First off: Ex-E.I.H. (Mallet Guitars +) Mother Earth (power trio) Stig (noise)

see also: Big Effigy (electronic) Maundcloud (portfolio)

lastly: Space Program (out-rock blog) @bigeffigy (gossip)




Hia. Hallo there. Hay. George Maund here. I'd like to talk to you thru this page - about music. This internet space is designed to act as a rolling list of the musical projects that I am (or have been) involved in. It must have started properly when I left my Victorian-myst-swathed home city of Chester for the coastal rowdiness of Liverpool Uni. In this gleeming beacon of the North West I studied Music & Popular Music, and thus stuck my neck out into the oncoming traffic of the audio community.



Let's list the projects in reverse chronological order for ease & time-relevance. Howdy nowdy.



Mother Earth - instrumental 'power trio' featuring myself + 2x upright/mobile house mates; with me on 6 string electric guitar, Jacob Chabeaux (illustration extraordinaire) on drum kit, and James Freeman (Binary Toad, Steal Gandhi, The SCCC, Loved Ones) on bass guitar. Specialising in repetition-led, loose-tight detailed pulses to count along to... An unholy wedding.



Big Effigy / Pariah Qarey - my bedroom production efforts using pretty much just a computer and a mouse. Has now evolved into a hiphop-inflected 'superstep' experiment. For when i'm disillusioned with real instruments, or to indulge large-scale sonic ideas with limited actual resources. Started breaking beats apart in 2005; still figuring out the live setting after numerous attempts since May '08. Look around Upitup Records & you'll find a free album up for the downloadin'.



Ex-Easter Island Head - this Mallet Guitars umbrella project was founded by Ben Duvall several years ago. We veer from hitting solid-bodied electric guitars with timpani mallets to using other cusomisations of the amplified instrument to explore ambient/minimalist territory. Ben & I were fortunate to have our first piece released by Low Point last year. ExEIH is now well into its second phase of piece-performance (now as a quartet) with more product due 2011.



Stig Noise - decadeplus ongoing joyful explorations in loud & overdriven, distorted & exploded casio/trumpet/drum/bass/twisted & broken guitars, decks & effects, etc. Deliberately self-sefficient with recordings, bookings, artwork & beyond all done in-house Stig-dependently. Played many gigs on the European continent, inc. tours w/ Pak (N.Y.) & Dispo (Roma). Ambitious to get further afield with rejoicing racket. i've been on bass since summer '08.



Indica Ritual - 5-boys: progressively-minded, mathematically-inclined pop rock group that became defunct in mid-2010. I played bass with these excellent chumps for several very sturdy years. Released a single via Samizdat & Postmusic, available here if you're into it. Future moves from some of these as 'Outfit'. Others in 'Ticks', 'Shadow Cabinet', et al.



Shit the Bed - where to start with StB? 'no-rave'.. 'grunge revival'.. these fad-terms seep into insignificance when you think about how many supposedly great bands started out with SY covers (Trail of Dead, Action Beat.. any others?) Essentially me and some friends from uni having a go at doing a noisy band, with some big chords here and there for posterity. Heavily enjoyable, learnt myself how to songwrite with these. Expanding equipment (2 guitars & drums, then bass; later augmented by kaoss pad, contact mics, misc. effects) helped make it a really enjoyable live show (i'd hope) - for me at least. Solidified strong friendships with 3 unique characters, etc! The first band i did, proper. Warm feelings forever.



[About this same time ('06-08) I did quite a few other projects & one-offs with the good folk around South/Central L8. These include: Robotville, Tom Cartledge Band, Chicken Police, Dads, Avian Flu, Real Talk - I think i even 'drummed' for the first Hackney Carriages show. The fine persons involved in those projects are doing other things today, such as Prizes, Rook & the Ravens, Monobrow, and Trouble with Books...]

That's all i can think of for now. Scroll down to the end of the page where i'll add interesting a/v extras every so often...








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