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Dissonant Creatures now available at:

Magus Books Ltd. (wholesale/retail), New Leaf Distributing Company (wholesale), CDBaby.com (retail/MP3) and at Apple iTunes and other digital download sites.

About the artist:

Aaron Kerr's Dissonant Creatures is the brainchild of cellist and composer Aaron Kerr.

Aaron released his debut solo cello CD Arco 71 in 2006 and was awarded a 2006 McKnight Foundation Fellowship for the compositions on the album.

Aaron released his second album, Dissonant Creatures, in 2009 and worked closely with band mates Tyson Allison (The Sleeper Pins, Swallows) and Jeff Crandall (Swallows) on arrangements and production.

During the summer of 2009, Aaron took a new set and an improvisational band concept on the road and, in the process, Aaron Kerr's Dissonant Creatures was born.

A live EP of the Scorpio Rising material was recorded during the tour and was released as Scorpio Rising: Live at the Picador in 2009.

Aaron has lent his compositional and performance skills to several bands and recording artists over the years, including Anahada Nada, The Semiconductor Orchestra, Mellow Drunk, The Sleeper Pins, JazZen, Michael Campbell, Thinland, Leigh Gregory, The Urban Hillbilly Quartet and Swallows.

Aaron’s work has also been featured in several theater productions, including Passage by Edward Bok Lee, Vincent, a dance production by Decadance, and We, an adaptation of the novel by Yevgeny Zamyatin. In 1999, The American Composer’s Forum awarded Aaron with a New Music Series grant.

Aaron Kerr's Dissonant Creatures line-up features Aaron Kerr (cello, electric cello, piano), Justin DeLeon (drums), Tyson Allison (keyboards, loops), Matt Kanive (bass) and Jeff Crandall (guitars).

February 13, 2009: Music from Dissonant Creatures featured on NPR's Science Friday Program

Check out the Science Friday video of the week to see what they put together.

Watch Video:

Aaron Kerr playing with flutist Bobb Fantauzzo (JazZen) at the Fine Line

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Other projects related to Dissonant Creatures:

Aaron Kerr

Swallows

The Sleeper Pins

Covert Transmissions to the Elementals

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Members:

Aaron Kerr: Cello, piano, keys

Tyson Allison: Keyboards, percussion, bass, loops/effects

Jeff Crandall: Guitars, bass, environmental sounds, vocals

Justin DeLeon: Drums and percussion

Matt Kanive: Bass

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"His tunes encompass a four cornered room of Classical and experimental Jazz, using some very minimalist tendencies with operatic sensitivity. The simple nature of the tunes trapped inside the digital disc coincided after I spent much of the weekend before restoring an older stereo vacuum tube amplifier for my living room. Personally I like that tube sound to really hear details, and after about 4 or 5 conscious repeated hearings it became very intoxicating, and slightly hypnotic. Only then I was able to engage in the subtle improvisation of it all. Not intended for the weak or frail, this is a mentally stimulating experience. - Radionic, KKFI, 90.1 FM Omaha

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