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).
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
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(2004) Fight Back!
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(2005) Jump Off 7" b/w Pit Er Pat
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(2006) Tears of a Clone
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(2008) Miami Ice
Members (past and present)
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Griffin Rodriguez a.k.a. Blue Hawaii a.k.a. Tombstone G
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Chris Powell a.k.a. Pow Pow a.k.a. Rick Daggers
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The Diminisher a.k.a. Da Minister a.k.a. Thousand Rabbits Running
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Moylando Calrissian
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Dylan Ryan a.k.a. Ilcativo
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Chris Kalis a.k.a. Smart Cousin
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TA-FREAK-YA
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Ali Hawkbar
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Young Master Schneider
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Yo!Hanan
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Christopher Schreck a.k.a. CS-01
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Monsieur Jeri
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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.
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