Welcome to pcmunoz.com, the online home of recording artist/producer pc muñoz. For photos, sneak previews of new music, and performance schedule, go to myspace.com/pcmunoz.
About pc muñoz
San Francisco-based recording artist pc muñoz has been blending spoken-word, electro-funk, and avant-garde music for over 15 years. Often called a cross between Leonard Cohen and Prince, muñoz is known for an eclectic, percussion-oriented musical approach, artful lyrics, and a fiery stage presence.
muñoz's past releases have charted on CMJ and Earshot (Canadian college radio) charts, and his genre-defying projects, including the award-winning multimedia project twenty haiku, have been profiled by NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Wall Street Journal, Electronic Musician, and countless other print and broadcast outlets. Collaborators (musical and otherwise) on past projects include songwriting legend Jackson Browne, avant-garde cello star Joan Jeanrenaud, 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.
pc is a staff member at San Francisco's most exciting new music-industry
entity, Talking House Productions, and is also available as a producer,
percussionist, and arts education consultant. pc's new live ensemble, pc muñoz's left hook, features Beatnigs/Broun Fellinis beatmaster Kevin Carnes on drumkit, Danny Zingarelli on laptop electronics and vocals, Vicky Grossi, on electric bass, and Dave Worm on vocals and percussion.
Visit myspace.com/pcmunoz for song samples, information on new releases, performance schedule, photo gallery, and more.
FRESH AS OF Spring 2008: New album coming later this year!
Check myspace.com/pcmunoz for sneak previews from the upcoming new album, tentatively titled Grab Bag. Grab Bag features 12 new pcm songs, with guest shots by notables like Ingrid Chavez,Joan Jeanrenaud, and Micropixie. Due out on Talking House Records. Out now: "I Bleed", pc's goth-funk contribution to the Pixies tribute album on American Laundromat Records. Purchase "I Bleed" directly from itunes here. Stay tuned for news on the the left hook documentary film, filming throughout 2008, and due out in 2009!
On the production end of things, pc recently wrapped production on Strange Toys, the brave new solo album by avant-garde cellist Joan Jeanrenaud (due Summer 2008 on Talking House Records), and is currently wrapping up projects with gospel-soul powerhouse Carmen Jones and, as co-producer, Oakland's funk-soul prophet, FEMI. Coming up in late '08: a star-studded tribute album to legendary East LA songwriter, Lalo Guerrero!
Press
"...dark, sexual, sensual, confessional, and confrontational -- all at
the same time... a poet..." Performing Songwriter
"...undeniable stage presence...laid-back, but commanding...the show is a left hook all right---and a knock out at that." Mike Osegueda, Fresno Bee
..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, pc 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
"... pc 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
