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NYDEGGER
In addition to his work with Sikhara, Scott Nydegger occupies himself with
a wide variety of activities,having toured with such acts as Steve
Mackay's Radon Ensemble (a rotating band for which Nydegger serves as a
musical director) Damo Suzuki's Network, Mecanosphere, Master Musicians of
Hop-Frog, and Temple of Bon Matin. These numerous collaborations have
been documented by such labels as Bar La Muerte (Italy) Chrome Peeler (New
York) Samboat (France) and Bulb (USA).
In the studio, he has
worked as an engineer, producer and guest musician including projects such
as Steve Mackay's Michigan and Arcturus, the USA is a Monster cdr
Weedblood, contributing to Serbia's Jewy Saboty and co-producing a series
of releases in co-operation with the Fonoteca Municpal Lisboa. Healming
the Radon Booking agencecy, Nydegger has orchestrated a malestrom of tours
in the USA and Europe, for artists such as Jean Louis Costes, Z'EV and Ovo.
Despite the inherint nomadic-ness of Sikhara, Nydegger has roughly
established headquarters between¨Paris, France and Nashville, TN.
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GEOFFRIAUD
A
permanent member for the past 3 years, Yann Geoffriaud earned a reputation
as one of Europe's fastest drummers during his time with fast core unit
George Bitch Jr. Before their implosion, the group became one of the most
recognized bands in the genre, giving memorable performances on some of
central Europe's most important festivals. For his infusion into the
sound of Sikhara, he has adapted techniques including double kick bass
drum and contact mic vocals into an un-categorizable style that has shaped
the very nature of Sikhara's current sound. Yet Sikhara is but one branch
of his ever increasing field of musical projects. He has collaborated
with Henry Barnes of Man is the Bastard/Amps for Christ, is the recurring
drummer of Koonda Holaa and has commenced diverse explorations into
electronic sounds. In the rare moment he is not touring or traveling,
Geoffriaud maintains sort of homesteads in Paris and Bordeaux. |
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SHARP
Sikhara first encountered John Sharp in the fall of 2000, when
Sikhara's first European gig was opening for Sharp's project Mr Natural at
Magasin 4 in Brussels, Belgium. He resufaced years later, as Sikhara and
Mr Natural made a mini-tour of Serbia in 2005. Sharp began contributing
his home-made instruments on stage with Sikhara for a spring European
tour, the following year, going on to join the band for 2 of their last
American tours and becoming an intregal part of the sound for tracks on
the "Anudni" cd. At present time, he has become one of Sikhara's most
constant collaborators and is heavily featured on their upcoming
releases. |
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DRUMURE
Sasha Drumure is a percussionist and multi-instrumentalist with a lengthy
history of musical activity. He was first pulled into the Sikhara fold in
2002 while leading the tribal duo Samadi along with Marcus Wolf of Crash
Worship, Blood Axis and Waldteufel. After years of occasional
appearances in Sikhara, he came on as a full time member for the 2008 "Anduni"
tour of the United States. He appears on Sikhara's upcoming releases and
will continue touring both sides of the Atlantic in a 3 man line-up with
Nydegger/Geoffriaud. In addition to Sikhara, Drumure unveils his solo
project Monster Black Centipede with the debut offering "Bedbugs". |
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HOWARD
Dave
Howard is the proprietor of Ninth Wave Studios, situated in a
scenic and remote piece of countryside in Gilbertsville, NY. During
the 90's he drummed for seminal NYC
noise rock band Rat
at Rat R. He was pulled into the Sikhara fold in 2003, by his long time
collaborator Jason Waugaman and contributed to several live events of the
period as well as recording parts for the "Mira-me Miguel" picture disc on
Marasm. Rejoining the fold in 2009, he played on tracks for "IV War Haka"
recorded in Ninth Wave and took to the road for the "HakatouR".
Howard is set to figure heavily on the next album from Sikhara. |

WAUGAMAN
Jason Waugaman came into the Sikhara fold in 2003, both
recording and drumming for the Marasm picture disc. In this pivotal
period, he co-authored such Sikhara gems as "Mira-Me Miguel", "Bardos" and
"Koba". As a duo, Nydegger/Waugaman performed events for Day Of the
Dead and collaborations with Dave Howard in Portland's Old Church and
ritualistic fire dance performance. Waugaman appears on "IV War Haka" as
a co-engineer and drummer and figures to factor heavily in the next round
of Sikhara recordings. |