Paris Anthony Sadonis is a Los Angeles-based keyboardist, painter, performance artist and musician.
History
Best known for his work alongside Rozz Williams, Eva Ortiz and Jill Emery with deathrock band Shadow Project. He is featured on the 1991 self-titled "Shadow Project", "Dreams for the Dying", "Dead Babies/Killer" single, as well as the live "In Tuned Out - Live '93" released in 1994. A multi-instrumentalist, he performed and recorded with Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams "The Path Of Sorrows" and "The Rage Of Angels" as well as Rozz Williams solo material "Every King a Bastard Son" and "The Whorse's Mouth". With The Eva O Halo Experience - "Demons Fall For an Angels Kiss" he composed using a variety of instruments including keyboards, piano and organ. Paris went on to found the EXPerimental band EXP in 1992 with Ryan Wildstar, Doriandra Smith, Rozz Williams and Ace Farren Ford. EXP is perhaps the most incestuous band in the Family featuring Rozz Williams, with a wide variety of members, ex-members, collaborators and guest musicians. The entity has one self-titled, full-length release, and also a limited edition handmade 7 inch single. Also collaborating with Premature Ejaculation and elaborating upon boundary-pushing performance art, he is featured on the album "Wound of Exit", The group's themes remained avant-garde throughout this time, focusing on the bizarre and taboo. Paris also contributed to Erik Christides Bloodflag - Stain . He toured with Gitane Demone following his work with Penal Colony's "5 Man Job" Tour alongside EXP collaborator Justin Bennett, who around that time started to get into a lot of experimental noise, branching out from EXP to put out an all ambient noise album with Paris under the name "Face". Eventually the concept behind Face evolved into the ambient project "The Implicate Order". Involution is an experimental electronic group made up of cEvin Key and Paris Sadonis. They released one self-titled album on Tone Casualties Records in 1998. Gravehill Paris Witch was a side project featuring Jyrki and Marko from Two Witches and Paris. Musically, leaning towards Cold Meat Industry reminiscent urban dark ambient soundscapes. "Arte Astratta" was released in limited edition in Finland. Foxfairy is a live electronic project formed by Paris Sadonis and Justin Rickles in Los Angeles during 2011. Amir Derakh's Circuit Freq Records released a self-titled EP as well as a full-length LP - Zero It has been called "Downtempo From the LA Underground, Massive Attack with a chiptune influence, The soundtrack to the cyberspace afterparty."
