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Icy Demons is an experimental music project started by Bablicon's Griffin Rodriguez (credited as Blue Hawaii) and Man Man / Need New Body's Christopher Powell (Pow Pow). A project of various Chicago musicians, they have released three albums, Fight Back! on the Elephant 6-associated label Cloud Recordings, Tears of a Clone on Eastern Developments Music, and Miami Ice on the label started by Rodriguez and Powell called Obey Your Brain.
Influences and style
Demons can be seen as a continuation of the Canterbury scene, which involved acts like Soft Machine and Robert Wyatt. They do, however, move into new ground by mixing this Canterbury style with a noticeable Krautrock influence, especially that of Can. Some melodic lines and rhythmic patterns are strongly reminiscent of Frank Zappa's compositions. Other similar acts include Aksak Maboul, Pit er Pat, Pop-off Tuesday, Lightning Bolt, and Cheer-Accident.
Discography
(2004) Fight Back!
(2005) Jump Off 7" b/w Pit Er Pat
(2006) Tears of a Clone
(2008) Miami Ice
Members (past and present)
Griffin Rodriguez a.k.a. Blue Hawaii a.k.a. Tombstone G
Chris Powell a.k.a. Pow Pow a.k.a. Rick Daggers
The Diminisher a.k.a. Da Minister a.k.a. Thousand Rabbits Running
Moylando Calrissian
Dylan Ryan a.k.a. Ilcativo
Chris Kalis a.k.a. Smart Cousin
TA-FREAK-YA
Ali Hawkbar
Young Master Schneider
Yo!Hanan
Christopher Schreck a.k.a. CS-01
Monsieur Jeri
Tim Conley a.k.a. MAST
Shape Shoppe
Blue Hawaii also runs a recording studio in Chicago's south loop called the Shape Shoppe. Besides Bablicon and Icy Demons, he has engineered and mixed many local and regional bands' records. He worked with Beirut to record the album March of the Zapotec and an LP with rapper Count Bass D.
References
External links
Icy Demons official website
Icy Demons on The Leaf Label