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Enon was an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band founded by John Schmersal

John Schmersal

John Schmersal is an American musician best known for being a founding member of indie rock band Enon and synthpunk group Brainiac. He is also a touring member of Caribou.In 1998, Schmersal released his first solo album, under the name John Stuart Mill....

, Rick Lee and Steve Calhoon

Pretendo

Pretendo is a New York City-based indie rock trio formed in 2004 of ex-/present members of Enon, Skeleton Key, Creedle, The Rugburns, Mono Puff, Morricone Youth, Little Jack Melody and The DaoSon For. Guitarist/vocalist Devon E. Levins and bassist/vocalist John Castro were childhood friends...

. Currently, Enon is situated in Philadelphia, though the band is known for being part of the New York music scene.

Biography

Schmersal

John Schmersal

John Schmersal is an American musician best known for being a founding member of indie rock band Enon and synthpunk group Brainiac. He is also a touring member of Caribou.In 1998, Schmersal released his first solo album, under the name John Stuart Mill....

 was originally in the band Brainiac

Brainiac (band)

Brainiac was an American synthpunk band formed in 1992, and disbanded after the sudden death of lead singer Tim Taylor in 1997.-Biography:...

 and formed Enon (named after the village

Enon, Ohio

Enon is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,638 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.Enon is the headquarters of the Speedway SuperAmerica gas station chain....

 in Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, which is close to Schmersal's hometown of Dayton

Dayton

Dayton is a city in Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.Dayton may also refer to:-United States:*Dayton, Alabama*Dayton, California, in Butte County*Dayton, Lassen County, California*Dayton, Idaho*Dayton, Indiana...

) with Lee and Calhoon following the death of Brainiac's singer Timmy Taylor and their subsequent disbandment. After Brianiac Schmersal made a solo album under the name John Stuart Mill. Rick Lee and Steve Calhoon were both previous members of the band Skeleton Key, a befriended band Brainiac had toured with. Together they formed Enon. Lee created a number of percussion

Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

 sounds for the band playing a "junk kit" including a Radio Flyer

Radio Flyer (company)

Radio Flyer is an American toy company best known for their popular red toy wagon. Radio Flyer also produces scooters, tricycles, bicycles, horses, and ride-ons. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.-History:...

 wagon, propane tank, and old hubcaps. After the release of their first album Believo!

Believo!

Believo! is the debut album by indie rock band Enon. It was released on March 14, 2000 on See Thru Broadcasting, on the CD and 12-inch LP formats. The second pressing of the vinyl edition also included a bonus 7" record. The out-of-print album was subsequently reissued by Touch and Go Records on Oct...

 which was Produced by D. Sardy and signed to his SeeThru Broadcasting label in 1999, Calhoon left the band and was replaced by Toko Yasuda

Toko Yasuda

Toko Yasuda is a Japanese singer, songwriter, keyboardist, and bass guitarist. She has played in the bands The Lapse and The Van Pelt before their disbandment, and had a brief stint in Blonde Redhead, although she doesn't appear on any Blonde Redhead recordings...

 (bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

/vocals/keyboard) and Matt Schulz

Matt Schulz

Matt Schulz is an American drummer in the past member of Enon, Lab Partners, Let's Crash, and currently active as a member of Holy Fuck, STOCH, and Aperiodic....

 (drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

s). Yasuda was previously in the bands Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....

, The Lapse

The Lapse

The Lapse was an American indie band formed in late 1997. The band was first signed to Gern Blandsten, then Southern Records. The Lapse was the duo of then boyfriend/girlfriend Chris Leo and Toko Yasuda . They formed The Lapse after the breakup of their previous band, The Van Pelt...

 and The Van Pelt

The Van Pelt

The Van Pelt is an American Indie band, who formed in 1993 at New York University. The band released two albums, Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans Of Sentiment, on Gern Blandsten Records in 1996 and 1997 respectively...

. With the new lineup, Enon released High Society

High Society (Enon album)

High Society is the second album from the band Enon. It was released June 4, 2002 on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "Old Dominion" – 3:02# "Count Sheep" – 3:02# "In This City" – 4:01# "Window Display" – 3:11# "Native Numb" – 2:33...

 also produced by Sardy in 2002 and toured with The Faint

The Faint

The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst...

. A majority of Enon's albums have been released on the Chicago-based indie label, Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records

Touch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA.After its genesis as a hand-made fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s alternative and underground rock scenes, Touch & Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous...

 after the closing of SeeThru Broadcasting. Lee left the band, and Enon went on to release Hocus Pocus in 2003, and a collection of singles and previously difficult to find internet-released songs with a bonus DVD entitled Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence

Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence

Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence is a collection of B-sides and rarities from the band Enon. It was released February 22, 2005.-Track listing:# "Knock that Door"# "The Nightmare of Atomic Men"# "Adalania "# "Drowning Appointments"...

 in February 2005. In 2007 all three members of Enon contribute to Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...

's album Let's Stay Friends

Let's Stay Friends

Let's Stay Friends is the fourth full-length album by Les Savy Fav. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album was #5 in NME albums of the year list, #16 on Rolling Stones list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, and #44 on Pitchfork Media's list....

. Yasuda also did vocal contributions to previous recordings of this band, like for instance the first track of The Cat and the Cobra

The Cat and the Cobra

The Cat and the Cobra was the second album by Les Savy Fav. It was the first CD released by Frenchkiss Records, bassist Syd Butler's label. The vinyl LP was released by Self-Starter Foundation...

. Enon released their fourth studio album, Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds

Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds

Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds is the fourth and final full-length studio album from indie rock band Enon, follow-up to 2003's Hocus Pocus, and was released on October 9, 2007.-Track listing:# "Mirror On You"# "Colette"# "Dr. Freeze"# "Sabina"...

on Touch and Go Records on October 9, 2007.

In summer 2008, drummer Matt Schulz announced that he would be leaving the group to pursue other interests. Afterwards he joined Holy Fuck as a touring member. Enon will tour for the remainder of 2008 and into 2009 with a replacement drummer before Schulz's replacement will be announced in early 2009.

Brainiac's former bassist Monasterio directs music videos, including two for Enon, and released an album in 2008 with a new band called Model/Actress; Schmersal makes appearances on this album.

Enon performed on a February 2010 episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show currently airing on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Italy, France and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada and RTE2 on RTEjr see Raidió Teilifís...

entitled "Space".

In a May 2011 interview, after touring with Caribou for a good portion of 2010 and 2011, Schmersal confirmed the band "is pretty much over" with no plans to follow up on Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds

Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds

Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds is the fourth and final full-length studio album from indie rock band Enon, follow-up to 2003's Hocus Pocus, and was released on October 9, 2007.-Track listing:# "Mirror On You"# "Colette"# "Dr. Freeze"# "Sabina"...

.

Instrumentation

Enon is known for using Moog synthesizer

Moog synthesizer

Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...

s and Teisco

Teisco

Teisco was a Japanese manufacturer of affordable musical instruments from 1948 until 1969, and now its brand is owned by Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co. Ltd. . The company produced guitars as well as keyboard instruments, microphones, amplifiers and even drums...

 guitars. Schmersal's green guitar he often uses on stage is a Teisco TG-64, he also owns a Teisco Del Ray. Yasuda plays a Fender Jazz with an adapted tuning machine, which allows quickly tuning to D from E. Schmersal also owns a custom built guitar built by Yuri Landman

Yuri Landman

Yuri Landman is a Dutch experimental luthier who has made several experimental electric string instruments for a list of artists including Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, Liars, Jad Fair of Half Japanese and Liam Finn...

, an alternate version of the Springtime

Springtime (guitar)

The Springtime is an experimental electric guitar with seven strings and three outputs. The instrument was created in 2008 by Dutch luthier Yuri Landman for guitar player Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes.-Technical information:...

 exclusively crafted for Enon with some additional features such as a scalloped fretboard and an additional pickup in the bridge.

Discography

Albums

• 1998 Long Play
• 1999 Believo!
  Believo!
  Believo! is the debut album by indie rock band Enon. It was released on March 14, 2000 on See Thru Broadcasting, on the CD and 12-inch LP formats. The second pressing of the vinyl edition also included a bonus 7" record. The out-of-print album was subsequently reissued by Touch and Go Records on Oct...
  
  
• 2001 Onhold
• 2002 High Society
  High Society (Enon album)
  High Society is the second album from the band Enon. It was released June 4, 2002 on Touch and Go Records.-Track listing:# "Old Dominion" – 3:02# "Count Sheep" – 3:02# "In This City" – 4:01# "Window Display" – 3:11# "Native Numb" – 2:33...
  
  
• 2003 Hocus Pocus
  Hocus Pocus (Enon album)
  Hocus Pocus is an album released by the band Enon. It was released September 9, 2003 on Touch and Go Records.The album also contains a URL to a hidden website which can been seen by removing the black disc holder in the jewel case.-Track listing:...
  
  
• 2005 Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence
  Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence
  Lost Marbles & Exploded Evidence is a collection of B-sides and rarities from the band Enon. It was released February 22, 2005.-Track listing:# "Knock that Door"# "The Nightmare of Atomic Men"# "Adalania "# "Drowning Appointments"...
  
  (compilation album + DVD set)
• 2007 Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds
  Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds
  Grass Geysers...Carbon Clouds is the fourth and final full-length studio album from indie rock band Enon, follow-up to 2003's Hocus Pocus, and was released on October 9, 2007.-Track listing:# "Mirror On You"# "Colette"# "Dr. Freeze"# "Sabina"...
  
  

Singles

• 1998 "Fly South"
• 1999 "Motor Cross"
• 2001 "Listen (While You Talk)"
• 2001 "Marbles Explode"
• 2001 "The Nightmare Of Atomic Men", Sub Pop Records (7"singleclub)
• 2002 "Enon" [Self-Titled]
• 2002 "Drowning Appointment"
• 2003 "In This City"
• 2003 "Evidence"
• 2003 "Because Of You"
• 2003 "Starcastic"
• 2008 "Little Ghost / Swab The Deck"
• 2008 "Annashade" (iTunes download)

Compilation appearances

• 2001 track "New York's Alright (If You Like Saxophones)" on This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation
  This Is Next Year: A Brooklyn-Based Compilation
  This is Next Year is a compilation album released July 17, 2001 by Arena Rock Recording Co.-Disc 1:#"Radio" – The Walkmen#"I've Got A Fang " – They Might Be Giants#"Wasting In The Sun" – #"Keep Your Feelings To Yourself" – Clem Snide...
  
  
• 2001 track "Tilt You Up" on Multiball #21
• 2001 track "Off The Hook" on Friction Records Vol. 1
• 2001 track "Stamina Obliterate" on For Fun Only!
• 2002 track "White Rabbit" on Don't Know When I'll Be Home Again (A Compilation Benefiting American Veterans Of The Vietnam War)
• 2003 track "Sex Beat" on On The High Wire (U.S. Pop Life Vol. 15 Power - Energy)
• 2004 track "Shave" on The 2004 Believer Music Issue Compilation
• 2005 track "Marbles Explode" on Friction Records Free Sampler CD

Videography

• "Come Into" (2001, directed by Paul Cordes Wilm)
• "Cruel" (2001, directed by Paul Cordes Wilm)
• "Window Display" (2002, directed by Brian Quain, not an official video)
• "Carbonation" (July 2002, directed by Paul Cordes Wilm)
• "Pleasure and Privilege" (October 2002, directed by Clark Vogeler)
• "In This City" (February 2003, directed by Josh Graham, Juan Monasterio, and Arya Senboutaraj)
• "Murder Sounds" (2004, directed by Paul Cordes Wilm)
• "Daughter in the House of Fools" (2004, directed by Rainbows & Vampires)
• "Mikazuki" (2004, directed by The Wilderness)

See also

• Blonde Redhead
  Blonde Redhead
  Blonde Redhead is an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/rhythm guitarist Kazu Makino and twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace , which formed in New York City in 1993....
  
  
• Deerhoof
  Deerhoof
  Deerhoof is a musical group consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.-Origins:In 1992, Greg Saunier, having recently graduated with a degree in music composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, joined a short-lived San Francisco quartet called Nitre Pit, on...
  
  
• Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...
  
  
• The Lapse
  The Lapse
  The Lapse was an American indie band formed in late 1997. The band was first signed to Gern Blandsten, then Southern Records. The Lapse was the duo of then boyfriend/girlfriend Chris Leo and Toko Yasuda . They formed The Lapse after the breakup of their previous band, The Van Pelt...
  
  
• The Van Pelt
  The Van Pelt
  The Van Pelt is an American Indie band, who formed in 1993 at New York University. The band released two albums, Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves and Sultans Of Sentiment, on Gern Blandsten Records in 1996 and 1997 respectively...
  
  
• David Sardy

External links

• Enon Official Site
• 77 Boadrum Site Profile Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash
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• SF Weekly review - Enon with The Blacks at SF's Bottom of the Hill on 4/14/2008
• Enon at The Indie Music Database
• Lazy-i Interview: October 2003
• Lazy-i Interview: June 2005
• PUNKCAST#314 @ Mighty Robot, Brooklyn - Aug 22 2003. (RealPlayer
  RealPlayer
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