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the widening gyre

About Me


"Trombonist Brett Sroka, Keyboardist Carl Maguire and drummer Shawn Baltazor are all part of a generation for which Autechre and Sigur Ros are as pressing concerns as Armstrong and Sun Ra. That's certainly evident in the band's timbral sophistication, spacey contours and slinky grooves."
TIME OUT, NEW YORK

". . . atmospheric collective, which takes full advantage of electronic programming and cross-genre appropriation."
THE NEW YORK TIMES
". . . explores the intersections of electronic music, Jazz improvisation, and smart Rock bands like Radiohead or Sigur Ros. Their QUALITY ANATOMECHANICAL MUSIC SINCE 2005 is a fine document of their music. Sroka has huge ears and catholic tastes, using these to good effect on this moody and memorable recording."
CADENCE MAGAZINE

". . . the music that we hear on this release will most definitely take you to a higher level. Brett Sroka who leads the way with extraordinary trombone playing and Microsoft computer skills presents a new approach to composition that is absolutely groundbreaking."
INSIDE CONNECTION MAGAZINE (read the full article)
"An Ellington fiend who likes to get his computerized space-dub on, the trombonist has lots of sound sculpture in him. His rather dramatic art music is both texturally rich and compositionally engaging."
THE VILLAGE VOICE

". . . the music crosses that indefinable frontier, teeming with intuitive experimentation, probing jazz dialogues and EFX-drenched avant-garde stylizations. Uncannily cohesive and an enormously compelling listening experience"
EJAZZNEWS.COM (read the full article)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/29/2004
Band Website: ErgoIsABand.com
Band Members:

"Professor" Carl Maguire - Prophet synth - Rhodes electric piano
Shawn Baltazor - drums
Brett Sroka - trombone - computer

Influences:

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Sounds Like: Ergo at Risonanze, Venice, Italy 5.15.08

Record Label: Actuator
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Space Times Square

The film "Space Times Square" that I scored is now available in full on google- and also in sections at youtube if you prefer- pt. 1 - http://youtube.com/watch?v=tfUGO4tNpwk pt. 2 - h...
Posted by ergo on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:45:00 PST

The freedom of birds is an insult to me

    "The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Supersition will drag him down.  The rain will erode the deeds of his life.&nb...
Posted by ergo on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:41:00 PST

Ergo music in "Like Snowflakes in December"

I've contributed music to a documentary by lawyer and writer Ari Kaplan about lawyers working on both sides of issues associated with detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The film is called "Like Snowflakes i...
Posted by ergo on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:21:00 PST

an interview?

I did an interview for the spanish website elintruso.com.  I enjoyed talking about myself, so here's the questions as I answered them in english.  woop-de-doo Brett I think the best pla...
Posted by ergo on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:38:00 PST

Higher Quality Anatomechanical Music & High praises

Hello again pretend friends in imaginary world,We put up a couple of new tracks from the final master of our recording, including two different ones than before. Plus I wanted to share this email t...
Posted by ergo on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:41:00 PST