Staiano, Moe! - Tape Music (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
DKM 111
Moe! Staiano is the former percussionist with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, who also had a solo career before joining them and continues to have one! This is something a bit different, as Moe said to me; "It's an album of two of my music concrete pieces that were performed at the San Francisco Tape Music Festival in 2007 and 2009. There was a total of 254 copies pressed with 104 on black/green olive swirl vinyl."
"American junk percussionist who will bang on or smash into pieces just about anything he can get his hands on, and somehow make a compelling musical statement out of it. he is also the composer and conductor of the Moe!kestra!, who performs pieces Staiano has written."
Track A: Premiered 26th January, 2007, San Francisco at SF Tape Music Festival using a surround system consisting of 16+ speakers while the audience was seated in complete darkness. Sources: Clock shop (Livermore), New York Subways, BART subway (Berkeley), Park Street Bridge (Alameda), dish breaking (Oakland), piano (Livermore).
Track B: Premiered 12th October, 2007 at Norcal NoiseFest, Sacramento, in almost darkness and no surround system. Properly performed at SF Tape Music Festival using a surround system consisting of 16+ speakers while the audience was seated in complete darkness, 1st February, 2009, San Francisco. Sources: Highway overpass drilling (Tracy), train, atmospheric freeway, refrigerator, door opening/closing, windmills (Livermore), other unidentified sounds.