Neptune (American band)

Neptune is a noise music band from Boston, noted for having built their custom-made guitars and basses out of scrap metal. The band also plays custom-made percussion instruments and electric lamellophones.

For other bands, see Neptune.
Neptune
Neptune in Pontevedra, 17 November 2006
Neptune in Pontevedra, 17 November 2006
Background information
OriginBoston, Massachusetts, United States
GenresNoise rock, Avant-garde music
Years active1994–present
LabelsTable of the Elements
MembersJason Sidney Sanford
Mark William Pearson
Daniel Paul Boucher
Kevin Emil Micka
Past membersGregory Kenney
Douglas Last
Darryl Blood
Carl Wieting
Jessica Rylan
Malcolm Felder
Adrianne Jorge
Adam Scotto
Christopher Huggins
Joel Hamburger
Justin Kaiden
John Douglas Manson
Farhad Ebrihimi
Martina Rossi

Band history

Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a sculpture project by Boston artist/musician Jason Sanford, who forged the band's haphazard guitars and reluctant drums from scrap steel and found objects. Nine (+) lineups, twenty-five releases and hundreds of instruments later, the band continues to wrench its sound spatter on self-built instruments to often confounded audiences around the world. As of 2022, Neptune consists of Sanford along with long-time Neptune collaborators Mark William Pearson, Daniel Paul Boucher and, intermittently, Kevin Emil Micka.

Personnel
  • Jason Sidney Sanford – baritone guitar, electric thumb piano, electronics, small electric spring, percussion, vocals
  • Mark William Pearson – baritone guitar, bass, electronics, large electric spring, drums, percussion, vocals
  • Daniel Paul Boucher – drums, found object percussion, oscillators, electronics, vocals
  • Kevin Email Micka - recording engineer, tape manipulation, electronics, drums, percussion, guitar, vocals

Discography

Albums/LPs
  • "Studio Recordings, May MCMXCVII", full-length CD/LP. (Archenemy Records, 1999)
  • "The Ballet of Process", full-length CD/LP. (Mister/100% Breakfast Records, 2002)
  • "Intimate Lightning", full-length CD/LP. (Mister/100% Breakfast Records, 2004)
  • "Mice and Worms", 6-song 12-inch LP. (Magnetism Crafts/Self-Release, 2005)
  • "Patterns", full-length CD/LP. (Self-Release (US)/BBN Music (UK)/Les Potagers Natures (France), 2006)
  • "Neptune", full-length, LP only. (Golden lab records, 2007)
  • "Gong Lake", full-length CD/LP (Radium/Table of the Elements, February 2008)
  • "18:40/19:19", full-length LP (Magnetism Crafts/Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2010)
  • "Silent Partner", full-length CD/LP/Digital (Northern Spy, 2011)
  • "msg rcvd", full-length CD/LP/Digital (Northern Spy, 2012)
  • "Mother of Millions", full-length Cassette/Digital (Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2021)

EPs
  • "Knife Fight E.P.", 7-inch. (self released, 1996)
  • "Basement Recordings E.P.", 6-song CD. (Mister Records, 2001)
  • "Green Cassette", 5-song C30 Cassette. (Magnetism Crafts, 2005)
  • "3" CDR", 5-song CDR. (Magnetism Crafts, 2005)
  • "White Cassette", 4-song C20 Cassette. (Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2005)
  • "3" Collage CDR", 2 songs. (Magnetism Crafts / Self-Release, 2006)
  • "Red Cassette", 6 improvisations, C30 Cassette. (Magnetism Crafts, 2006)
  • "3" CDR", 3-song 3" CDR. (Hiddenbirdhouse, 2006)
  • "Tell My People To Go Home", 4-song EP, split release w/ One Second Riot, LP only. (Distile Records, 2007)
  • "Paris Green", 5-track CDR with hand painted art. (Magnetism Crafts/Wrong Whole, 2007)
  • "Roman Business", 4 songs, C20 cassette. (NO=FI, March 2009)
  • "Cave Drawings", 6 songs, 10-inch colored vinyl. (Self-Release/Magnetism Crafts, January 2011)

Live releases
  • "At the Pink Pony/A Car Is A Weapon", Live 7-inch Single. (Mister Records, 2002)
  • "Live on Pipeline, WMBR 03.16.04" (Neptune self-released, 2019)
  • "Live at SCSI Cell 11.20.2004" (Neptune self-released, 2021)

Singles
  • "Swang!/Poodle Walk", 7-inch single. (Anti-Social Records, 1996)
  • "Your Company/Productivity is a Science", 7-inch single. (Heliotrope Records, 2000)

Videos
  • The Penetrating Gaze. Video by Bill T. Miller, recorded at the Middle East, Cambridge, MA, 12/29/2005.
  • Live in Strasbourg France (full set, 11 songs). Recorded live at Le Zanzibar, Strasbourg, France, 9/27/06. Video by Normaltv.org.

References
    • Official website
    • Gretchen Hasse (December 3, 2007). "Electro-Harmonix Memory Man and Micro Synth are Keys to Neptune's Noise Kingdom". gearwire.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 5 Feb 2009.
    • Jed Heneberry (2008-02-15). "Neptune creates new instruments, album". Boston Music Spotlight. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 5 Feb 2009.
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