Identity Theft

Brink

From the NYC Matterhorn release show at Rockwood Music Hall Stage Two on November 16, 2015.

Ember Dance - Live at Rockwood Music Hall

Brink - Live at Rockwood Music Hall

John Blevins - trumpet, effects, digital synthesizers
Drew Williams - bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, effects, Microbrute synthesizer 
Jeff McLaughlin - guitar, effects
Jesse Bielenberg - bass, effects
Nathan Ellman-Bell - drums, cymbals, percussion, Roland SPD
John Doing - percussion

Recorded at Indaba Music in Queens, NY by Matt Dickey

Edited by Matt Dickey, John Blevins, and Drew Williams

Mixed by Matt Dickey and John Blevins

Mastered by Joseph Branciforte at Greyfade Studios

Produced by John Blevins with Drew Williams, Jeff McLaughlin, Jesse Bielenberg, and Nathan Ellman-Bell

Executive Producers John Blevins and Jon Lijoi

All compositions written by John Blevins © & ℗ 2018 John Blevins Music (ASCAP), except "Fearsome Creatures" by Drew Williams © 2018 (ASCAP), "Mono" by John Blevins and Jesse Bielenberg © 2018 (ASCAP), and "Deacon's Son" by The Barr Brothers © 2011(ASCAP).

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New York City based trumpeter, guitarist, composer, and producer John Blevins has worked with Spike Lee, Stew and the Negro Problem, Esperanza Spalding, Festival of New Trumpet Music led by Dave Douglas, David Byrne's Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, Wing Walker Orchestra, Big Heart Machine, David Cale and Matthew Dean Marsh, Ray On My Mind, Noah & the MegaFauna, Spirit Animal, Super Hi-Fi, Major Player, Brooks Frederickson, Peter Lenz/Billy Test Large Ensemble, Josh Green & The Cyborg Orchestra, iconiQ: The Soundtrack Orchestra, The Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Prospect Theater Company, The Fort Wayne Civic Theater, and Royal Caribbean Cruises, among others.


John is a producer for Wing Walker Music, an executive board member of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, a teaching artist with Creative Music Programs in Brooklyn, and an adjunct faculty member at New York University. His original project, Matterhorn, released its debut album on pfMENTUM records in 2015. The group's second LP, Uzumati, was released October 12, 2018 on Ears and Eyes Records.

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