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Free Moral Agents were a collective of musicians brought together by Isaiah "Ikey" Owens (keyboardist from The Mars Volta) as a means to expand the sounds of what started as a solo recording project. In the spring of 2006 the band started playing shows around Long Beach and Los Angeles.

There was a time, before I put the record out, that I wasn't playing in Mars Volta anymore, and I had just bought a bunch of recording instruments. I'd always wanted to record my own record but never did, so [Free Moral Agents] really started with just me. I knew J, who was actually my girlfriend at the time's brother-in-law, who did poetry and sang and stuff, so I got together with him. This is before the vinyl. I was working at this record store and started talking to my friend Jeff Harris, who it turns out, was really good with Pro Tools, so I added him to the group. He's really a producer and doesn't really play with us live, but he's very much responsible for the sound of the record. I knew Mendee [Ichikawa] for several years, and we had worked on and off, but I knew we needed a female element to the group, so that's basically what Free Moral Agents is right there. As far as the music goes, it started as my project, but these people who I know I can trust, really bring it together.[1]

Free Moral Agents
Free Moral Agents performing at Low End Theory
Background information
Origin	Long Beach, California, USA
Genres	Jazz, hip hop, psychedelic, dub
Years active	2003 – 2014
Labels	Gold Standard Labs
Past members	Isaiah "Ikey" Owens Mendee Ichikawa Dennis Owens Ryan Reiff Reid Kinnett Jesse Carzello

In April 2009, Owens released two live tracks for free.[2] In 2010, the group released its 2nd full-length album entitled Control This for Gold Standard Laboratories.

Members

• Isaiah "Ikey" Owens - keyboards, producer, concepts
• Mendee Ichikawa - vocals, echo, words, melodies
• Dennis Owens - bass, falsetto
• Ryan Reiff - drums, beats
• Reid Kinnett - rhodes, effects
• Jesse Carzello - guitar, noise

Discography

Studio albums

• Everybody's Favorite Weapon (2004)
• Momma's Gun Club Vol. 1 (2006 as download on AlphaPup) (February 27, 2007 as download on iTunes)
• Control This formerly The Honey in the Carcass of the Lion (September 28, 2010)

EPs

• Self Titled 7" EP - Free Moral Agents (September 9, 2008 on clear red vinyl, Broken Tape Publishing [300 copies])
• Chaine Infinie (2014)

Live Albums

• "Live At The Prospector" (2010)

Singles

• The Special 12 Singles Series - Free Moral Agents (2005 as 7" vinyl, 500 copies) (October 3, 2006 as download on iTunes [Special Twelve Singles Series])
• "North Is Red" (b/w North is Red remix by Tony Allen) 10" vinyl single - Chocolate Industries (2009)

Other Recordings

• Looking For Lauryn Hill in Lakewood - Free Moral Agents (May 2007 as download on AlphaPup)

References

External links

• Free Moral Agents Official Site
• Official Facebook Page
• Official Twitter
• Official Myspace
• Interview with Isaiah in Modern Fix

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