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Photo of Moraine at NEARfest 2010 (c) Joe del Tufo / Studio M
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Exclusive management: MoonJune Records & Management  Moraine merchandise THE BAND Dennis Rea Alicia DeJoie James DeJoie Kevin Millard Stephen Cavit All photos (c) Joe del Tufo / Studio M  Dennis Rea's adventurous guitar playing blends modern jazz, creative rock, experimental music, and world musical traditions into an approach that is uniquely his own, encompassing haunting lyricism, enigmatic textures, agile improvisation, and the raw dynamism of rock. Over the years Dennis has led or been a key contributor to such innovative groups as Land (with Jeff Greinke), Iron Kim Style, Stackpole, Savant (with K. Leimer), Earthstar (produced by Klaus Schulze), Identity Crisis, and Ting Bu Dong. He has performed or recorded with such prominent creative musicians as acclaimed French composer Hector Zazou, Dutch jazz legend Han Bennink, trombone virtuoso Stuart Dempster, and godfather of Chinese rock Cui Jian, as well as members of King Crimson, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ministry, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He has collaborated with many of the most important figures in contemporary Chinese music and was one of the first Western musicians to record an album for the state-owned China Record Company. He is also an accomplished author whose most recent work is the book Live at the Forbidden City: Musical Encounters in China and Taiwan. For more information, see the Dennis Rea website.  Born in Nashville, East Coast native Alicia DeJoie moved to Seattle in 1994 and soon began playing electric guitar and violin in local bands Big Sister and X-tra Virgin. She has recorded and toured the country with Jeremy Enigk, performing works from his solo album, Return of the Frog Queen, at the Knitting Factory and other notable venues throughout the U.S. In addition to Moraine, she often plays violin with Daniel Barry’s Latin jazz unit Walk All Ways and with singer-songwriter Eric Apoe, and makes cameo appearances with fellow Moraine member (and husband) James DeJoie’s joie tet. Alicia and James also co-lead the alternative rock band Dr. Fleek and the Army of Experimental Children, in which she sings and plays electric guitar.  James DeJoie hails from the Pacific Northwest and revels in bringing together diverse musical genres in distinctive combinations. Through his use of electronics and world-influenced rhythms, James writes and performs music that broadens the scope of what may be defined as “jazz.” He is equally fluent on baritone and alto saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and percussion. In addition to playing in and composing for his wide-ranging joie tet, James is a regular contributor to such top-flight Northwest jazz ensembles as Wayne Horvitz and Robin Holcomb’s Washington Composers Orchestra, Daniel Barry’s Walk All Ways, and the Jim Knapp Orchestra. With fellow Moraine member Alicia Allen, he explores his song-based musical interests on a broad array of instruments in Dr. Fleek and the Army of Experimental Children. He is also active performing classical music and was recently the featured soloist in a Baritone Saxophone Concerto written for him by composer David Gaines, which he recorded with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava in 2008.  From early roots playing improvised music in the upper Midwest with players including cellist and Moraine cofounder Ruth Davidson, bassist and "baliset" player Kevin Millard went on to play experimental music in Seattle bands such as dot.communists and his own avant-groove band Panopticon throughout the 1990s. He then paid his musical dues in a long string of rock, pop, and country bands including Thornton Creek, the Jeunes, and The Melody Unit before returning to his avant-garde roots with Moraine. Kevin also mixes video for Seattle-based electro-pop unit Library Science and has formed a new "sludge rock" band, Black Molten Butterfly.  In addition to holding down the drum chair for Moraine and for legendary ‘90s Seattle jazz-rock units Outhouse and Free Consultation, Stephen Cavit is an Emmy Award–winning film composer and the first Composer in Residence in Seattle's St. James Cathedral’s 100-year history, with whose choir he has performed for, among others, the Pope. His first feature film, The Four Corners of Nowhere, premiered at the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. He has contributed music to the films Chuck & Buck and The Good Girl for director Miguel Arteta. Other recent work includes Shadow Life with actress/director Julia Sweeny (Saturday Night Live), Pike Place Market—Soul of a City for PBS, and Blue Vinyl for HBO (also a selection at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival). Stephen has also contributed regularly to the MTV shows The Real World and Road Rules. In addition, Stephen was awarded one of six fellowships to the 2000 Sundance Composers Lab where he studied with composers such as Carter Burwell, George S. Clinton, and Graeme Revell. For more information, see the Stephen Cavit website. |
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