Ian MacFarlane - Planetarium Funk / Soul Wooden Shjips was an experiment

Wooden Shjips was an experiment in primitive and minimalist rock

the sum being far greater than it’s parts

never altogether songs or spoken word segments on their own

Dinosaur Jr and Mary Lou Lord

The music they create is a collection of moments and essences of their favorite sounds

Ian MacFarlane - Planetarium Funk / Soul Wooden Shjips was an experimentPost Nuclear Mind Music? Lizard Strategies? Void Spirit? These bizarre titles are just a few of the self coined terms that Australian electronic musician Ian MacFarlane has conjured to represent his eccentric sonic world. An artist whose unique style of electronic experimentalism has balanced dangerously close to the edge of popular convention, existing outside the mainstream and extending well beyond the fringe of any sanctioned independent scene. A