Cryptacize
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Cryptacize is a California
pop
band founded by Nedelle Torrisi and Chris Cohen in 2006. Cryptacize, along with Cohen's other project The Curtains
, records for the Asthmatic Kitty
label. Nedelle has released two cds on the Kill Rock Stars
label, one as a solo performer and one as a member of the duet Nedelle and Thom. Cohen was also a contributing member of the band Deerhoof
.
After seeing percussionist Michael Carreira's solo cowbell videos on Youtube
, Cohen and Torrisi asked him to join Cryptacize in 2007 and recorded their debut album Dig That Treasure. Dig That Treasure
(named after a musical written by Cohen's father when he was a teenager) features pristine, almost Broadway
-inflected vocals, along with jagged and percussive electric guitars.
The songs follow an idiosyncratic musical structure and often have an absurd or melodramatic tinge.
Following the completion of 2009's Mythomania, bassist Aaron Olson joined Cryptacize.
Cryptacize toured the US many times, opening for bands such as Why?, Danielson, and
Sufjan Stevens
, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti
, and The Fiery Furnaces
.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band founded by Nedelle Torrisi and Chris Cohen in 2006. Cryptacize, along with Cohen's other project The Curtains
The Curtains
- History :The Curtains are a California Pop music group that was founded by Chris Cohen and Trevor Shimizu in San Francisco, California in 2000. The first three Curtains albums are mostly instrumental music which uses electric guitar, analog synthesizer and drums...
, records for the Asthmatic Kitty
Asthmatic Kitty
Asthmatic Kitty is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by a community of musicians from Holland, Michigan led by musician Sufjan Stevens and his stepfather Lowell Brams. Some were Holland natives, and others had come to attend local colleges and universities...
label. Nedelle has released two cds on the Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...
label, one as a solo performer and one as a member of the duet Nedelle and Thom. Cohen was also a contributing member of the band Deerhoof
Deerhoof
Deerhoof is a musical group consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.-Origins:In 1992, Greg Saunier, having recently graduated with a degree in music composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, joined a short-lived San Francisco quartet called Nitre Pit, on...
.
After seeing percussionist Michael Carreira's solo cowbell videos on Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, Cohen and Torrisi asked him to join Cryptacize in 2007 and recorded their debut album Dig That Treasure. Dig That Treasure
Dig That Treasure
Dig That Treasure is the debut album of the band Cryptacize, released in 2008. It was released on Asthmatic Kitty.The title of the album was borrowed from a musical written by Kip Cohen in 1958.-Track listing:# "Stop Watch" – 3:58# "No Coins" – 2:55...
(named after a musical written by Cohen's father when he was a teenager) features pristine, almost Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
-inflected vocals, along with jagged and percussive electric guitars.
The songs follow an idiosyncratic musical structure and often have an absurd or melodramatic tinge.
Following the completion of 2009's Mythomania, bassist Aaron Olson joined Cryptacize.
Cryptacize toured the US many times, opening for bands such as Why?, Danielson, and
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came...
, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti
Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink is a Los Angeles-based recording artist who is sometimes associated with the freak folk scene.-Biography:...
, and The Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces
The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York. The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The siblings are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.- Band biography :...
.
Albums
- Dig That TreasureDig That TreasureDig That Treasure is the debut album of the band Cryptacize, released in 2008. It was released on Asthmatic Kitty.The title of the album was borrowed from a musical written by Kip Cohen in 1958.-Track listing:# "Stop Watch" – 3:58# "No Coins" – 2:55...
CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty, 2007) - Mythomania CD/LP (Asthmatic Kitty, 2009)
Singles
- split w/ Why? - Peg/As I Went Out One Morning (Asthmatic Kitty, 2008)
- Easy to Dream/Lost Beauties (Slowboy, 2009)