Ron Anderson (musician)
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Ron Anderson is a New York City
based internationally known musician and composer. He is known for collaborations with many famous musicians, and has a large catalog of releases and compositions.
, who has a number of releases. A retrospective, Friends, received positive reviews.
, which has one indie label release, Motel. PAK has had a line-up change recently but still performs in the New York area, notably at John Zorn
's selective club, The Stone.
at the Bowery Poetry club in New York City. They were also working on an as-yet-unreleased CD.
Pak
The Molecules
New York City
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based internationally known musician and composer. He is known for collaborations with many famous musicians, and has a large catalog of releases and compositions.
Molecules
Ron's first project was a band called The MoleculesThe Molecules
The Molecules or Molecules is a band.Ron Anderson formed the Molecules with Chris Millner and Tom Scandura in 1990, a “hyper-brid” style of music, that combined free improvised noise and notes with tightly arranged angular songs...
, who has a number of releases. A retrospective, Friends, received positive reviews.
PAK
Ron's current project is called PAKPAK (band)
PAK is a New York City based band. They are signed to John Zorn's Tzadik label.PAK was originally formed by Ron Anderson in 2000, after he spent some time with The Molecules. The original line-up consisted of Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, and Race Age. This line-up released the album 100%...
, which has one indie label release, Motel. PAK has had a line-up change recently but still performs in the New York area, notably at John Zorn
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
's selective club, The Stone.
Ronruins
Ron collaborated with Japanese musician Tatsuya Yoshida's project Ruins to create Ronruins, which released one album, Big Shoes. When Yoshida performs in NeW York, Ronruins will frequently be a part of the act.Jac
Anderson performed a show with French musician Jac BerrocalJac Berrocal
Jacques "Jac" Berrocal is a French trumpeter, singer and composer. He has been active since the 1970s in the independent and avant-garde music scene, and has released many albums. He also founded and performed in the group Catalogue, and has collaborated with Ron Anderson...
at the Bowery Poetry club in New York City. They were also working on an as-yet-unreleased CD.
Partial discography
- Be the First on the Block to Eat the Snake [with Jason Willett] (2007)
Pak
- Small R 1/2 Inch (1998, Rastascan)
- 100% Human Hair
- MotelMotel (Pak album)Motel is a 2005 album by New York City brutal prog band Pak. It has been well received in the indie marketplace it was targeted for.-Track listing:*1 You Like It Like That *2 Heatwave *3 100% Human Hair...
(2005, Ra Sounds)
The Molecules
The Molecules
The Molecules or Molecules is a band.Ron Anderson formed the Molecules with Chris Millner and Tom Scandura in 1990, a “hyper-brid” style of music, that combined free improvised noise and notes with tightly arranged angular songs...
- Friends (2007, Ra Sounds)