Artist description LMP - la musique populaire. Leading the mid-fi revolution. Blurring all thelines

Music Style Outsider art pop

Musical Influences Lou Christie, Boards of Canada, Beach Boys, Prince, Paul McCartney, Paul Williams, The Carpenters, Spice Girls, Gil Scott-Heron, Abba, Kitaro, The Millennium, Elton John, Michael Penn, Queen, Erasure.

Similar Artists Bonzo Dog Band, ELO, Henry Darger, The Rutles, Rodd Keith, Momus, The Archies, John Denver & the Muppets, Squeeze, Magnetic Fields, Ween, Lucia Pamela, the Muppets, Cornelius,Frank Zappa,Muppet Babies

Artist History Formed 1992. Space exploration 1993-1996. Release: "Aunt Canada" 1996. Time travel 1997-1999. "A Century of Song" project 2000. Ghostly voyage 2001.

Group Members Ryan Bassler & Eric Haugen plus friends.

Instruments ARP Odyssey, Fender Rhodes, Optigan, harpsichord, robot voices, electric grand, 12-string Rickenbacker, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, horns, strings, drum machines, drums, kickball, ghost voices, jew's harp, handclaps, horse clops.

Albums "The New Body Language EP" (2001), "Aunt Canada" (1996)

Press Reviews About Century of Song: "Cute idea, but 100 songs by any one artist can get tedious", raves Rolling Stone (Dec. 16-23, 1999). "Tremendous ... way cool." Site Du Jour of the Day (December 7, 1999). About "Aunt Canada": "A CD of staggering ambition and bewildering intent. Buy it and be rendered speechless." St. Louis Post Dispatch (May 29, 1997)."Makes you feel good and drunkenly confused." Lumpen (1997). "So eclectic it makes the 'White Album' seem like the latest Amy Grant excursion." Yellow Pills (1997)."Not meant to be taken seriously, at least I hope not." The Octopus (April 17, 1997). "Aunt Canada is great!" Lou Christie (1997).

Additional Info "A Century of Song (an MP3 for every year, 1900-2000):" - http://polyholiday.com/century

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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