Jonathan DiNapoli   ( dino )       -Born 06/20/82      -Bachelors Arts + Sciences at Northeastern Univ.

           Musical History                                                                           

-first guitar (Hondo) 1995                                                                        

-Rabid Wombats/Overdose  till 1997                                                                                            

-Hollow Earth with Snake, Bret,                                                                     

       and Shomik till 1998                                                                        

-Irepress from 1998 to ....                                                                               

-Uterus Vomit with Jarrett from 2004 to...                                                                                             

-An Italian from-1982 to ....                                                                     

-An Indian from 2001 to ....                                                                                

   

 

 

Musical Releases

-Hollow Earth: 4 song demo                               circa 1998

-Irepress/Hollow Earth: 8 song EP                  around 1999

-Irepress: H.A.V.O.C. 10 song full length.              in the year 2000

-Irepress: Ghrintoure Be (EP) 3 songs                    via 2002

-Beach Meddel (solo projects)  9 songs created from:       2001 - 2005         

-All Indians, No Chiefs   Vol. 1                              spring 2004

3 Bands (irepress/gtgs/EC)

       2 songs each. RTCrecording

-Irepress:   s a m u s  o c t o l o g y                                  Apr/May 2005

        8 songs of instrumental beauty and chaos     

 

 

Musicians I've played with:  

-Shadows Fall - Hatebreed - God Forbid - Kayo Dot - One King Down

-Receiving End of Sirens -As Tall AS Lions - Kool Keith -Ill Bill -various WU Tang members

-Giving to Grey Skies -Gavin Castleton and Gruvis Malt

 

Places I've played:

-Lamour in Brooklyn, NY -Middle East Up/Downstairs in Cambridge, MA -Saratoga Winners in Latham, NY -The Palladium in Worcester, MA -basically 100+shows in the New England area clubs/bars/halls/etc.

 

Artistic Influences:

-Tool -Pink Floyd -Meshuggah -Dredg -Mike Patton -Dillinger Escape Plan -Paco De Lucia 

-Ravi Shankar -Isis -Pelican -Philip Glass -Kronos Quartet -Mars Volta -Kayo Dot/Maudlin of the Well

-Deftones -Glassjaw -Poison the Well (december) -old metallica -Sabbath -all sounds occurring in nature -all ethnic and cultured instrumentational sounds of the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, Antarctica and on the Wolomolopoag Sanctuary

 

 Future Goals

-to tour the planet multiple times -continually evolve the craft of instrument communication between my fellow Indians -write or participate in the scoring of a film (or many) -put out 3 more All Indians, No Chiefs Volumes with various music of fellow friends/Indians -Expand, Form and Strengthen the All Indians, No Chiefs Music Publishing Company that I co-own with Sheel -Jam spontaneously in many of the most beautiful places this planet has to offer -expand my songwriting capabilities and structures to the point of no return -create many mind altering works of visual art (ink,paint,land-art,etc) -discover new ways to achieve obscure sounds using the instruments that i own -collect various instruments from all over the world -meet many amazing people -perform and create pure music and art for as long as I live -spread peace....

 

Instrumentations

-electric guitar  -acoustic guitar   -mandolin   -keyboard/piano   -hand percussion: djembe, dumbek, bongos.......   -bass guitar    -some drum-kit ability

 

 

 

To Hear Some Music:

 

http://www.665.org/irepress

http://www.myspace.com/irepress

http://www.myspace.com/dinodinap