New Auricular Records Release Breaks Down Barriers between
Experimental, Classical, and Pop Music
San Francisco - March 1, 2008: G:NOME, the collaborative project
between experimental music artist Alan Herrick of Nux Vomica and
classical composer/songwriter Brent (Mr.) Goodbar has announced the
release of their first full-length recording, Polymorphism on the San
Francisco label Auricular Records.
Polymorphism is G:NOME=92s first official release and clearly defies
genre categorization. Solo piano compositions have been combined with
synthesis, spoken word and sound sculpture to create distinct
=93explorations=94 and =93concepts=94. The focus of the material was on
tha=
t
of self-realization and is presented through music and words that
explore virtue, fear, discovery, and conscience. The listener is
provoked to consider situations such as discovery of psychedelics
(Accidental Serendipity), the environment (A unique cover of Pink
Floyd=92s Breathe), virtuous serial killing (=85virtue), animal testing
(Life as a Ghost), and a David Lynch accompanied reflection on
transcendental meditation (The Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit of
Negativity), to name a few.
In addition to the more overt concepts, several instrumental tracks of
a more =93soundtrack=94 nature offer explorations both far away and
within. Concepts such as isolation (Arctic Revelations), reflection
(Dark Little Secrets), and revelation (The Inevitability of Time) are
presented in several pieces that paint a distinct landscape that
absorb the listener.
G:NOME=92s Polymorphism is available through iTunes, Rhapsody, Emusic,
and Napster as well as through Auricular Records (www.auricular.com)
as a limited edition Cdr.
Mr. Goodbar is a composer, songwriter and performer currently working
in San Francisco, CA. He holds a Master=92s Degree in composition from
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has won several
competitions and awards for his original music, including the
Conservatory=92s Highsmith Award for orchestral composition and first
place in the Billboard Magazine Songwriting Contest. Currently, Mr.
Goodbar is performing live at various venues, and is working on pop
and rock songs to follow up his last release, =91For When I=92m Gone=92,
available at his website, CD Baby and iTunes.
Website: www.mrgoodbarmusic.com
Email: goodbar26@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Herrick is the founder of San Francisco experimental music group
Nux Vomica and the founder of Auricular Records. Alan=92s music has
appeared on over 20 compilations and approximately 30 full-length
recordings released domestically and internationally since 1989. In
his nearly 20-year participation in the experimental music community
Alan has utilized sound processing, electronics, found sounds, and
aural sculpture to achieve unique audio environments. Alan=92s history
within the Bay Area experimental music community includes performing
and recording with groups such as Big City Orchestre, Sense/Net,
Concerto Infernal, Haters, Ultrasound, NU33.3X and collaborations with
Voice of Eye and Freeland.
Website: www.auricular.com & ww.nuxvomica.net
Email: herrickalan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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