I Am Spoonbender

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I Am Spoonbender
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genre(s)	Experimental Music Krautrock Ambient Indie Rock Prog Rock Soundtrack Electronic Music
Years active	1997 – present
Members
Dustin Donaldson Robynn Iwata Dave Edwardson
Former members
Brian Jackson Marc Kate

I Am Spoonbender is an American multimedia group. It was formed in San Francisco in early 1997 by Dustin Donaldson, with Brian Jackson. Halfway through the recording of their debut album Sender/Receiver, the band was joined by cub guitarist Robynn Iwata.^[1]

Their breakthrough musical style has been compared to Brian Eno (Stopwatch Static), Can (Reality Dealer, Replaced By Toys), and This Heat, with occasional forays into post-rock (Parenthetical) and digital micromusic (Mr Knife Miss Fork).^[2] Dustin Donaldson has noted that their influences include Morton Subotnick, Wire, This Heat and Devo.^[3]

1 Members
2 Discography
3 Live Appearances
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Members

[edit] Current members

Dustin Donaldson: synths, drums, vocals, production 1997-
Robynn "Cup" Iwata: synths, vocals 1997-
Dave Edwardson (Neurosis): bass on Shown Actual Size, Buy Hidden Persuaders

[edit] Past members

Brian Jackson: bass, synths, 1997-2000
Marc Kate: synths 1998-2003

[edit] Current live members

Kevin Farkas - drums
Nolan Cook - bass and synths (The Residents, Dimesland)
Drew Cook - bass and synths (Dimesland)
MA'AT - perception management and subliminatexture

[edit] Discography

Sender/Receiver	CD/ 12" picture disc	1999	Gold Standard Laboratories (US), Mint Records (Canada)
Teletwin	3-sided 12" EP, CD	2000	Little Army Records (US), Mint Records (Canada)
Plastic Lips	7" single	2000	Contact (Japan)
Shown Actual Size	CD/12" EP	2002	Gold Standard Laboratories
Buy Hidden Persuaders	CD	2004	Mesmer Detector, Ltd (world)
Stereo Telepathy Academy	CD	2006	Helen Scarsdale Agency (world)