Colourmusic, created by Ryan Hendrix and Nick Turner, began in Stillwater, Oklahoma by composing music based on Sir Isaac Newton’s theories of sound and colour.
Hendrix and Turner met in 1998 when both were attending Oklahoma State University. Turner, a British exchange student, and Hendrix struck up a quick friendship, even though neither one liked the other's musical interests or creative sound. They continued their friendship after Turner returned to the UK and began discussing their musical ideas. Eventually, after many trips to the States, Hendrix and Turner started recording in Hendrix's apartment. Both quickly realized that neither was a very good drummer, and Hendrix's roommate Cory "Cry" Suter was recruited for the job. After making a three-song EP, they started playing some local bars, usually using friends to play live, such as band members from Kunek. Nick Ley and Colin Fleishacker started joining the band for the live performances and they became full-time band members.
Colourmusic has been described as a cross of The Polyphonic Spree and The Flaming Lips but the band states that what really influences them is color. They became interested in Isaac Newton's Theory of Color and Sound and focus their musical styles on a color. That color represents each song. They have produced two EPs called Red and Yellow, each song on the EPs reminding the band of that representative color
New single You For Leaving Me is taken from their debut album My ______ Is Pink, out this month. In the video, directed by Funny or Die directors Matt and Oz, bearded butchers prepare their cutting boards for the slaughter of some very cute and cuddly teddybears. You've been warned!
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