A Five and Dime Ship

A Five And Dime Ship want to create roller coasters for your mind. Using sound to take the listener on voyages to inner and outer space without sacrificing melody or song structure.



A Five And Dime Ship is made up of Chad Rauschenberger former guitar player of 100 Days, drummer James Harwood and guitarist James Adkisson from Seven Percent Solution and Ryan Cechma of Flatpoint/AV on bass.



Guitarists Chad and James build intricate layers by creating loops live as they play. Atmospheres, textures, soundscapes, and electronic bleeps, glitches, bells and drones, are coaxed from a large array of effects pedals. Influences range from Sonic Youth, King Crimson, and Radiohead to the more electronic sounds of Aphex Twin, Brian Eno and The Orb with overtones of Pink Floyd, Genesis, and Yes.



While the Guitars are spinning Ryan Cechma holds the songs down with huge steady melodic bass while supporting the atmosphere with a variety of tones, experimenting with effects and distortion. With more of a rock and punk background he cites Girls Against Boys, and Voivod as influences and Mogwai as a more recent favorite.



James Harwood comes from the drumming school of Bill Bruford. That means while playing the most complex rhythms he has the ability to keep your foot tapping. Besides keeping the beat he also contributes color and texture to the songs with an imaginative use of cymbals and exotic drums. Other Influences include Terry Bozzio, Danny Carey, Nick Mason, and Zakir Hussein.



The songs range from delicate intertwined tapestries to swirling damaged breaks and beats to sweeping sheets of distortion and metal melting feedback.



A Five And Dime Ship are all about exploring possibilities. The possibilities of instrumental music and the possibilities of where guitars, effects pedals, loops, electronic and acoustic drums and bass can be taken.



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