Interviews:

KKUP interview excerpt (November 2006)
Oro Molido n. 14 (June 2005)
JazzoSphere n. 24 (March 2005)
Rui Eduardo Paes webzine (January 2005)
SKYLIGHT webzine (July 2003)
Improvijazzation Nation (February 2001)
JazzoSphere n. 6 (July 1998)
The Kettle Black (January 1998)

Features:

Monterey County Weekly (May 2004)
San Diego City Beat (June 2004)
Monterey County Weekly (May 2003)
SF Weekly (June 2002)
SFGate(May 2002)
One Final Note(January 2002)
Monterey County Weekly (May 2000)
Monterey County Weekly (April 2000)
Monterey County Weekly (January 2000)
Monterey County Weekly (November 1999)
Monterey County Weekly (May 1999)
The Californian
The Californian

CD Reviews:

SOME EXCERPTS from recent reviews
"Since the mid-'90s, Ernesto Diaz-Infante counts as one of the most prolific avant-garde composer and improviser the U.S. West Coast has seen. He has performed and recorded music on piano, prepared guitar, and electronics; composed chamber music; improvised with a very large number of musicians from California, New York, and Chicago; and released a pile of CDs on very small independent labels such as Pax Recordings, Sweetstuff Media, Zzaj Productions, and Public Eyesore. He also curates the Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (since 1999) and the creative music series at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco (since 2000). His multifaceted career gives him the look of an eclectic or maverick artist, but the persistence and commanding seriousness with which he pursues his career is gaining him a small but dedicated following." --Francois Couture, All Muisc Guide.

"Ernesto is by now to be considered one of the most attentive, ear-opening, brain-splitting creatives in the new music scene."--Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes.

"Diaz-Infante is a composer and performer with an instinctive way of creating 'sound paintings" that stress mood and feelings. his atonal adventures here sometimes recall the work of British free guitar icon Derek Bailey." --Josef Woodard, LA Times

"He makes a dangerous playmate." --The WIRE, August 2002

"He's a big talent." Walter Horn, Signal to Noise.

"...a minimalist with an expanded sense of scale..." Time Out NY.

"...when the name Ernesto Diaz-Infante appears on the record jacket, the guarantee of a serious experience is rock bottom certain! This guy, in my mind, is positioned, by virtue of his musical significance, side by side with oracles like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Terry Riley and Conlon Nancarrow!" --Ingvar Loco Nordin, Sonoloco Record Reviews

"...Diaz-Infante breaks down the creative process into its most basic elements of man and instrument." Scott Menhinick, Signal to Noise.

"...some of the most introspective and fascinating piano music I've heard in quite a while." Bill Binkelman, Wind and Wire.

"Ernesto beckons you into his provoking world of artful and eloquent solos. Technically sound and a brilliant performer." Morrice Duane Blackwell, Jazz Review.

"Quiet, introspective and solid playing with a masterful touch. MORE need to hear this!" Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation.

"...string bending and guitar bashing...Reminiscent of Fred Frith guitars on the table approach." Robert Iannapollo, Cadence.

"a constant presence on the scene of free improvisation and radical instrumental music."--Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes.

"Diaz-Infante's rampant creativity always manages to surprise and overwhelm me...." Jon Worley, Aiding & Abetting.

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