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Refimprove|date=March 2008Infobox musical artist|name = Bardo Pond |image =|caption = Bardo Pond and Damo Suzuki perform at The Rotunda, Philadelphia in 2007|background = group_or_band|origin = Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States|USA |Instruments = Guitar s, Flute , Violin , Bass , Drums |genre = Space rock , Psychedelic rock , Shoegazing , Post-rock , Drone music|Drone , Noise Rock |years_active = 1991& ndash;present|label = Fire Records (UK) |website = http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/home http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/home|current_members = John Gibbons Michael Gibbons Isobel Sollenberger Clint Takeda Jason Kourkonis Aaron Igler|past_members = Joe Culver Ed Farnsworth Bardo Pond are an United States|American psychedelic rock band formed in 1991, and who are currently signed to London based label Fire Records (UK)|Fire Records . The current members are Michael Gibbons (guitar), John Gibbons (guitar), Isobel Sollenberger (flute and vocals), Clint Takeda (bass guitar), Jason Kourkonis (drums), and Aaron Igler (synth/electronics). Bardo Pond's Psychoactive drug|drug -inspired music is often classified as space rock , acid rock , post-rock , shoegazing , noise or psychedelic rock . Many Bardo Pond album titles have been derived from the names of esoteric psychedelic substances. Their sound has been likened to Pink Floyd , Spacemen 3 and My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine amongst others. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bardo-pond-p174717/biography
Allmusic describes Bardo Pond as having "lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, and washes of white noise." Bardo Pond are a taper-friendly band who encourage fans to make recordings of their shows.
Side projects
The members of Bardo Pond also operate a number of side projects.
500& nbsp;mg is Michael Gibbons' solo project.
Alasehir is a psychedelic/stoner rock trio featuring Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons and Jason Kourkounis.
Alumbrados produces psychedelic folk/drone music and consists of Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons, Michael Zanghi and Aaron Igler.
Prairie Dog Flesh is more improvisational and rearranges the members of Bardo Pond with Takeda on vocals.
Hash Jar Tempo is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Roy Montgomery . A pun on Ash Ra Tempel , this project resulted from two "marathon jam/recording sessions" between the two parties and produced two albums: Well Oiled (released in 1997, recorded in 1995) and Under Glass (released in 1999, recorded in 1998).
LSD Pond is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Japanese psychedelic rock band LSD March . A self-titled album was released in 2008 and contains two discs with live recordings of two nights of jamming.
Moon Phantoms is a collaboration between Bardo Pond and Japanese psychedelic rock band Suishou No Fune . Their self-titled album was released in 2009.
Third Troll features Michael and John Gibbons (guitars), Sollenberger (flute), and includes Kevin Moist (saxophone) and Aaron Igler (synths). http://www.threelobed.com/bardo/answers/#sideprojects Baikal conducts free form psych experiments. The band consists of John Gibbons, Michael Gibbons, Clint Takeda and Jason Kourkonis. They have released a self titled album on Important Records.
Vapour Theories is a duo of Michael and John Gibbons. They have released two albums: 'Decant' (self-released), and 'Joint Chiefs' (The Lotus Sound).
Jason Kourkounis participated as drummer 72 in the Boredoms'|Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007, at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn , New York .
Discography
Studio albums
Bufo Alvarius, Amen 29:15 ( 1995 in music|1995 - Drunken Fish Records)
Amanita (album)|Amanita ( 1996 in music|1996 - Matador Records )
Lapsed ( 1997 in music|1997 - Matador Records )
Set and Setting (album)|Set and Setting ( 1999 in music|1999 - Matador Records )
Dilate (Bardo Pond album)|Dilate ( 2001 in music|2001 - Matador Records )
On the Ellipse ( 2003 in music|2003 - ATP Recordings )
Ticket Crystals ( 2006 in music|2006 - ATP Recordings )
Bardo Pond ( 2010 in music|2010 - Fire Records (UK)|Fire Records )
Batholith (album)|Batholith ( 2008 in music|2008 - Three Lobed Recordings )
Peri (album)|Peri ( 2009 in music|2009 - Three Lobed Recordings )
EPs
Big Laughing Jym ( 1995 in musc|1995 ) & ndash; ( Compulsiv Records|Compulsiv )
Slab (album)|Slab 10" ( 2000 in music|2000 & ndash; Three Lobed Recordings )
U.S. Tour, Spring 2001 split with Mogwai ( 2001 in music|2001 & ndash; Matador Records )
Purposeful Availment ( 2002 in music|2002 & ndash; Three Lobed Recordings )
Tigris/Euphrates split 12" with Subarachnoid Space ( 2002 in music|2002 & ndash; Camera Obscura (record label)|Camera Obscura )
Bog (album)|Bog split 12" with Buck Paco ( 2005 in music|2005 & ndash; Black September Records )
Adrop - Modern Containment EP series ( 2006 in music|2006 & ndash; Three Lobed Recordings )
Volume series
In October 2000, Bardo Pond self-released the first volume in a highly limited series of CD-R jam sessions. The tracks in the Volume series are more improvisational and experimental than the band's studio work.Allmusic|class=album|id=r545090|pure_url=yes
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