Second solo release features music written for Club Foot Orchestra, the Joe Goode Performance Group, Osseus Labyrinth, excerpts of Vinculum Symphony, and from Esther Paik's fim 'Virtue', and an arrangement of Ellington’s 'Echoes of Harlem' for Clarinet Thing, among other works. A must have for the Custer fan.
Recorded By:
Beth Custer (tracks: 20 to 24),
Jeff Cressman (tracks: 7, 8, 9, 28, 29)
Ed Hermann* (tracks: 13 to 16)
Mastered By – Ed Hermann
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1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 (Club Foot Orchestra) recorded at Hyde Street Studios and Guerrilla Euphonics.
5, 31 from Vinculum Chamber Concert III, recorded live in the Marin Headland's Art Center's 1906 former military gymnasium.
6 recorded live at Beanbenders in Berkeley for KPFA radio.
7, 8, 9, 28, 29 from "the Maverick Strain" a collaborative performance between the Joe Goode Performance Group, Nayland Blake and Beth Custer, recorded live at Custer's Meat Locker Studio and at Cressman Studio.
13 to 16 from a production of shakespeare's "The Tragedy Of Hamlet" at the San Diego Repertory Theatre.
20 written for the Joe Goode Performance Group.
22 from the film "Virtue" by Camera Obscura, recorded at Earwax.
24 from "Gearbox" a film by Hannah Sim and Mark Steger.
30 written for choreographer/yogi, Leigh Evans and inspired by the duduk playing of Djivan Gasparian, recorded at Outpost Studios.
Beth Custer is a San Francisco based performer, composer & band leader.
She composes for film, TV, dance, concert stage, and theatre productions. Sign up on her mailing list at www.bethcuster.com
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