Colin Marston
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Colin Marston is an American musician
and record producer
residing in NYC. He graduated from New York University
with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in music technology
in 2004, and runs The Thousand Caves Recording Studios, located in Woodhaven, Queens
, while not on tour with one of his four active bands. He is perhaps most famous for fronting the progressive metal
band Behold... The Arctopus
, in which he plays a Warr guitar, or for his work on bass guitar
in the progressive metal trio Dysrhythmia. Marston produces, masters, and mixes for artists such as Genghis Tron
, Kayo Dot
, Jarboe
, Capillary Action
, and Orthrelm
, as well as his own bands.
BTB 6-string bass guitar with a pick into a Hartke
3500 head with an Eden 410 XLT cabinet and a Roland
JC-120 guitar combo. In Behold... the Arctopus he plays a 12-string Raptor Warr guitar
(which has been discontinued) as well as a "Metal" Series Warr guitar
into the same amps plus an extra Crate 2x12 combo. He uses various distortion and delay pedals in both bands. In Krallice, he uses a pre-2008 Ibanez Iceman guitar
.
Behold... The Arctopus
Byla
Krallice
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
residing in NYC. He graduated from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in music technology
Music technology
Music technology is a term that refers to all forms of technology involved with the musical arts, particularly the use of electronic devices and computer software to facilitate playback, recording, composition, storage and performance. This subject is taught at many different educational levels,...
in 2004, and runs The Thousand Caves Recording Studios, located in Woodhaven, Queens
Woodhaven, Queens
Woodhaven is a middle-class neighborhood located in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.Woodhaven is bordered on the north by a public park, Forest Park, and Park Lane South. Woodhaven also borders Richmond Hill to the east, and Ozone Park to the south at Atlantic Avenue...
, while not on tour with one of his four active bands. He is perhaps most famous for fronting the progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Behold... The Arctopus
Behold... The Arctopus
Behold... The Arctopus is an experimental metal band from Brooklyn, New York, United States.-Biography:Behold... The Arctopus was formed by Colin Marston and Mike Lerner, who had been playing guitar together for over a year-and-a-half by the time they found a drummer. Their demo We Need a Drummer ...
, in which he plays a Warr guitar, or for his work on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
in the progressive metal trio Dysrhythmia. Marston produces, masters, and mixes for artists such as Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron
Genghis Tron is a three-piece experimental metal band formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California. Genghis Tron signed to Relapse Records after releasing two recordings on Crucial Blast. The band is noted for its creative...
, Kayo Dot
Kayo Dot
Kayo Dot is an American avant-rock/experimental music group that was formed in 2003 by Toby Driver. They released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn's Tzadik Records label that year. Tzadik's descriptive label on that album reads: "Kayo Dot powerfully integrates elements of modern...
, Jarboe
Jarboe
Jarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
, Capillary Action
Capillary Action (band)
Capillary Action is an American avant-rock/experimental music group formed at Oberlin College in 2004 by Jonathan Pfeffer, the group's sole constant member....
, and Orthrelm
Orthrelm
- Biography :Orthrelm is a duo with Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums, experimenting in many forms of unconventional songwriting styles and musical concepts in general....
, as well as his own bands.
Bands
- Behold... The ArctopusBehold... The ArctopusBehold... The Arctopus is an experimental metal band from Brooklyn, New York, United States.-Biography:Behold... The Arctopus was formed by Colin Marston and Mike Lerner, who had been playing guitar together for over a year-and-a-half by the time they found a drummer. Their demo We Need a Drummer ...
- (technical metalProgressive metalProgressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
with jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
influences). - Dysrhythmia - (experimentalExperimental rockExperimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique....
post rock). - BylaBylaByla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2004 by Colin Marston and Kevin Hufnagel . They released their eponymous debut album in 2005....
- (ambientAmbient musicAmbient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
/droneDrone musicDrone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...
soundscapes with guitar melodies). - KralliceKralliceKrallice is an experimental black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr and Lev Weinstein.-History:Krallice was first mentioned by Marston in February 2008 as a collaboration between himself and Mick Barr. Marston, a member of the instrumental metal groups Behold.....
- (avant-garde/experimental/progressive black metalBlack metalBlack metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
featuring Mick BarrMick BarrMick Barr is an American avant-garde metal guitarist. Notable for his relentless speed and agility on his instrument, he is most well known for being one half of the band Orthrelm, currently signed to Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings label....
of OrthrelmOrthrelm- Biography :Orthrelm is a duo with Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums, experimenting in many forms of unconventional songwriting styles and musical concepts in general....
). - Indricothere - technical death metalTechnical death metalTechnical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...
with various metal influences, formerly known as "Vegan Death". - Infidel? / Castro! - (abstract electro/acoustic, conceptual metal with George Korein).
- GorgutsGorgutsGorguts is a technical death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The band's only constant member is Luc Lemay.-History:Gorguts were formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay , Sylvain Marcoux , Éric Giguère and Stephane Provencher...
- (Technical death metalTechnical death metalTechnical death metal is a musical subgenre of death metal that focuses on complex rhythms, riffs and song structures. Technical experimentation in death metal began in the late '80s and early '90s by bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic...
, bass in Gorguts reunion line up) - Domestigrind - (grindcore)
Gear
In Dysrhythmia Marston plays an IbanezIbanez
is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United States and Europe, as well as the first brand of guitars to mass produce...
BTB 6-string bass guitar with a pick into a Hartke
Hartke
Hartke is a brand of electronics best known for their bass guitar amplifiers and speaker cabinets. They also produce amplifiers and speakers for keyboard and acoustic guitar, as well as effects pedals, strings and other accessories.- History :...
3500 head with an Eden 410 XLT cabinet and a Roland
Roland
Roland was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. Historically, Roland was military governor of the Breton March, with responsibility for defending the frontier of Francia against the Bretons...
JC-120 guitar combo. In Behold... the Arctopus he plays a 12-string Raptor Warr guitar
Warr guitar
Warr Guitars is a company that manufactures the Warr Guitar, a guitar like musical instrument developed by the company's founder, Mark Warr.-Description:The Warr Guitar resembles a standard electric guitar, albeit with a very low action and more strings...
(which has been discontinued) as well as a "Metal" Series Warr guitar
Warr guitar
Warr Guitars is a company that manufactures the Warr Guitar, a guitar like musical instrument developed by the company's founder, Mark Warr.-Description:The Warr Guitar resembles a standard electric guitar, albeit with a very low action and more strings...
into the same amps plus an extra Crate 2x12 combo. He uses various distortion and delay pedals in both bands. In Krallice, he uses a pre-2008 Ibanez Iceman guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
.
Infidel?/Castro!
- 2000: Infidelicacy (Self Released)
- 2001: Case Study In Bioentropy (Self Released)
- 2003: Infidel?/Castro! And Friendly Bears - A Split Experience (Epicene Sound Systems / Rice Control)
- 2005: Infidel?/Castro! - Bioentropic Damage Fractal (Crucial Blast)
Behold... The ArctopusBehold... The ArctopusBehold... The Arctopus is an experimental metal band from Brooklyn, New York, United States.-Biography:Behold... The Arctopus was formed by Colin Marston and Mike Lerner, who had been playing guitar together for over a year-and-a-half by the time they found a drummer. Their demo We Need a Drummer ...
- 2003 Arctopocalypse Now... Warmageddon Later (Epicene Sound Systems)
- 2005: Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg SummoningNano-Nucleonic Cyborg SummoningNano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning is the second EP album by Behold... the Arctopus, released in 2005 on Epicene Sound Systems and limited to 800 copies. It was later released on 12" screen-printed white vinyl limited to 500 copies....
(Troubleman Unlimited) - 2006: Split with Orthrelm (Crucial Blast)
- 2007: Memphis 6-3-06 (s.l.a.p.)
- 2007: SkullgridSkullgridSkullgrid is the first full-length studio album by Behold... The Arctopus, released in 2007 on Black Market Activities. It contains seven studio recordings of previously unreleased original compositions....
(Black Market Activities)
BylaBylaByla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2004 by Colin Marston and Kevin Hufnagel . They released their eponymous debut album in 2005....
- 2005: Byla - Byla (Translation Loss Records)
- 2007: BylaBylaByla is an American ambient duo, formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2004 by Colin Marston and Kevin Hufnagel . They released their eponymous debut album in 2005....
+ JarboeJarboeJarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
- Viscera (Translation Loss Records)
Dysrhythmia
- 2000: Contradiction self-released
- 2006: Barriers And Passages (Relapse Records)
- 2007: Split with RothkoRothko (band)Rothko were a London-based instrumental ambient group. The group mainly used bass guitars and keyboards to create their soundscapes. They derived their name from the painter Mark Rothko...
- Fractures (Acerbic Noise Development) - 2009: Psychic MapsPsychic MapsPsychic Maps is the fifth studio album by American progressive metal band Dysrhythmia. The album was released through Relapse Records, on July 7, 2009.-Track listing:# "Festival of Popular Delusions" – 4:22# "Triangular Stare" – 5:47...
(Relapse Records)
Solo
- 2007: Colin Marston - 200220032004 (Self released)
- 2007: Indricothere - Indricothere (The Sacrosanct Opuscule)
KralliceKralliceKrallice is an experimental black metal band formed by New York City musicians Colin Marston, Mick Barr and Lev Weinstein.-History:Krallice was first mentioned by Marston in February 2008 as a collaboration between himself and Mick Barr. Marston, a member of the instrumental metal groups Behold.....
- 2008: KralliceKrallice (album)-Credits:Krallice* Mick Barr - vocals, guitar, bass* Colin Marston - guitar, bass* Lev Weinstein - drumsAdditional musicians* Nick McMaster - additional vocalsOther* Colin Marston - recording, mixing, mastering*Scott Lenhardt - cover artwork...
(Profound Lore RecordsProfound Lore RecordsProfound Lore Records is an independent record label founded in May 2004, which "began as the 'hobby-like venture' of a few friends, but over the past six years the label has evolved into a one-man enterprise, shaped a distinct 'aesthetic identity,' and provided owner Chris Bruni with a full-time...
) - 2009: Dimensional BleedthroughDimensional Bleedthrough-Personnel:* Mick Barr - guitar, vocals* Colin Marston - guitar, recording, mixing, mastering* Nick McMaster - bass, vocals, cover art* Lev Weinstein - drums-Recording:...
(Profound Lore Records)
Production credits
- 2004: Dysrhythmia - Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival (Relapse Records)
- 2005: Child Abuse / Octis split (Forge Records)
- 2005: Atheist - Elements (remaster) (Relapse Records)
- 2005: Atheist - Piece of TimePiece of Time-2002 Re-release:In 2002, EMG Entertainment re-released Piece of Time. Originally, EMG Entertainment was supposed to reissue all three Atheist albums, but Kelly Shaefer aborted those plans after only Piece of Time had been reissued...
(remaster) (Relapse Records) - 2005: Atheist - Unquestionable PresenceUnquestionable PresenceUnquestionable Presence is the second album by the death metal band Atheist. It was released in 1991 and added a new sound by using jazz-like harmonies, subtle latin rhythms and unusual time signatures.-Album information:...
(remaster) (Relapse Records) - 2005: Orthrelm - OV (Epicene Sound Systems)
- 2005: Octis / Ocrilim - Untitled (Troubleman Unlimited)
- 2006: Battletorn - Burn Fast (Mad at the World Records)
- 2006: Beret! - Une Tête Pour Deibler (Self Core)
- 2006: Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda split (Holy Roar Records)
- 2006: Giggle the Ozone - Order (Laser Seizure Records)
- 2006: Monocle - Lounge Act (Pralaya)
- 2006: Astomatous - The Beauty Of Reason (Independent)
- 2006: Weasel WalterWeasel WalterWeasel Walter is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell and is a current member of Cellular Chaos and Behold...The Arctopus...
/ Mick BarrMick BarrMick Barr is an American avant-garde metal guitarist. Notable for his relentless speed and agility on his instrument, he is most well known for being one half of the band Orthrelm, currently signed to Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings label....
/ Sam Hillmer release (Epicene Sound Systems) - 2006: Child Abuse / Miracle Of Birth split (Lovepump United)
- 2007: ZsZSZS may refer to:* American Samoa World Meteorological Organization country code* Azzurra Air IATA airline designator* MG ZS, a car made by MG Rover* zettasiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance* Zombie Squad, a disaster preparedness group...
- Arms (Planaria Recordings) - 2007: Cleric - Cumberbund (Sound Devastation Records)
- 2007: Time Of Orchids - Namesake Caution (Cuneiform Records)
- 2007: Octis / Ocrilim - Neerdeth (Independent)
- 2007: Stylofone - Nighttime 9Young and Lost Club)
- 2007: Monocle - Outer Sunset (Hidden Shoal Recordings)
- 2007: Rosetta - Wake/Lift (Translation Loss Records)
- 2007: Octis - The Social Club No. 6 (The Social Registry)
- 2008: Ocrilim - AnnwnAnnwnAnnwn or Annwfn was the Otherworld in Welsh mythology. Ruled by Arawn, or much later by Gwyn ap Nudd, it was essentially a world of delights and eternal youth where disease is absent and food is ever-abundant. It later became Christianised and identified with the land of souls that had departed...
(Hydra Head Records) - 2008: Kayo DotKayo DotKayo Dot is an American avant-rock/experimental music group that was formed in 2003 by Toby Driver. They released their debut album Choirs of the Eye on John Zorn's Tzadik Records label that year. Tzadik's descriptive label on that album reads: "Kayo Dot powerfully integrates elements of modern...
- Blue Lambency Downward (Hydra Head Records) - 2008: No Neck Blues Band - Clomeim (Locust Music)
- 2008: Pyramids - Pyramids (Hydra Head)
- 2008: JarboeJarboeJarboe is an American singer, songwriter, and keyboardist.Jarboe is a solo artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with the New York City based group Swans. With founder Michael Gira, the duo was the core of Swans until the group broke up in 1998...
- Mahakali (The End Records) - 2008: Ocrilim / Octis - Ment (Brown Sounds)
- 2008: Rich Bennett - Music For Underwater Supermarkets (Hidden Shoal Recordings)
- 2008: Jarboe - Pandora's Box (Season of Mist / The End Records)
- 2008: Extra Life - Secular Works (Planaria Recordings)
- 2008: WinterfyllethWinterfyllethWinterfylleth was the Anglo-Saxon or Old English name for the month of October. It marked and celebrated the beginning of winter.The name of the month was recorded by the Venerable Bede...
- The Ghost Of Heritage (Profound Lore Records) - 2008: Zevious - Zevious (Independent)
- 2009: Battletorn / Double Negative split (Volcom Entertainment)
- 2009: Altar of PlaguesAltar of PlaguesAltar of Plagues is an Irish atmospheric black metal / post-metal band. After gaining attention in the metal community with a series of demos and EPs, the band released their first studio album, White Tomb, in April 2009 on Profound Lore Records. Following a year of gigging and some changes to the...
- White Tomb (Profound Lore Records) - 2009: Liturgy - Renihilation (20 Buck Spin)
- 2009: Noveller - Paint On The Shadows (No Fun Productions)
- 2009: Capillary ActionCapillary actionCapillary action, or capilarity, is the ability of a liquid to flow against gravity where liquid spontanously rise in a narrow space such as between the hair of a paint-brush, in a thin tube, or in porous material such as paper or in some non-porous material such as liquified carbon fiber, or in a...
- So Embarrassing (Discorporate Records / Natural Selection Records) - 2009: Kevin HufnagelKevin HufnagelKevin Hufnagel is an American musician. He is known for fronting the progressive metal band Dysrhythmia, and for being a member of Gorguts.-Byla:*2005: Byla - Byla *2007: Byla + Jarboe - Viscera...
- Songs For The Disappeared (Nightfloat Recordings) - 2009: Zevious - After the Air Raid (Cuneiform Records)
- 2010: VasaelethVasaelethVasaeleth is a collaboration between Atlanta, Georgia-based multi-instrumentalist O.A. and Dallas, Texas-based drummer Antinom, members of Legions of Astaroth and Dagon, respectively. Before founding Vasaeleth, O.A. and Antinom have known each other for over six years from their work in other...
– Crypt Born & Tethered to Ruin (Profound Lore Records) - 2010: The Howling Wind - Into The Cryosphere (Profound Lore Records)
- 2010: Extra Life - Made Flesh(Loaf)
- 2010: ZsZSZS may refer to:* American Samoa World Meteorological Organization country code* Azzurra Air IATA airline designator* MG ZS, a car made by MG Rover* zettasiemens, an SI unit of electric conductance* Zombie Squad, a disaster preparedness group...
- New Slaves (The Social Registry) - 2010: OrthrelmOrthrelm- Biography :Orthrelm is a duo with Mick Barr on guitar and Josh Blair on drums, experimenting in many forms of unconventional songwriting styles and musical concepts in general....
- Orthrelm (ugEXPLODE) - 2010: Cleric – Regressions (Web of Mimicry)
- 2010: Drunkdriver – Drunkdriver (Independent)
- 2010: National Sunday Law – The Fifth Ape (Saw Her Ghost Records)