Oakland-based trio wraps up first string of Pacific Northwest
dates with San Francisco homecoming show tonight.
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Mortar &
Pestle (L-R): Sean Paul Duke, Janaysa Lambert, Paul Shinichi. Photo Credit:
Sequoia Emmanuelle.
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See Mortar
& Pestle live in San Francisco tonight, May 22nd, at Brick &
Mortar Music Hall (RSVP)
Listen to
the debut self-titled EP by Mortar & Pestle now courtesy of East Bay
Express at
this link!
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“Pristine
Dream” is the latest single from the self-titled debut EP by Mortar &
Pestle
[MP3]: http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/projects/mortarandpestle/mp3/mortarandpestle-pristinedream.mp3
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Check out the Antler remix of “Pristine
Dream” by Mortar &
Pestle
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Hear the
Antler remix of “Pristine Dream” via Earmilk
Hear the
album version of “Pristine Dream” via BlackBook
Hear the
album version of “U.V.” via SPIN
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“Where did the love go? Was it ever there? Did I
imagine it?” Janaysa Lambert of Mortar & Pestle is discussing the
themes behind the band’s song “Pristine
Dream,” the latest tune taken from the Oakland-based trio’s just-released
self-titled debut EP, streaming
now via hometown paper East Bay
Express. “‘Pristine Dream’ is about
the very moment the illusion of love fades and you realize the picture you held
in your mind, is not the reality.”
A remix of the track by Antler (http://antlermusic.com)
recently debuted
via Earmilk. Antler
is the brainchild of Oakland-based producer Jason Collins whose musical journey began as a classically trained
guitarist. His love of hip-hop,
electronics and the avant-garde led Collins
to explore much more experimental horizons, however. Through the use of live
instruments, analog synthesizers, vintage samples, and digital sound design,
Antler creates expansive textures with dirty beats and heavy bass.
Mortar &
Pestle is a new band, but has deep
roots. The sounds of a pinball machine
at the opening of new EP might say fun, but give way to a darkness that is
real. Born on the kitchen piano of a
studio apartment, days after Lambert
and keyboardist Paul Shinichi first
met at a mutual friend’s party, the two were joined within the year by drummer Sean Paul Duke.
Tragically, the friend who brought them together met
with an untimely death shortly after she gave the band its name. “She wanted to be the one to name us,” says Shinichi. “We were struggling with a
name for months, and then she came up with Mortar
& Pestle. I think honoring her life is one reason why we are together.
This record is really about her.”
Mortar & Pestle recently completed its first string
of Pacific Northwest shows and will celebrate with a hometown performance at
San Francisco’s Brick & Mortar Music
Hall tonight, May 22nd, at 8PM PST (RSVP). Members of Mortar & Pestle are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Mortar & Pestle
S/T
(Post Primal – Out Now)
Track Listing:
03. Lady 7
04. Lighthouse
05. Switchblade Bandita
06. Electric Angel
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Mortar & Pestle Links
INFO : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : YOUTUBE : POST PRIMAL
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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