Artist description 21st Century Word Music

Music Style Experimental pop, funk, spoken word

Musical Influences The Artist, Bill Withers, Edgard Varese, Willie Nelson

Similar Artists The Artist, Leonard Cohen, ?

Artist History pc munoz began making a buzz in San Francisco around 1991, when his song EVIDENCE landed him a finalist position in a contest put on by the now nationally-known ECO RAP program. Between 1991 and 1995, he immersed himself in various recording projects, including GIANT STEP, and experimental MIDI-driven rap project which earned rave reviews in the SF BAY GUARDIAN. When GIANT STEP changed its name to WATERCOLOR, pc veered away from rapping and began using a unique, intoning vocal style which prompted at least one journalist to dub munoz a "cross between Leonard Cohen and Prince." When the WATERCOLOR tape circulated through the local press, Bay Area critics again raved; THE AMERICAN MUSIC PRESS went so far as to say that "(Watercolor) could be pop's answer to Nine Inch Nails, with Prince thrown in..." During this time, munoz was also working as a drummer, performing with projects all across the musical spectrum: Gospel (including a stint backing Dorothy Morrisson, the original singer of "Oh Happy Day), string-based baroque pop, calypso, and 8, the soul/jazz group with whom he still currently plays. He also stayed active on the SF poetry scene, giving readings and publishing two books through Artlab books: 1995's HALF TRUTHS and 1992's THE DAILY BALANCE. In 1997, pc began work on "the trouble i'd bring you." His finely honed songwriting skills have produced 18 songs which are dense, rhythmic, lyric-centered, and astonishingly fresh in sonic approach. In a few of the pieces, vocal and fretless bass provide the only melodic/harmonic material, giving the songs an odd, "minimalist" flavor, with a pointed emphasis on rhythmic phrasing and lyric. The musicians who played on the CD were often asked to "intuit" their parts by responding to the lyric, as on the bass-and-vocal workout, "hurt me right now". In other pieces, such as "fiend", pc built layered electronic tracks around his vocals. Elsewhere on the disc, radio-ready "space funk" can be found on tracks such as "that's right, baby" and "spacegirl." Stations as far apart as KALX (Berkeley) and WMUC (Maryland) have played tracks from the CD. "the trouble i'd bring you" is the first release from SF-based Beevine Records.

Instruments Various

Albums the trouble i'd bring you

Press Reviews "...a fascinating amalgam of spoken word, acid jazz, and R & B"---SAN FRANCISCO METROPOLITAN "...a good debut...beyond the call of regular pop music..."---FAQT MAGAZINE" Great work. It's all too rare to hear someone breaking new ground in the pop field."---JOHN ZORN, Composer "...dark, sexual, sensual, confessional, and confrontational--all at the same time...a poet..." PERFORMING SONGWRITER "Excellent in its refreshing intimacy..." JARBOE, Recording Artist (solo, Swans, Skin)"...impressively tight and crisp; a patchwork of organic textures that play as experimental, but merge seamlessly...pc munoz has new ideas about combining sounds and rhythms..." EYE Magazine

Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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