LAND
OF THE BLIND, SF: from 8 piece world fusion ensemble
to avant live looping trio, 3 indie albums, awards for Cyoakha in
songwriting and 10 years of touring, Blind is finally it's own genre'
now. "Tribal-Trance-Druid-Dance" or "Pop Music for
Druids"
EDGEWALKING, SF & Portland: current live looping
duo and trio with Cyoakha Grace on loops, live looping, percussion,
keys and vocals. Krystov on didgeridoo, sitar, dulcimer, mixing;
Pablo Burton on electric guitar for SF gigs, and Regina LaRocca
on acoustic guitar for all NW gigs.
DRUID
SISTERS TEA PARTY, SF: an all women project, featuring
killer drummer, world famous Claudia Paige, who has played with
everyone from 4 Non Blondes to the Grateful Dead, this group mixes
Celtic violin, dreamy powerful vocals by Cyoakha Grace, monster
funk rock world drum kit, and rock bass to create something that
everyone who has heard them falls in love with. "If you don't
dance to THE DRUIDs, you must not have any legs."
AZIGZA, SF: from 8 piece world rock prog ensemble,
from beautiful to bombastic, this SF fusion group recently released
their 2nd critically acclaimed album, with 3 songs by Cyoakha that
are not to be missed.
BIG CITY ORCHESTRA, SF
BLACK ORCHID, Portland: an improv avant trance
band in Portland, started by Cyoakha and Mike Mahaffy on drums (Gone
Orchestra) and Equinoxe, keys, programming (Land of the Blind),
adding in Tiffany Brown, vocals (Passionflora), and Enrique, guitar/vocals
(Soriah, Sumerland)
FOR MORE ON CYO'S FILM SCORING WORK, go to "FILMS"
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STUDIED WITH (formally or otherwise)
Pauline Jensen, Portland, voice, opera, theory
Ali Akbar Khan, Master Vocal Teacher, Ali Akbar
School of North Indian
Music, San Rafael, California
Billy Triplett, (Prince, Meredith Brooks) Engineering-Production
W. Blum, Head Sound Engineer for Clear Channel,
San Francisco
G.Irvine, Avant Music Theory, member of Harry Partch
Ensemble
Edward Martin III, Director, Guerilla Productions,
film scoring, Adobe
Premiere 5.1, sound syncing, film scoring.
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