A native of Yokohama, Japan, Marcos Fernandes spent over three decades in California as performer, producer and curator. He has performed in the US, Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong and Japan as a solo improviser, phonographer and as percussionist/sound artist with various ensembles, dancers and visual artists. Fernandes' work can be heard on over 50 recordings on Accretions, Bake/Staalplaat, Circumvention, Pax, Pfmentum, Phonography.org, Public Eyesore, Solitary B and others.

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Discography

Various Artists: 25 CAT. #: CDALP-050 Celebrating 25 Years of Sonic Explorations. Available now for only $5.00 from our online store!

Marcos Fernandes, Bill Horist: Jerks and Creeps CAT. #: CDALP-046 Horist's extended guitar wizardry and Fernandes' processed field recordings combine and collide with each other, constantly transforming like some primordial sonic soup.

Marcos Fernandes, Mike Pride: a mountain is a mammal CAT. #: CDALP-042 Marcos Fernandes (California) and Mike Pride (New York) are two drummers. They met one rainy night in Tokyo and days upon days later recorded their percussive dialogues one sunny afternoon in New York City.

Trummerflora: Rubble 2 CAT. #: A/C-202 Twelve new tracks from Trummerflora, the experimental music collective, offer a taste of the diverse musical landscape these artists inhabit.

Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Haco, Jakob Riis: Haco Hans Jakob Marcos CAT. #: CDALP-040 Four intrepid musicians from different parts of the globe find themselves together in a Tijuana recording studio, inventing a new blend of organic and artificial sound stuff.

Trummerflora: Rubble 1 CAT. #: A/C-201 A compilation featuring works by various members and ensembles of the Trummerflora Collective.

The Phonographers Union: Live on Sonarchy Radio CAT. #: CDALP-033 Nine phonographers, or field recordists, armed with cd players, md players and a laptop, perform two sets of improvisations utilizing their various field captures.

Frontier Life: Banda Sonora CAT. #: CDALP-031 Original music from the documentary film, featuring experimental electronics from members of Nortec Collective and Trummerflora Collective.

Marcos Fernandes: Hybrid Vigor CAT. #: CDALP-027 On Hybrid Vigor, percussionist/improviser Marcos Fernandes presents a collection of globally informed pieces reflecting his multicultural identity and a continuing fascination with musical cross-fertilization.

The Trummerflora Collective: No Stars Please CAT. #: CDALP-022 A collection of live concert recordings featuring a capricious roster of performers, including Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Nathan Hubbard, Robert Montoya, Marcelo Radulovich and Jason Robinson, with guest appearances by George Lewis, Lê Quan Ninh, Mike Keneally and Ellen Weller.

Marcelo Radulovich/Marcos Fernandes: The Whisper Chipper CAT. #: CDALP-018 The Whisper Chipper is an improvisation piece based on Radulovich's field recording of a chipper/shredder. In this ambient noise piece, the field recording is run through multiple effects and eq-ed in real time to create shifting delay loops. With the addition of tamboura box (an analog drone generator), treated guitars and radio the results are at times ambient and at times thunderous. The packaging features artwork by New York writer/artist/musician Joel Smith printed on handmade hemp thread paper and comes complete with a hand-picked twig.

...and the reindeer you rode in on CAT. #: CDALP-016 Presenting several of your seasonal favorites, plus a few originals to brighten up your holidays, "...and the reindeer you rode in on" offers Xperimental Xmas music from Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Robert Montoya and Marcelo Radulovich. Available now for only $5.00 from our online store!

Wormhole Effect: The Bastard Musicians of Mesmer CAT. #: CDALP-013 Wormhole Effect presents The Bastard Musicians of Mesmer, a special limited edition release that is both an entertaining and educational account, in two parts, of their explorations into the nature of space/time.

Wormhole Effect: Wormhole Effect CAT. #: CDALP-010 Wormhole Effect is the self-titled debut CD from this percussion-based experimental group. The 14 song disc offers a mixture of improvised and composed pieces that range in style from ambient to rock to trance to jazz.

Burning Bridges: Feast of Fools CAT. #: CDALP-009 Feast of Fools is the third album from the San Diego based worldbeat group Burning Bridges. Sixteen tunes ranging from African to Mid-Eastern, ambient to Carribean and Celtic to bluesrock make up their newest global exploration.

Burning Bridges: Burning Bridges CAT. #: CDALP-002 ""Burning Bridges" combines the group's two eps, the 1987 cassette and 1990 vinyl releases, on a single cd.

Burning Bridges: From Benny's Tiki Room and Ammo Dump CAT. #: CDALP-001 "Burning Bridges" is the second release by this rock/world beat group from San Diego. Their second album has been compared to certain elements of Talking Heads and Santana.

Various Artists: Trummerflora 2 CAT. #: CDALP-012 The second in a series, this compilation once again showcases some of the most innovative San Diego-area artists.

Various Artists: Trummerflora CAT. #: CDALP-004 A CD compilation of four San Diego-based experimental groups: Z. O. Voider, Ultra 7, Wormhole & Dodecaphonic. Produced by Marcos Fernandes and Marcelo Radulovich.

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