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Sensitive Chaos is Jim Combs (synths, melodica, percussion). Jim resides in Atlanta, where he performs as a solo ambient/looping artist.

 

Performance dates:

 

May 8-9, 2009 - City Skies 09 Electronic Music Festival, Atlanta, GA

Apr 11, 2009 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Mar 14, 2009 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Feb 14, 2009 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Jan 10, 2009 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Dec 13, 2008 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Nov 8, 2008 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Oct 4, 2008 - City Skies @ Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Sept 14-20, 2008- Different Skies Electronic Music Festival, Arcosanti, AZ

Sept 6, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA with special guest Klimchak on percussion

Aug 15, 2008 - electro-music Festival, Kingsport, TN

Aug 9, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Jul 12, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Jun 14, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA with special guest Klimchak on percussion

May 2-3, 2008 - City Skies 08 Electronic Music Festival, Atlanta, GA

Apr 12, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA with special guest Klimchak on percussion

Feb 9, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA with special guest Klimchak on percussion

Jan 12, 2008 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA with special guest Klimchak on percussion

 

Dec 8, 2007 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Nov 17, 2007 - Waldorf Coffeehouse, Decatur, GA

Nov 10, 2007 - Kavarna, Decatur, GA

Oct 14-21, 2007- Different Skies Electronic Music Festival, Arcosanti, AZ

Sept 8, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

August 11, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

July 14, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

June 9, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Jun 4, 2007- Ambient Ping Radio, Internet

May 26, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

May 12, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Apr 14, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Mar 11, 2007- Aurora Coffee L5P, Atlanta

Mar 10, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Feb 10, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Jan 14, 2007- Aurora Coffee L5P, Atlanta

Jan 13, 2007- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

 

Dec 11, 2006- Ambient Ping Radio, Internet

Dec 9, 2006- The Earl (as part of The Happenstance), Atlanta

Nov 11, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Oct 14, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Oct 7, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

Sept 11-16, 2006- Different Skies Electronic Music Festival, Arcosanti, AZ

Sept 9, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

July 8, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

June 17, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

June 10, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

May 13, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

March 18, 2006- Aurora Coffee Va-Hi, Atlanta

 

Oct. 15, 2005- Waldorf Coffeehouse, Decatur

 

Buy Merchandise:

 

Cafepress/Sensitive Chaos

 

MySpace:

 

MySpace/Sensitive Chaos

 

Jim's MySpace page

 

Email:

sensitivechaos at sensitivechaos dot com

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Brian Good performs soprano saxophone on two tracks on the CD, Leak and Starry Night. Brian is a fellow alumni of the Different Skies Electronic Music Festival. His web site is www.sundaggermusic.com

 


More About Leak

All songs on Leak are instrumentals that fit college, rpm, ambient/electronic, jazz, or new age radio formats. The artist recommends the first four songs for radio play and would start with the first two songs on the CD.

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Leak play sample

Radio Format- Ambient/Electronic, Jazz, New Age, Space

Style- Jazzy, down-tempo electronic, soprano sax solo featured. Starts slow. Open ringing guitar tones. Piano and tuned percussion counter-melodies and drums fade in. Sax fades in and builds throughout. Synth accompaniment. Slow fade. Length- 11:12


Android Cat Dreams Of Mice play sample

Radio Format- RPM, College, Chillout, Ambient/Electronic, Drums'n'bass

Style- Down-tempo groove, electronic, bells and african tuned percussion sounds, drums'n'bass. Vibes fade in, counter-melodies and drums, electronic bass. Breakdown section plus bridge and reprise. In same vein as Ulrich Schnauss and William Orbit. Length- 13:51


Starry Night play sample

Radio Format- RPM, Ambient/Electronic, Jazz, Drums'n'bass

Style- Jazzy, down-tempo electronic, soprano sax solo featured. Starts slow with ambience and bell tones. Sax fades in with echos and builds throughout. Strong percussion and drum rhythms fade in. Synth and piano comps. Slow fade. Length- 12:03


Painting Earthtones In Orbit play sample

Radio Format- RPM, Ambient/Electronic, Jazz, New Age, Space

Style- Mid-tempo, upbeat, groove with lots of synths and percussion. Length- 9:16


Bullet Train play sample

Radio Format- RPM

Style- Mid-tempo, fast moving. Electronic percussion, flute, marimba, cello, choir. Length- 1:03


Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery play sample

Radio Format- Ambient/Electronic, Drums'n'bass, New Age, Holiday

Style- Very slow, music box-like, electronic bells, pianos, strings, vaguely classical/dance sounding time signatures. Length- 5:23


Jim has been influenced by just about every synth band or performer over the past couple of decades, but calls out Peter Gabriel, Visage, Ultravox, Gary Numan, Erasure/Yaz, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, Delerium, Human League, and Eurythmics as foundational, though he cites current favorites of Ulrich Schnauss, Joint Intelligence Committee, James Figurine, Christopher Willits, Solvent, Air, and The Orb for more recent resonances.

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