By Zoyres
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September 18, 2008
We did it! We finally released the long anticipated followup to our debut album. The new album, Biserka!, was released Thursday night, September 11th to a sold out crowd at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. Amazing show! If you missed it, look for video clips soon on our YouTube site and MySpace.
Biserka! is different in several ways from our debut album. Out front, we have Josh Sirotiak playing tuba on this one, creating some phat low end and holding things down (you may recall that trombone or bass clarinet held down the bass lines on our debut). Another striking difference is the addition of Jon Russell on clarinet and bass clarinet, replacing Olivier Hamant. In addition, the first album was recorded after only about 4 or 5 months after Eddie Pollard joined up on the drums; Biserka!, however, is the culmination of a couple years of practice, playing shows, and writing material. On the recording end, Biserka! was recorded with Myles Boisen analog onto 1″ tape instead of digital into protools, and we had Myles master this album to boost levels, and smooth out the sound from track to track. Finally, while we did the artwork ourselves on the first album, creating a simple and relevent, as well as eye pleasing design, on Biserka! we worked with the graphic artist and musician Seth (Augustus) Quittner. The colors and images really pop on this one, and capture accurately the Zoyres story.
Currently we’re selling the album at shows and in person. However, if you’re not nearby, you will soon find them on CD Baby, as well as the iTunes store, napster, and other such sites. We will also have a link on the site to buy through paypal directly from us.
Enjoy the sounds…
By Zoyres
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August 24, 2008
Our latest cd Biserka! is being printed as we write this post. We’re excited about the artwork done by Seth Augustus (http://sethaugustus.com/) and the quality of the recording. We can’t wait for you to hear it. Loyal followers have been hearing some of the tunes at our live shows, but in case you’ve missed them, and even if you haven’t, make sure to mark your calendars for Sept. 11th and show up at the Rickshaw Stop for our cd release party! Jon’s bass clarinet quartet Edmund Welles will open up for us, and Josh’s energetic ensemble Extra Action Marching Band will close out the night.
See you there.
By Zoyres
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November 1, 2007
We’ve just gone into the studio to record some more music, and it’s sounding really good! We hope to have another CD finished up within the next couple months.
Mike Perlmutter has returned to the west coast and will be rejoining the ranks. We’re excited to have him back - we’re working on some new tunes and new arrangements, and are hoping to record this summer so keep an ear out!
By Zoyres
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August 1, 2006
OK, so it turns out the previous announcement about CDs was not quite true…as we just ended up receiving them this last week. But now they’re available, both at shows at via mail order - stop by or send an email to pick one up!
We’ll finally have CDs available this week - a little late, we know. Sorry. Please email us (zoyres@gmail.com) or come to a show to pick one up. They sound great!
On a sad note, Mike will be picking up and heading off to pursue graduate studies on the east coast for a year. We’ll be playing our last shows with him this month, so come out and get a taste of his (in)famous sauerkraut while you still can.
On a happier note, it looks like our old tuba player Josh will be rejoining the ranks soon - great to have him back!
By Zoyres
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March 1, 2006
We’ve started playing with Jon Russell, a great clarinetist and bass clarinetist. We’ll be playing our first shows with him in April.
We’re also getting closer to finishing our CD - we should have them in time for our performances in May.
By Zoyres
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February 5, 2006
We went in and mixed our recent recordings this weekend, so we’ll hopefully be able to get a CD together soon. They’re coming out sounding pretty darn nice, so we’re all excited about that!
By Zoyres
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January 1, 2006
We’ve been playing with lots of different people to try and round out the group instrumentation-wise again. Look for us to be performing again within the next few weeks.
By Zoyres
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December 1, 2005
We recorded a variety of material - traditional tunes, original compositions, improvisations - atNew Improved Recording in Oakland with Eli Crews and John Finkbeiner. We’ll be putting this all onto a CD sometime soon. Also, our clarinetist Olivier Hamant has left us to go back to France. We’re sad to see him go…this was the last recording we did with him.
