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Photo by Robbie Lee
ONE RING ZERO
is Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp. The Brooklyn-based
duo has released five CDs. Using odd-ball instruments including claviola,
toy piano, theremin, and glockenspiel, One Ring Zero creates a musical
landscape that is part cartoon, part klezmer, and part circus. Their
post-Kurt Weill sound has been described as "Nina Rota on processed
sugar."
Previous works include mostly instrumental albums such as Alice and Memorandum, film scores, incidental music for theater and dance as well as literary collaborations including As Smart As We Are, a CD featuring songs with lyrics contributed by such authors as Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, A.M. Homes, Rick Moody, Neil Gaiman, and Denis Johnson.
One Ring Zero has performed at music venues and cultural institutions including the Whitney Museum of Art, Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, Central Park Summer Stage, Book Expo America in Chicago, the Calgary Folk Festival, and Toronto's Harbourfront Centre. One Ring Zero has received grants from The Virginia commission for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Arts. The music has been featured in dance concerts, films and animations, fashion shows, and NPR programming including This American Life, Fresh Air, and The Next Big Thing.
As Smart as we are was released in France by Naive as New York Spleen, with illustrations by Frederic Rébéna. Also available in France, from publisher Actes Sud, ORZ's collaboration with Sophie Auster.
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS:
"One Ring Zero's ethno-pop could have been played in
the background of a Balkan-embassy party in the 1930s, but that's
not all there is to the band: The songs on its ambitious As Smart
As We Are--which features lyrics by literary figures including Paul
Auster, Rick Moody and Margaret Atwood--touch on They Might Be Giants
whimsy, Residents-style unease, Tom Waits clank and Marianne Faithful
melancholy."
-Time Out New York.
"Hearst and Camp have not only embraced their
"lit rock" reputation but seem primed to become the movement's
indisputable kings."
- The Boston Globe.
"Nino Rota on processed sugar"
- The Brooklyn Rail
As
Smart as we Are. The critically acclaimed CD features lyrics
by Jonathan Lethem, Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers, A.M.
Homes, Rick Moody etc,, It is being re-released on Barbès Records
with a companion DVD.
Wake
them up. The new One Ring Zero album has no famous authors
involved. All music and lyrics by Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp.
For press inquiries, please contact Blake Zidell at
Sacks & Co. blake@sacksco.com - 212.741.1000