pc munoz
Experimental / Funk / Other
San Francisco, CA
About
"...dark, sexual, sensual, confessional, and confrontational -- all at the same time... a poet..."
Performing Songwriter
..a scintillating mix of R&B, funk, hip-hop, rock, and gospel."
Matt Gallagher, Electronic Musician
"As a band leader, songwriter, and producer, I feel pc muñoz embodies the best skills of his peers in the music business."
Dr. Fink, Prince and the Revolution keyboardist
"...unique and worthwhile..."
Mark Kramer, West Coast Performer
"Everything from...the exotic Chinese drums he records with and his complicated cultural background screams variety. One thing is for certain. "pc" does not stand for politically correct. Lyrically, muñoz likes to take on politics, religion and a little kinky sex."
Delfin Vigil, San Francisco Chronicle
"Great work. It's all too rare to hear someone breaking new ground in the pop field."
John Zorn, Composer
"... muñoz consistently redefine(s) himself, sailing effortlessly across artistic categories..."
Marian Liu, San Jose Mercury News
"...in the spirit of Gil Scott-Heron... pc muñoz is an excellent urban poet with a lot to say."
Mark Guerrero, Singer-Songwriter/Chicano music historian
"...beautiful and compelling music..."
Michelle M. Wallace, The Owl Mag
"Recommended."
National Public Radio
Wall Street Journal
Recording artist, producer, percussionist. Based in San Francisco.
Spoken-word, avant-garde, funk, improv.
Mixed/hapa/mestizo/whatever.
Songs about the soul, the heart, the flesh, the distractions.
My new live ensemble is called pc muñoz's left hook.Headgear/mouthpiece optional.
Been fortunate to work with a lot of great folks. Guest artists (musical and otherwise) on my past projects include songwriting legend Jackson Browne, Prince and the Revolution synth wizard Dr. Fink, Kulintang virtuoso Danny Kalanduyan, jazz/improv drumming great Scott Amendola, Grammy nominated composer/arranger Anthony Brown, National Book Award finalist/graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, electronic music sorceress bLevin bLectum, supertalented jazz pianist Tammy Hall, and many more wonderful players and vocalists. Complete discography here.
Profiled by NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic Musician, The San Jose Mercury News, and more....featured in Performing Songwriter's DIY Picks. Charted on CMJ. Regularly sit on industry panels for independent artists/label owners. My collection of haiku and improvised music, twenty haiku, won the "Best in Spoken-Word" award at the 2006 DIY Book Festival in Hollywood, CA. Read press clips on all projects here.
I believe today's music artists are called to do more than simply recycle past forms and concepts. I'd like to kill the pop song, but I love it too much.
New music out now; a goth-funk cover of Pixies' "I Bleed", featuring Oakland's mighty FEMI, is now available on itunes as part of the "Bonus EP" of Dig for Fire - A Tribute to Pixies, a Pixies tribute project put together by Pixies' management and American Laundromat Records. A radical new album, Grab Bag, will be released likely in the Summer or Fall of '08, featuring brand new tracks, including "Disappear" (featuring Ingrid Chavez), "Archery" (featuring Joan Jeanrenaud), and "Chatter and Buzz" (featuring Micropixie). I haven't been on the road much lately..busy in the studio. Having fun as staff producer for Talking House Productions---great bunch of music cats. Upcoming production projects include a brave new solo album by longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, new singles with pop-rocker BRAY, a razor-sharp R&B EP with gospel-soul powerhouse Carmen Jones, and a collection of brand-new material from funk-soul artist FEMI I'll be doing more live shows with my new group, pc muñoz's left hook, later in '07. Podcasters can grab tracks for podcasting here.
Purchase tracks here.
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