Artist description Balloons, bass and drums, and alot of other electronic gadgets and percussion stuff. Balloons are used in three capacities: reed, string and resonator.

Music Style Noise

Musical Influences Naked City

Similar Artists Eye, Naked City, Ikue Mori, Tamio Shiraishi, Boredoms, Ne Zhdali, Les Halmas, Judy Dunaway, Amy Denio, Alvin Lucier, Harry Partch, David Moss, Dr. Nerve, Ron Kuivila, Ussachevsky, Chris Nelson

Artist History Shar was founded in Luzern, Switzerland in the summer of 1999 by Judy Dunaway, Ilja Komarov and Trixa Arnold. Judy Dunaway is well-known and notorious for her compositions and improvisations for balloons. She has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. Ilja Komarov is the bass player for the legendary Estonian band "Ne Zhdali," and he has appeared worldwide with this group. Trixa Arnold is the drummer for "Les Halmas" and former organizer for the BOA new music series in Luzern.

Group Members Judy Dunaway - Balloons, vibrators; Ilja Komarov - Bass, electronics, etc.; Trixa Arnold - Drums, percussion, etc.

Instruments Balloons, bass, drums

Albums Shar (Outer Realm Records); Judy Dunaway (CRI)

Press Reviews See Sep. 2001 and Dec. 2002 issues of Musicworks magazine (Canada).

Additional Info Hear Zev Robinson's videos with music by Shar: www.artafterscience.com/shar.htm

Location New York, New York - USA

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