FOR IMMEDITATE RELEASE

FOR IMMEDITATE RELEASE
September 2003

EDGETONE RECORDS RELEASE & SHOW
NOERTKER’S MOXIE, Sketeches of Catalonia, Volume 1: DALI
EDT 4023
www.edgetonerecords.com
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/4023.html

September 7th
SIMM Music Series
(Static Illusion Methodical Madness)
116 9th St., San Francisco
7:30 PM, donation $10 general $8 student/senior $5 artist
415-905-4425
http://www.outsound.org

Annelise Zamula-saxes,flute
Jim Peterson, saxes
Jenny Maybee-piano
Jason Levis-drums
Bill Noertker-bass

Inspired by the paintings of Salvador Dali and bassist Bill Noertker’s journeys in Catalonia, Suite for Dali takes you to the place were jazz melts into surrealism. What Dali did for painting, this CD does for jazz. Deep swing morphs into circus melodies. Beauty fades into cacophony. At times raucous, at times pensive, always soulful, this CD takes you on an aural pilgrimage to Catalonia, birthplace of many innovative artists.
In the last decade, Bill Noertker has composed over 150 original pieces of music for jazz ensemble. His compositions point to the continuity between the jazz tradition and the avant-garde. His use of group improvisation and his attention to the individual voices of each of his bandmates call forth the human element so sorely missing from much of today’s jazz.

For more information, interviews and CD press copy samples contact:

info@edgetonerecords.com

NEW RELEASE
June 17, 2003
C.J. REAVEN BOROSQUE
MACHINE

ANNOUNCING
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C. J. Reaven Borosque “MACHINE”
an experiment in noise

Multi-artist C.J. Reaven Borosque pulls no punches with her first release of solo guitar saturated in noise, distortion, and looping.
C.J. Reaven Borosque is a San Francisco Bay Area guitarist, writer, and abstract visual artist. Coming from a family of “jazz” musicians, she began playing violin at the age of five, moving to the saxophone in her teens. After a brief hiatus from music she found her true love, guitar. Her preferences lie in a multitude of genres, with emphasis on experimental music and noise, using both de-tuned and prepared guitars. She has performed with Kaylee Coombs in the ambient experimental duo Swoon Doll, Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland and John Berndt among others. Her recent noise CD, “Machine” has recently been released on Edgetone. This album is her solo debut as a noise artist.

“Feel the chaos. Let the waves crash over your head. Absorb every body blow."
-Jon Worley, Aiding & Abetting

MACHINE CD RELEASE SET with C.J. Reaven Borosque
SATURDAY JULY 26 2003 THE 2nd ANNUAL OAKLAND NOISE FEST! An evening of the harshest sounds imaginable.
21 Grand 449B 23rd St.
Oakland, CA 94612
7pm $6 all-ages

also performing…
XOME STIMBOX PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT CLEW OF THESEUS (AZ) GONG GONG
The second annual Oakland Noise Fest, curated by Tyler
Cox (Gong Gong, The Mass), brings to the bay area the
harshest sounds the noise world has to offer.
Listeners will be treated to a plethora of sonic
extremes, cathartic performances and sounds never
before heard. The "harsh noise" genre, pioneered by
such Japanese masters as Merzbow, Masonna and Kazumoto
Endo, has been violently brewing in the musical
underground for decades, and is now being recognized
worldwide as the new standard in extreme music. Where
so-called "extreme" metal and free jazz have failed to
challenge listeners with new ideas, the noise world
pummels audiences with the sound of electronic music
gone insane, stripped of its precious "beats" and
dropped into a sonic blender. Bring your earplugs and
an open mind, and prepare to leave mentally abused,
enlightened and exhausted. A once-a-year event not to
be missed.

June 13th, 2003
In association with EDGETONE RECORDS
U.I.R.C. (Ultra Independent Recording Coalition)
Announces!
ACCRETIONS joins UIRC

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U.I.R.C. an independent sales and distribution point for Edgetone, Pax, Evander, Magnetic Motorhead, Jimzeen Productions, and NOW Accretions based in San Deigo.
Providing online and/or retail sales for musician run recording labels.
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/uric.html
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AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

U.I.R.C. is proud to officially announce the addition of Accretions.
Accretions is an artist-based independent record label in San Diego, California with an ear towards experimental, improvisational and global sounds.

As the name Accretions implies, we strive to grow a community of artists whose creative works reflect cultural and stylistic diversity. Experimental music by nature is well-equipped for adventurous exploration and hybridization of the myriad sonic choices available. We attempt also to put in place a mechanism for its dissemination, working outside of commercial constraints and corporate myopia that conspire to homogenize the creative process. We want to empower the artist and the listener alike.

Accretions was first conceived in 1985 as an arts and culture magazine. Though the publication never left the drawing board, Marcos Fernandes produced a two-song flexi-disc by worldbeat group, Guam Caucus, for insertion in the magazine. A year later, Accretions was launched as a label to release records by Fernandes' own group Burning Bridges. It remained a vehicle for the band until 1994 when it became an "official" label with the release of multi-instrumentalist and composer Marcelo Radulovich's debut CD. This marked the beginning of Fernandes and Radulovich's collaborative production work which has given birth to half a dozen Accretions releases.

Accretions in conjunction with ZuCasa.com and other sympathetic entities has formed the Trummerflora Collective, a diverse group of active San Diego composers, performers, and improvisers dedicated to the performance, distribution, and promotion of experimental and improvised musics.
http://www.accretions.com/
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Live Dangerously, Live Fun…give the gift of new music.

Dephine Knormal Musik/Edgetone Records/PAX Recordings

NEW RELEASE
June 3, 2003
MOE! STAIANO'S MOE!KESTRA!–
“Two Forms of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations”

ANNOUNCING
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Moe!kestra!– “Two Forms of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations”
- Available for Pre-Order TBR June 3rd , 2003

After six years, Moe!kestra! will finally have a CD release, Two Forms of Multitudes: Conducted Improvisations, co-released on three labels including Edgetone Records, Pax Recordings and Moe!'s own Dephine Knormal Musik label. Recorded last year in two separete performances where Moe! also does conducted improvisation, two strong recordings of two large ensembles using similar conducted notations with entirely different drastic, strong results. Butch Morris, Sun Ra, Glenn Branca, Pendereski and GOD are some of the obvious influences here. Shooting googles for hearing protection, again, is required. This will be the first of many releases for Moe!kestra! in years to come.

CD RELASE SHOW!
8pm Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
The Black Box Theater
1928 Telegraph Avenue,
Oakland CA 94612

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http://www.edgetonerecords.com

Pre-Order AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

Also available soon at Drimala.com
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Soon at AMEOBA MUSIC
& Other Retail Stores near you!

Also available soon at Verge Canada

For more information, interviews and press copy samples contact: info@edgetonerecords.com or tomas@paxrecordings.com

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OTHER NEW EDGETONE 2003 RELEASES

THE ABSTRACTIONS - EDT4019/PR90260
Ars Vivende

Ernesto Diaz-Infante – vocals/words/guitar/guitaint/elec bass/4-track/ebow drone/turn table
Dina Emerson - voice/words/bells
Phillip Everett – drums/autoharp/percussion
Sandor Finta - voice
Lance Grabmiller - laptop/processing
Bob Marsh – cello/voice/accordion
Jesse Quattro – vocals/words/bells
Alwyn Quebido – electric guitar
Rent Romus – alto & soprano sax/flute/voice/percussion/toys/CD player/
Mr. Bunny/zitherod/scream dolls
Stephen Ruiz – turn table sounds
Margorie Sturm – Lyrics

POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE - EDT 4018
Live In New York

Wilber Morris, bass
Michael Wimberly, drums
Ijeoma Thomas, spoken word, perc.
Oluyemi Thomas, bass clarinet, c-melody sax, flute, musette, perc

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RECURSIVE HERETICS - EDT 4016

Scott Looney, laptop processing
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone
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EDGETONE RECORDS ANNOUNCES
U.R.I.C. (Ultra Independent Recording Coalition)

Magnetic Motorhead comes on board
New releases from Pax

April 2003

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U.I.R.C. an independent sales and distribution point for Edgetone, Pax, Evander, Jimzeen Productions, and NOW Magnetic Motorhead.
Providing online and retail sales for musician run bay area recording labels.
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/affiliate.html
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AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

New PAX Releases
ERNESTO DIAZ-INFANTE, PR90259
Ernesto Diaz-Infate, solo CD
5th solo release and most diverse yet! The result covers a varied sonic terrain including avant folk-like outsider songs, field recordings, noise and lowercase improv for accordion, guitars, didgeridoo, drums, prepared piano, radio, turntable, violin, vocals and zither rod.

GRAND MAL, PR90260
Kyle Bruckmann, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, John Shiurba, Karen Stackpole
Critically acclaimed oboist, electronic musician, and composer Kyle Bruckmann, a fixture in Chicago's thriving experimental music underground, teams up with San Francisco Bay Area luminary musicians Ernesto Diaz-Infante (acoustic guitar), John Shiurba (electric guitar) and Karen Stackpole (percussion). This CD 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.

Magentic Motorhead
U.I.R.C. is proud to officially announce the addition of Magnetic Motorhead!
Magnetic was founded by Jonathan Segeland Victor Krummenacher to release their own recordings. Both have been involved in running independent labels for the last fifteen years, starting with the first Pitch-A-Tent records, home of the early Camper Van Beethoven releases.

Indie Rock/Improv/Experimental
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Live Dangerously, Live Fun…give the gift of new music.

EDGETONE RECORDS / PAX RECORDINGS
PAX RECORDINGS / EDGETONE RECORDS

NEW RELEASES
April 10, 2003
THE ABSTRACTIONS – Ars Vivende

ANNOUNCING
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THE ABSTRACTIONS - EDT4019/PR90260
ARS VIVENDE - Available for Pre-Order TBR May 7th, 2003

Ernesto Diaz-Infante – vocals/words/guitar/guitaint/elec bass/4-track/ebow drone/turn table
Dina Emerson - voice/words/bells
Phillip Everett – drums/autoharp/percussion
Sandor Finta - voice
Lance Grabmiller - laptop/processing
Bob Marsh – cello/voice/accordion
Jesse Quattro – vocals/words/bells
Alwyn Quebido – electric guitar
Rent Romus – alto & soprano sax/flute/voice/percussion/toys/CD player/
Mr. Bunny/zitherod/scream dolls
Stephen Ruiz – turn table sounds
Margorie Sturm - Lyrics
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http://www.edgetonerecords.com

Pre-Order AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

Also available soon at Drimala.com

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Also available soon at Verge Canada

This is the second release from The Abstractions entitled, ARS VIVENDE (the art of living)
This growing West Coast collective continues to explore sound in all its elements foregoing the rules and demolishing walls.

leap obscure heavy metal
interweave jazz avant-garde
divorce logic and flux
repel indeterminacy and form
-Ernesto Diaz-Infante

MP3 file samples available here:

For more information, interviews and press copy samples contact: info@edgetonerecords.com or tomas@paxrecordings.com

OTHER NEW EDGETONE 2003 RELEASES

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POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE - EDT 4018
Live In New York

Wilber Morris, bass
Michael Wimberly, drums
Ijeoma Thomas, spoken word, perc.
Oluyemi Thomas, bass clarinet, c-melody sax, flute, musette, perc
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RECURSIVE HERETICS - EDT 4016

Scott Looney, laptop processing
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone
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EDGETONE RECORDS RELEASES

NEW RELEASES/Performances
April 2003
POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE – Live In New York

ANNOUNCING
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POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE - EDT 4018
Live In New York

Wilber Morris, bass
Michael Wimberly, drums
Ijeoma Thomas, spoken word, perc.
Oluyemi Thomas, bass clarinet, c-melody sax, flute, musette, perc
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AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

Also available soon at Drimala.com

AMEOBA MUSIC
& Other Retail Stores near you!

Also available soon at Verge Canada

A POWERFUL MUSIC EXPERIENCE
Recorded live at the 2001 Vision Festival, this gem available from Edgetone Records, features some of the most creative artists of our time including one of the last live recordings from the legendary bassist Wilber Morris, and a stellar performance from guest drummer Michael Wimblery.
Oluyemi & Ijeoma Thomas founders of Positive Knowledge have recorded and performed together for the past two decades, composing and sharing their joyful Creative World Music Systems with lovers of music and poetry around the world.
As a great enhancement to their compositional approaches, Positive Knowledge continues to perform throughout the United States, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, Israel, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands, which has resulted in a rich multifaceted vocabulary to date.
They have recorded or performed with such artists as Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Roscoe Mitchell, Alan Silva, Peter Kowald, Henry Kaiser,William Parker, Miya Masaoka & Gino Robair, and "Kidd" Edward Jordan to name a few.

MP3 file sample available for download

For more information, interviews and press copy samples contact:
info@edgetonerecords.com

EDT 4018 POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE – LIVE In New York

File under: free improvisation/jazz

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PERFORMANCE
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Luggage Store Gallery
April 3rd 2003 - 8pm
POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE DUO
Oluyemi Thomas
Ijeoma Thomas
Also…
Lisle Ellis/Lance Grabmiller - electronic improv
8pm $6-10 1007 Market St., SF @ 6th
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EDGETONE RECORDS ANNOUNCES
FREE MP3 Catalog Downloads

February 26, 2003

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Edgetone Records is excited to announce the Edgetone Compilation now available for free downloads.

Which can be accessed here:
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/catalog/compilation.html

You can choose a few songs or download them all for a complete glimpse at the world of Edgetone Records.
Downloads include mp3s from three new CDs to be released later this year

Positive Knowledge, Live in New York with the late Wilber Morris
C.J. Reaven Borosque, Machine, solo noise CD
The Abstractions, Ars Vivende, A special one and half release recorded deep undercover

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BANDS APPEARING ON EDGETONE:
The Abstractions
Guinea Pig
Left Coast Improv Group
Lord of Outland
Positive Knowledge
PKD Vortex
Recursive Heretics
Saint of Killers
Third Impulse
Tony Passarell 4Tet
Tri-Cornered Tent Show

ARTISTS APPEARING ON EDGETONE RELEASES:

Aaron Bennett
Jon Birdsong
C. J. Reaven Borosque
Doug Carroll
Tyler Cox
Ernesto Diaz-Infante
Danielle Degrutolla
Loren Dempster
Dina Emerson
Phillip Everett
Sandor Finta
Eddie Gale
Drew Gardner
John ‘Waveman’ Gruntfest
John Glick
Joel Harrison
Zach Hash
Ron Heglin
Jeff Hobbs
Darren Johnston
Adam Lane
Sean Lehe
Scott Looney
Alicia Mangan
Bob Marsh
Dave Mihaly
Wilber Morris
Niels Myrner
Bill Noertker
Tom Nunn
Stefan Pasborg
Tony Passarell
Gerry Pineda
Jesse Quattro
Alwyn Quebido
Donald Robinson
Rent Romus
Jim Ryan
Ray Schaeffer
Damon Smith
Spirit
John Tchicai
Ijeoma Thomas
Oluyemi Thomas
Toyoji Tomita
Peter Valsamis
Jonas Westergaard
Michael Wimberly
Yehudit

NEW RELEASES/Performances
February 2003 Recursive Heretics CD / Daniel Hintz, Suicide Notes Collector Book

ANNOUNCING
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RECURSIVE HERETICS - EDT 4016
Scott Looney, laptop processing
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone
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AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

Also available soon at Drimala.com

AMEOBA MUSIC
& Other Retail Stores near you!

Recursive Heretics explores the concept of feedback at all levels between a performer and a processor in a live improvisational setting. Together they explore the concept of feedback in live performance as the saxophone sound is transformed by live, automated and manipulated signal processing using a customized Max/MSP setup. The results of this processing vary from subtle shifts in the original sound to a completely unique and distinct voice. The processed sound is then fed back to the player, who alters his playing to react to the processed reaction, which is then reacted upon by the processor, and so on, achieving a conversation of ever widening scope and depth, larger than either player or processor could create alone.
For more information, interviews and press copy samples contact:
info@edgetonerecords.com

EDT 4016 RECURSIVE HERETICS
Scott Looney, laptop processing
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone

File under: experimental improvisation

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Luggage Store Gallery
Scott Looney, laptop processing
Aaron Bennett, soprano saxophone
February 13, 2003 8pm $6-10 1007 Market St., SF @ 6th

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SUICIDE NOTES COLLECTOR - EDT 6003 Book
Daniel Hintz, poet, author, musician
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AVAILABLE at Edgetone Records ONLINE & SECURE at:

Suicide Notes Collector is a series of absurdist poetry both engaging and fun in a twisted way.
Daniel Hintz is a writer, guitarist, and radio d.j. living in San Francisco. Hintz's writing has previously appeared in Facet, The Vehicle, Karamu, Option, Raygun, Huh, Bikini, The Wire, San Francisco Medicine, Bullet Train, Please Shut Up Madame!, and Muzzle.

For more information, interviews and press copy samples contact:
info@edgetonerecords.com

File under: experimental poetry

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