Mike Einziger dan Time Lapse Consortium

by: gnug

Ternyata Mike Einziger (Mickey), pria kelahiran 21 Juni 1976 gitaris dari grup musik Incubus (sekaligus pengusung nama band) ini mempunyai side project, dan side projectnya dibentuk oleh Mike dan Suzie Katayama pada tahun 2003 ketika Incubus istirahat setelah merilis album Morning View tahun 2001.

Band ini bernama “Time Lapse Consortium” beraliran Jazz psychedelic funk dan personilnya masih anak-anak Incubus juga, Mike (guitar), Jose Pasillas (Drum), Ben Kenney (Bass), Suzie Katayama (Strings), Neal Evans (Organ) dan tentunya kadang featuring Brandon Boyd. “Time Lapse Consortium is an idea that had been swirling around in my brain for quite some time. For years I’ve been fascinated by the great bandleaders and arrangers of the 50’s and 60’s. People such as Quincy Jones, Esquivel, Sergio Mendes, etc…. With all of those instruments, it’s like being able to paint a picture with many different colors. It’s a very different experience from writing music for a standard rock and roll setup.”

Cerita sedikit tentang Mickey, dia ini ternyata adalah keponakan dari seorang eksekutif produsernya acara Howard Stern’s E! Show..pasti tau!(tv cable ato Satelite Tv lah) namanya Scott Einziger, dan ternyata juga adiknya Mike, Benjamin Einziger sempat menjadi gitaris band bernama Audiovent (yang vocalisnya mirip Brandon Boyd..ya iya lah kan adik kandungnya! Jason Boyd), tp skr si Benjamin Einziger ini jd Lead Singer di band Agent Sparks.

Ternyata eh ternyata Tahun 1994, waktu umur Mike masih 17 tahun sempat mencoba bergabung dengan Band Alanis Morissete tapi ditolak. “I actually auditioned for Alanis’ band when I was like 17, before she got really big. I was just like, Oh, this girl singing these songs . . . and then a few months later it was on the radio, and I was like, What? Damn, I should’ve tried harder!”. Tapi itulah untungnya, akhirnya bisa lahir band bermutu kaya Incubus beserta side projectnya “Time Lapse Consortium”, lucky for us hehe..

Off the record, Mike Einziger meskipun perwajahannya seperti itu (kadang culun) ..ternyata dia juga sempet mengencani model terkenal Cameron Richardon dan Lily Aldridge, mungkin karisma nya dari cara dia bermain gitar ya.. Anyway, just listen to his side project called “Time Lapse Consortium” yang sempat perform di Roxy Theatre Hollywood, CA tgl 24 January 2003, kita tunggu aja kelanjutannya…

ps: videonya bisa di download di Youtube ::link::
ato lihat langsung videonya di bawah ini!

Interview with Brandon Boyd of Incubus

By Sirona Knight and Michael Starwyn

The Incubus in Greek mythology is the dream lover, which has in time taken on undeserved negative aspects. Actually, Incubus stems from the word “incubi,” meaning to incubate. This is more in the sense of an idea or pattern incubating until coming to fruition. Originally an incubi was a guide who took people on their vision quests, which often meant going into a cave and incubating. The band Incubus has begun to live up to their name in the sense that with their new album, “Make Yourself,” has taken off, and their recent appearances on the Sno-Core tour, have shown that there is a movement of discontent once again incubating in this country. The following is an interview with lead singer, Brandon Boyd, where he talks about his spirituality, his creative process, and his sense of rebellion.

How have you taken the name Incubus in a spiritual sense?

We have taken on the name with the sounds and ideas we have created. In my own experience, certain parts from songs I enjoy come in a pleasant way to invade me in my sleep. In this way, I’ll wake up singing a song or have a dream about a great piece of art I saw that I loved or haunted me. In this sense of the word, you can say we have truly taken on the name, Incubus.