Super banda: Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Evan Caminiti, Jon Porras, Lisa McGee, Greg Kowalsky, Marielle Jakogsons, Maxwell Croy, Steven Dye, Tony Cross y Michel Elrod.
"Weaving thought provoking tales of a life’s voyage unfolding; Proud’s stirring emotive voice floats above softly plucked guitar, layers of string instruments and light percussion. Riddles & Rhymes portrays life as a journey, filled with interesting characters, relationships, spontaneous creativity and patient effort. Her message is simple- its time to share the love. love. love." Pepper Proud
V/A. New Music for Old Instruments (incunabulum records, 2012)
"Curated by Jozef van Wissem the “New Music For Old Instruments” festival took place all over the world: in Brussels, New York, Paris, Utrecht, Antwerp and other cities. The idea was to rid traditional instruments of their clichés. When one thinks of a lute for example the Robin Hood image comes to mind of the player standing under a balcony serenading a lady and getting a flower pot thrown at him. In order to update the instrument, to make it mature and give it it’s recognition it deserves, one needs to put it in an entire different and contemporary context, so one denounces audience expectations for example. like not playing the instrument in a classical manner or not playing the instrument for over a minute in concert, making the audience the performer, albeit uneasy and claustrophobic. what else can be done? early instruments can be processed on laptop in many different ways, field recordings can be added, lute tablature can be performed backwards, baroque themes can be repeated without end, the freeing up of these constraints seem endless. the idea is to drag the instrument out of the museum, out of the safe hands of a small group of specialists and give it back to the people. the lute off course is only an example. there are other instruments like this which suffer from cliche. pedal steel, harpsichord, steel guitar you name it. “new music for old instruments” intends to liberate these instruments by updating them in non-conventional ways." Incunabulum
Keiji Haino, Heresy of The Frees Spirit, Sharron Kraus, Urpf Lanze, Jozef Van Wissem, Cian Nugent.
Comoros & Expo '70. Live at Germ Books (sonic meditations, 2012) ''Recorded live in 2009 by Scott Slimm (aRchive) while Expo '70 was on a Fall US tour at Germ books in Philadelphia, PA, the home of Comoros. Originally to be released on CD by aRchive, Scott Slimm's label, the project has left hanging out unreleased since the label is now defunct. This release captures a majestic foray into sonic sound, each band lay down tight experiments in this confined book shop around mystic books and trinkets inspiring the night's vibe. As the World Series games were in progress featuring the Phillies, only die hard music fans gathered in the small bookshop to witness these sacred sounds.'' Sonic Meditations
Daniel Higgs. The Measure Of Mystery (gnome life, 2012)
2012 marca el regreso de Daniel Higgs después de su rarísimo Say God (thrill jockey, 2010)
Al parecer Higgs regresa al viejo estilo tipo Metempsychotic Melodies.