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Cyberchump
OriginMilwaukee, Wisconsin;
Kansas City, Missouri;
United States
GenresElectronica, ambient, experimental
Years active2000 (2000)–present
LabelsInternal Combustion (2000–2022)[1]
Spiralight Records (2004)
Om Records (2005)
Chi-Qi (2014)
MembersMark G.E., Jim Skeel
Websitewww.cyberchump.com

Cyberchump (sometimes stylized as CyberCHUMP)[2][3][4][5] is an electronica duo whose music is mainly ambient[6][7] and often experimental[6][7] and electro-organic,[2][8][9] formed by Milwaukee multimedia artist, and Xposed 4Heads founder, leader, and lead vocalist,[10] Mark G.E.,[4] the multimedia alias of psychologist[5][11][12] Mark Eberhage,[13][3][5] and Kansas City musician Jim Skeel, who was formerly in the bands The Buckthrusters[14] and Short-term Memory,[15] and featured on the compilation Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 2). The band members live in different cities and made a point of collaborating long distance via Internet, long before the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States prompted widespread Internet collaboration.[8][16] The band's name derives from the duo's formative "fumbling learning process" with the tools and technical means of their collaboration.[10]

Critical reaction

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Music critic and founder of the Art of Noise, Paul Morley lists Cyberchump's Dreams Groove as "One of 88 albums" that should be heard in his book Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City.[17]

In The Shepherd Express, reviewer Jason Kiel describes the duo's collaborative dynamic by noting that "Skeel's tendencies to jam are an intriguing counterpoint to Mark G.E.'s methodical experimentation."[16]

In an OnMilwaukee article, reviewer Bobby Tanzillo called the music of the electronic, ambient, experimental rock duo "genre-defying and ever-evolving."[6]

Collaborations, works

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Guest musicians have included John Kruth, Mike Kashou, who played bass on the first album Garbage, by the band Garbage, Jason Loveall from The Danglers,[18] Jason Todd, and a telephone call cameo from Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes. Several of their album covers are the work of international surrealist artist J. Karl Bogartte of the Chicago Surrealist Group, whose work is in several museums, including the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Their music appears in the documentary Maybe A Baby[13] by filmmaker Theresa Ala Mode,[19][18] and Ross Bigley's film Zombie Frat House.[20]

Mark G.E.'s short film homage to Edward Gorey,[5] The Unfortunate Gift, was submitted to the Edward Gorey House Archive by Florence Parry Heide, and accepted.[21] Many of his other videos have been screened at several Milwaukee Film Festivals,[22][23][24][25] and others.[26]

Cyberchump have published many full length releases, and songs on compilations released by Om Records, Spiralight,[27] and Chi-Qi.[28]

Radio exposure

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The duo is played on several national radio programs including Echoes, Music from the Hearts of Space, Musical Starstreams, and internationally on the programs Ultima Thule Ambient Music, and Pandora.

The duo are interviewed on the radio regularly with numerous specials lasting two or three hours, by Mary Bartlein on Milwaukee station WMSE, and Jim Lange's Eclectopia which airs on West Virginia Public Broadcasting radio.

Members

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  • Mark G.E. – altered keyboards, five-string fretless bass, electric guitar, treated accordion, samples, machines (2000–present)
  • Jim Skeel – high & low looped electric guitars, keyboards, bass, samples, manipulations (2000–present)

Guest members

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  • Victor DeLorenzo – answering machine voice (2000)
  • Rebecca Brinkley – The Orbitan Voices (2000–2002)
  • John Kruth – arghul, rhaita (2000–2002, 2004)
  • Theresa Ala Mode[19] – The Orbitan Voices (2000–2002, 2005)
  • Julio Pabon – digeridoo (2000, 2004, 2006)
  • Hafiza Capehart – flute (2000, 2006–2008)
  • Jahmes Finlayson – percussion, berimbau (2000, 2008)
  • David D. Gupta – Indian tablas (2002)
  • Jayne Holland-Sedli – backing voice (2002)
  • Gregg Jackson – percussion (2002)
  • Mike Kashou – bass (2002)
  • Paul Sadler – percussion (2002)
  • Jason Todd[10] – soprano saxophone (2002–2003, 2005, 2022)
  • Jason Loveall – violin (2002, 2005, 2008)
  • Tim Higgins – percussion (2002, 2008)
  • Neal Rops – sample harvest (2005–2008, 2010)
  • Jeanne Marie Vielleux – lead voice (2005–2008, 2013–2016)
  • J. Karl Bogartte – uilleann pipes (2006, 2013)
  • Kelp Chofs – keyboard (2016)
  • Alex M.E. – viola, voice (2016)
  • Toni Martin – voice (2019)
  • Shannon Sloan-Spice – voice (2019)
  • Jesse Montijo[10] – alto saxophone, flute (2022)

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • Dreams Groove (2000)
  • Inner Grooves (2002)
  • Abstract Air (2003)
  • Scientists in the Trees (2004)
  • Secrets to Tell You (2005)
  • Sankhara (2006)
  • Our Wizards of Earth (2008)
  • Their Moment of Perfect Happiness (2011)[8]
  • Flutter and Flow (2013)[7]
  • The Construction of Things (2016)
  • After (2018)
  • Zombie Frat House Original Soundtrack (2019)[20]
  • Long Night Moon (2020)
  • Quirks of the Zen Dog (2022)

Compilation albums, with various artists

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  • Ambienism Volume One (2004)[27]
  • Om: Discovery vol. 1 downtempo (2005)
  • Ambient Grooves (2014)

Remix albums

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Cyberchump + Janzyk – ReGrooved (2010)

References

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  1. ^ Eberhage, Mark (n.d.). "Internal Combustion Records". Joy Farm. Internal Combustion.
  2. ^ a b Eberhage, Mark (2000–2013). "cyberCHUMP". Joy Farm. Internal Combustion.
  3. ^ a b Keil, Jason (20 August 2004). "Eberhage lives ambient dream with CyberCHUMP musical project". OnMilwaukee.
  4. ^ a b Eberhage, Mark (n.d.). "Mark G.E. ~ Multi-Media Artist". Joy Farm. Internal Combustion.
  5. ^ a b c d Natalie, Dorman, ed. (24 January 2008). "50 People You Should Know". Milwaukee Magazine.
  6. ^ a b c Tanzillo, Bobby (6 October 2008). "Cyberchump thrives on the boundaries". OnMilwaukee.
  7. ^ a b c Michalski, Thomas (11 June 2013). "Cyberchump's Journey of the Mind". The Shepherd Express. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Louis Fortis.
  8. ^ a b c Tanzilo, Bobby (17 September 2011). "Cyberchump's concept record dosed with humor". OnMilwaukee.
  9. ^ beitenh; et al. (21 May 2012). "Electronic Music vs Organic Music". Gearspace.com.
  10. ^ a b c d Luhrssen, David (28 September 2022). "'XPosed' at New Wave Fest". The Shepherd Express. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Louis Fortis.
  11. ^ Eberhage, Mark (n.d.). "President and Founder of BSI". Behavioral Solutions, Inc. (BSI). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  12. ^ Irvine, A. Blair; Billow, Molly B.; Eberhage, Mark G.; Seeley, John R.; McMahon, Edward; Bourgeois, Michelle (24 February 2012). "Mental Illness Training for Licensed Staff in Long-Term Care". Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 33, 2012 (3). London, England, United Kingdom: Informa UK Ltd: 181–194. doi:10.3109/01612840.2011.639482. PMC 3565566 – via Taylor & Francis Online. Free full text at: National Library of Medicine (NLM); Bethesda, Maryland.
  13. ^ a b Eberhage, Theresa (2000–2021). "Maybe A Baby". Maybeababy.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
  14. ^ Anstaett, Tim (11 February 1982). "The Offense, Book #14". Fresh Sounds from Middle America #2 review. Columbus, Ohio: Biblio Publishing. p. 16.
  15. ^ Connor, Francis X. (10 March 2022). "7: The Last Attempt at Paradise: Early Industrial Culture in Kansas". In Whittaker, Jason; Potter, Elizabeth (eds.). Bodies, Noise and Power in Industrial Music. Pop Music, Culture and Identity. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, imprint of Springer Nature. pp. 109–127. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-92462-1. ISBN 978-3-030-92461-4. S2CID 247376673.
  16. ^ a b "Ambient Visions Presents an Interview with Cyberchump". Ambient Visions. 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  17. ^ Morley, Paul (4 August 2003). Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 325. ISBN 9780747557784 – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ a b "The Danglers". MySpace Music. n.d. Free streaming, MP3s, photos, videoclips.
  19. ^ a b Eberhage, Theresa (n.d.). "Theresa Ala Mode ~ Photographer–Videographer–Writer–Voyeur". Joy Farm. Internal Combustion.
  20. ^ a b Luhrssen, David (9 March 2023). "Zombies Invade Milwaukee in New Indie Film". The Shepherd Express. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Louis Fortis.
  21. ^ Eberhage, Mark (n.d.). "Projects and News". Joy Farm. Internal Combustion.
  22. ^ "Soul of Silence: Mark G.E. at Milwaukee Short Film Festival". The Shepherd Express. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Louis Fortis. 3 November 2012.
  23. ^ Luhrssen, David (4 September 2018). "Milwaukee Short Film Festival Turns 20". The Shepherd Express. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Louis Fortis.
  24. ^ "Xposed 4Heads – "System Overload"". Milwaukee Film. 24 October – 1 November 2018.
  25. ^ "Xposed 4Heads – "Stuck in Orbit"". Milwaukee Film. 17–31 October 2019.
  26. ^ That's A Wrap! Yule Film Fest 2021!. YouTube. Hartford, Connecticut, United States: Hartford Film Club. 27 December 2021.
  27. ^ a b Limbrick, Cameron, ed. (21 February 2017). "Ambienism Volume One". Bandcamp: Spiralight.
  28. ^ "Chi-Qi". Chi-Qi. 2006.
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