Ernesto Diaz Infante
Experimental, improvised, noise, electronic, free-jazz, out-rock, 21st century compositions, sonic art, found sounds, gritty-clicky scratches, tense filmic pass
25
songs
705
plays
How to be psychically free How to be psychically free
Marjorie Sturm - vocals; ED-I: 4-track manipulations
No More Loans No More Loans
Noise folk... where the "experimental" meets the "song". Lyrics by Marjorie Sturm
The Thread The Thread
Noise folk... where the "experimental" meets the "song". Lyrics by Marjorie Sturm
Puny DemiGods On Stilts Puny DemiGods On Stilts
The music is a freeform avant-garde blend of jazz and John Cage, the best moments of which feature Kaiser's horns dueling with Ernesto's prepared guitar that produce some cool electro-acoustic avant jazz freakouts.
Part I (Track 6) Part I (Track 6)
Extreme-ambient sound collage mixing ED-I's electronics, field recordings, violin, voice, and radical turntablism with Matt Hannafin's extended technique percussion.
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Ernesto Diaz-Infante, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and improviser is an active member of the vital San Francisco experimental music scene. Born in Salinas, California, Diaz-Infante's early musical life began with private piano lessons and in high school jazz, marching and concert bands, garage rock bands and Mexican conjunto/pop bands. In his teens, he became immersed in writing poetry, drawing, playing synthesizer and guitar, and lo-fi 4-track recording of songs. He received his formal musical education from the University of California Santa Barbara College of Creative Studies (1992-94) and California Institute of the Arts (1994-96), where he studied a variety of music, composition, electronic music, film music, Gamelan, modern dance, and performance art. Diaz-Infante has composed contemporary chamber music for solo, ensemble and orchestra. He has been awarded residencies at the Centre International de Recherche Musicale (CIRM), the Villa Arson (both in Nice, France), The Millay Colony for the Arts, Centrum, Villa Montalvo, The New York Mills Arts Retreat, The Ucross Foundation and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony. He has recorded more than 15 CDs of music, collaborated with numerous musicans, and he has had performances and radio broadcasts all over the world.Band/artist history
I've also collaborated with numerous musicians and groups such as Chris Forsyth, The Abstractions, Rev.99, The Focus Quintet, Jeff Kaiser, Bonnie Kane, The Left Coast Improv Group, Bob Marsh, Rotcod Zzaj, Bret Hart, Andre Custodio, LX Rudis, Mark Flake and recent collaborations with Matt Hannafin, Dave Tucker, Marjorie Sturm, Marina Lazzara, Rotten Piece, Matt Davignon (Muck), and Moe!kestra and many more...Have you performed in front of an audience?I'm currently taking a sabbitcal from playing live. I'm based in San Francisco. Yes, I love the Bay Area and the trail of apple blossoms.
Your musical influences
My musical aesthetic is an esoteric blend of avant rock and jazz, folk and minimalist outsider music, 21st-century classical and conceptual sonic art, with an emphasis on improvisation. Three Records I've been listening a lot to lately are.........
"Ready For The House" by Jandek
"The Future" by Leonard Cohen
"For Philip Guston" by Morton Feldman
Other favorite music: Clouddead, Why?, Michael Gira, Angels of Light, DJ Screw, The Swans, Tindersticks, Cat Power, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Tim Buckley, John Fahey, Nico, Tara Jane O'Neil, Morton Feldman, Leo Brouwer, etc...What equipment do you use?
Lo-fiAnything else?
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San Francisco, CA
USA
ID
26425
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Ernesto is a truly inspiring musician. Not only is he an amazing improviser, but every couple years he completely switches gears for what he's going to do musically. When I first met him, he was doing minimalistic, lowercase "butoh-like gestures". Now he's doing 1/2 speed pseudo scary beat stuff.
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