Allen Van Wert
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Seriously Robotic Riffage
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This is the fourth or fifth submission lately with the word 'robot' in the title, so (deep breath), here goes. Allen Van Wert's instrumental rock CD, Robot, offers a guitar-heavy eighteen tracks of hard rock and shred madness. Van Wert, to his credit, doesn't pick a standard rock groove or two and just shred over them the entire CD - he has injected a great deal of compositional and arrangement diversity into the album, while allowing room to blast shredded licks, rhythmic crunch, and wildly effected lines in their proper places. Then there are his signature 'robot' licks, which have been described as, "...nothing short of a Nintendo gone berserk on hyperdrive. These licks are performed FX free and have been amazing people live and in recordings relentlessly..." (J. Farber). Van Wert has put out a very listenable first release here - the future appears bright for instrumental rock.
Playing a homemade guitar his father slaved over, Allen earned a scholarship to Berklee College Of Music in Boston but decided not to attend, and would later go on to pursue a sound all his own. He has worked with many musicians, as well as on a recent video game soundtrack as lead guitar for the famed composer Jesper Kyd (composer of the Splinter Cell and Hitman games). Allen states for the record, "There are many fans of guitar music who are sick of the sterile, lifeless reiterations of pop radio. My goal is to bring guitar back into the forefront of music today. With the help and support of the guitar community as a whole I honestly believe we can achieve it. Its time for creativity, creation, and virtuosity to reign supreme over the recent downfall of our culture in this world."
Van Wert is currently writing and recording for a new CD, as well as marketing and pursuing promotional opportunities for his Robot CD.
MP3 Songs
Tobor
Magnets
Contact Information
Allen Van Wert
934 Sanderson Ave., Apt. D
Scranton, PA 18509
United States
E-mail:
Allen Van Wert
Web site:
www.musichopper.com
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KCR Radio
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It's Winter - Let's Hit The Beach
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KCR Radio Presents Aztec Beach is the title of San Diego area KCR college radio's compilation CD, featuring eleven instrumental surf bands and twenty-one tracks - all recorded live for your listening pleasure. Hosted by DJ Clint Beachwood of "A Day at the Beach" fame, the CDs sold benefit the college station's operations - but it's also a great way to check out a number of solid Southern California surf bands, as they hit the stage in support of one of their favorite musical outlets. Groups featured range from the old school tradition of the Duo-tones to the revved-up sound of The Infrareds to the modern spin on the genre by Slacktone and Chum. Let's not forget G9 favorite, the cinematic surf emanating from the Detonators. Do you want to be a total hodod the rest of your life - of course you don't, so check out and purchase KCR Radio Presents Aztec Beach.
KCR is a volunteer-run student radio station located on San Diego State University grounds. They have been operating primarily on cable radio systems since their beginning in 1969. This had been their only option due to the FM and AM bands being divided between the United States and Mexico, thus leaving no space for local non-commercial stations in San Diego. Along the way, they've also added an AM transmission and Internet streaming, allowing their programs to be heard throughout the world. KCR is one of the last free form radio stations in the country. If you hear it on commercial radio stations, you won't hear it on KCR.
Beachwood hosts KCR's popular "A Day At The Beach" surf music show on Thursdays from 4 - 6 p.m. Pacific Time. KCR is heard online, on Cox Digital Cable Channel 956 and Time Warner Music Choice Channel 957.
MP3 Songs
PCH (Slacktone)
Liquid Chaos (Detonators)
Contact Information
Gayle Lynn Falkenthal
Falcon Valley Group
11702 Pickford Road
San Diego, CA 92131-3641
United States
E-mail:
KCR Radio
Web site:
www.kcrlive.com
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