About The Technicians
In
the summer of 1992 one Exu Nazares met Buzz Cauldron while they were
both working construction. They hit it off and decided to jam
together. That session was recorded and mixed with loops to
become "
Trance", a low-fi, electro-acoustic journey into the unknown.
The
union was named " The Technicians of the Sacred " , after a Voudou
information society out of Berkley California.
Pretty soon
Exu had a vision of a full band to play all kinds of fusion music, and
The Technicians expanded, going through many line-up changes until 1995
saw a solid line-up. The first official release, " Respect
the
Unexpected" saw the Techs playing a ton of wicked shows with Exu
Nazares on vox, Buzz Cauldron on guitar, Ritchie Caron on guitar, Lewis
Forsythe on bass, Darwin Marsh on drums and guest Bunny on
congas.
The
sound though hard to define was a strange mix of heavy prog-like funk
rock with rapping of an entirely different lyrical genre.
Besides
playing alot of club shows, The Techs played quite a few
alternative
venues, often with hilarious results.
Highlites
include: Carlos
and Bud's Tex Mex Restaurant, Blues Jam night at Bar None, outside the
A&B Sound store at Surrey skytrain station, headlining at the
Kooteney Music festival. The Techs were featured on the Music
West cd
" Chew on This ".
1998 saw a rebirth and
cabinet shuffle within The
Technicians due to the usual unforseen complications
arriving. The
line-up became; Exu Nazares - vox and loops, Poz - guitars,
Buzz
Cauldron - bass, Darwin Marsh - drums and guests, Annalisa Moriarty -
keys, and Bunny, congas and hand
percussion. The name was shortened
to The Technicians and " Tent Of Miracles" the 2nd cd was
recorded.
"Tent Of Miracles" was recorded in Exu's
house and the Hive, and
sounded more laid back and trip-hopesque, low key in comparison to
"respect..." but engagingly funky in a very salon fashion.
Reflecting
the mood and atmosphere of living in the Ashe' and moving through the
Voudou Electric Underground, "Tent ..." poses the musical
question,
Where do we go next?
2001: Answer, Childhood
Zen.
Exu Nazares - Lead vox and loops
Poz
- Guitars
Buzz Cauldron - Bass
Darwin Marsh - Drums
Recorded by friend, Jeff
Barkhouse at Columbia
Academy.
Childhoodzen is a fresh new addition to The Technicians repetoire, hook
laden with atmospherical guitars, pulsating bass, funkdriven drums and
incisive thought provoking lyrics.
Childhoodzen
tells a story that
moves through many domains in various states of light and shadow,
perhaps still waiting for the unveiling.2001- Darwin leaves the fold
and so Enters Mark (Ludwig) S. to become The Technicians new drummer.