Bardo Pond
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Bardo Pond | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
Genres | Space rock, neo-psychedelia, shoegaze, post-rock, drone, noise rock |
Years active | 1991 | –present
Labels | Drunken Fish, Fire, ATP, Important, Matador, Three Lobed |
Members | John Gibbons Michael Gibbons Isobel Sollenberger Clint Takeda Jason Kourkounis |
Past members | Joe Culver Ed Farnsworth Aaron Igler |
Website | www |
Bardo Pond are an
Early years
According to guitarist Michael Gibbons, the band members came together post-university: "...we were basically just out of college, actually, and we just got really interested in free music, and that’s where it started. And we were artists too [a number of the band are visual artists]. So were just started playing free improvised sounds – it was really just kind of that love of making noise and sounds that got us together. Basically we didn’t really learn how to play songs until after about four years, and that’s when things started clicking, and we actually made up songs. But it’s still the same thing”.
Side projects
The members of Bardo Pond also operate a number of side projects.
500 mg is Michael Gibbons' solo project.
Alasehir is a psychedelic/stoner rock trio featuring Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons and Jason Kourkounis.
Alumbrados produces psychedelic folk/drone music and consists of Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons, Michael Zanghi and Aaron Igler.
Prairie Dog Flesh is more improvisational and rearranges the members of Bardo Pond with Takeda on vocals.
LSD Pond is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Japanese psychedelic rock band LSD March. A self-titled album was released in 2008 and contains two discs with live recordings of two nights of jamming.
Moon Phantoms is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Japanese psychedelic rock band Suishou No Fune. Their self-titled album was released in 2009.
Third Troll features Michael and John Gibbons (guitars), Sollenberger (flute), and includes Kevin Moist (saxophone) and Aaron Igler (synths).[5]
Baikal conducts free form psych experiments. The band consists of John Gibbons, Michael Gibbons, Clint Takeda and Jason Kourkonis. They have released a self-titled album on Important Records.
Vapour Theories is a duo of Michael and John Gibbons. They have released three albums: 'Decant' (self-released), 'Joint Chiefs' (The Lotus Sound), and 'Celestial Scuzz' (Fire Records).
Jason Kourkounis participated as drummer 72 in the
Discography
Studio albums
- Shone Like a Ton (1992)
- No Hashish, No Change Money, No Sake Sake (1993)
- Bufo Alvarius (1995)
- Amanita (1996)
- Lapsed (1997)
- Set and Setting (1999)
- Vol. 1 (2000)
- Dilate (2001)
- Vol. II (2001)
- Vol. 3 (2002)
- Vol. IV (2002)
- Tigris/Euphrates split 12" with Subarachnoid Space(2002)
- On the Ellipse (2003)
- 4/23/03 with Tom Carter (2004)
- Vol. 5 (2004)
- Vol. 6 (2005)
- Ticket Crystals (2006)
- Batholith (2008)
- Circuit VIII (2008)
- Vol. 7 (2009)
- Peri (2009)
- Gazing at Shilla (2009)
- Bardo Pond (2010)
- Yntra (2012)
- Peace On Venus(2013)
- Parallelogram with Yo La Tengo (2015)
- Acid Guru Pond with Acid Mothers Temple and Guru Guru (2016)
- Under the Pines (2017)
- Vol. 8 (2018)
- Peel Sessions (2023)
- Vol. 9 (2024)
EPs
- Big Laughing Jym (1995)
- Slab (2000)
- Purposeful Availment (2002)
- Bog split with Buck Paco (2005)
- Adrop (2006)
- Keep Mother - Volume 5 split with PRE (2007)
- Split with Carlton Melton (2011)
- Rise Above It All (2013)
- Looking For Another Place (2014)
- Is There a Heaven? (2015)
Compilations
- Cypher Documents I (2004)
- Selections: Volumes I-IV 2005)
- Refulgo (2014)
References
- ^ "Bardo Pond - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ Simpson, Dominic B. (12 February 2007). "Bardo Pond - Interview". Pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Bardo Pond - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Bardo Pond - Shone Like A Ton". Discogs. 1992. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Hummingbird Mountain: Answers". Threelobed.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2019.