New Stuff---CD and AUG 22 SHOW
Putting the finishing touches on the new Ones & Zeros CD. Should be quite sweet, and with sweet packaging as well---as always, look for an amazingly useful bookmark with your CD!
And here is a press release for our show on AUG 22 with the band AC UNIT from NYC!
Date/ Time: Tuesday, Aug 22 8pm-10pm
Venue: ADA Gallery (228 W. Broad St. 23220)
Cost: $5 ($10 Suggested Donation)
Artists:
A.C. Unit
Ones & Zeros
Press/ Bios:
ONES and ZEROS
Proof that instrumental rock music is relevant, this Richmond band combines the principles of the avant-garde with the sense of immediacy found in rock music. With full knowledge of their misspelled name, Ones and Zeros takes the stage with an arsenal of songs named for such local talents as Bruce Willis and Keith David (of the films Hudson Hawk and They Live, respectively.) Featuring members of rock band Atlas, and experimental group Standards & Practices, this band takes "post rock," and exposes the truth behind why it was the worst term ever created by confused critics ("trip hop" being a close second.)
Scott Burton (member of Patchwork Collective, Standards & Practices, Lascaux, and the Upper East Side Big Band)...Guitar
Josh Grove (singer/songwriter of Atlas)...Drums
Nick Payne (having the best ideas in Atlas and Ones & Zeros)...Bass
A.C. UNIT
"A.C. Unit unites guitarist/banjoist Ben B. Lee, tenor
saxophonist Jonathan Moritz, and drummer Mike pride in
a tangled web of intuitive improvisation. "
- Time Out, NY
Ben B. Lee first assembled A.C. Unit in 2002, during a
series of regular gigs at Art Land (a local
performance space/dive-bar in Brooklyn, NY). Lee and
drummer Mike Pride first met while playing in the
avant-rock group, Angriest Pussycat. Together they
joined forces with tenor saxophonist Jonathan Moritz,
who was in a project called Evil Eye with Pride around
the same time. Recognizing that the time they spent
together was fueled by a desire to create, the group
quickly began playing shows at various downtown venues
including Barbes, Tonic, ABC No-Rio, and the 55bar.
In November of 2003, A.C. Unit hit the studio to
record their first record, Lost Property. They have
done several tours up and down the East Coast and
continue to perform in the New York City area. Their
new record, Sensual Polyphony, is expected for release
in the summer of 2006.
BEN B. LEE
Drawing from his youthful appreciation of classical
music, which began at the age of six in Europe, Ben B.
Lee applies the same curious and playful approach to
his artistic vision today. Classically trained at UNC
Greensboro, Ben also studied privately with guitarist
Scott Sawyer, Billy Stewart, world-class vibraphonist
Jon Metzger, and the great banjoist Tony Trishka.
Aside from A.C. Unit, Ben B. Lee has been involved in
many projects including scoring and composing music
for Four Short Plays by Steve Martin (New Actor's
Workshop NYC) in collaboration with Andrew Hendryx,
composing music for modern dance, recording and
performing with legendary freak-guitarist Eugene
Chadbourne, and playing guitar and banjo in various
rock bands. In 2001, Ben released his self-titled solo
debut, which received consistent airplay on WXYC 89.3
FM.
MIKE PRIDE
Percussionist/Composer Mike Pride, grew up in Portland
Maine and studied with Matt Wilson and Les Harris, Jr.
Mike moved to NYC in 2000, studying with legendary
percussionist Milford Graves and drum and bass wizard
Amir Ziv. Mike Pride is one of the most sought after
young drummers in NYC. He has had the opportunity to
perform and record throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia
and Australia with many wonderful musicians including
Anthony Braxton, Trevor Dunn, Chris Speed, William
Parker, Jack Wright, Tony Malaby, and legendary
punk-rock icons MDC.
JONATHAN MORITZ
Born in Tehran, Iran, Jonathan Moritz grew up in
Southern California where studied at CalArts in Los
Angeles, and later at the Brussels Conservatory of
Music in Belgium. He has toured in Europe and the
U.S., and has been performing with his own group, Trio
Caveat, and a variety of great musicians such as
Daniel Carter, Butch Morris, Andrew D'Angelo, Chris
Defort, Ken Filliano, Vinnie Golia and Lindsay Horner.
For more information, please write to us at patchworkcollective@gmail.com .
And here is a press release for our show on AUG 22 with the band AC UNIT from NYC!
Date/ Time: Tuesday, Aug 22 8pm-10pm
Venue: ADA Gallery (228 W. Broad St. 23220)
Cost: $5 ($10 Suggested Donation)
Artists:
A.C. Unit
Ones & Zeros
Press/ Bios:
ONES and ZEROS
Proof that instrumental rock music is relevant, this Richmond band combines the principles of the avant-garde with the sense of immediacy found in rock music. With full knowledge of their misspelled name, Ones and Zeros takes the stage with an arsenal of songs named for such local talents as Bruce Willis and Keith David (of the films Hudson Hawk and They Live, respectively.) Featuring members of rock band Atlas, and experimental group Standards & Practices, this band takes "post rock," and exposes the truth behind why it was the worst term ever created by confused critics ("trip hop" being a close second.)
Scott Burton (member of Patchwork Collective, Standards & Practices, Lascaux, and the Upper East Side Big Band)...Guitar
Josh Grove (singer/songwriter of Atlas)...Drums
Nick Payne (having the best ideas in Atlas and Ones & Zeros)...Bass
A.C. UNIT
"A.C. Unit unites guitarist/banjoist Ben B. Lee, tenor
saxophonist Jonathan Moritz, and drummer Mike pride in
a tangled web of intuitive improvisation. "
- Time Out, NY
Ben B. Lee first assembled A.C. Unit in 2002, during a
series of regular gigs at Art Land (a local
performance space/dive-bar in Brooklyn, NY). Lee and
drummer Mike Pride first met while playing in the
avant-rock group, Angriest Pussycat. Together they
joined forces with tenor saxophonist Jonathan Moritz,
who was in a project called Evil Eye with Pride around
the same time. Recognizing that the time they spent
together was fueled by a desire to create, the group
quickly began playing shows at various downtown venues
including Barbes, Tonic, ABC No-Rio, and the 55bar.
In November of 2003, A.C. Unit hit the studio to
record their first record, Lost Property. They have
done several tours up and down the East Coast and
continue to perform in the New York City area. Their
new record, Sensual Polyphony, is expected for release
in the summer of 2006.
BEN B. LEE
Drawing from his youthful appreciation of classical
music, which began at the age of six in Europe, Ben B.
Lee applies the same curious and playful approach to
his artistic vision today. Classically trained at UNC
Greensboro, Ben also studied privately with guitarist
Scott Sawyer, Billy Stewart, world-class vibraphonist
Jon Metzger, and the great banjoist Tony Trishka.
Aside from A.C. Unit, Ben B. Lee has been involved in
many projects including scoring and composing music
for Four Short Plays by Steve Martin (New Actor's
Workshop NYC) in collaboration with Andrew Hendryx,
composing music for modern dance, recording and
performing with legendary freak-guitarist Eugene
Chadbourne, and playing guitar and banjo in various
rock bands. In 2001, Ben released his self-titled solo
debut, which received consistent airplay on WXYC 89.3
FM.
MIKE PRIDE
Percussionist/Composer Mike Pride, grew up in Portland
Maine and studied with Matt Wilson and Les Harris, Jr.
Mike moved to NYC in 2000, studying with legendary
percussionist Milford Graves and drum and bass wizard
Amir Ziv. Mike Pride is one of the most sought after
young drummers in NYC. He has had the opportunity to
perform and record throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia
and Australia with many wonderful musicians including
Anthony Braxton, Trevor Dunn, Chris Speed, William
Parker, Jack Wright, Tony Malaby, and legendary
punk-rock icons MDC.
JONATHAN MORITZ
Born in Tehran, Iran, Jonathan Moritz grew up in
Southern California where studied at CalArts in Los
Angeles, and later at the Brussels Conservatory of
Music in Belgium. He has toured in Europe and the
U.S., and has been performing with his own group, Trio
Caveat, and a variety of great musicians such as
Daniel Carter, Butch Morris, Andrew D'Angelo, Chris
Defort, Ken Filliano, Vinnie Golia and Lindsay Horner.
For more information, please write to us at patchworkcollective@gmail.com .
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