A methodical composer and student of sound, Victor Ribadeneira finds himself at the intersection of rhythm, noise and time. Ribadeneira is the rare artist who has participated at the deepest levels of disparate underground movements. He has produced and released starkly original music with a number of iconoclastic jazz and modern classical musicians while also being presented alongside Milton Babbitt at the 13th Annual Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electronic Music. Growing up in the shadow of Southern California proper without adequate means of acquiring an instrument of his own, a twelve year old Ribadeneira turned his attention towards the obscure world of sound manipulation finding solace and stimulus in the works of Tod Dockstader and Luc Ferrari . Restlessly experimental he began manipulating dual cassette decks before graduating to a computer based set up. Under the abbreviated name Deneir , he has collaborated extensively with musician and producer Chris Schlarb . Together Ribadeneira and Schlarb have released two collaborative albums which feature a contrast of their stochastic and elegiac qualities. Their first collaboration, flowers (eating) words, found the duo limiting themselves to solo one minute compositions. Four by Ribadeneira and four by Schlarb. The album also featured two collaborative one minute pieces which eventually led to a live ensemble with drummer Vincent Reyes called Robots and Nurserymen . The trio performed one live improvisational performance in 2005 at the Long Beach new music series NOTICE . Most recently Victor Ribadeneira has fashioned remixes for San Francisco electronic/rock duo ellul and has begun work on new full length and edited play albums with Weird Weeds / Arnold Dreyblatt drummer Nick Hennies , vocalist/guitarist Brother Mitya and long time conspiritor Chris Schlarb.Since their first release in 1999, Sounds Are Active has become a home for free jazz/improv, experimental hip-hop and electronic artists alike. Recent and upcoming releases from The Weird Weeds, Bizzart, I Heart Lung, Melk The G6-49 and Create (!) place Sounds Are Active at the vanguard of progressive music.
A strong visual aesthetic has helped to define the label image and augment the powerful, unorthodox sounds made by this remarkable roster of artists. Sounds Are Active has worked with such gifted visual artists as Jonathan Dueck, Jeff Madrid, Tim McMullen, Paul Goode, Jason Munn, Grady McFerrin, and Joel Speasmaker.
Sounds Are Active is distributed through Nail Distribution exclusively throughout the United States and has collaborated on releases with Asthmatic Kitty, Sounds Familyre, Pete Records and Joyful Noise.
Xn./Deneir
flowers (eating) words
SAA1115
