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UPCOMING 2012 RELEASES:
* A bunch of my songs arranged as guitar/drums duets with drummer Nick Namburro (The Dead Science, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, sometimes Carla Bozulich's Evangelista). will be released by Weird Forest in April 2012 on cassette and in June 2012 as CD/digital download.
* QUOK (me- guitar, Tim Dahl- bass (Child Abuse), Weasel Walter- drums (The Flying Luttenbachers) will have a full-length cd release out on ugEXPLODe later this year
* I have a solo track on the forthcoming I NEVER META GUITAR VOL. II compilation, curated by guitarist Elliott Sharp. Check out the first volume HERE
* I have a solo track on the forthcoming $100 GUITAR PROJECT compilation, curated by Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O'Meara and featuring Keith Rowe, Elliot Sharp, Rhys Chatham, Fred Frith, John Shiurba, Henry Kaiser, Janet Feder, Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Ron Anderson and many moresssss.
* The Dominique Leone Band will have a full-length release out later this year
* OPEN BOX- the Jon Raskin Quartet has a 2012 release in collaboration with poet Carla Harryman and vocalist Roham Shaikhani, coming out on Tzadik
* I played on a lush experimental pop record TALKING TO EVERYONE by LikeLove that will be out in early 2012
2011 RELEASES:
* J.A. Deane/Ava Mendoza - WITHOUT DESIRES CD, Digital Download, 2011.
A duo recording I did with multi-instrumentalist/conductor J.A.
Deane. Produced
by Cookie Marenco. An amazingly recorded
forray into sound and pulse.
* Moe! Staiano - SURPLUS 1980 - RELAPSE IN RESPONSE LP, Dephine Knormal Musik, 2011) LP
*The Estamos Ensemble - jimpani kustakwa ka jankwariteecheri CD, 2011, Edgetone. The Estamos Ensemble plays compositions by Vinny Golia, Nels Cline, William Parker, Joan Jeanrenaud, Thollem McDonas and more. More info here http://www.thollem.com/EstamosEnsemble.html
2010 RELEASES:
* Ava Mendoza - SHADOW STORIES CD, 2010, Resipiscent
My first solo guitar/electronics effort, a full-length CD released on Resipiscent. Mangled, sonic
reworkings of old melodies, plus a lot of layered, heavy original material.
Please read more and take a listen if you can spare an ear
HERE.
* Various Artists - BEYOND BERKELEY GUITAR: A COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE BAY AREA'S FINEST ACOUSTIC GUITARISTS CD, 2010, Tompkins Square. My track on this comp is a neo-acoustic (amplified
hollowbody) solo western swing mental breakdown sort of thing that I am rather
proud of. Read more here
and buy at Amazon.
* Weasel Walter - LARGE GROUP PERFORMANCES 2007-2009 CD, 2010, ugEXPLODE.
Features Weasel's large ensemble writing, really interesting long formcompositions.
The players include Henry Kaiser, William Winant, Devin Hoff, David Slusser,
Darren Johnston, Damon Smith, Liz Allbee and Tim Perkis.
* Bay/Oslo Mirror Trio - #1 CD, 2010, Conrad Sound.
Double trio of Norwegians and Americans- Jacob Felix
Heule and Kyrre Laastad- drums, Tony Dryer and Guro S. Moe- upright basses,
Havard Skaset and myself- guitars.
Full-length record from our 2008 tour available. Tense, ominous improvised music with an attention to minute sonic detail.
* Vijay Anderson - HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND CD, 2010, Not
Two. The record features a quintet of
Vijay (drums), Ben Goldberg (clarinets), Sheldon Brown (saxes), Smith Dobson
Jr. (vibes), and John Finkbeiner and myself on guitars. The improvised music
we make is unique I think in its melodicism and focused ensemble playing.
QUOK - LIVE AT STURMGLOCKE, 13 NOV. CDr, 2010, Karl Schmidt Verlag
2009 AND BACK IN TIME RELEASES:
Mute Socialite - CHEAP CLOCKS 7", 2009, Dephine Knormal Music
Jacob Lindsay / Ava Mendoza / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter - JUS CD, 2008, Balance Point Acoustics
Mute Socialite - MORE POPULAR THAN PRESIDENTS AND GENERALS CD, LP, 2008, Dephine Knormal Musik
Ava Mendoza - CORPOREAL CRISES CDr, 2007
PROJECTS PAST AND PRESENT
QUOK- (2008-present)
Ava Mendoza (guitar), Tim Dahl (bass), Weasel Walter (drums)
DOMINIQUE LEONE BAND- Dominique's proggy, noisy pop music realized in full rock band formation
JON RASKIN QUARTET- (2010-present) Jon Raskin (saxes, composition), John Shiurba (guitar), Ava Mendoza (guitar), Gino Robair (drums, electronics)
POREST live band-
Porest is Mark Gergis' project and features his middle eastern pop-influenced
songwriting and his special sense of theater
MUTE SOCIALITE- (founding
member, 2006-2009) Ava Mendoza (guitar), Moe! Staiano (drums, percussive guitar),
Alee Karim (bass), Shayna Dunkleman (drums), Liz Allbee (trumpet, keys, vox)
CRUDE FORMS- Ava Mendoza (guitar/electronics/voice)/Liz Allbee (trumpet/electronics/voice).
mangled songwriting and harsh sounds
BOLIVAR ZOAR- (founding member, 2005-2007) Ava Mendoza (guitars, voice),
Maryclare Brzytwa (guitar, voice, flute), Theresa Wong (cello, guitar, voice)
JACOB LINDSAY QUARTET- Jacob
Lindsay (clarinets), Ava Mendoza (guitar), Damon Smith (basses/laptop),
Weasel Walter (drums)
PINK CANOES- (2005-2007) Aram Shelton (laptop, reeds), Noah Phillips (guitar,
electronics), Zach Watkins (laptop, electronics, mythical creatures), Ava
Mendoza (guitar, electronics), Travis Johns (laptop, electronics, bass),
DOUBLESPEAK- J.A.
Deane (laptop, electronics), Ava Mendoza (guitar, electronics), Al
Faaet (drums)