HUMAN BIO: James Twig Harper Johnston is a performer and electronic sound
artist (among other things). He was raised first in Florida, then in
Michigan, where began playing guerrilla- and punk-style shows with
Scheme, Mini-Systems and Nautical Almanac in the milleu of Wolf Eyes,
Andrew W.K. and others involved in the Bulb / Hanson 90's noise/total music movement. Moving first to Chicago and then to Baltimore,
he toured widely in the US (five multi-month tours) and Europe (twice)
with Carly Ptak and others. With Ptak, he released many recordings,
his own and others' on various formats, on their HereSee imprint and
co-founded the influential Tarantula Hill venue-compound. Since the
fire at Tarantula Hill which devastated Harper and Ptak's day-to-day
living situation, he has continued to travel widely and has
intermittantly release music. His music and performances have
been characterized generally by an incredible sense of trickery and
playfulness - even foolishness - but in earnest and with careful
consideration.
MUSIC PROJECTS: Scheme 1992-1993?, Nautical Almanac 1994-Present, Beast People , Metalux ?199-2001?-
SOLO MUSIC AND COLLABORATIONS RELEASED MUSICS:
untitled/unlabeled 'bonus' 7" in 1st nautical almanac LP 1996 hanson
T. HARPER / C. PTAK 'BANJO W/ PING-PONG ELECTRONICS' HANDCUT 1997 Hanson HN039
T. HARPER - SPECIAL RECORD HANDCUT 1997 Hanson HN040
T. HARPER / C. PTAK - ROCK GUITARS FOR WOLF EYES CASS 1999 Hanson HN061
james twig harper 'BRAINWAVE' cdr Heresee hs002 2001
Rubber O Cement + James Twig Harper 'shameful, effectual, masterbattalion! cdr brutalsfx 2002
RYLAN + HARPER 'fuck yer computers'/aka 2rejerks2 Heresee hs019 CDR 2003
james twig harper 'BRAINDEAD' Heresee hs021 cass 2004
jim tig parker 'Nerve Damaged/Maced' Heresee hs00028 cdr 2004
pig ting jarker 'Nerve Damaged/Maced' Heresee hs0030 overcut lathe lp 2004
Dead Brain & Brain Dead "Rotten Phases" Amercan Tapes cdr Am 354 2004
johnston brothers 'Christmas Music' Heresee hs35 cass 2004
JMSTWGHRPR "intuitive american esoteric vol 1" LP multi-label release 2005
RAIONBASHI/HARPER cass Heresee HS51 (also releasd on CDR in Europe)
DOUBLE OFFSET PLEXI LATHE Heresee HS53
american apocalypse cassette Heresee hs52 2005
JmsTwgHrpr 'America Insurgency' 1sided lathe laserdisc picturedisc Heresee hs62 edition25
James Twig Harper "Intuitive American Esoteric vol 2" LP multilabel release 2005
T. Harper "The Hitcher" cass AA Records 2006
T.Harper "The Last Human Alive" lathedubplate Heresee 2008
Twig Harper "Black Light White Hole" lathedubplate Heresee 2008
WRITINGS, POETRY, AND PUBLISHED VISUAL FLAT ARTS:
Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal #7 Ecstatic Peace 2006
