Sundog, Roger Ruzow Ensemble (RC) April 9, 2004

Fr 9 - Sundog, Roger Ruzow Ensemble (RC)

Roger Ruzow ensemble
Teacher/Composer/Performer Roger Ruzow has been living and making music in Atlanta for the past decade. The Atlanta contingent of Gold Sparkle Band, R.Ruzow has had the great luck and blessings to perform with many world class musicians and add his trumpet to several nationally and internationally recognized vinyl and CD releases. Contact at [email protected]

Erik Hinds of Athens, Georgia is active as a composer, performer, and promoter of a wide range of music. His style is Appalachian trance metal, incorporating all of the above alongside free improvisation and a minimalist sensibility. He has played with William Buchanan, Chris Cutler, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Lisle Ellis, Drew Gardner, the Georgia Guitar Quartet, Vinny Golia, Frank Gratkowski, Carl Ludwig Huebsch, Harald Kimmig, Peter Kowald, Larry Ochs, Brian Osborne, Ravi Padmanabha, Julie Powell, Dave Rempis, Blaise Siwula, Sandor Szabo, Ken Vandermark, Eric Zinman, and his own SS Puft Quartet among others. Erik plays quartertone electric guitar and the H'arpeggione, an upright instrument with 12 sympathetic strings. His current focus is the Soft Rain on Dark Earth duo with Jeff Reilly as well as Kyle Dawkins' Walls became the World. Erik lives in a solar powered house with his wife (and Kafka the dog) and runs Solponticello Records. Contact Erik Hinds at [email protected]

Blake Helton (b.1973) has played drums (and occasionally Minimoog) in groups ranging from heavy rock, blues and ambient to free music, straight ahead jazz and all points in between. Currently a member of Jabla Trio and the Colin Bragg Trio, he has joined creative forces with h'arpeggione-wrangler Erik Hinds many times over the years in various configurations namely SS Puft Quartet, Georgia Contemporary Unit with Sandor Szabo, improvising music for modern dance performances and the fortunate opportunity to share the stage with Chris Cutler, the late Peter Kowald, Frank Gratkowski, Dave Rempis, and Klaus Janek.