associated_acts name background instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
cibo police woman matto , netherlands , spacehog , joan as timo ellis non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar , ukulele , voice , bass , drums , keyboard , synthesizer rock , avant garde , pop , singer songwriter , electronic , soundtrack , punk , metal timo ellis
 timothy k. ellis musician , record producer
timo ellis

timothy kneeland `` timo '' ellis is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer from new york city , currently in the band netherlands .
he also runs a commercial music company called 70 % water music as well as his personal label records and tapes records .
ellis attended evergreen state college in washington .
it was while in school there that he first began working with local bands such as nubbin , lemonade , hotess , freebird , and dig yer grave .
he returned to new york in 1994 , where he joined with sam koppelman and sean lennon to record as ima .
ima backed lennon 's mother , yoko ono , on her album `` rising '' .
in 1997 ellis and sean lennon joined cibo matto -lrb- both playing bass , guitar and drums -rrb- .
as a quartet -lrb- yuka honda , miho hatori , ellis , lennon -rrb- cibo matto released an ep , `` super relax '' -lrb- 1997 -rrb- and their final album `` stereo ★ type a '' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- .
he continued to tour with cibo matto until they disbanded in 2001 .
later in the year ellis released his first solo ep , `` the enchanted forest of timo ellis '' .
ellis has since self-released 31 additional eps and lps which are available on itunes -lrb- or by contacting timo himself . -rrb-
he currently performs regularly in his band netherlands .
he 's also recently been a regular player in miho hatori 's new optimism and joan as police woman .
his music can be previewed from his soundcloud page and official website .
he lives in brooklyn .
