Mobius Ouroboros
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| Members | Nima Jones (lead & backing vox, moog, rhodes piano, theremin, programming); Lee Jones (lead & backing vox, electric violin, synthesizer, programming) |
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| Founded | November 14, 2006 |
| Current Location | New York City, NY, USA |
| Genre | ElectroSynthPop with New Wave, Bossa Nova, 1960s Kitsch, Go-Go, and Indie Rock undertones |
| Influences | Adam & The Ants; Add 'N' to (X); Air; Astrud & João Gilberto; Beck; Bentley Rhythm Ace; Cornelius; Daft Punk; Depeche Mode; Duran Duran; Enya; Fantastic Plastic Machine; Gnarls Barkley; Gorillaz; Information Society; Laurie Anderson; The Monkees; Pizzicato Five; Pop Will Eat Itself; Portishead; Project Jenny, Project Jan; Radiohead; Raymond Scott; Serge Gainsbourg; Sterolab; Stereo Total; The Sugarcubes; Talking Heads; They Might Be Giants… countless others |
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Overview
Members
Nima Jones: lead & backing vox, Moog, Rhodes piano, theremin, programming
Lee Jones: lead & backing vox, electric violin, synthesizer, programming
Timeline
- November 14, 2006: Mobius Ouroboros is formed.
Trivia
- Moog is pronounced with a long 'o' sound, as in the word 'vogue'.
- Robert Moog attended the Bronx High School of Science, earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Queens College, another in electrical engineering from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in engineering physics from Cornell University.
- Harold Rhodes served in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. It was then that he created the pre-cursor to the Rhodes piano.
- Contrary to popular belief, it is a Tannerin — not a theremin — that is being played on The Beach Boys classic "Good Vibrations". It's likely that a lot of the confusion stems from the Tannerin also being called electro-theremin.
- Despite all his high-brow learning and sense of intellectual superiority, Lee has a knack for mispelling Ouroboros. This deeply amuses Nima.
- Daft Punk sampled Edwin Birdsong's "Cola Bottle Baby" in their song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". As awesome as "HBFS" is, Kanye West is still utterly lame for sampling1 it and not "CBB".
Influences
The videos below may not necessarily be favorite songs done by the artists listed. They should, however, give a listener a good idea as to what helps inspire Mobius Ouroboros.
Astrud & João Gilberto and Stan Getz
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