Cyclops Joint was founded in 1991 as the solo electronic project of John Alan Kennedy, who was at the time a member of , a heavy in the Houston, Texas experimental scene. joined in 1992 and Cyclops Joint functioned as a duo (with occasional guests, notably ) until Kennedy relocated to New York City in 1995. Avera went on to form . Having focused primarily on playing drums since the mid-1990's, Kennedy began recording new electronic music again around 2005, though with no intention of releasing anything. This period did give rise to the collaborative project , electronic collage based on an international exchange of DAT tapes with (, , , ). Cyclops Joint was effectively dead until Kennedy returned to Houston in 2012 and (, etc) asked him to play a gig. The name was resurrected just in case somebody from the old days happened to see the flyer for the show. Since then, Cyclops Joint has continued to perform live and has released approximately 21 digital albums, focused largely on ambient feedback and percussive textures, with more on the horizon. Kennedy continues to write & record songs under his own name, and to play drums in an improv duo with , and in the improv psych rock trio with Tom Carter and Andre Ramiro.
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