Born in Yokohama, Japan, percussionist/improviser/phonographer Marcos Fernandes has long been active in the San Diego music scene as performer, producer and curator. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective. Fernandes has performed at the Yokohama Jazz Promenade in Japan, Cyberfest in Hong Kong , the SDTY Art Exchange in Mexico and the Big Sur Experimental Music and Northwest Electroacoustic Music Festivals in the US. He has performed and/or recorded with fellow improvisers Eric Glick Rieman, George Lewis, Haco, Lê Quan Ninh, Mike Keneally, Thomas Dimuzio as well as with the Trummerflora collective, Donkey, Fussible, Perfektomat, Wormhole and Ultra 7.

Fernandes runs the artist-based independent label Accretions, featuring some of today's more innovative experimentalists. The catalogue boastss over thirty titles, many of which he produced featuring artists such as Fred Frith, Barre Philips, Scott Fields to name just a few.

From 1993 to 1996, Fernandes was co-owner of the Wikiup Cafe and Intersection Gallery, an alternative visual and performing arts space in San Diego where he curated weekly performances and promoted concerts by both local and national artists. Fernandes' recordings have appeared on Accretions, Bake/Staalplat, Pan handler, Phonography.org, among others.

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Discography

Marcos Fernandes, Bill Horist: Jerks and Creeps CAT. #: CDALP-046 Horist's extended guitar wizardry and Fernandes' processed field recordings combine and collide with each other, constantly transforming like some primordial sonic soup.

Marcos Fernandes, Mike Pride: a mountain is a mammal CAT. #: CDALP-042 Marcos Fernandes (California) and Mike Pride (New York) are two drummers. They met one rainy night in Tokyo and days upon days later recorded their percussive dialogues one sunny afternoon in New York City.

Trummerflora: Rubble 2 CAT. #: A/C-202 Twelve new tracks from Trummerflora, the experimental music collective, offer a taste of the diverse musical landscape these artists inhabit.

Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Haco, Jakob Riis: Haco Hans Jakob Marcos CAT. #: CDALP-040 Four intrepid musicians from different parts of the globe find themselves together in a Tijuana recording studio, inventing a new blend of organic and artificial sound stuff.

Trummerflora: Rubble 1 CAT. #: A/C-201 A compilation featuring works by various members and ensembles of the Trummerflora Collective.

The Phonographers Union: Live on Sonarchy Radio CAT. #: CDALP-033 Nine phonographers, or field recordists, armed with cd players, md players and a laptop, perform two sets of improvisations utilizing their various field captures.

Frontier Life: Banda Sonora CAT. #: CDALP-031 Original music from the documentary film, featuring experimental electronics from members of Nortec Collective and Trummerflora Collective.

Marcos Fernandes: Hybrid Vigor CAT. #: CDALP-027 On Hybrid Vigor, percussionist/improviser Marcos Fernandes presents a collection of globally informed pieces reflecting his multicultural identity and a continuing fascination with musical cross-fertilization.

The Trummerflora Collective: No Stars Please CAT. #: CDALP-022 A collection of live concert recordings featuring a capricious roster of performers, including Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Nathan Hubbard, Robert Montoya, Marcelo Radulovich and Jason Robinson, with guest appearances by George Lewis, Lê Quan Ninh, Mike Keneally and Ellen Weller.

Marcelo Radulovich/Marcos Fernandes: The Whisper Chipper CAT. #: CDALP-018 The Whisper Chipper is an improvisation piece based on Radulovich's field recording of a chipper/shredder. In this ambient noise piece, the field recording is run through multiple effects and eq-ed in real time to create shifting delay loops. With the addition of tamboura box (an analog drone generator), treated guitars and radio the results are at times ambient and at times thunderous. The packaging features artwork by New York writer/artist/musician Joel Smith printed on handmade hemp thread paper and comes complete with a hand-picked twig.

...and the reindeer you rode in on CAT. #: CDALP-016 Presenting several of your seasonal favorites, plus a few originals to brighten up your holidays, "...and the reindeer you rode in on" offers Xperimental Xmas music from Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn, Robert Montoya and Marcelo Radulovich.

Wormhole Effect: The Bastard Musicians of Mesmer CAT. #: CDALP-013 Wormhole Effect presents The Bastard Musicians of Mesmer, a special limited edition release that is both an entertaining and educational account, in two parts, of their explorations into the nature of space/time.

Wormhole Effect: Wormhole Effect CAT. #: CDALP-010 Wormhole Effect is the self-titled debut CD from this percussion-based experimental group. The 14 song disc offers a mixture of improvised and composed pieces that range in style from ambient to rock to trance to jazz.

Various Artists: Trummerflora 2 CAT. #: CDALP-012 The second in a series, this compilation once again showcases some of the most innovative San Diego-area artists.

Various Artists: Trummerflora CAT. #: CDALP-004 A CD compilation of four San Diego-based experimental groups: Z. O. Voider, Ultra 7, Wormhole & Dodecaphonic. Produced by Marcos Fernandes and Marcelo Radulovich.

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