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TRANSCENDENCE
Alternative / Powerpop / Indie

"TWO NEW CDS DROPPING IN 2008 - STAY TUNED"

new york, miami, atlanta,
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Member Since8/16/2004
Band Websitetranscendence.com
Band Members


Ed Hale

Allan Gabay

Roger Houdaille

Ricardo Mazzi

Leor Manelis

Fernando Perdomo
Influencesflaming lips, akufen, autechre, nabukazu, beatles, my bloody valentine, leonardo davinci, picasso, wes anderson, bowie, stones, dylan, zeppelin, hendrix, oasis, jet, rufus wainwright, robbie williams, jesus sometimes, david byrne, youssou n'dour, julia butterfly hill, harry palmer, ram dass, tony robbins, robert evans, caetano veloso, ali farka toure, francis cabrel, ivanno fosatti, king sunny ade, paul mccartney and wings, ac/dc, the verve, marc bolan, donovan, audioslave, soundgarden, al green, amanda green, matthew sabatella, g love, lou reed and the velvets, iggy, jay z, p diddy, sly and the family stone, shostakovich, stravinsky, beethoven, chopin, debussy, kate bush, joni mitchel, father bloopy, smashing pumpkins first two albums, beastie boys, lcd sound system, miles davis, Prince, Django reindardt, Kaotic, mahalia jackson, dandy warhols, queen, the other guys in transcendence, mars volta, sleepy jackson, my morning jacket, muse, remy zero, jeff buckley, travis, polyphic spree, aimee mann, tahiti 80, sigur ross, the band, eels, phoenix, dc3, zach ziskin, rage, my morning jacket, U2, midnight oil, neil young, all opera, janet jackson, hashimoto, jorge bem jor, chico buarque, hossein alizadeh, rush, system of a down, arlan feiles, feist, M83, belle and sebastian, wilco, the dead, frank sinatra, bing crosby, groove armada, beck, gwen stefani, the strokes, elliot smith, louis armstrong, broken social scene, kings of convenience, hall and oates, dave matthews grave digger song only, metallica, cat stevens, cat power, trick daddy, jim camacho, george michael, brian wilson and beach boys, ravel of course, gershwin, robert johnson, serge gainseborg, matthew bogarette, les negresses vertes, noir desir, blow up hollywood, lenny kravitz, father bloopy, amon duul 2, john cale, big star, steely dan, keane, rachmaninof, air. thats a good start.



Sounds Like“New York's Transcendence has added a touch of class to their gritty rock 'n' roll. Their mix of sleaze with sophistication recalls Louis XIV or Jet with better tunes. Like a one-stop supermarket, Transcendence supplies the sauce for a bender, and the aspirin for the morning after.”
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GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFO

The music group that call themselves TRANSCENDENCE is a tough nut to crack. Like a lot of incestuous rock bands around America, the group is made up of various members of a long-standing local scene who play in many different bands at the same time. Taking it a few steps further, though Transcendence originally formed in Miami and is normally considered a Miami band, one of their two or three (depending on who you ask) drummers lives in Atlanta, and their singer lives in New York, while the rest of the band still resides in Miami. Tricky.

The band just finished four months holed up in the infamous indie-rock sanctuary known as Dungeon Recording Studios in Miami, FL finishing the mixes for their soon to be released new CD All your heroes become villains. In another room at the same studio they found time to track another new CD that will soon follow called The Great Mistake. While the former sparks of a heavier more modern Pink Floyd, Radiohead, or U2, a sound which the band is already well known for, the newer new CD they are crafting sounds like it could be the Raconteurs or the Strokes, or the Stones for that matter. The two albums couldn't sound more different. But they were made by the same group of guys. At the same time. In the same studio.

"In Transcendence, you have a group of five or more (laughs) totally hyperactive, obsessive, insane guys with severe cases of ADD and an extreme passion for music, all running around trying to make sense of everything they are listening to and each wanting to create their own personal artistic statements -- the chances of that translating into any two albums sounding remotely similar is going to be pretty slim," [New Times Magazine 2004] says lead singer Ed Hale, in a recent interview explaining the wide variety of musical boundaries the band has covered in their three CD releases since 2002's eclectic world-music-meets-modern-rock debut Rise and Shine.

The musical group known as Transcendence is a tight-knit collective of some of the most notable musicians from the Miami and New York music scenes who first came together in 2000. The band is known for their reverence for melody, and an often eclectic and sometimes unnerving yet enticing tendency toward stylistic changes. "Smoothing across genres like a skater on ice, Ed Hale and company show amazing songwriting skills throughout Rise and Shine. They have just released a debut on TMG Records that is one I cannot listen to less than twice a week... Fusing such styles as brit-pop, Brazilian, R&B, rock, new wave and classical - among others - Transcendence create a wild array of songs but somehow hold them together with left-field bite. [Marcus Pan, Legends Magazine]

The band was originally put together by singer/songwriter Ed Hale, who first came to local prominence with the legendary Broken Spectacles in his teens and a few solo albums. Drummer Ricardo Mazzi (Tereso, Prole, Fuse) joined because of their shared interest in world-music. The already infamous guitarist-extraordinaire Fernando Perdomo (DC3, Christian Castro, Hilary McRae) joined just out of high school because of his shared passion for early seventies pop and rock with Hale. Soon followed the cute, quiet, and multi-talented bassist Roger Houdaille (Father Bloopy, The BJ Experience) who is the youngest member of the group, who also happened to share their passion for early seventies glam rock. This seems to be the core of the band.

Boston native Jon Rose (Jon Secada, Fulano), studying music at the University of Miami, acts as the groups musical director and pianist. New York native and Brooklyn Academy of Music graduate Allan Gabay (Jorge Moreno) then joined, adding additional piano and keyboards, contributing a more avant garde element to the groups already eclectic sound. University of Miami music school grad Bill Sommer (Blinking Underdogs, the Shut-ups) signed on as a second drummer a few years later, adding a more modern and indie-rock vibe to the band.

Various other fifth member local notables regularly contribute to Transcendence albums as well including Derek Cintron, Tony Medina, Zach Ziskin, and Karen Trophy Wife Feldner, making the group more of a musical collective than your standard rock band. Basically what it comes down to is if people from the scene hear that Ed is down from New York and we are tracking a new album then they stop by the studio just to hang out or catch up, and then they end up adding something of their own to whatever we are working on. Its like that, bassist Houdaille comments.

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Jun 6 2008 8:31 PM

great minds? giants of multi-media? slackers? The "See no evil" monkeys taking a break?

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"Ask me about Ron Paul!" Roger





May 25 2008 11:04 AM

like the new look!
Jaq Gallier





May 19 2008 10:25 AM

:) xjg
Mess Änger





Feb 5 2008 8:06 PM

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Mar 26 2008 2:16 AM

Are you like me? Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!
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Mar 27 2008 7:07 PM

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Mar 27 2008 9:38 PM

Ed, you are weird. Come to this at churchills hideaway 5501 ne 2nd avenue
come buy my album
and celebrate april fools day in style
If I don't see you there I don't know where or when I ever will.
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Apr 10 2008 8:18 AM

Just stopping by to say hello and have a great day!

Todd Ray
p-doG





Jan 12 2008 5:46 PM

Rockin the Office!!!

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Jan 12 2008 5:03 PM

Hey!
Great seeing you guys at Fernando's today. I don't think I have laughed that hard in months!
The ick factor took on a funny new meaning today!!
LOL!
I'll be posting new pics of Andy Pratt on my flickr soon so check back.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindyhertzon
ROCK!
Mindy
WOO





Jan 1 2008 7:54 PM

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Dec 28 2007 1:44 PM


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(Fernando Perdomo)





Dec 19 2007 10:13 AM

Check out my new batch of instrumental songs inspired by the Morning

"Golden Morning" my cd will be out in January

Have a great day!!!
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Dec 8 2007 12:53 PM

Thanx for the add!
Hope ya weekend is a rockin'!
JERZY JOE





Dec 7 2007 5:14 PM

***MUSIC IS FUN !!!
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Dec 7 2007 12:51 PM

!!!!! TRANSCENDENCE !!!!!!!

It's an honor to be seen on your page, and a pleasure to be among your friends!

"The Season" is nearly upon us. When you're in the mood to blast some techno Sugar Plum Fairy, or chill out to Arabian Dance, you know where to find it!

Drop by and SHOUT OUT!

Brète

PS: What are you getting me for Christmas? ;)

CD at CD Baby MP3s at iTunes

Buy the CD
MAKO





Nov 26 2007 9:26 AM


just to let you know or debut album is out now and avaible to buy on myspace
all the best
declan & christian
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Nov 17 2007 9:30 AM

Hey! my new friend emily really likes you, so add her msn she really wants to talk to you emily22myspace@hotmail.com
melissa





Nov 10 2007 6:02 PM

haha i cant believe we went to high school with this girl!
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Nana





Nov 9 2007 4:10 AM

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Nov 6 2007 4:35 PM

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Nov 1 2007 12:02 PM

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Oct 28 2007 5:56 AM

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Oct 25 2007 7:24 PM

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Oct 25 2007 10:10 AM

wow i'm so amped! okay...you know those offers shootin to each other? i, myself, honestly i felt it was going to be fake..., but i took a sec to do it a bit ago, for a free cash card worth like $500 for Macys, and amazingly it did work i couldn't believe it. you might want to click here and grab one too, see what i mean...?

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Oct 23 2007 8:12 PM

Holly Haze





Oct 20 2007 6:19 PM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DEAR FRIEND ED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gary Bosko- Music Producer/Engineer





Oct 17 2007 1:55 PM

I hope things are great with you Ed.

Were having a great event at my studio this Saturday night. I really hope you can come.

Gary

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