Fishtank Ensemble

Fishtank Ensemble: Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass and Mad Loves

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March 16, 2010

Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass, and Mad Loves: The Unseen Musical Forces behind Fishtank Ensemble

Parked next door to a sandwich truck sits a hand-built, mule drawn “Gypsy wagon," like an apparition from a bygone era, in the driveway of a contemporary hillside home in Hollywood, California.

Belonging to Fishtank Ensemble, it embodies the wild and wooly journeys of the band's eclectic and eccentric members - vocalist Ursula Knudson, violinist Fabrice Martinez, guitarist Doug “Douje" Smolens, and bassist Djordje Stijepovicwho share ...
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