USS

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
Their sound is as hard to describe as their name is to say. Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, better known as USS, are like a campfire after-party with a jungle-rave vibe, progressively two-stepping their way to a dance folk cuddle. Pure intention is the scope they aim through, eliciting dance-floor eruptions is what they’re known for. Science rap on breakbeat tracks anyone?

Hailing from the periphery of Toronto, at the edge of where the suburbs meet the country, there was an instant clash and connection between the two musicians when they met working at the same golf course in the mid-2000s.

“We're walking examples of simultaneous opposite juxtaposition,” says Ashley. “When we met, Jay had just graduated university and I had just dropped out of college. He’s a hyper-extrovert, and I’m a hyper-introvert. I'm always looking in, and he's always looking out. It became glaringly obvious right away that we needed one another: The message and the messenger.”

Their creative collaboration that began in 2005 evolved naturally over time, but it wasn’t until a friend issued them a challenge to take their music more seriously that things took a legitimate step forward. “Our friend Brian kind of said to us, ‘you know your friends love you guys, but it's time to stop messing around and do something,’” Ashley explains. (from their site: http://ussmusic.com/about/)

Ashley on the Band's dynamic: "Where he said it, he's like [doing a Jay impression] "Man, your the message and I'm the messenger. We need each other" And it's like, yeah, you know what, we do."

USS the Band
Comprised of Ashley Buchholz, Jason "Human Kebab" Parsons.

The band also has a dedicated live drummer Matt Murphy.

Team from Coalition Music: Liam Killeen (Manager)

Origin of the Name
Ash flipping through dictionary. He liked the words ubiquitous and synergy and wrote it down that is what he wanted to be.

Ash was working in a paper factory and he was not happy with life. So he says that he "wrote a script and now I am living it ... I gave the title of this character Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker."

Origin Story
Ash and Human Kebab met working for Angus Glen Golf Club in 2004. Ash later moved in to Human Kebab's basement and showed him tapes of songs he'd previously recorded like Anti-Venom and Cloudboy. Them and a friend of Human Kebab's named Charles Topping formed a band called Team of Captains in early 2005. They started out playing in their friends' backyards, but later moved to playing in bars and clubs, before doing their last hometown show on October 15, 2005. They disbanded shortly after.

Ash had been recording songs and compiling albums under the USS name since around 2003. In April 2007, Ash and Human Kebab reunited and formed what we now know as USS.

On Stage
On stage they are known for getting the crowds riled up and also for some of these stage antics:

Blender

Heart Monitor (no longer used)

Album Pick

Careless Whisper

Jump

USS Tower

Stage Dives

Advanced Stage Dive (with instruments or equipment)

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