“Groove-oriented, world music infused, rich & textured rock-n-roll.”
– Jeff Bogle, Out With The Kids

“Feel-good, hand-clapping, toe-tapping music crafted with appealing multicultural
rhythms and lyrics drawing inspiration from the natural world.”
– 2012 Parents' Choice® Awards review of I’m So Glad


Emmy® Award nominated children's entertainer Alex Mitnick is the star of Alex & The Kaleidoscope - an interactive music entertainment brand targeted for children 4-8 years old. Alex & The Kaleidoscope takes children on adventures to fun and interesting places around the world. Songs and wonder are central to each exciting field trip. Animated and live-action music videos reinforce the learning and exploration. Contagious rhymes and sing-along melodies engage children emotionally and physically while the lyrics teach and inspire.



SFANTO is the music name for Marco Testoni, a musician and
videomaker from Sassari (Sardinia, Italy).
This project began in 2009 with Marco, a classically-trained pianist,
trying his hand at rock music, playing and recording quirky
self-penned songs in his bedroom. Several months later he went to
a proper recording studio to re-record the songs with improved
quality, but still keeping the one-man-band spirit, with him singing
and playing almost all the instruments.
Marco's multivalence extends to the realm of music videos as well:
he drew and animated a cartoon to accompany his song Little
Daily Inconveniences, an addition to his portfolio of videos
which includes also short films, commercials and music videos for
other bands.
All these things make Sfanto an all-round single-handed music
project quite unique in the indie music world, both for the varied
talents that Marco displays and for the Italian flavour that his music
boasts, bringing a refreshing variation in an often stale music
landscape.

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SFANTO è lo pseudonimo musicale di Marco Testoni, un musicista e
videomaker sassarese.
Questo progetto è iniziato nel 2009 quando Marco, pianista con studi
classici alle spalle, ha deciso di apporre la sua personale visione musicale al
rock. Partendo da un pugno di demo registrati in camera sua, Marco si è
poi trasferito in uno studio di registrazione vero e proprio, incidendo nuovamente le
sue canzoni con una migliore qualità del suono, ma sempre mantenendo
lo spirito da one-man band che lo caratterizza: Marco canta e suona quasi
tutti gli strumenti nei suoi pezzi.
La polivalenza di Marco si estende nell’ambito dei video musicali. Ha
disegnato ed animato il video del suo pezzo Little Daily Inconveniences:
un lavoro da aggiungere al suo portfolio che include anche
cortometraggi, pubblicità e video musicali per altre band.
Tutte queste cose fanno di Sfanto un progetto musicale dalla forte
personalità che lo rende abbastanza unico nella scena musicale indipendente,
sia per il talento dalle molte sfaccettature che Marco mette in
mostra , sia per l’unione dell’influenza British all’ironia e al gusto tipicamente
italiani che lo contraddistinguono.

Canadian power trio The Evidence has shown an eerie dedication to their craft since banding together in late 2000. Graduates of the local punk rock scene, the band has grown into a sound that blends the rocky pop sensibility of alt-punk bands such as AFI, Bad Religion and the Foo Fighters with the prog-rock detail and grandeur of groups like Rush and Queen.

Erecting their vision out of the wreckage of their high school bands, guitarist scene-mates and chemistry classmates Dean Rud and Tyler Pickering aligned themselves with drummer Casey Lewis and dubbed themselves The Failure. By 2008, The Failure was anything but, selling through pressings of their first two albums and placing videos in rotation on both MuchMusic and MTV Canada. Despite this, change was coming. While the role of fourth- member-bassist was becoming prone to turnover, it was a metamorphosis in The Evidence’s songwriting that got the attention of fans and critics.
When Rudd, Pickering, and Lewis set out to write and record their third album together, Polarity, something had changed. Whether it was the long road slogs, broken vans, broken hands, shows for a dozen sweaty kids in moldy makeshift all-ages venues or simply the upshot of a band collectively transitioning into their late-20’s, the trio realized they had uncovered the marrow of their identity. Recognizing the winds of change, Rud, Pickering, and Lewis chose a new name for the band, and The Evidence was (re-)born.

The Evidence doesn’t fit the mold cast by typical Indie/Alt-rock bands. Approaching their craft with a nerdy attention to detail, the band seeks to build a legacy while making a living playing the music they love. To that end, Dean Rud started his own record label, Meter Records, to release The Evidence’s albums as well as projects for their peers. Casey Lewis keeps his hand in the business side through his recording studio, Echo Base. Tyler Pickering spends his days helping music literati of all ages find their perfect instrument in one of the best practical networking gigs a working musician could find. It would be easy, with all of these other responsibilities, to get distracted from making music, but as their tenure and talent attest The Evidence are one are dedicated to their music; bound to their vision and craft as they are to each other.

The blend of dedication, musicianship, and attention to detail particular to the Evidence is apparent from the opening notes of the band’s upcoming album, Currents. If Polarity was a leap forward for The Evidence, then Currents is a confirmation, presenting the band’s progressive tendencies while streamlining and sharpening their sound down to a razor’s edge. From the opening notes of the aptly titled “Crossing The Rubicon” to the complex, poly-rhythmic post-punk of “Of Haves And Have Nots”, The Evidence give every indication that their muse has never been stronger.

Cut to the stage, with Rud and Pickering bouncing notes and lines off each other like animated electrons while Casey drums for his life and belts out the vocal leads in a flurry of sweat and fervor. Their live show is an invigorating and indelible experience, but The Evidence are real guys, doing what they love without pretense. Their distinctive blend of literate songwriting, attention to detail and fearlessness beam from the stage and stereo in an experience that proves music can still move us. Here, my friends, is the evidence of that.

I write music. 
I write TV shows.
I surf.

PINES, Alison Sudol's third full-length as A Fine Frenzy is a fable about a pining tree who is given the unheard-of chance (for a conifer) to make a life of her own choosing. Drawing inspiration from the redwood forests and dramatic landscapes of Northern California and Washington's Cascade Mountains, the thirteen new original songs survey a sonic landscape as vast and deep as the woods, their namesake.   

Sudol crafted PINES in response to our accelerating pace of life in the 21st century. "Sometimes I feel like the world has been strapped onto the back of a giant rocket and it's hurtling us into the unknown at a pace we're not entirely equipped to deal with. All kinds of things are falling off, good and bad. It's a crazy, exciting, terrifying time- so much is changing, and fast. Yet some of the most wonderful things in the world are slow- rivers and seasons and turning leaves and growing older with the ones you love. I wanted to create an environment where a person could retreat to, somewhere vivid and real where their minds and hearts could wander freely. I wanted it to be a place you could go to feel, like a quiet spot in a forest or the sea on a cloudy day."

The adventure of PINES is further realized in a companion book and short film. The animated film PINES, (produced by TakePart, the digital division and Social Action network of Participant Media, whose mission is to create entertainment that inspires and compels social change) integrates hand-cut sets, puppets, stop motion, physical effects, and layered glass to augment the depth and texture of the film.  The book is a collaboration with illustrator Jen Lobo, whose aesthetic Sudol chose for her blend of “scientific precision and whimsical beauty.”

The ecological consciousness evident throughout PINES has been an integral part of Alison Sudol's life since she was a little girl in Seattle, Washington. She serves as a Goodwill Ambassador for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and performed at the 2011 Environmental Media Awards, subsequently joining their Young Hollywood Board, which supports school gardens in urban areas through funding and celebrity mentoring. 

As one of the first artists on Twitter, Sudol takes her responsibilities seriously, encouraging her 1.7 million followers to be more socially active within their own communities on and off line. A recent collaboration with Nokia at this year’s SXSW resulted in Sudol and her followers contributing to the planting of over 5,000 trees after an extreme drought in the area decimated their forests and urban tree population.

Since A Fine Frenzy's 2007 debut One Cell In The Sea, which spawned the hit "Almost Lover," Sudol has proven herself a consummate, imaginative storyteller. Produced by Keefus Green (Everlast, Cassandra Wilson, Joe Henry, Benji Hughes), and recorded at the legendary Capitol Studios, PINES rekindles Sudol's childlike sense of wonder after her 2009 electro-pop outing Bomb In A Birdcage.  

"I had been running to keep up with a world which I could not catch for so long, trying to find somewhere to belong, …somewhere along the way, I got lost. And then one day, I just couldn't run anymore. I didn't know where to go. It was only when I stopped that I found what I was looking for- or at least, I found how to find it. During that time, I was writing the story of PINES… I had to write it as a story- stories allow you to take a step back and actually look at what you're seeing, not just how you feel about it. They give you perspective. That perspective allowed me to see life in a different way, as an adventure; the record, the book and the film are my maps.”


Greetings, children of Earth and of this Moment!

An esteemed member of the Navigator-Priest caste of His home world, Professor Elvis Allan Poe has spanned great Distance and immeasurable Time to bring you the music of the Modern Voodoo Apostasy.  Though it is true that Professor Poe's arrival was not immediately appreciated for the miracle it has proven to be, to describe it as a crash landing is to casually dismiss the role that the knowing hand of Fate plays in the outcome of important events.   But we can all agree that He is here and it is now and His Modern Voodoo Apostasy shall intrigue and delight you!

The Modern Voodoo Apostasy is a six-piece chamber orchestra.  On winds and percussion, we find the four automatons that served as crew for Professor Poe’s vessel, brilliantly re-engineered for musical duties.  Professor Poe Himself sings, while a beautifully re-animated corpse by the name of Vincent Van Chrome accompanies on guitar  (no mean feat for a robotically-actuated marionette!).  Professor Poe used samples of his own genetic material in the creation of this guitarist, employing what some neophytes would narrowly refer to as Devil Magick.


Sit back, enjoy, and ignore the unfounded rumors that The Modern Voodoo Apostasy feeds on the souls of the innocent.

click this link for DJ mixes... soundcloud.com/garth-dj-mixes 

Before a recent move to Los Angeles where he has been immersed in film acting, Garth spent two decades in San Francisco fanning the flames of conscious hell raising that existed there in generations past. Parties with his stamp include a coveted ten year residency at Come Unity, thirteen legendary years with the Wicked Sound System and more recently Back2Back, with right hand man Jeno. His sound is a radical fusion of Acid House, Space Disco & Psyche Rock. His solo All Night Long Loft parties in San Francisco continue to inspire dancers and critics alike.

The Wicked crew reformed in 2011 for a thirteen city Twenty Years of Disco Glory Tour of the States & Japan. Garth spent seven weeks of 2010/2011 touring extensively with DJ Harvey in Australia and Japan.

Bringing UK sound system culture to San Francisco in 1991, Wicked's lawless full moon beach parties ushered in an era of Acid House hysteria that ripped through the west coast and spread into the heartland. Wicked are credited widely with kick-starting the City's Acid House scene in the early 90's, cementing its reputation as the red headed step child of Disco.

Scoring a Tony Andrews designed Turbosound rig, they toured in a '47 Greyhound bus whose previous owners were a gospel choir hitting the road to spread their own gospel across the States. Wicked was the pioneering sound system at Burning Man in 1995.

Wicked Presents brought the cream of House luminaries to San Francisco including Tony Humphries, DJ Harvey, Doc Martin, Louis Vega, Roger S, Robert Owens, DJ Pierre, K Alexi, Chez Damier, Stacey Pullen, Alton M, Agent X, Kenny Hawkes, Three, Joe Claussel & Francois K.

Garth holds court at many of the world's best nightclubs including Eleven, Mago, Gold, Yellow, Townsend, 1015, The Roxy, Twilo, Fabric, The End, Horsemeat Disco, Sublevel, Thirtynine Hotel, Rex, Room, Lux & Zouk. He has been voted amongst America's top DJs in Urb, XLR8R and DJ Magazines. For many years he pioneered all night Dub sets on the only renegade system permitted at Reggae on the River where Jamaican legends Mikey Dread and Junior Reid stopped by the bus to rock the mic.

The same bus provided inspiration for a record label. Since '98 Grayhound has released 50+ singles documenting an edgier West Coast sound. Artists include Wicked (Garth, Markie, Jeno & Thomas), Rocket, Perry Farrell, ETI, DJ Harvey, The Glimmers & Ray Mang, Darryl Pandy, Michoacan, DJ Rasoul, Nectar, Stranger, Steve Kotey & EBE. Many recording artists launched their careers on the label.

His breakout anthem with E.T.I. 'Twenty Minutes of Disco Glory' shook things up internationally, praised by Muzik Magazine as one of the best dance singles of '96. Since then he has produced 60 records under various pseudonyms working with Anthony Mansfield, Eric James (Rocket), Rob Doten (Crosstown Traffic) and Markie Mark or Jeno (Wicked). His remixes include Freeland, The Units, Faithless, Halo Varga, The Glimmers, Rob Rives, Dada Munchamonkey, Perry Farrell (Janes Addiction), Yabby You, Mutabaruka and Tribe Called Quest.

He has compiled and mixed albums for Om, NRK, Thrive & Grayhound, Sex + Design Magazine & Farmers Daughter Hotel. Grayhound productions have been licensed to countless DJ mix CDs and Garth's music can be found in two films - SF rave flick 'Groove' and Gus Van Sant's 'Speedway Junky'.

Since 2007 he and collector/dealer James Glass have been waving the flag for Golden Goose re-edits, raiding their record collections & respectfully placing Disco/Rock obscurities under the knife as King & Hound.

Remaining true to the original art form, he can be found playing all-vinyl sets out in Hawaii, Japan, Fiji, Korea, Spain, England, Greece, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Mexico, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, even Indonesia and Malaysia, turning parties out upon request.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Re-edits: 
KING & HOUND - STRANGER IN THE CITY/MIDNIGHT GIRL (GOLDEN GOOSE 2007) 
KING & HOUND - WESSEN DAS?/KUNDALINI (GOLDEN GOOSE 2007) 
KING & HOUND - BURNIN' UP/HIGH PRESSURE DAYS (GOLDEN GOOSE 2007) 
KING & HOUND - LIFE IN TOKYO/TWICE AS NICE (GOLDEN GOOSE 2008) 
KING & HOUND - GOLDEN TEARS/THE HORSEMAN (GOLDEN GOOSE 2009) 
KING & HOUND - A SPECTACLE/ELEMENTS OF VOGUE (GOLDEN GOOSE 2010) 
KING & HOUND - LOVE BUZZ/CAN'T GET ENOUGH (GOLDEN GOOSE 2010) 
KING & HOUND - TUBULAR BELLS/MY TIME YOUR TIME (GOLDEN GOOSE 2011
Originals: 
DJ GARTH & ETI - 20 MINUTES OF DISCO GLORY (WICKED 1996) 
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC - NOW DIG THIS (WICKED 1997) 
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC - UNDERSTAND (WICKED 1997) 
ROCKET - BETWEEN THE LINES (GRAYHOUND 1998) 
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC - OPEN SESAME (GRAYHOUND 1998) 
DJ GARTH & ETI - TWENTY MINUTES OF DISCO GLORY REMIXES (GRAYHOUND 1998) 
ROCKET - CISCO SYSTEM (GRAYHOUND 1998) 
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC - TWILIGHT TRILOGY (GRAYHOUND 1999) 
ROCKET - PEOPLE EP (GRAYHOUND 1999)
ROCKET - SERPENT FIRE (GRAYHOUND 2000) 
ROCKET - STANDBY (WORSHIP 1999) 
ROCKET - VOICES OF FREEDOM (GRAYHOUND 2000) 
ROCKET - PEOPLE REMIXES (GRAYHOUND 2000) 
ROCKET - REVOLUTION EP (GRAYHOUND 2001) 
ROCKET - EZ EP (GRAYHOUND 2002) 
ROCKET - OUT WITH THE TIDE REMIXES (GRAYHOUND 2002) 
DJ GARTHMARKIE MARK - ANTHEM #1 (GRAYHOUND 2002) 
ROCKET - PEOPLE W/ROB MELLO REMIX (NRK 2002) 
DJ GARTH & ETI - 20 MINUTES OF DISCO GLORY WICKED REMIXES PT1 & 2 (GRAYHOUND 2003) 
DJ GARTH & MARKIE MARK - THE PRICE (GRAYHOUND 2003) 
ROCKET - PEOPLE W/CHICKEN LIPS REMIX (NRK 2003) 
ROCKET VS PERETZ - 2 SOULS ALONE (GRAYHOUND 2005) 
GARTH & MRK FEATURING SAGE - 7 DAYS WITHOUT KYAN (OM, REBOOT 2005) 
GARTH & ANTHONY MANSFIELD - PANCHO'S REVENGE (HECTOR WORKS 2012)
Remixes: 
JACOB LONDON - HYDROGENATED FUNK, GARTH REMIX (EAT KNOWLEDGE 1998) 
ROB PAINE - NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE, ROCKET REMIX (GRAYHOUND 1999) 
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - GET A HOLD, ROCKET REMIX (JIVE ELECTRO 2000) 
DADAMUNCHA MONKEY - THE OPERATOR, ROCKET REMIX (EXIST DANCE 2000) 
KENNETH GRAHAM - NOTHING TO PROVE, ROCKET REMIX (TERRAFORM 2000) 
ERIC SPIRE & B. MCCARTHY - UNTOUCHABLE, ROCKET REMIX (SILVER PEARL 2000) 
JASON BLAKEMORE - ECHO ECHO, ROCKET REMIX (LIFE 2000) 
ANIMATED - CONTAINER #2, ROCKET REMIX (DEVIANT 2001) 
PERRY FARRELL - SEEDS, ROCKET REMIX (VIRGIN 2001) 
FAITHLESS - WE COME ONE, JENO/GARTH/ERIC JAMES REMIX (CHEEKY 2001) 
NICK HOLDER - LOVE EM, LEAVE EM, ROCKET REMIX (NRK 2001) 
YABBY YOU - KING PHAROAH’S PLAGUE, DJ GARTH & MARKIE MARK REMIX (TWISTED ROOTS 2003) 
ROB RIVES - STANDING ALONE, DJ GARTH & MARKIE MARK REMIX (HONCHOS 2003) 
MUTUBARUKA - TIME UNLIMITED, DJ GARTH & MARKIE MARK REMIX (EQ 2004) 
THE GLIMMERS - APE OR NOT?, DJ GARTH REMIX (DISKIMO 2007)
HALO VARGA - FUTURE, DJ GARTH & ANTHONY MANSFIELD REMIX (SIESTA 2011) 
FREELAND - SILENT SPEAKING, DJ GARTH & ANTHONY MANSFIELD REMIX (MARINE PARADE 2011)
CDs: 
GARTH - NO REST FOR THE WICKED (TWITCH 1993) 
GARTH - THE BLACK ALBUM (DELETED 1996) 
GARTH - LIVE ON HAIGHT (HOUSEWARES 1997) 
GARTH - U.S. UNDERGROUND VOL 1 (THRIVE 1998) 
GARTH - THE CISCO SYSTEM (GRAYHOUND 2000) 
GARTH - SAN FRANCISCO SESSIONS 3 (OM 2000) 
GARTH - NITE LIFE 007 (NRK 2001) 
GARTH - REVOLUTIONS IN SOUND (GRAYHOUND 2003) 
GARTH - SOUND OF LIFE #12 (JAPAN ONLY 2004) 
GARTH - UNLEASH THE HOUND (GRAYHOUND 2006)

Michael Fraser (Salt Spring Island, BC)

Michael is a medicine music artist with a background in genres such as classical, folk, jazz, and beyond. After touring the world for over 2 decades in bands and as a DJing violinist, Michael devoted the next chapter of his life to providing music for healing circles. Using his connection with a wide range of musical stylistings in tandem with channeling soundscapes, harmonies, voices, and rhythms, Michael's approach to music is based on an intuitive sensitivity to the feeling his sounds evoke.

In concert, his music combines the earthiness of violin with the air of the shruti, the fire of the rattle and the flute which ripples and waves our emotional waters within. Michael's fierce passion for feeling and inner guidance opens the door for a deeper connection to the messages contained within the breath of consciousness. 

Michael's heart centered beingness supports his community's process not only through his music but also heartful integration support and energy harmonizing. His deepest intention is to be a channel for leaving the world a better and more healed place for generations to come.

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