Quitzow Art College CD

TOUR DATES SUMMER 2008 ALL SHOWS WITH SETTING SUNJune 17 Cafe Nine New Haven, CTJune 24 Khyber Pass Philladelphia, PAJune 25 War Memorial Shepardstown, VAJune 26 Lo-Fi Social Club Baltimore, MDJune 27 Room with a Brew Leonardtown, MDJune 28 Spazzatoriu Greenville, NCJune 29 Accoustic Coffee Johnson City, TNJune 30 Lenny’s Atlanta, GAJuly 2 Murphy’s Memphis, TNJuly 3 The Hallway Tahlequah, OKJuly 5 Soundpony Tulsa, OKJuly 6 The 806 Amarillo, TXJuly 7 Atomic Cantina Albuquerque, NMJuly 8 Tutah Theater Farmington, NMJuly 9 Three Clubs Los Angeles, CAJuly 10 Rickshaw Stop San Francisco, CAJuly 11 The Crepe Place Santa Cruz, CAJuly 12 Jambalaya Arcata, CAJuly 14 The Hight Dive Seattle, WAJuly 16 Neurolux Boise, IDJuly 17 Boing! Collective Salt Lake City, UTJuly 18 The Lions Lair Denver, COJuly 19 Oleaver’s Omaha, NEJuly 20 TBA Chicago, ILJuly 21 Mac’s Bar Lansing, MIJuly 22 Von’s AKA The Vault Detroit, MIJuly 23 Garfield Arts Pittsburg, PA“Juggling mind-blowing moog/rhodes/bass while singing,” playing Tchaikovsky in The Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and creating Fender Rhodes loops layered with MPC drums, moog bass, cellos, violins, and vocals, Erica Quitzow brings a vast range of diversity to her records and live performance. With a self-titled debut album and an upcoming second release, Erica is involved in various musical projects, constantly exploring new influences for her inner child gone wild, neo-post electro-pop sound. Erica holds down the majority of Quitzow's instrumentation, which consists of MPC, Reason, and live drums layered with Moogs, Korgs, Rhodes, and Casios, as well as classical and electric guitars, bass, cellos, violins, and various percussion, all interweaved with her alternately playful and woeful vocal stylings. The record was tracked in her upstate New York home with production and mixing assistance by band- and label-mate, Gary Levitt. The music of Quitzow has been described as “combining the fun of Peaches with the intelligence of Lori Anderson”, and “Solex meets Liz Phair, but with more rhythm!”The latest Quitzow release, Art College, is a collection of sing-along pop collages and orchestral arrangements, splashed over hip hop, electro-clash, and down tempo beats, and topped off with adventurous harmonies. Art College comes out June 10th on Young Love Records. . Quitzow's live performances include music from both records, and the band lineup ranges from solo cello/guitar and vocals to full instrumental recreations. The upcoming national tour will feature a five-piece band, including cello, live and electronic drums, bass, backing vocals and percussion, with Erica on Moog, Korg, guitar and vocals. Erica plays violin, cello, and sings backup for Setting Sun's live shows, and plays drums and keyboards on their recordings. Gary Levitt, leader of Setting Sun, is her partner in running Young Love Records, playing bass and singing backup for Quitzow. The bands tour together, share various band members, and assist each other in recording. Erica also occasionally plays violin for the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, working to develop the orchestrations on her recordings by studying classical compositions. She records strings on an array of projects, recently working with Tony Levin, Garth Hudson, and Malcom Burns. Past projects in which Erica sang and played bass include the critically acclaimed Heavy Pebble, a New York/San Francisco based experimental band, and more recently she played moog, Rhodes, and bass with Jennifer Turner in Los Angeles indie-pop band, Inner. Quitzow toured the east coast last fall, the west coa