kono Michi on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:46:00 PST |
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A little Senecan philosophy |
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| "What need is there to weep over parts of life?The whole of it calls for tears."Seneca Posted by Kono Michi on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:15:00 PST |
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Grey Eulogy |
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| The song I recently posted called Grey Eulogy is the result of an online, overseas collab with the amazing musician Mike Sorensen in Scotland. He created all the parts of this song, and I simply sang ... Posted by Kono Michi on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:33:00 PST |
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Kono Michi in the Spring |
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| Thanks to everybody who has been so supportive of this project and come to shows and downloaded my tunes and all that good stuff. I'm gonna take a little break from booking live shows, at least for no... Posted by Kono Michi on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:34:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Shark Batter Records, ECCO (East Coast Chamber Orchestra), Michi Wiancko, The Stone Ghost Collective, Paul Wiancko, Tarrah Reynolds, stoneghost mike, Anne, Changstein, Anne, Mike & Michi, Carolyn, Pete Checchia, Project, Tula, Rench, Dave, Big Dan, Concert Artists Guild, W. Dire Wolff, Gayle Renee, adie, Alanna, Mr Ogz aka Gaius Baltar, Those Darlins, MITZELOS CLASSICAL, Mark & Valerie, 1 Headed Dog, IVI A IZ C O, Jerry, recording the impossible, TheStarkPalace, Joey Squirrel, [ marco ], BLUE, , I.B. New York, Emory@ Embora Studio, European Jazz Trio, the Onomatopoeian, The Parsnip Revolt, Lilyth, keep away from heat, DJ Simple Simon, Emilio Gadano - Compositor, ongaku-hh, Fish Pudding, George Baranov, Christine
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