Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects

Genre: Electro | DJ, Noise | Xprmntl, Rock

Sound description: Experimental R&B-flavored garage dub.

RIYL: John Zorn, Brian Eno, God Lives Underwater

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Of Note: "Objects Are Closer" · June 23, 2010

Synoposis

Inception: San Diego, 2006

Ex-Band Members: Andy Rubilard, Drums Phil Beaumont, Keyboards Chris Cory, Saxophone Raoul De La Cruz, Trumpet Casey Butler, Saxophone Chris Wassell, Drums Matt Resovich, Violin Paulo Zappoli, Bass guitar, Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric), Keyboards, Vocals

Influences: John Zorn, Brian Eno, PDQ Bach, Optiganally Yours, God Lives Underwater

Background:

Mr. Tube & the Flying Objects play Mexican funk along the lines of War (“Low Rider,” “Spill the Wine”). Like War, their sound is a little beery and maybe high on marijuana or 'shrooms.

The band has described their music as “lowrider, Latin dub music,” but that doesn’t do justice to how mysterious it is. Trumpet and sax drift in and out of bass-heavy rhythms, while a distant voice sings things like “Jesus was king of the vatos.” A fuzztone guitar will play a nasty lick while a pretty keyboard trills along and the whole band shouts, “They want your money!”

Led by singer/guitarist Pall Jenkins, they specialize in soundtrack-y songs that sound vaguely like they written between 1968 and 1979, but performed by contemporary eccentrics. “These sounds carry on through the generations creating new astral planes like galactic poison floating in between the 68 planets,” says their MySpace profile. “Undiscovered, undisturbed, undenied, unattainable, unheard, and now unveiled.”

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