Mike Tamburo


Mike Tamburo, also known as Brother Ong is an independent musician, sound explorer, music educator, filmmaker, musical instrument builder, interdisciplinary sound artist, gong enthusiast, storyteller, writer, meditation teacher, installation artist, painter, currently living in New Kensington, PA. He is a well known multi-instrumentalist and plays the hammered dulcimer, gong, shahi baaja, swarmandal, autoharp, the crowned eternal, tuning forks, guitar, percussion, electronic instruments, bulbul tarang, bass gopichand, gulbulgar, singing bowls, bells and clarinet. He runs 2 small labels called: New American Folk Hero and Sounds Eternal. He teaches Kundalini yoga, Nāda yoga, sound therapy and Experimental Instrument Building. Early in Tamburo's career he gained notoriety for his string playing. In many of his early performances he began to enter into altered states of consciousness and have out of body experiences while performing. In order to understand these experiences he went into years of self study; exploring Kundalini Yoga, energy work, the therapeutic use of sound and how sound effects consciousness, human perception and self healing. His love for long sustained overtones and psychoacoustics led him to working with multiple gongs and other tuned metal instruments as well as exploring the healing power of mantra and toning. He has traveled the United States extensively, performing over 1500 shows in his career. He writes about many of his adventures in an ongoing collection of stories called Without Beginning, Middle Or End. He has also curated 3 years of the Fantastic Voyagers Music Festival. He performed and recorded for several years with Crown Of Eternity with his ex-wife Galina Haralambava.

Past and Current Projects

As Brother Ong
  • 9th Church Of The Ascended Astronaut - Cassette
  • Aquarian Summer Cassette, Lathe Cut
  • Deep Water Creation CDR
  • Mysteries of the Shahi Baaja - 2CD
  • Elenin - CDR
  • The Architect - CDR Single
  • Deep Water Creation - CDR
  • The Golden Ray - CDR Comp/Digital single
As Mike Tamburo
  • Lives On Air - Digital
  • Another View Of The Gate - CDR
  • The Tenth Gate and Other Revelations Box Set - 6 CDR + Book
  • In The District Of Noise - CDR
  • The Tenth Gate / Alchemical Marriage - 2CDR
  • Vitvivatora - CDR
  • Language Of The Birds And Other Fantasies Box - 7 CDRS, DVDR + Book
  • Dance Enis Dance - CDR
  • Ghosts of Marumbey - CD
  • Beating of the Rewound Son - CD
  • Screwing Six Bolts Into Last Tuesday - CD
  • Jade Is The Color Of My True Love's Fate - CDR
  • On A - Cassette
  • How Can I Help You Help Me - Cassette
Psychic Frost
  • Taking Lizard Mountain - CDR
  • Hey Enis Dance/Taste the Frost - CDR
  • Are We Not Drawn Onward To New Era? - Cassette
  • At Bohemian Grove - CDR
  • Chaob - CDR
  • God Will Fail John's Horn - 3”
  • Searching for Augie Leonard Sr. - CD
  • The Uncontrollable Mr. Lechte on Strands Formerly Braided - 3way split CD
Arco Flute Foundation
  • Everything After Everything After The Bomb Is Sci-Fi - CD
  • Everything After The Bomb Is Sci-Fi - CD
  • I Ate Tony Conrad's Pierogies - CDR
  • The Fifth Lesson in New Era Time: The Unconsciousness of Yukon Steve - CDR
  • The Third Lesson in New Era Time: Running Slow Motion Marathons with Purple Rejoice; Who Killed the Party House? - CD
  • The Second Lesson in New Era Time: Exploring the Possibilities of New Wave Villains; And What of Boy? - LP
Meisha
  • For Sayas - CD
  • The Secret Of Paul Grouper - CD
  • The First Lesson In New Era Time - The Universal Orchestra Of Pituitary Knowledge Sing Om To The Disturbed Onlookers, Who Were Meisha And Robin Anyway? - CD
  • The Fourth Lesson In New Era Time - Redefining The Sixty Foot Rock Band; The Deaf Will Still Feel Our Vibrations OR Republic Of Meisha - 7”
  • On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
  • A Celebration Of Life - CDR
  • Meisha Returns Meisha Forever - CD
  • Meisha - CD
Mike Tamburo and Wilson Lee
  • Boyinger - 2x3"
Mike Tamburo and Ken Camden
  • Of Meisha
Eskimo 88
  • Inside Outside - Cassette
  • Open Your Ears and Hear a Sound - Cassette
Compilations Appearances
  • For Lee Jackson In Space
  • Fantastic Voyagers 3
  • Fantastic Voyagers 2
  • Fantastic Voyagers 1
  • FRANNCE compilation
  • Ball of Wax 9
  • Go Down Slow - Music For Acoustic Guitar
  • Unicorn Mountain 2 - 2006
  • Gold Leaf Branches
  • Radio CPR Compilation

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Category:American folk musicians
Category:Living people
Category:1977 births
Category:People from New Kensington, Pennsylvania