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The Beginning
Voluntary Mother Earth was formed by Aki (Akihiko Hayakawa; g,vo) and ShonMage (ex-dr) in Denton, a small college town in Texas, in the fall of 2004. To be exact, it was formed when ShonMage asked Aki “Are you Japanese?” in Kharma Cafe, a local coffee shop. In the small but creative community of Denton, it was not very difficult to find a good keyboardist. Katsu Hosoe (ex-key) joined the team.
It was, however, next to impossible to find a solid bass player. That’s when they said, “Shit, White Stripes has no bassist, either. We can do it, too” and started rehearsing. It was not long before they found a very unique addition to the band, though; it was Billy White, the drunk Inuit dancer his-self.
They started playing local shows, and quickly created a buzz around town. People kept coming to their shows. Their first CD “Voluntary Invasion” was well received in the local Denton scene.
Miracle Itself Comes Down from Heavens
When they played their first Dallas show in August 2005, a miracle happened. When they started their set, the club was nearly empty, except for a 5-person crowd consisting of members of other bands playing that night.
It was during the third song of their set when the aforementioned miracle itself came down from heavens. All of a sudden, a herd of people began flooding into the place. By the end of the song, the band had a crazy dancing crowd of 50 people. After the show, people came rushing to them and asked vigorously who on earth they were.
Voluntary Mother Earth was formed by Aki (Akihiko Hayakawa; g,vo) and ShonMage (ex-dr) in Denton, a small college town in Texas, in the fall of 2004. To be exact, it was formed when ShonMage asked Aki “Are you Japanese?” in Kharma Cafe, a local coffee shop. In the small but creative community of Denton, it was not very difficult to find a good keyboardist. Katsu Hosoe (ex-key) joined the team.
It was, however, next to impossible to find a solid bass player. That’s when they said, “Shit, White Stripes has no bassist, either. We can do it, too” and started rehearsing. It was not long before they found a very unique addition to the band, though; it was Billy White, the drunk Inuit dancer his-self.
They started playing local shows, and quickly created a buzz around town. People kept coming to their shows. Their first CD “Voluntary Invasion” was well received in the local Denton scene.
Miracle Itself Comes Down from Heavens
When they played their first Dallas show in August 2005, a miracle happened. When they started their set, the club was nearly empty, except for a 5-person crowd consisting of members of other bands playing that night.
It was during the third song of their set when the aforementioned miracle itself came down from heavens. All of a sudden, a herd of people began flooding into the place. By the end of the song, the band had a crazy dancing crowd of 50 people. After the show, people came rushing to them and asked vigorously who on earth they were.
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Brzoza1530 wrote:
Doing good job!
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Aabider wrote:
I dig this. zeuhl tag radio FTW.
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nicepalpal wrote:
jeremy thorn and free head for a free ride are awesome.
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persisofmem wrote:
hmm...these guys are on the similar artists page for my solo project. I will check this madness out!
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Konfig--- wrote:
Ha, just saw you guys on Homeless in Denton and decided to check you out proper. Sounds good mates.
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jabbifunk wrote:
very interesting music...it makes me feel good..it is like a big story!!!!and i hope it will never end...great:)))
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voluntarymother wrote:
Thanks for listening! If you like our music, you can download our music if you join our Right Brain Club from our website at http://www.voluntarymotherearth.com/ . *** We'll be touring the U.S. in March and parts of Europe in May, 2009! ***
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HazySleep wrote:
Michael Jackson is white!!
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HazySleep wrote:
Ooooh, I love the song "Forgive my penis" great MJ covering :D
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buashey wrote:
energizing music :)
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Panzergraf wrote:
Good stuff there, Voluntary Mother, I just got off my arse to put proper tags on the .mp3's :P
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erykgil wrote:
Very, very good. I like this music!
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voluntarymother wrote:
Hi there! If you want to download our music for free, please come to our website at http://www.voluntarymotherearth.com/ and join our cute newsletter "Right Brain Club". And we'll send you the MP3s to your email address : ) Thanks for listening!
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KrlosBN wrote:
Please tell me where I can download this!!!...awesome!
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comatose26 wrote:
21st Century Hippies is my favorite tune.
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AstroDomine wrote:
I bought your album "Unacceptable Vegetable" on CDBaby, and I like it very much! Can't wait to hear new material!
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PatrickFMLP wrote:
Very weird, but very good.
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andrewsvt wrote:
Very weird indeed... I like it. ;)
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Brzoza1530 wrote:
Very nice... I love crazy music which is simillar to Frank Zappa :P
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AstroDomine wrote:
Very good, refreshing
News
Thank You
16 Oct 2010 | from www.voluntarymotherearth.com
Thank you for your support and love and email and hugs and
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Voluntary Mother Earth is no longer. We are on semi-permanent
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