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Monday, May 11 6:39 PM

Undertow CD Release and FUNDRAISER at Know Theatre!

One year after it’s debut at the 2008 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, local duo the Moon & the Stars are releasing a recorded version of their dark ‘visual soundtrack’ and celebrating with a release and live performance that benefits this year’s installment of Fringe.
Undertow, a live chamber rock soundtrack accompanied by an original film, took cues from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, music videos, and silent films of the early ‘1920s, by fusing live musical performance with an original silent film. A true experiment in its initial execution as well as its nightly production, the duo enlisted independent filmmaker Marcelina Robledo to separately construct a film around the sequenced songs and minimalist story. The film features local actors Nick Rose, Joshua Ryan, and Marycarmen Barbosa.
For this special CD release performance at Know Theatre, the original film has been given the "remix" treatment by CEA award winning Big Bang Productions and Emmy nominated video artist, Vince Linz, and now features stunning new visuals and re-editing to accompany the band’s performance of the live soundtrack. The soundtrack was recorded over the fall and winter of ‘08/09 and features musicians Brian Malone (drummer/percussionist with the Bacchanal Steel Band and Kentucky Symphony Orchestra), cellist/guitarist Michael Roszkowski, and vocalist Tamara Williams along with Rhiney and Brasington. Undertow CDs will be available at the performance.
A suggested cover of $5 at the door goes directly to support this year's Cincinnati Fringe Festival which begins May 26th in various locations in Over the Rhine. (http://www.cincyfringe.com/).

For more information about the event, contact Sean Rhiney at: clabberboy2001@yahoo.com
To preview sound clips from the new CD, visit: http://www.sonicbids.com/TheMoontheStars