50 Man Machine Fact Sheet
Band Name:
50 Man Machine
Musical Style/Genre:
World influenced Alternative Rock with very strong roots in Funk, Reggae, Afro-pop, Scottish, Irish, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Improv, Socca, Flamenco and South East Asian influence
City of Origin:
Washington DC with strong links to New York City and New Orleans, LA
Band member names and instrumentation:
L.Collier Hyams: lead vocals, guitars, ambiences and loops, percussion
w/ Andrew Dodds: Scottish, Cape Breton and Scandinavian fiddle
Neil Anderson: great highland and uillean bagpipes, whistles, mandolin, clarinet, vocals
David McDavitt: Drums and West African percussion; Brad Dietz: acoustic, fretted and fretless bass
DJ Flip1/Bernard Weekes: turntables, freestyle and rap vocals
Scott Smallwood: Trinidadian steel drum, electronics, trumpet, percussion
Key Points of Interest:
• Current CD released at Caffe’ Lena, NY the nations oldest folk venue, early home to Bob Dylan among many others
• College radio - CMJ reports 3+ months in the top 30 in 2003 peaking at #9
• Engineered by Jakael Tristram (Record Plant, Egan Media)
• Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE and additional mastering at Gateway
Additional Data:
• Hyams has worked, recorded and toured internationally with a wide variety of artists including Richard Horowitz, Will Calhoun, Jaron Lanier, Sussan Deyhim, Shirin Neshat, Rathkeltair and The International Dub Corps.
• Anderson co-founded the most successful American Celtic rock goup, former Atlantic recording artists, 7Nations. He has shared stages with Celtic music’s top performers including John Whelan, Paddy Keenan, Black 47, Alisdair Fraser and more. He is known as the Antipypr by his fans and has been named "the Jimi Hendrix of the Highland Bagpipe" by the Washington Times.
Contact Information:
50 Man Machine attn: L.Collier Hyams
9811Pebble Weigh Court
Burke, VA 22015
703.913.6143
HTTP://WWW.50MANMACHINE.COM