Pax Recordings Discography

  
Reverberations From Spring Past - Diaz-Infante/Fernandes/Montoya/Romus -PR90281
Recorded live and in studio during the Spring Reverb 04 festival in San Diego, California. Reverberations From Spring Past brings together four West Coast veterans (Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Marcos Fernandes, Robert Montoya, and Rent Romus) who combine their distinctive voices to create a well informed, decidedly Californian sound. Marcos Fernandes featured in The San Diego Union-Tribune more info "All four of them have their own distinctive voice...nice intimate playing by Romus in an environment of bubbling electronics, with inventive percussion and very linear guitar playing by Diaz-Infante. A courageous effort from these veterans from California..." --Dolf Mulder, Vital Weekly audio clips. press/airplay: Vital Weekly

  
Stephen Flinn/Noah Phillips Duo - Square Circle - PR90282
The debut release from the Stephen Flinn/ Noah Phillips Duo and trio with Tim Perkis is a collection of adventurous spontaneous improvisations. Stephen Flinn (drums, junk percussion) Noah Phillips (electric guitar) Tim Perkis (electronics). "Adventurous sapience and inquisitive sonic exploration!" --Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes audio clips. press/airplay: Aiding & Abetting, Contacting Extraterrestrial Beings on WPRB, free103point9, Vital Weekly, free103point9, The New Edge on WMBR, KFJC tops for the week, Whynot Jazz on CKLN, Touching Extremes

  
Poetiks - Gypsy Thrift - PR90278
Based in San Francisco, Poetiks music is dark-pop with roots in folk songwriting. Moments of psychedelic display and simple rock motifs surround sing-songy lyrics with undertones of critical social dismay that's coated with lyrical idealism. They are: Marina Lazzara (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Claudia Lehan (drums, vocals), Roberto Zimmerman (bass vocals), & Raven (viola, vocals). Check out the Poetiks website & audio clips. press/airplay:

  
Jess Rowland - Scenes from the Silent Revolution - PR90280CD/DVD
Rowland's takes found video of McDonald's children's video propaganda, Ashcroft "singing" his song "Let The Eagle Soar", Barbie promotional videos, and so much more pop culture tripe, then puts them through the improvisational blender to produce this DVD of "found video sound sculptures". Representing new approaches to the symbiosis of moving pictures and sound waves, these pieces have been performed live at arts spaces, new music venues, and movie theaters around San Francisco, and are now available for consumption in the comfort of your own home. This one-of-a-kind 2-disc set also features a CD of Jess' art-damage electronic music, and cover art by Chris Woods. audio clips. "The soundtrack is a thing of genius!" --Aaron Nugua, Altar Magazine press/airplay: Jazz e Arredores Contacting Extraterrestrial Beings on WPRB, The No Show on KDHX, Paris Transatlantic, Altar Magazine

  
Thollem Mcdonas - solo piano - PR90279
This album is a long series of short compositions/improvisations for solo piano, recorded in two hours on march 18th, 2005. They are a collection of Thollem Mcdonas' ideas from the last five years, some that were either previously unpublished, others re-realized. They are a result of his interaction with the world and the piano, some are simple, others complex, in thollem's own words "they represent a wide variety of experiences life has had with me. They are not meant for anyone, but not no one either, this is what i mean to say." audio clips. "Vigorous cadences and patterns flood th ears without undue angst, and form an easily digested whole--a satisfying story, every time!" ---Tom Djll, Signal to Noise press/airplay: Touching Extremes, Jazz e Arredores, Vital Weekly, Dead Angel zine, Fanfare for the Speeding Bullet on WEFT, Chicago's Sound Experiment on WNUR, Why Not? on CKLN, The New Edge on WMBR, Aiding & Abetting, Breakthrough in Grey Room on KUSF, Signal to Noise, Chain D.L.K.

  
Jess Rowland - 29.water - PR90277
This collection of piano improvisation represents taoist practice in sound. Jess Rowland turns off all her electronic devices for a change, and goes back to basics: free-form explosions like a Sun Ra organ blast, unexpected tonalities like Schoenberg, and crisp edges like Cecil Taylor, it's crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Jess plays her unique form of "stream-of-consciousness composition" inspired by the I Ching symbol for Water (number 29), action through inaction, as the symbol represents "staying true to oneself under all conditions." more info. Limited edition almost gone! "I'm highly impressed, & hope we're able to hear much more!" --Rotcod Zzaj, Improvijazzation Nation press/airplay: Jazz e Arredores,
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VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS:
Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s America - PR90276
Voices In The Wilderness was created out of the anxiety and disillusionment of Bush's reelection on November 3, 2004. This composition of twenty-six artists transcends music genres and ideologies with the common purpose of dissent towards the havoc and bloodshed cause by Bush and the U.S. military's dominance. This collection of political protest music spans experimental, rock, free-improv, electronic, folk, field recordings, and spoken word. This CD is ultimately a reminder and wake-up call that we can not be silent during these times. Limited edition almost gone! "Perfect reminder that we must not forget this madness!" --Tom Sekowski, Gaz-Eta more info. press/airplay: Centre for Political Song, Jazz e Arredores, The Belly of the Beast with Stefan on WFMU, The No Show on KDHX, 2, Improvijazzation Nation #71, The Brian Turner Show on WFMU, The New Edge on WMBR, Drool Trough (show #29) on Aural Innovations Radio

  
The Abstractions - novo navigatio - PR90275/EDT4027
From West Coast subtle, psychedelia-improv to experimental songs. Mellow & tense, noise & songs, dark & light. "Vision music" that consists of a colorful orchestration...plus, sinking commentary on the disillusioned atmosphere of George W. Bush's America. Limited edition almost gone! "Sounds like Leonard Cohen deconstructed to some really nice abstract noise." --Dolf Mulder, Vital Weekly more info: press: more info. press: Jazz e Arredores, The Jazz Trip, Jackal Blaster Zine, Vital Weekly, Touching Extremes, Aiding & Abetting, Liability Webzine, Bad Alchemy, Opposition De Phase, Kathodik, Music Extreme The Wire

  
mJane - prayers from the underbelly - PR90274
Founded in New Mexico in 2003 by conductor/composer/performer Molly Sturges, mJane (Molly Sturges-conduction/vocals, CK Barlow-sampling/live sampling, DJ Ultraviolet -turntables, Mostafa Stefan Dill-Oud and Jefferson Voorhees-drums) is a project which brings together a wide range of improvisational and compositional ideas through live conduction systems to create an ever-changing sonic environment belonging uniquely to each performance. Consisting of both electronic and acoustic instrumentation, mJane works between intimate and ambient, body and space. Prayers From The Underbelly debuted at The 2nd Annual High Mayhem Festival in New Mexico. more info. "A perfect straddling of the musical and the amusical-ingenious!" --Tamara Turner, CD Baby press: WNUR-FM Chicago's Sound Experiment, Jazz e Arredores, Touching Extremes, Vital Weekly, Liability Webzine, Bad Alchemy, KUNM, KUSF Prem's[ig]Noble, Opposition De Phase, JazzReview.com, "revue & corrigée, Improvijazzation Nation, Infratunes

  
IAN YEAGER - music for guitar + computer - PR90273
music for guitar + computer is Bay Area guitarist/composer/improvisor Ian Yeager's solo debut release. Gently hovering between composition and decomposition, Yeager thoughtfully explores and deconstructs his guitar over 14 tracks, forming a sparse and evocative set of theme and variation. Melodies merge and collide into sparking electronic abstraction and dusky sonic detail. Suffused with a quiet rigor and beauty, music for guitar + computer is ambient in the best possible sense, a compelling, architectural soundworld which engages but does not intrude. more info. ian: "Engaging vapor-like half riffs...that sustain with enough depth and peculiarity to be complete." --Eric Weddle, Signal to Noise press: Vital Weekly, Liability Webzine, Touching Extremes, WNUR-FM Chicago's Sound Experiment, Whynot Jazz, ITDE, Aiding & Abetting, KDHX The No Show, WFMU, CKLN, fakezine, Improvijazzation Nation, Moderne Klangkunst, Bad Alchemy, Phosphor Magazine, Jazz e Arredores, musicclub.it, post global, Opposition De Phase, "revue & corrigée, Splendid Magazine, Kathodik

  
muck - roc - PR90272
Stumbling, dismantled slow motion drum beats and unusual lo-fidelity textures by the mysterious Alred T. Carmichael (aka Ability To Communicate) and And Gnat Vomit. Intense lyrics brought to you by the enigmatic poet Tina, sung and mumbled by Alfred. Gnat says this is similar to what he hoped "acid rock" would've sounded like before hearing the real thing. more info. Limited edition almost gone! "I just want to say (and you can quote me on that!) that it is the strangest, most disconcerting take on any kind of so-called post-rock I have heard to this day!" --Francois Couture, All Music Guide press: All Music Guide, Touching Extremes, Vital Weekly, Borderline, Aiding & Abetting, Improvijazzation Nation, Jackal Blaster Zine, Kathodik, Bad Alchemy, Janitor From Mars, Jazz e Arredores, "revue & corrigée

  
D-I.S.K. - the nature of things - PR90271cd-r
The music of D-I.S.K. is rich in texture, going from a thick creamy porridge to, as described by the Village Voice: "an excruciatingly delicate wisp". It is comprised of Bonnie Kane (sax/electronics), Ray Sage (drums) and long distance collaborator, Ernesto Diaz-Infante (acoustic steelstring guitar). Their first CD as a trio, The Nature of Things was recorded during studio sessions in 2002 and 2003, and finally released in 2004. more info.

  
miba - the corplate porblem - PR90270
Miba (Kristin Miltner & Mark Bartscher) uses various self-created software patches to scan audio files, creating rhythmic granular textures ranging from harmonic washes to dense noise. Their installation work is made of suspended objects that trigger fragments of found sound. On this CD they perform their latest sample-based audio compositions. Limited edition almost gone! "A wonderfully atmospheric, deeply contemplative textural adventure." --Allan Harrison, Splendid Magazine press: Chain D.L.K., Touching Extremes, Kathodik, Aural Innovations, Vital Weekly, Splendid, [microsound], fakezine, Phosphor Magazine, iem webzine

  
99 HOOKER'S GENERICA - s/t - PR90269
99 Hooker's Generica is to Pop Music as Crank is to Michelob. With noise legend Donald Miller, reeds master M2 (Chemical Brothers, Mercury Rev)and Lower East Side rythme king Ray Sage, 99 Hooker's Generica diverges from ye old art rock - instead of making normal people feel edgy, it gives the weird and twisted 40 minutes of belonging. "Generica provides a stimulating, provocative, unique listen. Recommended!" --Francois Couture, All Music Guide more info. press: All Music Guide, Vital Weekly, Touching Extremes, Borderline, Kathodik, a putada da subjectividade, Jazz e Arredores, Improvijazzation Nation, Downtown Music Gallery, Jackal Blaster Zine, Splendid Magazine, KFJC, Bad Alchemy, Liability Webzine, Signal to Noise, "revue & corrigée

  
Marjorie Sturm - The Films Of Marjorie Sturm vol.1 - PR90266DVD
In the present collection of her short films (six films - Smoke the Pipe Dream, Voice or No Voice, Honey and Eggs (the end of fantasy), Treehouse, The Relief - from the six years between 1998-2004), Bay Area filmmaker Marjorie Sturm explores different aspects of the tension between Nature and Culture in contemporary American society. Limited edition almost gone! "Sturm's fresh vision is a welcome relief from the world of commercial film and video." --Amy Villarejo, Altar Magazine more info.

  
MARINA LAZZARA - wind on the firecracker... - PR90265
Wind On The Firecracker Of The Building Next Door is Marina's first solo collection of songs. Wind... attempts to re-envision the symbolic plasticity of the pop-folk ballad and to dig into the spontaneous expression of song as nature. Noise folk... where the "experimental" meets the "song". Individually, they are exercises in the reestablishing of personal ideals about love, ancestry and politics. These songs are Marina's emotions. These songs are her blues. Limited edition almost gone! "A fascinating collection of songs!" --Anna Maria Stjärnell, Collected Sounds press: All Music Guide, Collected Sounds Musikkguiden groove.no, Aural Innovations

  
DAVE TUCKER WEST COAST GROUP - tenderloin - PR90264
Although he is perhaps best known for his work as a guitarist in The Fall between 1980-1, Tucker is an experienced improviser, having worked regularly with improvising ensembles such as the London Improvisers' Orchestra and The School of Velocity with Evan Parker. An edgy player with a sharp musical mind, Tucker is joined on this recording by top-flight Bay Area musicians including Ernesto Diaz-Infante (acoustic guitar), Danielle DeGruttola (cello), Damon Smith (double bass), Scott R. Looney (laptop) and Garth Powell (drums/percussion). The result is music that mixes compelling rhythms, pointillism, atonality, electro-acoustic improv, and flexibility in playing techniques to explore new musical possibilities. Limited edition almost gone! "High energy avant-rock and jazz edge. Recommended!" --Jerry Kranitz, Aural Innovations press: All Music Guide, Vital Weekly, Touching Extremes, The Wire, Kathodik, Dead Angel, Splendid, Jazz Word, Jazz Weekly, Aural Innovations

  
ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE & CHRIS FORSYTH - (as is stated...before known) - PR90263
Their 4th studio recording, continues & extends their joint investigation of the full range of the guitar. A kaleidoscopic range of post-Bailey approaches, quiet Fahey-esque folk-influenced fingerpicking, pointilistism. Limited edition almost gone! "I highly recommend this disc for a taste of some other aspects of what guitars can do." --Steve Koenig, Jump Arts Journal press: All Music Guide, Chain D.L.K., Aiding & Abetting, Kathodik, Sands-zine, Blow Up Magazine, Bad Alchemy, Downtown Music Gallery, Music Extreme, Dead Angel, Vital Weekly, Touching Extremes, Splendid, Aural Innovations, The Squid's Ear, "revue & corrigee., post global


 

  
ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE & MATT HANNAFIN - all the states between - PR90262
Extreme-ambient sound collage mixing electronics, field recordings, & radical turntablism with extended-technique percussion... from meditations on buses & amplified ground hum to bowed cymbal drones, TV-tube musique concrète, low drums & metals. Limited edition almost gone! "A focused avant-garde electronic soundscape!" --Christian Carey, Splendid Magazine press: All Music Guide, Downtown Music Gallery, Paris Transatlantic, Aiding & Abetting, Aural Innovations, Splendid, Kathodik, Vital Weekly, Dead Angel, "revue & corrigee. JazzoSphere

  
MOE!KESTRA - two forms of multitudes - PR90261
A leader in monster ensemble formations and percussionist for Sleepy Time Guerrilla Museum, Moe! Staiano is a unique bay area percussionist/composer who on this recording leads a mass amount of stellar bay area musicians playing in huge clusters in a dissonant array, forming a wall of musical noise. Presenting the pure vision of the artist without compromise or preconception. This album is a tri-release of: Dephine Knormal Musik/Pax Recordings/Edgetone Records. "Rollercoaster rides of sonic experimentation that leave many a listener reelin'!" --Aquarius Records press: All Music Guide, The Wire, Kathodik, Ampersand Etcetera, Chain D.L.K., Touching Extremes, WFMU New Bin, Vital Weekly Jazz Weekly, Bad Alchemy, Music Extreme

THE ABSTRACTIONS - ars vivende - EDT4019/ PR90260
This San Francisco Bay Area collective continues to explore music in all its forms. Taking elements from a cross section of genres of post-rock, jazz, electroacoustic improv, & noise. Sunburned Hand of the Man meets Jackie-O-Motherfucker meets No-Neck Blues Band.. Limited edition almost gone! "Ars Vivende takes their art much further than before." --François Couture, All Music Guide press: All Music Guide, All About Jazz, a puta da subjectividade, Chain D.L.K., Aiding & Abetting, Jackal Blaster Reviews, Vital Weekly, Ampersand Etcetera, Kathodik Touching Extremes, Bad Alchemy, Music Extreme, tomajazz

BRUCKMANN/DIAZ/SHIURBA/STACKPOLE - grand mal - BA/ Pax
grand mal combines the discipline of a classical foundation, weaving together American free jazz and European free improvisation, with the raucous sensibilities of Dada and punk in a dizzying variety of artistic endeavors. Limited edition almost gone! ""fresh, exciting, and genre-pushing...Recommended!" --Francois Couture, All Music Guide press: All Music Guide, Touching Extremes, a puta da subjectividade, Jazz Weekly, Paris Transatlantic, Music Extreme

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE - 's/t' - PR90259
5th solo release & most diverse yet. Conceptual. Minimalist. Street recordings, solo guitar pieces, noise improvs, sound collages and vocals/guitar "songs." Jandek meets John Cage. Limited edition almost gone! "A fascinating album, uncompromising to the bone!" --Francois Couture, All Music Guide (more info) press: All Music Guide, The Wire, "revue & corrigee., Bad Alchemy, Cadence, Dead Angel, Kathodik, SonoLoco Record Reviews, Vital Weekly, Splendid E-zine, Touching Extremes, The Independent Mind, Stylus, Chain D.L.K., Jazzosphere

GO-GO FIGHTMASTER - 's/t' - PR90258
Jazz that embraces both the avant-garde and the straight-ahead. Led by San Francisco Bay Area composer/saxophonist Aaron Bennett. Drawing on all forms of world, popular and folk music to create their refreshingly unique sound, which engineer/producer Myles Boisen has dubbed "Heavy-Metal Country Jazz". Featuring Aaron Bennett - saxophone; John Finkbeiner - guitar; Adam Lane - bass; Vijay Anderson - drums. "Heavy metal country jazz..accomplished and challenging!" --SF Bay Guardian press: Touching Extremes, Music Extreme

diaz-infante/st.chaos/bohol - the long await between collapsed lungs - PR90257
Probably one of the more accessible experimental, improvised noise cds you are going to hear. Diaz-Infante is joined by Texas underground, psychedelic-drone, minimalist guitarists, Pablo St. Chaos & Bohol, in a mesmerizing work of layered prepared drones and lo-fi 4-track songs. Limited edition almost gone! "Together they create a mood of experimental psychedelia with touches of alternative folk, lo-fi, shoegazing, or whatever you want to call it" --Francois Couture, All Music Guide press: All Music Guide, AmbiEntrance, Aural Innovations, Incursion.org, Jackal Blaster Reviews, Dead Angel, Aiding & Abetting

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE/CHRIS FORSYTH - 'march' - PR90256
Their 3rd studio release recorded in NY following their 3 week European tour in 2002. A varied sonic guitar terrain of sparse, gestural preparations, electronic static, ringing open strings. John Cage meets Derek Bailey. Limited edition almost gone! "This CD stands in a class of its own and it's recommended!" --Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes press: The Wire, Cadence, Stylus, All Music Guide, Tangmonkey.com, Bad Alchemy, Aural Innovations, Sono Loco Record Reviews, One Final Note, Moderne Klangkunst, Kathodik, All About Jazz Italia, Dead Angel, Cadence, Downtown Music Gallery

FOCUS QUINTET - 1-8 in 1 - Sachimay/distributed by Pax
The Focus Quintet works in the undefined area between "free jazz and art song". Featuring Anita DeChellis - voice; Ernesto Diaz-Infante - acoustic guitar, voice; Jeff Arnal - percussion; Chris Forsyth - electric guitar; Dan DeChellis - piano, keyboard. Limited edition almost gone! "Highly disciplined improvising produces a richly rewarding; gentle evocations of a world apart." The Wire, Feb. '03. press: The Wire, All Music Guide, Sono Loco Record Reviews, One Final Note, Jazz Weekly, Chain D.L.K., Aural Innovations, Ampersand Etcetera, Touching Extremes

REV.99 - Everything Changed After 7-11 - PR90255
This is the second CD from Rev.99, the multimedia collective led by New York saxophonist, spoken word artist, and filmmaker 99 Hooker. Filtering real-time inputs from sources such as video, field recordings, live improv, and spoken word through post-production shaping and sculpting. Featuring 99 Hooker, Jeff Arnal, Ross Bonadonna, Anita DeChellis, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Chris Forsyth, Jody Kurash, Donald Miller, Akio Mokuno, m2, LX Rudis, Glenn Sorvisto, Rotcod Zzaj, Bob Marsh, and Brother Russell Scholl. "If musicians hip to Eugene Chadbourne formed a Spontaneous Music Ensemble cover-band, they might sound like Rev.99" --Ben Watson, The Wire press: All Music Guide, The Wire, SonoLoco Record Reviews, Aural Innovations, Skylight E-zine, The Sound Projector, ITDE, Vital Weekly, Ampersand Etcetera, Improvijazzation Nation, Touching Extremes, Absurd, Jazzosphere, Get Underground, funhouse


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ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANS-PERSONAL ORCHESTRA - s/t - PR90254
This new nine-piece ensemble, with strings, woodwinds, guitar, accordion, and tuba, performs the structured improv compositions of Aaron Bennett, an active member of the vital San Francisco improv scene. Featuring Bay Area musicians Aaron Bennett - woodwinds; Mark Chung - violin; Jeff Hobbs - violin; Merlin Coleman - cello; Adam Lane - cello; George Cremaschi - bass; Joe Sabella - tuba; Dan Cantrell - accordion and John Finkbeiner - guitar. "It is an exciting recording with substantial depth..." --Frank Rubolino, One Final Note press: All Music Guide, Signal to Noise, SonoLoco Record Reviews, Aural Innovations, Jack Blaster Reviews, One Final Note, Kathodik, Aiding & Abetting, Improvijazzation Nation,

RUDIS/CUSTODIO/DIAZ-INFANTE - Crashing The Russian Renaissance - PR90253
From three of San Francisco's leading experimental/new music purveyors, Crashing The Russian Renaissance finds the trio in some seriously adventurous compositions for electronics and guitar. Reflecting the artists' continued musical evolutions, the music constantly evolves over 30 compositions from thin soundscapes to heavy improvisational dialogues. Limited edition almost gone! "One of Diaz-Infante's most rewarding releases and collaborations to date." --Jeramy Ponder, Jackal Blaster Zine press: All Music Guide, Revue & Corrigee Jazzosphere, Aural Innovations, One Final Note, SonoLoco Record Reviews, the Independent Mind, Butterfly Webzine, Jazz Weekly, Kathodik, Ampersand Etcetera, Absurd, La Folia, "revue & corrigee., Aiding & Abetting, Moderne Klangkunst

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE & CHRIS FORSYTH - Wires and Wooden Boxes - PR90252
Their 2nd studio release recorded in NY 2001 of improvised duets for acoustic & electric guitars, & piano. Varied combination of jagged Bailey-esque, percussive, free jazz inspired romps, & meditative post-Feldman piano. Limited edition almost gone! "Both have a propensity to land on tonal islands in the flow of free improv, which gives them the power to destabilize and charm. Recommended." --Francois Couture, All Music Guide press: All Music Guide, sonomu, the Independent Mind, Guitar Nine Records, Aural Innovations, One Final Note, Musings, Jazz Weekly, Kathodik, Incursion.org, The Sound Projector, Earpeace, Opprobrium, Splendid-Ezine, Dead Angel, Coda, Tango, Freq

REV.99 - Turn A Deaf Ear - PR90251
Environmental improv: composition by temperament & inheritance, playing as one walks in a group, conscious of sound, economics & disdaining "the jam." rev. 99 is led by post-modern artist 99 Hooker who has been performing out of NYC for the last decade. "If musicians hip to Eugene Chadbourne formed a Spontaneous Music Ensemble cover-band, they might sound like Rev.99" --Ben Watson, The Wire press: All Music Guide, Aural Innovations, Earpeace, Sonoloco Record Reviews, One Final Note, Jazz Weekly Italia, Geluidsoverlast, Kathodik, Delusions of Adequacy Reviews, Rubberneck, Ampersand Etcetera, La Folia, Music Extreme, Dead Angel Splendid E-zine

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE - Solus - PR90250
Solus is San Francisco composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante's fourth release in his series of solo piano music. Comprised of 13 short abstract, atonal, quick cascading improvs, allowing the listener to experience a new dimension... Borah Bergman meets Nancarrow. Limited edition almost gone! "Diaz-Infante may have just released the CD that'll blow your mind!" --Andrew Magilow, Splendid Magazine press: All Music Guide, Coda, Turk's Head Review, Aural Innovations, Splendid E-zine, One Final Note, (musings), Aiding & Abetting, Jazzosphere

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE - Ucross Journal - PR90249
Ucross Journal is San Francisco composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante's third release in his series of solo piano music. Comprised of 25 Feldmanesque short pieces, written one each day the composer was in residence on the Ucross Foundation Ranch in Wyoming. Limited edition almost gone! "Among Mr. Diaz-Infante's prolific oeuvre, this is one of the "should haves" --Noah Wane, Splendid E-zine press: All Music Guide, Aufabwegen, Vesty, One Final Note, Aiding & Abetting, All About Jazz, Turk's Head Review, (musings), Splendid E-zine, Amazings, funhouse

DAVID DVORIN - With(In)Communicado - PR90248
Explorations into new music composition by Northern California composer David Dvorin. With(In)Communicado approaches art music through the use of untraditional and unusual instruments. Bowed psaltery, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, sampler and computer are featured throughout the work. press: All Music Guide SonoLoco Record Reviews, Splendid E-zine, Incursion.org, American Book Review, All About Jazz,

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE - Tepeu - PR90247
Tepeu is the follow-up to San Francisco composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante's 1997 solo piano release Itz'at. The improvisations are reflexive, very tonal, romantic at times, and flow into one another, gently drawing the listener in. Limited edition almost gone! "Thoughtful throughout and immaculately executed, Tepeu is serious music..." --Noah Wane, Splendid Magazine press: All Music Guide, One Final Note, Aiding & Abetting, Incursion.org, Turk's Head Review, Sonoloco Records Reviews, Splendid E-zine, Amazings, Mish Mash, Hemisphere Music, G21 Powersound, Go Ahead, Your Review It

MORGAN GUBERMAN - Hamadryas Baboon - PR90246 (out of print)
Hamadryas Baboon is a collection of compositions and free improvisations for solo contrabass by San Francisco Bay Area composer improviser Morgan Guberman. press: All Music Guide, Turk's Head Reviews, Splendid E-zine, Gajoob, Kettle Black, Aiding & Abetting

ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE - Itz'at - PR90245
Itz'at (Mayan word for artist) is San Francisco composer Ernesto Diaz-Infante's 1997 solo piano debut release. Features pieces composed to use as spring-boards for improvisation. Spacious, slow, minimalist, Feldmanesque feel. Limited edition almost gone! "Itz'at is that kind of peaceful reflective art that makes life in our decidedly unpeaceful world more bearable." --Noah Wane, Splendid Magazine press: All Music Guide, One Final Note, Aiding & Abetting, Incursion.org, Gajoob, Turk's Head Reviews, Splendid E-zine, Amazings, MetroActive Music, ImproJazz,

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