MP3 Aaron Dugan & Jeff Arnal - Dog Day

The duo streams sound from musical memories - the blues, Webern, Go-Go, free jazz, squeaky wheels and middle school dances.

14 MP3 Songs
AVANT GARDE: Experimental, JAZZ: Jazz-Rock



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Aaron Dugan and Jeff Arnal have been actively collaborating since 2003. The culmination of this work can now be heard on their first CD Dog Day, released in July 2007 by the eclectic visionaries at C3R Records in Ontario, Canada. Dog Day is a tour de force that is dynamically and stylistically diverse. The duo streams sound from musical memories - the blues, Webern, Go-Go, free jazz, squeaky wheels and middle school dances. Enjoy!

"AARON DUGAN's guitar work radiates in Laswell's mix and his sound is a foundational pillar for Matisyahu's magic" (Pop Matters). Aaron Dugan is a guitarist and composer originally from Philadelphia PA who relocated to New York City in 1998. He studied Jazz at Bucks County Community College and received his BFA in Jazz Performance at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. Aaron has written music for his own projects Astro-Cusion, Ducarriganigan, Jungulungularity, Sevenseventeen, Senor Salty Balls, Roots Tonic as well as other original projects. He has performed with Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Susie Ibarra, Ikue Mori, Maya Dunietz, George Garzone, John Lee, Ori Kaplan, C Rayz Walz, So Called, Zeena Parkins, Shizad Ismaly, Tim Keiper, Brian Marsella, Seth Misterka, Amy Carrigan. He has been touring, co-writing, and recording with Matisyahu for four years. He's recorded three albums produced by Bill Laswell.

"Percussionist JEFF ARNAL's balletic sense of time and imaginative deployment of colour have combined into a highly original concept" (the Wire). Arnal frequently performs and collaborates with a wide range of musicians and choreographers in the U.S. and Europe. He studied music at Bennington College receiving an MFA in 2000. A native of Georgia, Arnal moved to Baltimore, MD in 1991 to attend the Peabody Conservatory and later study composition with Stuart Saunders Smith. In 1994 he began making experimental films at the University of Maryland receiving a BA in Interdisciplinary studies. He has received grants and fellowships from Meet the Composer and Art Omi International. Jeff can be heard on a number of independent record labels; recent releases include Rogue States with Gordon Beeferman (Generate 2006), Transit (Clean Feed 2005), Tripwire (Creative Sources 2006) and his duo with Dietrich Eichmann (Leo 2004, Broken Research 2007). Currently Jeff lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, choreographer Estelle Woodward and their son Thomas.