Sound Liberation

Sound Liberation, an eclectic chamber ensemble/band, was formed in 1996. The band has gained exposure in the New York city area and has generated a loyal core following playing such notable venues as Joe's Pub, Wetlands, Knitting Factory, The Blue Note, Downtime, New Music Cafe, Cutting Room,, Le Poisson Rouge and many other performing spaces. The group performed at the Outreach Festival '06 and again in '07 in Schwaz, Austria. Also in '07 Sound Liberation performed at the Estonian House and presented Gene Pritsker's Opera 'Money' at the Players Theatre and Flea Theatre in New York. In May of '08 'Money' was performed at the Etna music Festival in Catania, Sicily and Sound Liberation played in Ragusa, Sicily. In July '08 they performed at the Blaine jazz Festival in Blaine, Wa. In May of '09 Sound Liberation presented 2 nights at the Flea theater, performing Gene Pritsker's one hour VRE Suite written for the Sound Liberation Quintet and a concert with B3+ of music from their albums on Col-Legno records. In September 2011 they performed at the Bremen Musik Fest in Germany. In past years the group was part of the Peekaboo Festival of New Music and Theater and has toured Newfoundland, Canada in April of '99. In August of '09 the Song No Truth, from the 2nd album, was featured in the Universal Home Videos motion picture 'The Wedding Bothers'. In the fall of 2010 'Human Condition' was featured on PBS's Road Trip Nation series. The band played a very publicized concert at New York's Le Poisson Rouge in January '10, the New Yorker wrote: "Pritsker, a rule-breaking composer-guitarist (and rapper) who impresses funk and rock beats onto classical structures, fronts this eclectic jazz-type combo of singers and instrumentalists" The new album 'DAYS,' focuses on r&b and hip-hop, with songs and raps that are still new, eclectic and span the world of sound but emphasize the two popular genres. The singles: 'Breath' and 'Need' feature the fabulous vocals of Chanda Rule. These songs are influenced by r&b, rock, chamber music, and hip-hop rhythms and incorporate the groups musical philosophy, developed by band founder Gene Pritsker, which is based upon "ending the segregation of sound vibration (i.e. musical Genres)". Hip-hop anthems like 'Rap Sense', 'Loan Shark' and 'Capitalism Running Wild' are taken from Gene Pritsker's hip-hop-chamber opera 'Money'. The title track 'Days' is a dupstep remix of a song form our last album 'Open Up Your Ears & Get Some' while 'What Shall I Do' is a voice, guitar and string quartet arrangement of a song from that same album. 'Closer to Me than My Own Breath' is an aria form Pritsker's chamber opera William James Varieties of Religious Experience'. 'Fake' and 'Tragic' are hip-hop jams based on orchestral samples. The last two tracks on the album are from a live concert at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC. "When a composer gets into R&B/Rock/Pop you expect something interesting. And with Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation you get it. The singles "Need" and "Breath" from the upcoming album Days (Composer's Concordance) give you something of substance. Chanda Rule has a very appealing and original voice and she is out front on both songs. The songs in turn have nice twists and turns you'd expect from Gene. And the arrangements have grit and musicality, with some especially good cello writing So what else to say except this is nice music that you should give a listen to. I wish Sound Liberation all success on this one!" " "...this is some startlingly original music. I am very encouraged when I hear music like this." - Gapplegate Guitar & Bass Blog writes in Nov. 2010 "Sound Liberation display a level of multi-instrumental virtuosity and imagination that makes middleweight prog acts seem positively pedestrian by comparison. It's not everyone's cup of tea for sure but for the open-minded muso, there's weeks and weeks of musical nourishment to feast upon in these thirteen tracks." - Jodi Mullen, This is Not A Scene 2012