Jess Rowland
San Francisco-based artist-at-large
A self-taught musician and composer, Jess has performed in in a wide range of venues such as Cafe Du Nord (with her improv group Soundchaser), The Big Sur Experimental Music Festival (playing a baloney sandwich), and indie movie theaters (with her multimedia video pieces). Her collaborations with The Werepad and Dreamland Theater have produced her award-winning puppet-shows, live movie soundtracks, and musical plays. Her most-recent focus on multi-media projects, such as The Barbie Explosion, earned her a grant from The American Composers Forum for "John Ashcroft vs. The Space Librarians," and ultimately lead to the completion of Scenes From the Silent Revolution, her most recent release on Pax Recordings. She has also recently completed a new play for Dreamland Theater, and a score for modern dance troupe Shift's Summerfest Dance performance at Cowell Theater. Jess is currently putting together another band for new live experimental projects.
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JESS ROWLAND: Scenes From The Silent Revolution
This one-of-a-kind 2-disc set features a CD of Jess' art-damage electronic music & songs plus a DVD of "found video sound sculptures" with improv based music compositions...
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS: Dissenting Soundscapes and Songs of G.W.'s America
STOP THE WAR. Created out of the anxiety & disillusionment of GW's reelection on 11/04. This CD of 26 artists transcends music genres & ideologies w/ the common purpose of dissent towards the Bush regime. END THE WAR IN IRAQ. Limited edition almost gone.
CD price: $5.00 / MP3 price: $5.00
JESS ROWLAND: H.29
This collection of piano improvisation represents taoist practice in sound. Free-form explosions like a Sun Ra organ blast, unexpected tonalities like Schoenberg, & crisp edges like Cecil Taylor. Jess plays her unique form of "stream-of-consciousness..."
CD price: $16.97 / MP3 price: $5.00
JESS ROWLAND: The Lifeboat Is On Fire
A unique exploration of tweaked electronica, modern avant-jazz, with lush pop melodies - Think Zappa and Sun Ra played backwards at the same time while underwater wearing a wet suit of compelling melodies.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.99
JESS ROWLAND: Elevator: Experimental Easy Listening
Experimental "easy-listening" pieces created by digitaly manipulating shards of muzak, mixed with live recording, creating challenging music out of sonic sludge.
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $9.99