Neptune is a

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Band history

Neptune's origins trace to 1994 as a sculpture project by Boston artist/musician Jason Sanford, who forged the band's haphazard guitars and reluctant drums from scrap steel and found objects. Nine (+) lineups, twenty-five releases and hundreds of instruments later, the band continues to wrench its sound spatter on self-built instruments to often confounded audiences around the world. As of 2022, Neptune consists of Sanford along with long-time Neptune collaborators Mark William Pearson, Daniel Paul Boucher and, intermittently, Kevin Emil Micka.

Personnel

*Jason Sidney Sanford – baritone guitar, electric thumb piano, electronics, small electric spring, percussion, vocals *Mark William Pearson – baritone guitar, bass, electronics, large electric spring, drums, percussion, vocals *Daniel Paul Boucher – drums, found object percussion, oscillators, electronics, vocals *Kevin Email Micka - recording engineer, tape manipulation, electronics, drums, percussion, guitar, vocals

Discography

Albums/LPs

*"Studio Recordings, May MCMXCVII", full-length CD/LP. (Archenemy Records, 1999) *"The Ballet of Process", full-length CD/LP. (Mister/100% Breakfast Records, 2002) *"Intimate Lightning", full-length CD/LP. (Mister/100% Breakfast Records, 2004) *"Mice and Worms", 6-song 12-inch LP. (Magnetism Crafts/Self-Release, 2005) *"Patterns", full-length CD/LP. (Self-Release (US)/ BBN Music (UK)/Les Potagers Natures (France), 2006) *"Neptune", full-length, LP only. (Golden lab records, 2007) *"Gong Lake", full-length CD/LP (

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, February 2008) *"18:40/19:19", full-length LP (Magnetism Crafts/Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2010) *"Silent Partner", full-length CD/LP/Digital (Northern Spy, 2011) *"msg rcvd", full-length CD/LP/Digital (Northern Spy, 2012) *"Mother of Millions", full-length Cassette/Digital (Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2021)

EPs

*"Knife Fight E.P.", 7-inch. (self released, 1996) *"Basement Recordings E.P.", 6-song CD. (Mister Records, 2001) *"Green Cassette", 5-song C30 Cassette. (Magnetism Crafts, 2005) *"3" CDR", 5-song CDR. (Magnetism Crafts, 2005) *"White Cassette", 4-song C20 Cassette. (Wrong Way Archival Bureau, 2005) *"3" Collage CDR", 2 songs. (Magnetism Crafts / Self-Release, 2006) *"Red Cassette", 6 improvisations, C30 Cassette. (Magnetism Crafts, 2006) *"3" CDR", 3-song 3" CDR. (Hiddenbirdhouse, 2006) *"Tell My People To Go Home", 4-song EP, split release w/ One Second Riot, LP only. (Distile Records, 2007) *"Paris Green", 5-track CDR with hand painted art. (Magnetism Crafts/Wrong Whole, 2007) *"Roman Business", 4 songs, C20 cassette. (NO=FI, March 2009) *"Cave Drawings", 6 songs, 10-inch colored vinyl. (Self-Release/Magnetism Crafts, January 2011)

Live releases

*"At the Pink Pony/A Car Is A Weapon", Live 7-inch Single. (Mister Records, 2002) *"Live on Pipeline, WMBR 03.16.04" (Neptune self-released, 2019) *"Live at SCSI Cell 11.20.2004" (Neptune self-released, 2021)

Singles

*"Swang!/Poodle Walk", 7-inch single. (Anti-Social Records, 1996) *"Your Company/Productivity is a Science", 7-inch single. (Heliotrope Records, 2000)

Videos

*''The Penetrating Gaze''. Video by Bill T. Miller, recorded at the Middle East, Cambridge, MA, 12/29/2005. *''Live in Strasbourg France'' (full set, 11 songs). Recorded live at Le Zanzibar, Strasbourg, France, 9/27/06. Video by Normaltv.org.

References

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