Kenneth James Gibson
Kenneth James Gibson is a musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and a founding member of Bell Gardens, Furry Things, Eight Frozen Modules, and Kenneth_James_Gibson#Musical projects|pendics.shuffle.
Career
Kenneth James Gibson was born in Canada, grew up in El Paso, Texas and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He first learned how to play guitar on his fathers acoustic and got his first 4-track recorder at age 19. Gibson founded the 1990s noise rock band Furry Things, who released most of its material on King Coffey's Trance Syndicate / Touch and Go Records imprint.He has also released music that spans across many genres under aliases such as Kenneth_James_Gibson#Musical projects|pendics.shuffle, Eight Frozen Modules, dubLoner, Reverse Commuter, and Hiss & Buzz. He founded the electronic music record label Adjunct Audio in early 2005 with friend Konstantin Gabbro, through Kompakt records.
Gibson along with Brian McBride of the drone-based ambient music duo Stars of the Lid, started the band Bell Gardens in 2009. Through the music of Bell Gardens, the two explore the realms of Americana, chamber pop, folk, and psychedelic pop. He also recently collaborated with Douglas McCarthy of Nitzer Ebb on a track called Whispers In on his latest Reverse Commuter album titled Exposure. In April 2016, Gibson released his first full ambient album under his real name titled The Evening Falls on Kompakt Records and returned for a second album in March, 2018 titled In The Fields Of Nothing.
In 2017, Gibson started the band Toler Gibson with Gavin Toler Of The Winter Flowers. According to his website the group makes music that fits under the “Cosmic American Music” banner.
He has directed music videos for artists such as Francis Harris and Dance Spirit as well as his own projects Reverse Commuter and Bell Gardens.
Musical projects
Furry Things
Kenneth played guitar, sang, and produced the 1990s Noise Pop band Furry Things. The line up also consisted of Cathy Shive, Charlie Woodburn, and Chris Michaels. Furry Things released the majority of its material on King Coffey's Trance Syndicate / Touch and Go Records imprint. The band formed in Austin, Texas in 1993 and moved to Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1997.Kenneth produced the band's first LP titled The Big Saturday Illusion along with engineer Adam Wiltzie. Kenneth and Brad Laner produced the second and last LP titled Moments Away which was released in 1998. The band also released two 7" singles and two EPs as well as being featured on The Kahanek Incident: Volume 2, which was a remix trade between Furry Things and Electric Company.
Bell Gardens
Bell Gardens is the musical collaboration between Kenneth and Brian McBride of Stars Of The Lid. Through the music of Bell Gardens, they explore different styles such as chamber pop, folk rock, psychedelic pop, and Americana. Their first EP Hangups Need Company was released on their own imprint Failed Better in 2010. Southern Records released their first LP Full Sundown Assembly in late 2012. Rocket Girl released the band's second LP titled Slow Dawns For Lost Conclusions in October, 2014.Eight Frozen Modules
Eight Frozen Modules is one of Gibson's experimental electronic music projects. Eight Frozen Modules' recorded material is a mix of IDM, Techno, Dub, electro, breakcore, dancehall, and Noise. The project started as a side project to the now defunct noise-pop band Furry Things and like Furry Things, was also released on King Coffey's Trance Syndicate label. As 8FM, he has released music on labels such as Phthalo, Planet Mu, Orthlorng Musork, Tigerbeat 6, City Slang, Shockout, Mutant Sniper, Mille Plateaux, Warp, In Vitro Records, Lo Recordings and Tino Corp to name a few.apendics.shuffle
pendics.shuffle is Gibson's main electronic music alias. Under this alias he creates a mix of minimal house, techno, micro house, and experimental electronic dance music. pendics.shuffle has released music on many labels such as Trapez, Orac, Adjunct Audio, Mo's Ferry Prod., Lick My Deck, We Are, Leftroom, Sunset Diskos and more. As apendics.shuffle, Gibson has collaborated with and remixed a number of other artists such Mr. C of The Shamen, Mikael Stavöstrand, Mark "Blakkat" Bell, Damian Lazarus, Brad Laner, and Vladislav Delay.dubLoner
dubLoner is a dub project from Gibson. Dubloner's output ranges from deep and spacious dub techno and house to more rootsy dirty dub experiments. He has, as Dubloner, remixed and collaborated artists such as Meat Beat Manifesto, Jack Dangers, Isaac Haile Selassie, Kool Keith, and Markus Nikolai of Perlon Records.Reverse Commuter
The first released Reverse Commuter track, The Organ That Killed Me, was released on a compilation titled Grand Slang on City Slang in 2000. There was a gap of no releases till 2003 with The Direction EP on Hallucination Recordings. Outside of a string of remixes and compilation tracks, there wasn't another official release till 2014 with a new album titled Exposure on DJ Three's Hallucienda label along with a 12" EP titled Vinyl Exposure One including a Doc Martin remix. Exposure featured tracks with vocals by Gibson, Douglas McCarthy, and his wife Kelly Johnston-Gibson.Adjunct Audio
Kenneth along with Konstantin Gabbro founded the electronic music record label Adjunct Audio in 2005. Adjunct releases a range of styles from Deep House and Minimal Techno to Dub and Ambient. Producers such as John Tejada, Bruno Pronsato, Dapayk, Blakkat, Kit Clayton, Mathias Schaffhäuser, DubLoner, Sutekh, Dilo, Mikael Stavostrand, Mr. C, and Apendics.shuffle | pendics.shuffle himself have worked with the label. Adjunct is distributed by Kompakt records.Music for television and film
Gibson composes music for TV and Film. According to IMDB he has music in shows such as Shameless, The Last O.G., Weeds, Californication, and Saturday Night Live and films such as The Best and The Brightest, Drones, Don Peyote, and 7 Minutes. Gibson appeared as himself as music producer on an episode of VH1's MC Serch hosted show Miss Rap Supreme.Discography
with Bell Gardens
Albums- Full Sundown Assembly
- Slow Dawns For Lost Conclusions
- Hangups Need Company
- Take Us Away
- Various – International Connection Collection
- Various - The Kitty Comp
- Various - Rocket Girl 20
with Furry Things
- The Big Saturday Illusion
- Moments Away
- Hide / Your Two One
- Still California / Car Songs Unlimited
- Headphones
- Frequent Lunacy
- Various – Cinco Años!
- Various – Green Light GO!
- Various – Angelfood Electronics Vol Two
- Various – Letters To Aliens
as Kenneth James Gibson
- Delusional Tales And Non-Silence
- The Evening Falls
- In The Fields Of Nothing
- Animals Tonight
- Something In The Way
- Something In The Way Remixes
- Far From Home
- Various - Ambient Rounds Vol. 2
- Various - Pop Ambient 2017
- Various - Pop Ambient 2018
- Various - Velvet Desert Music Vol. 1
as Eight Frozen Modules
- The Confused Designer
- The Confused Electrician
- Random Activities and Broken Sunsets
- Thought Process Disorder
- The Abduction of Barry
- Crumbling And Responding
- Clinically Yours
- Daydream Nightmare
- Collages From The Inside of a Circuit Board Gone Wild
- Eight Frozen Modules / Mochipet – $ Vol. 11
- DJ, Riddim & Source
- Ghislain Poirier / Eight Frozen Modules – Be Strong / Dem Nuh Know Me
- Rejected Resident
- Deleted Chemistry
- Various – Wow! & Flutter
- Various – Musikexpress 14 – EFA
- Various – Altered States of America
- Various – Shockout
- Various – Igloo Trax Vol. 1
- Various – Drop Name Records Vol. 1
- Various – Clicks & Cuts 4
- Various – Crimson
- Various – Autonomous Addicts
- Various – Morrow Choral Orchestra
- Surgeon – This Is For You Shits
- Bruno Pronsato – Silver City
- Meat Beat Manifesto – God O.D.
as apendics.shuffle
- Helicopter Hearts
- Smooth Hair
- The Lavender Neglect
- The Diligent Puzzle
- Real People
- Paradroid / pendics.shuffle – Unclassified Computer Funk
- Saw Saw Soup
- Framed And Defamed
- Eloquent Milk
- Rampant Passenger
- pendics.shuffle & Mikael Stavöstrand – Looking For Me
- Group Trivia
- pendics.shuffle & Altiply – Lonely Payback
- She's Got Moves
- Re-Fried Monument
- Hot Guardian & The Freestyle Formula
- Sammy Baker Davis Jr.
- Paradroid / pendics.shuffle – Unclassified Computer Funk 2
- pendics.shuffle & Mikael Stavöstrand – Take Me Higher
- You Got My Harmony
- Elegance & Malice
- Mas Lines
- Mass Reduction
- Elegance & Malice Reworked
- pendics.shuffle & Dilo – Vaquero
- Restless And Disturbed, Songs of Mania
- I See The Morning Time
- pendics.shuffle + Mr. C – Something Strange
- pendics.shuffle + Mr. C – Something Strange Part 2
- Mikael Stavöstrand & pendics.shuffle – Midnight Machines
- pendics.shuffle & Dilo – Wonderfully Drifting
- pendics.shuffle Ft. Blakkat – Heavy Burdens High
- pendics.shuffle Ft. Bryan Black – Fall From Grace
- Various – Wighnomy Brothers | Robag Wruhme* – Remikks Potpourri
- Various – Bits To Phono Mix
- Various – Unhappy Anniversary V.2
- Various – Summership Vol. 1
- Various – Do You Copy?
- Various – Best of 2007 – Minimal Edition
- Various – Communication Defines Culture Volume 2
- Various – From Minimal To Techno 2
- Various – Mo's Ferry Flipside Compilation
- Various – For Every Moment of Triumph: Volume One
- Various – For Every Moment Of Triumph: Volume Two
- Various – Mo's Ferry Great Cinema Show
- Various – Selected Remixes: Volume One Compilation
- Various – Warenkorb #6
- Various – For Every Moment Of Triumph: Volume Three
- Mochipet – Disco Donkey
- Drumcell – Brain Wreck
- Le K – Ok Daddy
- Evan Marc – Iris
- Mathias Schaffhäuser – Gott Ist Tot
- Dilo & Gurtz – Ave Fenix
- Adultnapper – Fluorescent
- Brad Laner – From Inside
- Vladislav Delay As Sistol – Haaska
- Damian Lazarus / pendics.shuffle – Smoke The Monster Out – Club Versions
- Akiko Kiyama – Queen Momo
- Miro Pajic – Full of Emptiness
- Joint Custody – Lights & Buttons
with Electronic Music Composer
- Abandon Music
- Suggested Surgery / Wretched Idea
- Shiro The Goodman – Dance Crazy, Till A Meal Gets Rotten
- Various – Children of Mu
as dubLoner
- Polycubist vs. Dubloner – Selecta One
- Devious Heads
- A Loner's Sway
- Dubloner / Polycubist – Selector
- Devious Turnip
- Foreign Sway
- Jack Dangers Meets Dubloner – Hiss & Buzz
- To J's Head
- A Loner's Way
- Impact Dub Feat. Isaac H. Selassie
- DubLoner & Isaac Haile Selassie – Wicked Man
- DubLoner & Isaac H. Selassie* – The Fight, The Spirit
- Dubloner Ft. Isaac Haile Selassie - Chairr Nawena
- Various – For Every Moment of Triumph: Volume Two
- Reverse Commuter – The Direction – Re:Directed
- Meat Beat Manifesto – Retrograde Pt. 2 Dub We R 1
- Markus Nikolai – Mr. Big Star
- Lucid Dream – Chortle
- Asyncron – Vogelsang
as Kenneth James G
- Your Condition
- Removing Me
as KJ Gibbs
- Messages
- Never Taint You In MY Eyes
- Fenin & KJ Gibbs – It Hurtz
- Outlaw Appreciation
- Bass Up in The MIx
- There's A Whole In My Mental Body
- Various – Temporary Construct
- Various – Bicycles Are Your Friends
as Premature Wig
- Endless Dub
- With Me
- Give It Up
- Place Detection
- Various – Hypersex Code. 1
- Various – Digital Disco 3
- Ryan Craig – Believe
- Igor O. Vlasov – Our Home
as Bal Cath
- A Wonderful Collection Of Fucks Given
- Bal Cath / Hawkeye – El Disco Acido
- Bal Cath / Hawkeye – El Disco Acido 2
- El Disco Acido 3
- Acid Condenser 2005.01
as Reverse Commuter
- Exposure
- The Direction
- Vinyl Exposure One
- Various – Grand Slang
- Various – Hallucination Limited Presents: Three : Hallucienda
- Various – For Every Moment of Triumph: Volume Three
- Various – Km5 Ibiza Volumen 13
- Various - Phono Obscura
- Beautiful Confusion – In My Mind
- Vita – Dig Down
- Douglas J. McCarthy – Hey
- pendics.shuffle Ft. Blakkat – Heavy Burdens High
- Blakkat - Epic Feel
with Cascabel Gentz
- The Pressure of It All
- Dirty Lips
- Electric High
- Various – For Every Moment of Triumph: Volume One
with Men In Slippers
- Anything From Here
- Ultra Necessity / Falling Apart
- Jorge Savoretti & Seuil Fatissimo
with Whoa Buck
- South Of South Pole
- Various – Icarian Games And Indian Clubs Volume One
- Wig Water Magic – House Marque