SNP Presents

Dr Mint.........

A New Symphony. Dr Mint boldly presents an alternative view of symphonic form. Recorded in a single 53+ minute live performance, DR. MiNT weaves a multi-movement, epic improvisation that truly ebbs and flows like a symphony. AllAboutJazz.com characterizes DR. MiNT's sound as "Caterwauling horns, scorching metallic guitar and a thrashing prog-metal rhythm section alternate bone-crushing intensity with introspective passages and dark cinematic ambiance."

Daniel Rosenboom's Book of Riddles......

Book of Riddles is Daniel Rosenboom's second solo CD. It features an entire suite of music for a large prog-rock big band. "Rosenboom is a phenomenon," says Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times. "His speed and zinging high notes are amazing. He is a cool customer onstage, but what comes out of the mouthpiece is red hot." Combining the sounds of contemporary classical music with rock, metal, hip-hop, jazz, experimental electronic and improvised music, and traditional folk music from the Balkans, North India, and Middle East, Rosenboom has become one of the west coast's foremost trumpet artists and rising creative musicians.

Daily Thumbprint Collection................

Daily Thumbprint Collection is a solo project by drummer Caleb Dolister. The album consists of several musical-ideas that have been worked, reworked, and then reworked again - some taking as long as 5 years to complete. The initial sound is similar to that of a Downtempo, NuJazz, or Instrumental Indi-Rock album. Caleb combined electronics, ambient backgrounds, and fluid melodic synth-bass lines with his own recorded live drums. Approaching the album in this way seems to have given the project a unique sense of life. The movement in the live rhythms give it the energy of a rock album.

Axis Trio...............

The Axis Trio is comprised of Amino Belyamani (piano), Sam Minaie (bass), and Qasim Naqvi (drums). With roots in Pakistan, Morocco, and Iran, the kinship of Axis is both musical and cultural. Collectively, the members of Axis Trio have performed with Charlie Haden, Joe LaBarbera, Larry Koonse, Butch Morris, Vinny Golia, Peter Erskine, Ravi Coltrane, Peter Epstein, Reggie Workman, Don Byron, Brandon Ross, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Houman Pourmehdi, Alfred Ladzepko, and Al Ustad Aashish Khan, to name a few. While retaining a vested interest in all genres of music from Stravinsky to Aphex Twin, Axis has developed a coloristic synthesis of performance and composition, with an approach that obscures the lines between musical styles unapologetically.

Cranium...............

Cranium has been developing a new vision for metal and instrumental music in the last eight years. Some of the compositions are built much like jazz tunes, using a head-solos-head format, and emphasizing the individual talents of the three members of the band while still creating a strong, tight, and cohesive group sound. The music also borrows melodically and rhythmically from Middle Eastern and world music. Strongly influenced by artists as wide ranging as King Crimson, Rabih-Abou Khalil, John Zorn, Meshuggah, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Screaming Headless Torsos, Dave Holland Quintet, Ornette Coleman, Krysyztof Penderecki, James Brown, Helmet, Napalm Death, and Weather Report, just to name a few.

Peter Slocombe...............

Peter Slocombe's debut " Lullaby for Elizabeth" was recorded during 2007 in Los Angeles, CA. The album includes performances from jazz-musicians Larry Koonse, Gary Fukushima, Sam Minaie, Matt Mayhall, and Brian Walsh. Peter is a graduate from The California Institute of the Arts and was one of the 2006 recipients of the John Coltrane Music Scholarship Award for Saxophone performance.

The Sonic Nation................

The Sonic Nation is formed from the members of Reno's longtime favorites The Electrosonics. The Sonic Nation is matured, refined, and expansive, just like the music that that they have created and let develop in the last 7 years. Paving the way for a unique type of fusion jazz, it's best to discover your own interpretation of the bands blend of Rock, Live Drum & Bass, and improvisation.

News & Updates

09.09.20 - September 20 2009

2009 has been a slightly slower year for SNP Records. Most of the current artists have been taking time to write new material and pursue additional projects. However, we do have new releases added to the catelog from Daniel Rosenboom (Book of Riddles) and Dr. Mint (A New Symphony). SNP is also looking to team up with a group from Paris, France, named the Kandinsky Effect. Their debut album will come out shortly after.

08.10.15 - October 15th, 2008

Both the Cranium and Axis Trio albums are live in all major MP3 download websites. Please give them a listen and write reviews if you like the music!

08.08.08 - August 8th, 2008

Daily Thumbprint Collection is released. The album can be found on any of your favorite online mp3 download sites.

08.06.14 - June 14th, 2008

Cranium has released it's new album, Phantasmagoria. It is available online at iTunes and other download sites.

Axis Trio will be releasing its album, The Hand, on June 19th, at 2nd Street Jazz in downtown Los Angeles. It should be available online in July in support of their Moroccan tour. See AxisTrio.com for more information.

Daily Thumbprint Collection, the solo project by Caleb Dolister, will be available in July.

08.04.07 - April 7th, 2008

SNP is working on several new releases:

• Cranium
  
• Daily Thumbprint Collection
• The Sonic Nation (Live w/DVD)
• Medulla Oblongata Ensemble w/special Guest Peter Epstein
• The Axis Trio
• DR. MiNT

07.12.01 - December 1st, 2007

Peter Slocombe's debut release: Lullaby For Elizabeth has been picked up by SNP. It features the playing of L.A. jazz-musicians Larry Koonse, Gary Fukushima, Sam Minaie, Matt Mayhall, and Brian Walsh. Log on to Peter's myspace or visit the cdbaby.com page to check it out.

The new Cranium record is shaping up to be an amazing release. The recording is finished and it sounds killer even in its pre-mixed state. The album is slated for a spring 2008 release.

07.09.20 - September 20th 2007

SNP Records is now on iTunes. You can download the Sonic Nation album now via iTunes, Digstation, or any of your favorite online retail download website. Additionally, Physical copies can be purchased at CD Baby.

07.08.14 - August 14th 2007

Outsiders
If you like your jazz in the "outsider" vein, you're going to want to check out Reno's The Jimdangles, a quartet of jazz aficionados whose debut eponymous album features whisper-to-a-screaming-saxophone jazz working the outside fringes of the genre. You'll hear elements of be bop and free jazz, but you'll also catch snippets of Middle Eastern and other exotic sounds. Featuring Paul Roth (alto sax), Aaron Wolf (alto and tenor sax), Sam Minaie (acoustic bass), and Caleb Dolister (drums), the group plays Linnaea's Cafe this Thursday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. Learn more about the band and hear a few tracks at myspace.com/thejimdangles. According to Wolf, "Dylan Johnson, a bassist from SLO who currently resides in New York, will be playing with us that week, as our regular bassist [Sam Minaie] will be in NYC himself."

07.08.08 - August 8th, 2007

The Sonic Nation was featured in the Reno Gazette Journal in preparation of their CD Release party at The Green Room, Reno Nevada.

"...Electrosonics members Dolister, saxophonist Jimmy Hoover, guitarist Justin Krueger and bassist Sam Minaie convened in March for a daytime recording session at the Green Room. The result is a new eight-song album called "In Capacitator" that the band debuts at the show on Friday...."

"...As for the new name, Dolister explained that there was another band years ago by the name Electrosonics, but was on a defunct Canadian record label. In the last year, the label's catalog was resuscitated along with the original Electrosonics name. Besides that, Sonic Nation is a new direction...."

Read the full article at:
Electrosonics return as Sonic Nation

07.07.31 - July 31, 2007

In Capacitator from the Sonic Nation and the self-title from The Jimdangles have been released.

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