Defenestrate Time

Artist Information

Biography

After studying music in India, Guitarist/Vocalist James Martin began to collaborate with Jazz/Punk Drummer Dave Millman and Latin/Jazz Bassist Kevin Reilly to write songs that threw time out of the window. What ensued are songs that offer poignant harmonies and new perspectives on what pop can be.
Members of Defenestrate Time have shared the stage with: G. LOVE AND THE SPECIAL SAUCE, DEREK TRUCKS BAND, ADDISON GROOVE PROJECT, THURSDAY, THE MELVIN SPARKS BAND, ROBERT WALTER'S 20TH CONGRESS, and more!!

Instrumentation

James Martin- Vocals/Guitar/Electronics
Dave Millman- Drums/Percussion/Electronics
Kevin Reilly- Electric Bass/Vocals/Electronics

Discography

Live Tracks are at www.deftime.com

Official Website

http://www.deftime.com

Audio

Lyrics

• Take This Day
• Katie Called (live)
• 12:15 [an instrumental of epic proportions]

Video

Photo Gallery

Press

• 'Outer Planets Arts Festival' is here to rock your world [+ Show ]
  

  Club Spotting: Intergalactic planetary Published in the Home News Tribune 8/20/04 'Outer P...Club Spotting: Intergalactic planetary
  
  
  
  Published in the Home News Tribune 8/20/04
  'Outer Planets Arts Festival' is here to rock your world
  By AVA GACSER
  Pulse Writer
  Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
  
  You are about to experience the awe and mystery that reaches from the inner mind to the outer limits . . . of Garwood.
  
  But hey, don't let the location fool ya.
  
  
  Trio of Madness
  
  It's a mad, mad world: Trio of Madness Nick Charles, from left, Liz Gonzalez and Mike Wojik will get far when they play tomorrow's "Outer Planets Arts Festival."
  
  
  Because tomorrow night, the borough's Crossroads nightclub will host The Outer Planets Arts Festival, an intergalactic fusion of art, music and photography that's the brainchild of musician Mike Wojik.
  
  What began as a video release party for his band, Trio of Madness, morphed into a promotional vehicle for local talent.
  
  "A lot of groups and artists have no idea of how to promote themselves," the 42-year-old Roselle resident explains. "A lot of people end up playing a dozen or so shows per month . . . and they're playing for six people.
  
  "Instead of doing that . . . why not go for quality? Book something a few months in advance, really put some thought into it."
  
  And that's exactly what Wojik, a music-industry veteran, did. It wasn't difficult to find other artists. After all, he was surrounded by them.
  
  "I know almost all of these people individually, personally," says Wojik. "The criteria for choosing them was not only were they the best that I knew of, but they're also good people and very sincere about what they do."
  
  Joining his band on the bill are Burning Up White of East Brunswick and Defenestrate Time of New Brunswick.
  
  "For those who are into musicianship and song craft and intelligence in music with a little sense of humor thrown in, these groups are perfect for that," says Wojik.
  
  In addition to sets by all three bands, the evening will include live painting by Bruce Meyers, gallery exhibits of art by D. Wojciechowski, photography by Home News Tribune photographer Augusto F. Menezes, and feature films by Eric Vitner and Adam Barnick.
  
  All of the aforementioned run in the same circles, Wojik says, "trying to eke out existence as artists . . . You don't lose touch with people who are heading in the same directions."
  
  Trio of Madness will also debut the video -- filmed by Vitner, of Edison -- for their song, "The Drake Equation."
  
  For those of us feeling less than cerebral (especially at the end of a long work week), the Drake equation, explains Wojik, "is used by scientists to mathematically prove that there's intelligent life in the universe."
  
  Judging by the description of Trio of Madness' show -- which includes, according to publicity information, "alien attire" -- it's a subject close to Wojik's heart.
  
  "Hopefully whatever intelligent life is out there has learned to co-exist with itself and each other, and maybe teach our race a few things," he muses.
  
  The Outer Planets Arts Festival, featuring Trio of Madness, Defenestrate Time, Burning Up White, films by Eric Vitner and Adam Barnick, art by Bruce Meyers and D. Wojciechowski, and photos by Augusto F. Menezes, 8 p.m. tomorrow, Crossroads, 78 North Ave., Garwood. $5. (908) 232-5666, www.xxroads.com, www.outerplanetsarts.com
  
  Ava Gacser
  (732) 565-7276
  agacser@thnt.com
  

Setlist

Original Titles [followed by a description]:
Katie Called [spacey jam]
In Out and Roundabout [hard pop]
Watching the Candle Crack [epic pop]
Wonderful [mournful rock]
The Mix [neo-gospel]
Soupcon [space funk]
Take This Day [epic pop]
Brand New Start [sophistofunk]
Wear A Smile [samba rock]
Falling Up [dirty funkadelica]
Peaceful Me [hard pop]
And many more...

Covers [followed by performing artist and description]:
Sugar Free Jazz-Soul Coughing [trip-pop]
The Bends-Radiohead [hard pop]
The Man Who Sold The World-David Bowie [Latin]
Idiotek-Radiohead [original version]
Johnny Be Good-Chuck Berry [original version]
Sledgehammer-Peter Gabriel [modified]
Another Brick In The Wall (part II)- Pink Floyd [modified]

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