Records in the making:
- a fourth Japonize Elephants' record in memory of our dearest friend and member Evan Farrell
- a new Mitch Marcus Quintet record
- a new Sweet Snacks record - "Submit to the Chip"
- one day a MMQ + 13 Big Band record
- a debut SPACEBLASTER record
New Releases now available:
The Mitch Marcus Quintet - "The Special" - 2007
for a complete press kit of the Mitch Marcus Quintet click here.
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Available for iTunes Download OR Digipack CD |
Sweet Snacks - "Made in China" - 2007
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Available at shows and digitally through: www.myspace.com/thesweetsnacks |
Previous Releases:
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Hailing from Zorlock, Land of the Lost (three feet off the ground and to your right), the Japonize Elephants began their musical assault in Bloomington, Indiana in the year 1994. Over the past 11 years The Japonize Elephants have traveled the world, developing a superior brand of well-honed hardcore-gypsy-circusgrass-pirate-clown madness. They have documented this innovative musical genre in three albums released along the way (Bob's Bacon Barn-1996, La Fête du Cloune Pirate-1997, 40 Years of Our Family-2002). The ten-piece ensemble includes glockenspiel, junk percussion, and accordion, along with guitar, bass, flute, saxophone, trumpet, fiddle, banjo, and vocals. As you can imagine, their compositions veer from the symphonic to the chaotic. Blink and you’ll think you’re back in the orchestra of a French circus, with Mingus and Willie Nelson sitting in. Their songs fuse Appalachia with Romania, Vegas with Marrakesh. |
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Available through Secretly Canadian
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Available through Secretly Canadian
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MEGA-MOUSSE:
Cinematic-rawkus-horn driven-spaghetti western......................you fill in the blank...
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THE MITCH MARCUS QUINTET:
ENTROPIOUS (2001) Hard-hittin' bebop, Mingus-esque arrangements, and all original compositions. Together since 1999, members of the quintet converged in California from Oregon, Kentucky, Long Island, New York City, and France via Georgia, with graduates of the Indiana University School of Music in the mix. Saxophonists Sylvain Carton and Mitch Marcus, who have played together for eight years, are joined by bassist Lorenzo Farrell, drummer Ches Smith, and Chad Wagner on piano. In 2001, Entropious was recorded in Mitch's living room in Berkeley. Up-tempo tracks like "Runnin' down Ashby" and "Piece of Cake" contrast with more moody, melodic tunes like "S.S.Clagett" and the title track "Entropious." The Quintet is expecting to release a live recording in the near future. |
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THE MMQ + 13 BIG BAND:
After receiving the 2004 Subito music award from the American Composer’s Forum, the Mitch Marcus Quintet was expanded to form this super-group. In conjunction with the release of their new album “The 50”, the MMQ + 13 Big Band performs new arrangements of the quintet material as well as other exploratory compositions stretching beyond the post-bop idiom. The group features works by collaborators Mitch Marcus, Sylvain Carton, and Ches Smith. Their arrangements and compositions experiment with dense harmony, polyrhythmic ideas, and altered song forms, bringing the spirit of the underground jazz scene into a traditional big band setting - juxtaposing improvisation with orchestration. “Mingus meets Prokofiev at a luncheon with Gunther Schüller hosted by Duke Ellington and 70’s cop show heroes Starsky and Hutch. Art Blakey is the chef.” |
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APHRODESIA:
An 11-piece Afrobeat orchestra direct from San Francisco, Aphrodesia has been filling theaters around the country with their rowdy blend of African rhythms, exotic melodies, slamming percussion and monstrous horns. Aphrodesia's extraordinary sonic stew encompasses touches of Afrobeat, Highlife, dub, funk, Caribbean spice and East African trance music
Click here to check out the NPR feature on Aphrodesia!
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Available through Aphrodesia.org
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Aphrodesia's new live album- "Aphrodesia Live- Rough and Funny" is Now Available!! Professionally recorded in summer, 2006 in San Francisco, CA, Santa Cruz, CA and Mishawaka, CO, "Aphrodesia Live- Rough and Funny" bristles with the energy you've come to expect from a live Aphrodesia show. |
Available through Aphrodesia.org
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SYLVAIN's ICS:
All original, all Sylvain...
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AMALDECOR:
Eastern European French Swing
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ZERO-X:
Heavy music...
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MOOD FOOD:
Solid groove music...
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COMPOSITIONS:
M. Lepicarro : sample from a string quartet
La Débutante : sample from a clarinet solo with sring trio
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Samples from other albums featuring Sylvain:
SALAAM:
Salaam plays traditional music of the Middle East and of countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, including Northern Africa and Turkey. The focus of the group is to bring greater understanding and appreciation of the varied wonders of the ancient Arabic, Jewish, and Turkish cultures; education for both children and adults is a large part of the band's work. Salaam plays frequently at ethnic and cultural events, festivals, clubs, art and children's museums, schools and Universities, art exhibits, and weddings in cities throughout the mid-west, including Chicago, Louisville, Milwaukee, Madison, Cincinnati, Cleveland, St. Louis and many others. |
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More samples coming soon...
To purchase albums contact Sylvain Carton at: sylvain@sylvaincarton.com