Artist description Code One is a collaboration between vocalist Cindy Lubar Bishop and composer Peter Girard.Their premiere CD, "Fourteen Parts" is a suite of short experimental songs exploring the combination of text, abstract vocalization and song with acoustic and electronic soundscapes. This eclectic mix of styles and moods is a study in contrasts. From soothing to chaotic, serious to playful, Fourteen Parts derives its unified character from the balance and interplay of extremes.

Music Style Eclectic experimental vocal and electronic

Artist History Cindy Lubar Bishop is a veteran of the New York avant garde performance scene. Her early vocal work was featured in the operas of visionary director Robert Wilson as well as in her own productions at such venues as The Kitchen and The Performing Garage. Peter Girard studied composition and electronic music at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has produced music for film, tv, theater, dance and the internet. His studio is a software based digital environment.

Albums fourteen parts

Press Reviews EXPOSE(issue No.23 Dec 2001)Peter Thelan writes "The dark,pensive and alienating soundscapes that comprise the 14 compositions herein could be the soundtracks for nightmares or dreams of disconnection. Code One is the collaboration of avant-garde vocalist Cindy Lubar Bishop and composer Peter Girard. Fourteen Parts is first and foremost a product of the studio, using electronics, vocals, sampling, special effects and treatments, and clever productions techniques. Little here bears much resemblance to 12 tone western music; or eastern music, or any other music for that matter....this is visionary sonic art collage and experimentation. Some reference points might be ambient composers like vidnaObmana, pioneering experimental visionaries like John Cage, and vocalists like Mexico's Alquimia. Some passages feature spoken parts while multi-tracked vocal sounds swirl and echo in the background, and other samples and "found" sounds might be collected and arranged into rudimentary rhythms. Other passages feature melodic vocals, sometimes multi-tracked and heavily treated for that "alien" feeling or haunting effect. There are no hard edges or abrasiveelements here, its just very unusual and strange in a passive floating ambient sort of way. One listen leads to another, then anther, and eventually it doesn't sound so strange after all.Recommended for the intrepid sonic explorers. File under Out There!!"

Location Palo Alto, CA - USA

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