Artist description Pancake Circus is a f---ing nightmare. Though implementing elements of "hip hop" and "electronica", members of this "group" have no regard for the rules and standards of these genres.

Music Style alternative experimental post hip hop electronic

Musical Influences yes

Similar Artists Captain Beefheart Public Enemy Wall of Voodoo Devo thumbtack smoothie Aphex Twin Monster Magnet Wu Tang

Artist History Pancake Circus is an electronic garage band that concocts its music from junk sounds found, created, cut, chopped, and re-constructed. Vocalists/knob-twiddling noise specialists Shaggy Manatee Esquire and Cellout spent hard time serving eggs and other breakfast-style foods to throngs of weekend consumers before realizing, in the dark fall months of 1997, sonic apocalypse was their key to salvation. They accidentally formed Pancake Circus and recorded the lp "Nacho Twain". Shaggy's Phunsighz bandmate thumbtack smoothie soon brought drums/vision and the novelty of virtuoso musical abilities to the band. As they began to play live shows in San Francisco they developed frequencies that defy current music's dull, predictable genres.

Group Members Shaggy Manatee Esquire (assault coordinator, vox smootherizist) thumbtack smoothie (rhythm decimator, sine-wave architect) Cellout (linguistic mutilator, analog mage)

Instruments bass drum. snare drum. hi-hat. sampler triggered by sticks via roland spd-11 pad. akai's. korg. sk-5. Dr. stupid. mouth. misc noise. etc.

Albums Nacho Twain(1998) 10SongEP(1999) 3 Whistling Moon Travellers With Report(2001)

Press Reviews "Pancake Circus will be one of the strangest things you've ever paid $5 for, but you must go see them. You will alternately smile, scratch your head, and pogo like a man possessed."--Greg Heller, BAM "San Francisco's Pancake Circus add more than a touch of drum 'n' bass' braininess to ther hip hop mix. They flaunt beats that are decidedly not locked into rap's staunch 4/4 time rule; the lyrics match the scattered beats with smoothly delivered stream-of-consciousness musings."--Summer Burkes, Bay Guardian

Additional Info Amusements: 415-436-0558...we rock dogs. old people. live noises.

Location san francisco, california - USA

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