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Djam Karet is an instrumental progressive rock band based in Topanga, California. The band was founded in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Henry J. Osborne, and drummer Chuck Oken, Jr.
Djam Karet was founded in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Henry J. Osborne, and drummer Chuck Oken, Jr. They chose as the band's name an Indonesian word (pronounced 'jam care-RAY) that translates loosely as "elastic time".
Adapted from Still No Commercial Potential liner notes. [2] Djam Karet. Gayle Ellett – electric guitar, organ, percussion. Mike Henderson – electric guitar, engineering. Chuck Oken, Jr. – drums, percussion, keyboards. Henry J. Osborne – 5-string bass guitar, didgeridoo, percussion. Production and additional personnel.
The last few years in particular have been a very fruitful period for core members Gayle Ellett, Mike Henderson, Henry J Osborne and Chuck Oken Jnr and others with a number of standout releases, including the single forty-seven minute ambient space-rock journey `The Trip' in 2013, the retro-tastic `Regenerator 3017' a year later and a superior ...
Djam Karet is an instrumental progressive rock band based in Topanga, California. The band was founded in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Henry J. Osborne, and drummer Chuck Oken, Jr.
Gayle Ellett – 7-string guitar, 24-string steel acoustic guitar, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, sampler, congas, ocean drum, slit drum, talking drum, metal shakers, rainstick, percussion, electronics, production, mixing. Mike Henderson – electric guitar, keyboards, electronics, slit drum, percussion.
29 Nov 2022 · Djam Karet, photos by Rita Street: L-R Gayle Ellett, Henry Osborne, Chuck Oken Jr, Aaron Kenyon (occasionally), Mike Henderson. At some point, DK started composing. What precipitated that shift? We started to add in tapes of nature sounds and then, later, some synth sequences using the Ensonic Mirage (an early digital sampling keyboard).
