Men In The Cities

Track Listings

1. Timepiece

2. Rabelais' Angel

3. Phone Call

4. Men in the Cities

5. Roses

6. Vinyl That Already Looks Wet

7. It's Hot in Here

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About the Artist
Percussionist and composer Amy Knoles is a founding member of the California E.A.R. Unit, she tours regularly with the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Rachel Rosenthal, Basso Bongo , and maintains an active solo career performing interactive computer music with state of the art electronic percussion controllers "the old fashioned way - with interpretive passion supported by controlled technique..."[Los Angeles Times]. Amy is a recipient of the 1999-2000 "Individual Artist Fellowship" Award from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept. to create an hour long solo work "One X10X10X10", was the 1996 ASCAP Foundation " Composer-in-Residence at the Music Center of Los Angeles".

Band members are... Amy Knoles
Robert Black
Mike Olsen
Richard Hines
David Maciver

Product Description
This CD contains a selection of original compositions by Amy Knoles. Alan Rich describes her artistry: "listen in awe as, standing stock still, she flails the air on something called the K.A.T. Midi Mallet and the space around her bursts into audible flame with percussion sounds of staggering richness. A one-finger poke onto a nearby keyboard: more amazement, more sound." In the liner notes, Alan Rich describes her compositions: "Most of what you'll hear - perhaps recoil from, but definitely marvel at - on this captivating, irritating, totally off-the-wall all-too-brief glimpse of Amy Knoles at work is actually the audible side of collaborations and not merely accompaniment to, say, the childhood memories of performance artist Rachel Rosenthal (in "Timepiece"); not merely background music for viewing Robert Longo's art ("Men in the City"), but a sampling of music tightly wound around its external source."

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