Having spent most of 2007 on the road in support of their debut full length, Bazaar Bazaar, BIRDS OF AVALON have emerged from the studio with a new EP and are ready to kick off 2008 with more touring. BIRDS OF AVALON are Craig Tilley, Cheetie Kumar, Paul Siler, David Mueller and Scott Nurkin.

BIRDS OF AVALON took flight soon after the release of Bazaar Bazaar, and toured with the likes of Ted Leo who told Harp Magazine that BIRDS OF AVALON was his “favorite new band” and Flaming Lips who gave the band the same glowing praise on their website. The whirlwind year also saw the band tour with The Fucking Champs and hit the festival circuit, including dates on Fun, Fun Fest, Popfest, Whirlyball, and the McCarren Pool Party in Brooklyn.

This spring BIRDS OF AVALON will release a brand new 6-song EP, entitled Outer Upper Inner, care of Volcom Entertainment. Recorded without the use of any computers whatsoever, the band opted instead for ½ inch tape on 4-track recorders, which was actually half of the old Columbia Records remote recording unit. It was as if the band traveled back in time to 1967 to enter the studio. Mitch Easter, who was the championing force behind such an experimental test, produced pinnacle recordings for REM, Pavement and Wilco and is one of the few people qualified and motivated enough to take on such a project today.

“Mitch felt our band would be good candidates to do this sort of experiment. We took his suggestion to heart when some of the new songs we were working on seemed to beckon a less layered, dense recording approach” says one of BIRDS OF AVALON’S dueling lead guitarists, Cheetie Kumar, adding “Mysterious sounds and tones happen that you could never contrive deliberately and that is just what we were after.”

BIRDS OF AVALON are Craig Tilley, Cheetie Kumar, Paul Siler, David Mueller and Scott Nurkin.

Turzi lives and works in Paris / France

In his studio he records a series of musical flashes laconically swaying from performed music to electronic music. These long lists of sonic impressions reveal an audio guide to Turzi's introspective journeys. Narcotic and cinematic, they are devoted to mind elevation and expansion of the human soul. A selection of these work sessions is available on EP "Made under Authority" released by Record Makers in October 2005. Thanks to band REICH IV (from Steve Reich's "IV Organs") Turzi is able to bring "Made Under Authority" sweet hypnosis alive and on stage . Often drifting towards atmospheric violence and neurotic tension. Rhythmic section is tight and disciplined. Executing a subversive music score. Turzi's performances have been described as disciplinary rock.