RiffJam  Tribe

Spacerock  for  Inquiring  Minds....

UFO's, Crop Circles, Area 51, Secret Conspiracies, the Nephilim, the New World Order. The Bible and ancient mythology. Is this stuff connected? These are some of  the topics tackled by RiffJam Tribe: "Spacerock for

Inquiring Minds"!                                                                                                                                                                            

Welcome to my RiffJam Tribe page. Here you'll find breaking news on my Spacerock recording projects.            If you enjoy the music of Hawkwind, Eloy, Ayreon, Pink Floyd, Mahogany Rush and Camel and are intrigued    by science-fiction, space exploration, the unexplained and how it relates to current affairs - my music may appeal. Check this page frequently for updates on my upcoming debut album: "First Contact". 

Exploring  the  Universe  from  a  tiny  Bedroom      Studio...

Working out of a tiny bedroom studio in the Midwest

( -and enlisting a battery of synths, samplers and sequencers ),

RiffJam Tribe combines "rotorhythmic" jams with spacey electronic instrumentals that will force you to question everything you thought  you knew!  Tired of being              treated like a "child" by your government?  Riff  Jam                  Tribe gives you it "straight" ( - or at least how I see it! ).                                                                                               WORKING  ON  AN  ELECTRIC-BLUE  "STUDIO TAN"  

ROTORHYTHMS:                                                                        What  they  ARE  and  WHY  they're  so  cool....

ROTORHYTHM ( Ro-Toe-Ri-Thim )

Definition:  A  simple, repeating four-to-seven chord rock-riff      that gains energy and momentum by layering and slightly shifting it's cadence over time.  Has been known to cause "out-of-body" experiences in listeners. 

 

Examples:  Hawkwind's "Levitation", "Time We Left This World"    ( -Orig. "Doremi" version ), Montrose's "Space Station # 5", etc.  

RIFFJAM  TRIBE:                                                                          It's  all  in  the  name....

Take a four to seven chord rock-riff.  Jam with it.  Add a "tribal feel" to it.                                                                           RIFF + JAM + TRIBE = RIFFJAM TRIBE!  Get it?                                                                             

 

Then build it up "layer-upon-layer". Gradually accelerate  the tempo.  Let the riff evolve, change                  and gain momentum ( -by slightly shifting it's chord-change timing and cadence ). Burnish til it glows "incandescent orange". Bring to a pulse-pounding, adrenilin-rushing climax. That's the RIFFJAM TRIBE  "formula". Hawkwind's employed this "formula" from time-to-time on some of their songs ( -see the

examples listed above ). Add lyrics that delve into areas you've always wondered about...

 

My other songs veer towards the "spacey" and electronic. Head music. Mind music. Like a trip into space minus  the NASA booster-rockets. Strap-in for a journey to the other side of your mind...

 

"Strap-in  for a  journey  to  the                far  side  of  your  mind..."

                                                                                                                                                      Electro-tribal music from the "future-past". Combining primal tribal rhythms with space-age electronics.      That sums-up the RiffJam Tribe ethic.  My upcoming "First Contact" album will set the "template"  for future explorations.  Check it out if this stuff interests you....

What's that landing in the forest? Curious things caught in "fleeting glimpses". Was that real or not?  Those are some of the places "RJT's" music goes.  If it "goes bump in the night" ( or ) sends an other-worldly shiver up your spine, "RJT's" music is there.  I enjoy being intrigued and WONDERING don't you?                                                                       ( - RIGHT  )  A  "RIFFJAM TRIBE" MOMENT....

Music  for  Inquiring  Minds....

Did U.S. Special Forces clash with aliens at an underground base in 1979'?      Are advanced aircraft derived from recovered UFO technology being flown        out at Nevada's Area 51?                                                                                                                                                                                                  "EYES  ONLY"  ROCK  MUSIC... 

The Nevada Test Site's "Area 51" is a secret government    reserve the size of Connecticut.  What's going on there?        U.S. taxpayers fund it's operation yet we're not allowed           to know what's going on there? 

Curious....   

 

-A  MAP OF  FEDERAL  LANDS "THAT DON'T  EXIST"....

Are Crop Circles and the "Face on Mars" wake-up calls          for mankind?  Is the ET/ "Inter-dimensional" presence benelovent or malevolent? 

 

In 1974 Carl Sagan and S.E.T.I. sent a message into space        ( -from Puerto Rico's Arecibo Radio Telescope ). In 2002, this crop circle appears near Britain's Chilbolton Radio Telescope. The year prior, a crop circle adjacent to Chilbolton "answers"                  CHILBOLTON  "CROP CIRCLE"  Sagan's 1974 "data-strip" with specifics ( -on E.T. height, mathematics, DNA and location in the universe ). 

"I  enjoy  being  intrigued  and  wondering  -  don't  you?"

Is the "Face on Mars" ( -and complex of structures near it ),      simply "abberations of light and shadow" or something            more tangible and solid? 

 

Are Biblical passages referring to the "Annunaki" and "Nephlihim"  ( -and the "corruption" of human DNA by "fallen angels" ) only    myths and legends or something more?                                                                                                                                           ( -ABOVE )  THE  "FACE  ON  MARS"

And from the dawn of mankind til the present -is all     

of this "interrelated" ( -and still being played-out right underneath our uneducated noses? ). 

 

These are some of the questions "RiffJam Tribe's" music ponders. Have you ever wondered about any of this stuff yourself?  We share your curiosity.                                                                                                                                               DAWN  AT  STONEHENGE 

                                                                                 

 

Could this intricate "Crop Circle" be the work of hedgehogs    ( or ) hoaxers?  If so, England has some pretty precise and disciplined rodents and drunken revellers! 

 

 

THOSE  PESKY  ENGLISH  "HEDGEHOGS  AT  IT  AGAIN!

 

 And somewhere in the remote recesses of Amazonia a few  "uncontacted" stone-age tribes remain oblivious to the modern world....

 

A fact that makes me very happy. 

"Finding  the  "Mystery  &  Magic"            still  left  in  the  World"                                                                                                                                -Riff  Jam  Tribe.

"First  Contact"

Debut  Album:  in the works...

Riffjam Tribe's first album. The title has many meanings. From mankind's "first contact"  with extraterrestrial beings ( -through written and "suppressed" history ), to the modern world's encroachment upon primitive tribes living in the Amazon, to the Native American experience of being overwhelmed by settlers from the

New World ( -and conversely, what we would feel like if an advanced ET civilization invaded and dominated  us! ). "First Contact" delves into these topics - establishing "our sound" and setting the groundwork for        future albums. Spacerock for "Inquiring Minds!".

CAUTION!  "ELECTRIC-BLUE WORK ZONE"                              

 

Just slide the plateful of chocolate chip cookies

through the door  -  I'm busy!