Robin Amos, Gilda Brasch, Glenn Jones, Nathan Shapiro, Gene Thompson

Robin Amos, Bill Salkin

Robin Amos is an electronic musician who specializes in analog synthesizers. A pioneer in multiple genres, his band history includes electronic synth (The Square Root of Negative Two), garage rock (Two Much), art-punk (The Girls), post-punk (Shut Up), post-rock (Cul de Sac), doom (Walpurgis Kin, Death of the Sun), and black metal (Infera Bruo, Grave Chalice). Robin has performed 700+ gigs in 16 countries since 1975 and co-created soundtracks for films by Roger Corman, Doris Wishman, and F.W. Murnau.

Discography

Two Much (1965–1968)
Garage rock and British Invasion duo with John Chadwick
LP released on Feeding Tube Records (2020)

The Square Root of Negative Two, V1 (1976–1980)
Electronic music duo with Bill Salkin
LP TBD

The Girls (1977–1979)
Art-punk with George Condo, Mark Dagley, Daved Hild, and Margie Politzer
3 LPs, 1 EP
Archival double LP/DVD/book box set to be released on Radio Raheem (2023)

Farmers (1980)
Art-punk trio with Daved Hild and Roger Miller
LP released on Feeding Tube Records

Shut Up (1981–1984)
Post-punk with Gilda Brasch, Glenn Jones, Nathan Shapiro, and Gene Thompson
LP released on Brasch Music Records

Cul de Sac (1990–2009)
Post-rock and krautrock with Michael Bloom, John Fahey, Chris Fujiwara, Chris
Guttmacher, Glenn Jones, Jonathan LaMaster, Gavin McCarthy, Jon Proudman, Damo
Suzuki, and Jake Trussell
9 LPs, 5 EPs

Cry (1996)
Goth folk with Susan DeLeo, Michael Knoblach, and Jonathan LaMaster
1 five-song cassette

Saturnalia (1996–1998)
Free improvisation with Jonathan LaMaster, Steve LaMaster, Michael Knoblach, Roger Miller, Vic Rawlings, Zac Sherzad
1 cassette on Unsound Productions, 1 LP on Sublingual Records

Death of the Sun (2006–2009)
Doom metal with MB, Diane Douglas, and Matt Perard
1 self-released CD EP

R/A (2009–present)
Solo electronic

Infera Bruo (2010–2019)
Black metal with Galen Baudhuin, Chris Danecek (“Neutrino”), and Phil Trembley (“Ardroth”)
Performed as “Germanicus”
5 LPs, 1 EP, and 2 cassettes on Bindrune and Prosthetic Records

Walpurgis Kin (2011)
Experimental funeral doom with MB, Diane Douglas, and Yuri Zbitnoff
Unreleased LP

Grave Chalice (2020)
Black metal with Galen Baudhuin and Todd White
Cassette on Mercurial Gate

The Square Root of Negative Two, V2 (2019–present)
Electronic music duo with Blaik Ripton and Allison Tanenhaus (glitch art visuals)
LPs TBD

1965 Formed garage rock band Two Much

1968 Recorded self-titled LP by Two Much (released on Feeding Tube Records, 2020)

1975 Formed the theatre troupe “Grapefruit Productions” with Hal Rosenblatt
Wrote and produced the play “Hamlet’s Friends” (Grapefruit Productions)
Composed and performed original music for the play “Poe” (Grapefruit Productions)
Composed and recorded original music for two dance pieces, “Chance” and “Radio,” choreographed by Kip Watson and performed by the Central Florida Performing Arts Company

1976 Formed electronic music duo The Square Root of Negative Two
Composed, recorded, and performed original music for dance piece “Time Splice,” choreographed by Kip Watson and performed by the Central Florida Performing Arts Company

1977 Composed and recorded original music for the play “Carmilla” (Grapefruit Productions)
Formed punk rock band “The Girls”

1978 Composed and performed original music to film “End of the World” by Larry Bangor

1979 Recorded EP “Jeffrey I Hear You” by The Girls (Hearthan Records)
Recorded LP “Reunion” by The Girls (released on Brasch Music Records, 1986)

1980 Recorded EP “Donkey Psychology” by Amos, Hild, and Miller (for Lust/Unlust Records; tapes lost before release)
Produced self-titled EP by Bound and Gagged (Modern Method Records)

1982 Formed post-punk band Shut Up
Produced two tracks by Bound and Gagged for the compilation LP “Have A Wicked Good Time” (Modern Method Records)

1983 Won second honorable mention in the 1st International Computer Music Association Competition (NEWCOMP) for quadraphonic recording, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”

1984 Recorded LP “Hell in a Handbasket” by Shut Up (Brasch Music Records)

1986 Produced self-titled EP by Doppler Effect (Brasch Music Records)

1990 Formed seminal post-rock band Cul de Sac

1991 Recorded EP “Sakhalin” by Cul de Sac (Shock Records)
Recorded EP “Doldrums” by Cul de Sac (Nuff Said Records)

1992 Recorded LP “ECIM” by Cul de Sac (Rough Trade Records)

1993 Recorded EP “Frankie Machine” by Cul de Sac (Lunar Rotation Records)
Recorded EP “Milk Devil” by Cul de Sac (Wide World of Music Records)
Recorded LP “I Don’t Want to Go to Bed” by Cul de Sac (Flying Nun Records)

1995 Recorded LP “China Gate” by Cul de Sac (Flying Nun Records)
Recorded cassette “Jonathan LaMaster’s Saturnalia” by Saturnalia (Unsound Productions)

1996 Recorded LP “The Epiphany of Glenn Jones” by John Fahey and Cul de Sac (Thirsty Ear Records)

1997 Recorded LP “Crashes to Light” by Cul de Sac (Thirsty Ear Records)
Recorded LP “Saturnalia” by Saturnalia (Sublingual Records)
Composed and recorded music for film “Dildo Heaven” by Doris Wishman
Recorded EP “Hagstrom” by Cul de Sac (Earworm Records)

1999 Recorded LP “Immortality Lessons” by Cul de Sac (Strange Attractor’s Audio House)
Recorded “Metamorphic Suite” with Jake Trussell

2000 Recorded LP “Death of the Sun” by Cul de Sac (Strange Attractor’s Audio House)
Recorded Film Soundtrack for Roger Corman’s “The Strangler’s Wife” by Cul de Sac (Strange Attractor’s Audio House)

2002 “Live at the Rat 1979” by The Girls (released on Abaton Book Company)

2005 Recorded Double LP “Abhayamudra” with Damo Suzuki and Cul de Sac (Strange Attractor’s Audio House)

2006 Formed doom metal band Death of the Sun

2010 Recorded “Oh Death Suite” by Walpurgis Kin (featuring members of Death of the Sun)

2011 Formed black metal band Infera Bruo
Recorded self-titled LP by Infera Bruo (Seventh Circle Productions)

2013 Recorded LP “Desolate Unknown” by Infera Bruo (Seventh Circle Productions)

2015 Recorded EP “Reversing Tides” by Infera Bruo (Bindrune Records)
Contributed track “Reversing Tides” by Infera Bruo to “Northeastern Hymns” Compilation (Acephale Winter Productions)
Recorded LP “In Conjuration” by Infera Bruo (Bindrune Records)

2016 “Punk-Dada Pulchritude” by The Girls (released on Feeding Tube Records)

2018 Recorded LP “Cerement” by Infera Bruo (Prosthetic Records)

2019 Formed electronic duo The Square Root of Negative Two, V2
Recorded LPs “Demonology, V1–V4” (2019), “Requiem” (2020), “PKD” (2022)

2020 Recorded LP “Rites of the Nameless” by Infera Bruo (Prosthetic Records)

2020 Recorded cassette “Demo MMXXII” by Grave Chalice (Mercurial Gate)

Since 1975, I’ve played around 700 gigs in 16 countries, including these highlights:

1975 Solo: “Radio and Chance: Two Dances,” Central Florida Performing Arts Company

1976 The Square Root of Negative Two: “Time Splice,” Central Florida Performing Arts Company

1977 The Square Root of Negative Two: Eventworks, MassArt

1977–80 The Girls: Multiple gigs at various Boston and New York City venues

1978 The Girls: Modern Theater
The Girls: Eventworks, MassArt
The Square Root of Negative Two: Eventworks, MassArt

1979 The Girls: Punk Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1981–84 Shut Up: Multiple gigs at various Boston venues

1990–2009 Cul de Sac: Multiple gigs at various venues in North America and Europe

2001–2003 Cul de Sac: Multiple tours in collaboration with Damo Suzuki

2004–2009 Cul de Sac: Multiple gigs in North America and Europe playing live original soundtrack to the F.W. Murnau classic silent film “Faust”

2007–2010 Cul de Sac: First Night Boston

2009 Cul de Sac: Final gig (Split/Signal), Somerville Armory
R/A: Eventworks, MassArt
R/A: Halloween Show, Somerville Armory

2012–2019 Infera Bruo: Multiple gigs at various venues in the United States

2019–Present The Square Root of Negative Two, V2
GlitchKraft, Emerson Contemporary
Mistery Machine, Keep Cool Somerville
Porchfest, Somerville Arts Council
PKD, Somerville Public Library
PKD, Synth Fest at the Museum of Science in the Charles Hayden Planetarium

Contact: robin.amos at gmail dot com