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Artist Biography
by Erik Hage
The man behind
pHoaming Edison is
James Kavoussi, a musician/engineer who has also been a longtime member of the adventurous New York City group
Fly Ashtray.
Kavoussi, guitarist/singer/bassist
John Beekman, guitarist Chris Thomas, bassist/guitarist
Mike Anzalone, and drummer
Eric Thomas formed
Fly Ashtray
at Fordham University in the Bronx, NY, during the late '80s. The
group's first release, Nothing Left to Spill, was an eclectic, post-punk
compilation of the group's early work.
Kavoussi began releasing albums under the
pHoaming Edison nom de plume in 1995, with the LP Sold to the Highest Grady (on Dark Beloved Cloud). The appropriately titled
Sold to the Second Highest Grady, also on Dark Beloved Cloud, emerged in 1996. The new millennium saw the release of
pHoaming Edison's most fully realized effort,
Happy Nap Casino. The album ran the gamut from lo-fi to noise to psychedelia and featured a cover of "Theme From Casino Royale," as well as the
George Harrison composition "Only a Northern Song" (from the
Yellow Submarine album).
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