}}} --Jesse Hall:
Plays Guitar-o-bass (a custom built low tuned guitar with bass strings )
run though a pile of pedals & gadgets (overbro, miditard).
lyrics involving animals, machines & ice cream tears.
Sings like bear.

}}} --Shoko Horikawa:
Sings like bird.
Plays Casiotone organ with a fractured, careening and churning ,
disjointed "Flight of the Bumblebee" style.
Dr samples.

}}} --Ryan Brundage:
Drums like octopus in spliced meters, vacillating between
gloomy disko & violent,
rollercoaster-y polka.tape loops, found sounds,
noizes of all kind.

.-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-...-*-..

USA Label : Cochon Records
Distribution : Red Eye
EU Distribution : Cargo UK
Promotion : Terrorbird(radio), Four Paws Media
European Label : Deleted art (Sweden)
European label : TCWTGA (Germany)
Japanese label : Memory Lab
Australian Label : Tenzenmen

BIOGRAPHY:

With fierce creativity and a sense that anything is possible in record making, Oakland California's eXperimental Dental School bring a warmth to chaos and an aliveness that cascade off the tracks of their latest release "Jane Doe Loves Me". The Guitar-Organ-Drum trio combines samples with one-of-a-kind instruments to create their own brand of art rock. Ryan Brundage’s fractured beats dance over a hurricane of Shoko Horikawa’s Casio riffs while Jesse Hall’s guitar lines bend like a broken down slurpie machine. Parallels can be found in Deerhoof, Devo, Captin Beefheart or even the surreal world of Fellini.

While the band's music has plenty of schizophrenic fireworks, superb song craft is at the heart of the XDS sound. Since arriving in the States from Japan (and meeting Hall in 1998), Horikawa and Hall have worked tirelessly to carve out a sound that is both musical, and sonically unpredictable. The group shines in this area with melodies that bounce back in just the right place and structures that paint a beautiful picture–a picture that gets warped, chewed up and at times completely annihilated.

XDS have 3 full length albums, releases on labels in the US, Japan, Sweden, Australia, Germany, Italy and Portugal, as well as an upcoming split 10"/CD with Melt Banana. They've undertaken four European tours and seven domestic tours, including a recent stint with San Francisco's Deerhoof. In addition, Deerhoof 's Greg Saunier also lent his talents in mixing and mastering "Jane Doe Loves Me".

REVIEWS:

"providing the evolutionary link between Deerhoof and Devo, and sweeping up the Talking Heads in the process, EDS kick up a furious racket over the 10 tracks of Hideous Dance Attack!!!. " -- Matt Fink, Skyscraper Magazine

"Like many, if not most bands from the area, Oakland's Experimental Dental School don't quite fit in with any other bands. " -- "The band's full-length debut, Hideous Dance Attack!!! was recently released to excited, if not baffled critical acclaim." -- Dusted Magazine

"It is easy to understand why the band's music sends their fans into hysterics at their live shows." -- Stephen Cramer, All Music Guide

Best of The Bay award 2004 "If you haven't checked out EDS's debut album, Hideous Dance Attack!!!, do so immediately! " -- SF Bay Guardian

“Experimental Dental School's second full-length album is as fun and clever as it is categorically indefinable.” -- Samuel Sharkey, Performer Magazine

"XDS bubbles to the brink of unrestrained experimentation while holding onto the last few hairs of conventional pop music, writing songs that are both cohesive and unpredictable." -- Dave Madden, Splendid

"Absolutely alive and amazing." -- Spencer Telleman,The Synthesis

"the perfect soundtrack for cruising through the city on a beautiful day." "these are the dance traxx!!!! you will not be disappointed with this record!!!!" -- Noella Marie, KUSF review of 2 1/2 Creatures

"I was so amazed by their creativity” -- Brian Shevlin, Heckler Magazine Portland OR

"2 1/2 Creatures confirms that E.D.S. are more than capable of making themselves equally at home in indie post-rock and no wave basements, jazz joints and circus tents." "very coo!" -- aquariusrecords.org review of 2 1/2 creatures

New record reviews >>

MORE reviews >>

Some bands we have played with before:
Deerhoof, Numbers, Hella, Xbxrx, Mae shi, Erase Errata, Trans am,
USAisAMonster, Coachwhips, Mates of state, The Make up, Har mar superstar,
Gravy train, Matmos, and many others that were very wonderful..

XDS Photo 2008 (web version:):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_web.jpg
XDS Photo 2008 (high-resolution for print) (5 MB):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/experimental_dental_school_hi_res.jpg

Album art (web version):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/jane_doe_cover_web.jpg
Album art (high-resolution for print):
http://www.experimentaldental.com/high_res_jane_doe.jpg

2008 XDS 1sheet:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/XDS_1sheet.pdf

.......................

here are some links to some OLDER high resolution images for print use:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/eds_hi_res.jpg
& here are some older print images:
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/drawings_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/300dpi_portrait_hiRes.jpg
http://www.experimentaldental.com/press/ExDental_landscape.jpg