Ligyro///crazy, innovative /// Interview

Ligyro
crazy, innovative

I met members of Twin Monster Yetti One and Lorax at our local watering hole The Front Page “Saturday Night Live”. I knew them for a while before I got to see Twin Monster Perform Live- really cool dudes they come at this hip hop music from all angles. When I finally got to see Twin Monster live there was a third monster on stage and the dude was wild (he was actually the crazy ass drummer in the last band I saw CoinSlot)! Ligyro, the only way I can describe what I saw is “insanely intelligent”. He was rapping and playing the keys- adding all type of crazy, innovative sounds to the beat and his energy was amazing. Ligyro brings free spirited honesty and enthusiasm to every stage he touches. Plus, his musical ear for creative off the beaten path sound is unfathomable. I just had to get more info about this dude!

1. ok so what is your relation to music? I know you’re into all kinds of music, I even have a folk album by you (which is very good BTW in my description it would be next to a Bjork album and The Decembrist album). So where and how did this journey start?
   It started as early as I can remember. My parents were always way into music and supported me from the beginning. I got my first guitar at age 10 and picked up bass, piano, and drums a little later.
   

2. What part do you play in the hip hop group Twin Monster and how did all that come about?
   The part I play in Twin Monster is producer. It all came about when our photographer, Jessie Freund, spoke to Aaron (Yeti) about what he wanted to do musically and he expressed interest in working with me. I spoke to him shortly thereafter and he told me that him and Cory (Lorax), whom I’ve been working with for years, had been talking about doing an EP together as Twin Monster. I knew that it would be a banging combination, so we started work immediately. A couple months later, The Lost Habitat EP was done. At that point, Pattern-Hungry Records set up a couple release shows and things took off from there.
   

3. How would describe what Pattern Hungry Records has and is going to accomplish?
   What Pattern-Hungry has accomplished is to create a community of musicians and artists that places equal importance on the above ground and the underground, music on and off the stage. We’re just as excited about a night of improv by the fire as a huge show. What we’re going to accomplish is to continue to expand our network of great people and help everyone get up.
   

4. Where does your inspiration come from and if you were to get your inspiration from a movie what movie would that be?
   My inspiration comes from the people around me. I’m lucky enough to be surrounded by a community of people that I love dearly. Most of them happen to be amazing musicians or artists (both in most cases) as well, which makes it even better. If I had to pick a movie it would be the Darren Aronofsky film “Pi”. It deals with seeking to quantify the mysteries of God and ultimately resigning to the overwhelming beauty that can never be put into words or numbers.

5. What is the last live show that you went to and were amazed by what you saw?
   Radiohead at Deer Creek blew me away. On a local tip, it would have to be Grampall Jookabox at Big Car. He was dope.
   

6. What’s the best gift a person could give you and what’s the best gift you have given?
   The best gift that a person could give me would be their sincere presence. I feel that is the best gift I’ve given.
   

7. If you could go back in time and stop one assassination in history who would be the lucky person?
   Martin Luther King Jr. He was a beautiful example of a leader who gained respect and notoriety with integrity and heart. People listened to him because he spoke directly to the human spirit.

8. And, almost last where did the Name come from Ligyro and Pattern Hungry?
   Ligyro is a prefix that means loud noises. It came from Ligyrophobia, which is a fear of loud noises (I definitely do not suffer from this). Pattern-Hungry came from being hungry for all the patterns that emerge in our world when you can become tuned into them. It’s about a desire to be connected with the natural order in all things.

9. What Next for you?
   Visual art. The Pattern-Hungry family formed an artist collective, Knifebear, and will be doing our first group exhibition in Gallery No.2 at The Harrison Center for the Arts in December. The opening will be on the first Friday (Dec. 5^th) and we’ll be having a music event every week for the rest of the month (check the Ligyro solo show on Dec. 12^th). There will be paintings by myself, as well as work by Justin Cain, Jessie Freund, Cory Salas, Whitney Williams, and Ian Gunn.

10. Add anything we might have missed that you want people to know.
    Check patternhungryrecords.com for the latest