bcmusik is an electronic/ambient/experimental project started around 2003 by butch celani in louisville, ky. originally inspired by the soundtrack to the movie lost in translation, i started writing a soundtracks to the scenes/images in my life. with my music as well as my photography, i have tried to capture a mood, an atmosphere, the feeling of a half-remembered dream. my music ranges from minimalist drones to ambient noise to rock. everything i have done thus far has been instrumental; however, i have been toying with lyrics and slowly building the courage to attempt vocals. currently, i am the only member of bcmusik; however, i am interested in collaborating with like minded folk.

in addition to bcmusik, i have played drums/percussion with the following louisville bands: festive zulu, the joe hanna band, grayson hall, pure jesus/nod, one-off stooges cover band, juanita (occasional live percussion), am sunday(occasional live percussion), monkey boy and the squallis puppeteers drum corps.

my influences include: black sabbath, sonic youth, joy division, my bloody valentine, tom waits, marconi union, brian eno, stars of the lid, calexeco, tha clash, miles davis, radiohead, beastie boys, portishead, sigur ros, thievery corp., max roach, most bands on the morr music label, the coctails, codeine, mogwai, public enemy, john coltrane, many louisville bands ( the photographic, parlour, rodan, freakwater, crain, retsin, king kong, slint, rachels...), hank williams sr., the meters, beck, otis redding, tool, john cage, aphex twin, can, velvet underground, the jesus and mary chain, mum, boards of canada, new order, the stooges/iggy pop, bill monroe, david bowie, old soul records, johnny cash, the cure, air, mono, ulrich schnauss, tortoise, ramones, rem, neil young, tv on the radio, terry riley; the movies lost in translation, donnie darko, ; howard finster, alex grey, peter saville and on and on...i am influenced in one way or another by all types of music, nature, industrialscapes, landscapes and most of all, silence.

thanks for visiting, bcmusik