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Pete Rat Martin:

- Night Critter Pt. 1 for voice, violin, clarinet, and 2 percussionists playing Chinese rice bowls

- Percussion in Eightball #21: Steffey's Utensils of Mass Destruction for solo percussionistDaniel Steffey:

- Surf Designs for two violins

- For Clarinet Solo and Percussion

- Cadenza for amplified solo celloBenjamin Ethan Tinker:

- i wanna take all te sadness and use it to give me strength like megatron for trombone, bass trombone, pedal steel guitar, violin, cello, and two contrabasses.

- Electronic improvisations with Aux Yux Crux and Ryan Page as the trio: Odori-don!

Personnel:

Molly Tascone - voice

Christina Stanley - violin and voice

Tammie Dyer - violin

Giselle Eastman - clarinet

Daniel Steffey - percussion

Pete Rat Martin - percussion

Devon Thrumston - cello

Crystal Pascucci - cello

Andy Strain - trombone

Jack Madden - bass trombone

David Phillips - pedal steel guitar

Edward Stumpp - contrabass

Adam Lowdermilk - contrabass

Benjamin Ethan Tinker - electronics

Aux Yux Crux - electronics

Ryan Page - electronicsPete Rat Martin is a composer, multi-instrumentalist. His music is influenced by street, folk, and chamber music. Amoeba Records calls it "sexy avant garde."

He has released electro-acoustic music on Edgetone Records, Negativland's SEELAND and the Entartete Kunst labels. He has composed music for theater, notably Spring Awakening and the Investigation, both directed by Floyd Labar. He has composed music for ballet and dance, and has collaborated with Indonesian dancers such as internationally known Didik Nini Thowok. He is also leader of the art rock band, Eddie the Rat, and rotating member of Big City Orchestra, one of oldest and most notorious noise bands in the Bay Area.

Daniel Steffey is a composer and percussionist located in the San Francisco Bay Area. His newest album of electronic works titled "Chloros" was released on Edgetone Records in which Foxy Digitalis went on to say, "It is as abrasive as it is meditative, and bold as it is voyeuristic. He has surprisingly found new meanings within noise." In 2011, Daniel was commissioned by the Fifth Wall Gallery in Las Vegas, Nevada to contribute a solo exhibition for their inaugural opening; the resulting sound installation Sonic Trichromacy was awarded a spot in the "Top 10 exhibits of 2011" by Las Vegas Weekly. His work String Quartet No. 1 garnered him the Paul Merritt Henry Prize for string writing from Mills College. In 2009, Daniel also contributed the music and sound design for Helen Pau's award-winning play "The Stone Wife", which ran at The Berkeley City Club throughout December of that year. Currently, he is composing a series of chamber pieces, including a saxophone quartet to be premiered in Italy in August 2012.

Benjamin Tinker (New York, 1969) is a multidisciplinary artist and electronic musician who lives in San Francisco. He chooses to work primarily with analogue synthesizers from which he composes electroacoustic music, and performs regularly with the improv ensemble White Pee. In addition, he curates and writes about experimental music. He has a BFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase and is currently pursuing a MFA in Electronic Music at Mills College.

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