Distant Bee Travel, by Steven Cerio

Distant Bee Travel

by Steven Cerio

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Bonus Track: Orphaned version of Peck on Fin made for a 90s CD-ROM Game that was never released. A Bandcamp exclusive.

26 page full color digital booklet contains art and photos by Steven Cerio that are exclusive to this release. Also included are full track details on every song.

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Distant Bee Travel, Steven Cerio's ABC Book - A Drug Primer, Glass Dad | Schenectady Sound, Sunbeam on the Astronaut, Microphone in an Owl's Nest, No More Fancy Daylight, The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow Soundtrack, and A Vivified Sugarcube Explains The Universe. , and , .

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1.	Peck on Fin 00:59		buy track
2.	Acknowledgement 06:38	info	buy track
3.	White Boat 01:32		buy track
4.	Theme for Cat Activity 01:55		buy track
5.	Tea Party on Monkey Moon 00:58		buy track
6.	The Eastern Idea of Lawn 03:28		buy track
7.	Bicycle Ride 07:17		buy track
8.	Ypsilanti Improv 02:08		buy track
9.	Kundun 02:14		buy track
10.	Mary Pickford Waking Up in a Burning Barn 07:31		buy track
11.	Free Inside! 03:06		buy track
12.	Goldfish Hatching in Ginger Ale 03:04		buy track
13.	Spoiling Pears and Grapes 01:49		buy track
14.	History of the American Breakfast 05:11	info	buy track
15.	Emma 01:53		buy track
16.	Bees Over The Atlantic 03:39		buy track
17.	Oh, Pumpkin Pie 03:26		buy track

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Ingredients: Created from source material recorded to 4-track, 8-track, 16-track, Walkman, boom box and answering machine. All tracks were recorded live, then manipulated and cross-pollinated. No other samples were used.

All mixes, secondary composition and cross-pollination by Steven Cerio

Track 3 engineered by Karen Langlie

Tracks 4, 6, 9 & 14 engineered by Jim Drago

2020 digital restoration by Marc Arsenault

"These are repetitive rhythmic sounds and percussion, spoken word, telephone snippets, blurting free jazz horns, etc., in jarring, jostled juxtapositions; they make Zappa's Mothers sound like Tom Jones".
--Jack Rabid, The Big Takeover 86, 2020.

credits

released October 1, 2021

Steven Cerio: drums, lyrics, marimba, saw blades, gamelan, piano, wood flute, tapes, accordion

Roger Kummert: basses, synth, trombone, guitar

Bryan Kieser: tenor, alto and soprano sax, cornet, pvc tube, transmission fluid funnel, duck call

Karen Langlie: cello

Jason Martin, Dara, Rob Coye, Jim Kopta, Jeff Mack, J.P. Crangle, Jim Drago & Marc Arsenault: tape glossolalia, etc. etc.

Lore Barges & Kathleen Phelps: voice

Detailed track info and personnel listed in the booklet.

Originally released in a limited signed and numbered edition of 125 with a 12 page screen printed book in 2003.

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Steven Cerio Auburn, New York

Steven Cerio is a visual artist who is best known for his work with The Residents. He has led his own psychedelic rock groups Lettuce Little and Atlantic Drone since the 1990s. He was the drummer for Railroad Jerk, Dee Dee Ramone's Sprocket and Drunktank. He has also performed with Jad Fair (Half Japanese), Ron Asheton (Stooges), and free jazz legends William Parker and Jemeel Moondoc. ... more

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