Redstart - So Far From Over
ARTIST.....: Redstart
TITLE......: So Far From Over
LABEL......: n/a
URL........: www.redstartgo.com
RIP DATE...: Jul-29-2005
STORE DATE.: Apr-02-2004
GENRE......: Indie
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 58,8 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Garbage 06:06
02 - I Don't Know 03:21
03 - Alien Day 04:07
04 - Speechless 03:34
05 - Stone 05:11
06 - Not The Same 04:57
07 - The Beating 03:13
08 - Red Dust 07:01
09 - Farther Along 05:14
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42:44 min
Release Notes:
wendy lewis - vox + guitar
martin dosh - drums
jeremy ylvisaker - guitar + etc
michael lewis - bass + etc
greg lewis - horns+ vox
REDSTART
This band began as a one night stand in the summer of 2000.
Everyone had such a good time, they decided to play some more.
After a year of spotty performances, they named it REDSTART and
went into the studio in the fall of 2001 to record their first EP,
REDSTART/one, which was released in May of 2002. Their new CD So
Far from Over is available April 2, 2004. An additional live CD
(recorded July 2003) is for sale at performances only.
Wendy Lewis is the singer/songwriter and founder of past projects
Rhea Valentine and Mary Nail. She has earned six MN Music Awards
to her and her bands' credit, and many nominations including
Artist of the Year in '95 and Recording of the Year (for Rhea
Valentine's "Shrug") in '96. In 1998/99, her band Mary Nail
received Best New Band award from the MMA. That same year, Lewis
was awarded an NEA-sponsored Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship
Grant for composition. In 2000, Lewis and jazz piano player Bill
Carrothers (Warner Bros./France) recorded and released "The
Language of Crows", to which she contributed four original songs.
This CD was listed in the top 10 jazz recordings in Paris that
year.
Jeremy Ylvisaker. Since starting his first band The Paperclips to
play at the 6th grade talent show, Jeremy's spent most of his time
playing guitar, bass, keyboards, singing, writing, engineering,
and producing music with hundreds of people. Some include Fog,
Detroit, Barbara Cohen, Mark Mallman, The Melismatics, The
Sensational Joint Chiefs, Truth Maze, Ourmine, and Greazy Meal.
Several records he worked on as a musician, writer, or producer
have won Minnesota music awards and Jeremy's been nominated as a
guitarist and a keyboardist. (if it weren't for Prince and his
band...) Look out for Alpha Consumer!
Michael Lewis started out singing along to his father's practice
routine while trying to escape the crib. Trumpet didn't seem right
after trying it out a few times, so he went with the saxophone at
age 10. While in high school he went to hear his aunt play with
Rhea Valentine at the occasional all ages show. A growing
obsession with rock music led to the realization that most
saxophone players in rock bands are hopeless dorks. There are
exceptions of course, but it's tough out there. Shortly thereafter
he began to bloody his fingers on the upright bass during lunch
times and skipped classes. Never having given up the saxophone he
is a founding member of Happy Apple and Fat Kid Wednesdays, but
now also plays bass in Fog and the newly formed Alpha Consumer.
Though playing bass quite regularly at this point, he still finds
himself endlessly grateful that he can share the stage with such
brilliant and seasoned rock musicians: a shining example that
there is hope for jazz geeks after all.
Martin Dosh plays drums for Redstart. He also plays drums and keys
for Fog and Lateduster. He plays Rhodes for Vicious Vicious. He
works in a Montessori school and teaches kids how to make music.
He has released records as Dosh on the Anticon records imprint and
continues to gather good reviews and airplay around the world. In
2004, he played SXSW, CMJ, the Roskilde Festival in Denmark and
had a string of well-received shows surrounding the release of his
sophomore effort, "Pure Trash". 2005 looks to be a busy year, as a
lengthy US tour is slated for March and April, and collaborations
with Odd Nosdam, Jel and P.O.S. are set for release this year. He
is currently spending as much time as possible with his son
Naoise, his stepson Tadhg, and his wife, Erin. His website,
www.doshfamily.com, should be up and running any day now, and the
next Dosh record should be out in early 2006.
Greg Lewis has been a working jazz musician since he was 14 years
old. He's the real deal. He has played in an endless array of
groups, projects and performances. More recently, he plays with
the local double trio Science vs. Flames and also with
percussionist Marc Anderson's group, Swallow the Earth which will
soon be releasing a live CD. He also plays Monday nights with the
Cedar Avenue Big Band at O'Garas.