COLLAGE PROJECT

Collage Project was born out of stylistically ambiguous collaborations from the late 1990s and early 2000s in Cleveland, Ohio between bassist Aidan Plank, and guitarists Dan Bruce, and Dan Lippel. Over the last several years, the three have reconnected, bringing their diverse sets of experiences in contemporary classical music, jazz, and other contexts with them, more as an inevitable byproduct of their experiences than a self-conscious effort at aesthetic hybridity. Off Brand is a document of the music these musicians make when they play together, enhanced by the unique contributions of three guests, trombonist Chris Anderson, saxophonist Noa Even, and drummer Nathan Douds. from www.newfocusrecordings.com