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| Rock need not bore. There are possibilities. So when the songs of Seventeen Evergreen come knocking at your door, open it up wide, and open up your mind – because these gentlemen bring you the good news. Legend has it that Seventeen Evergreen’s song-writing duo, Caleb Pate and Nephi Evans, met during a Sacramento elementary school recess where they were found making strange sounds with warped Speak-n-spells. For years, teachers assumed that the two otherwise quiet and introverted kids belonged in English as a second language classes. They were right. Music always comes first for Caleb and Nephi. Nephi soon left the grassy pastures of North Highlands-Sacramento after being kicked out of his childhood home when Caleb dragged a drumset into the family living room for an early jam session that birthed the early inklinks of a Seventeen Evergreen sound. These noisy beginnings continued in a house sandwiched between deaf senior citizens and an alcoholics anonymous building which provided inspiring and haunting visitors to the new home of Seventeen Evergreen's founders. Fast forward to the year 2002... After a year in England for Caleb and a year spent travelling the world for Nephi, the two met up in London to form a new discipline and promptly went back to San Francisco where they have been facing the new century in recording studio seclusion. The wait is worth it. Spend two and half minutes with any Seventeen Evergreen song, and you too will hear the sirens in the forest, the stars in the sky, on the ground and in your headphones. Seventeen Evergreen will be releasing their debut album, ‘Life Embarrasses Me On Planet Earth’, in August of 2005 on Pacific Radio Fire Records and will be touring the nation during the late summer/fall. Foxtail Somersault was formed in Spring 2004 by Seiken Nakama. Seik's previous projects include the LA-based industrial band Razor Drain. Drummer Mark Dungey, an East Coast transplant, played in Missouri Protocol and All Tall before coming to the Bay Area. After a successful run with The Cables, Mark cemented Foxtail's sound in early 2005. Wendy Medeiros joined Foxtail in the summer of 2005, Replacing Maria Pitallano as the vocal counterpart to Foxtail's burgeoning shoegaze/wall of noise/wash guitar sound. With Ken Lee's departure in the summer of 2005, Dean Tomihira joined Foxtail as the temp bassist. Dean's primary band Tomihira, is one of our favorites. Marah Mar is an instrumental group composed of Erin McCuskey (cello), Mike Kvidera (guitar), Daniel Murphy (percussion, computer, keys), and Mike Samos (guitar, computer). Marah Mar’s music focuses on layered instrumentation to create melodic songs that range from delicate fields of sparsely played notes to heavily textured walls of sound. Interwoven guitar melodies spiral through a rhythmic center established by Daniel’s blend of rock and jazz drumming. The music relies heavily on the presence of the cello which underscores the melodic guitar lines and provides a firm base from which the music can extend and unfold. Counterbalancing this base, synthesized instrumentation and processed sounds help to define the atmosphere and mood for many of the increasingly electronic oriented pieces. Marah Mar’s music is designed to be cinematic, creating a sense of space and presenting layers of sound that are simultaneously complex and accessible. Marah Mar formed in 2003 and has since played a variety of Midwest venues and toured the New England region. In Sept. 2004, Marah Mar was invited to participate in Spacial Intersections II, an exhibit of sound and video currated by the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Marah Mar will be featured on the DVD version of this exhibit which is slated to tour museums up and down the East Coast. Marah Mar's future plans include continued work with video and electronics, a full length album to be recorded in winter '05 and a subsequent summer tour. playinginfog.com |
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