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::: BAYONICS / PLASTICADE / PC MUNOZ :::

pc muñoz and the amen corner have been captivating audiences with their unique blend of spoken-word, funk and gospel since late 2000. Their recent groundbreaking CD, a good deed in a weary world, on Beevine Records, combines the best of their high-spirited live shows, with the minimalist/experimental aesthetic of pc's previous solo work.

Songwriter pc muñoz began making a buzz in the Bay Area in the mid-90s, with Giant Step, an experimental, MIDI-driven rap project. When Giant Step changed its name to Watercolor in 1993, pc veered away from "rapping" and began using a unique, speak-sing style which prompted at least one journalist to dub muñoz "a cross between Leonard Cohen and Prince."

During this time, muñoz spent his days teaching elementary school in the Bayview-Hunter's Point district of SF, and his nights working as a drummer, playing for projects all across the musical spectrum: R&B, jazz, calypso, avant-garde instrumental, and gospel. His 5-year stint playing gospel included an exciting position as drummer/percussionist for gospel legend Dorothy Morrison (original singer of "Oh Happy Day"). pc also stayed active on the Bay Area poetry scene, giving readings and publishing three collections of poetry: 2001's CIRCLE poems, 1995's Half Truths, and 1992's The Daily Balance.

In 1998, pc released his debut CD, the trouble i'd bring you, which was praised by critics nation wide, and garnered college radio airplay on both coasts. In the year 2000, pc assembled the amen corner, a tight, improvisational group, which can at one moment lock into a monstrous funk groove, and at the next moment break wide open for sonic experimentation. In 2001, pcm and the amen corner released two, a CD single featuring two of the group's hottest live tracks.

The group's latest full-length CD, a good deed in a weary world, featuring live favorites such as "high minded man", "skin city", and "miss you so much", takes the group's sound to the next level, integrating the steady funk of the amen corner live shows, the electro-quirkiness of the trouble i'd bring you, and pc's striking, multi-layered lyricism. Thanks to incredible college radio airplay all over the US and Canada, a good deed in a weary world entered both the CMJ and Earshot (Canadian) hip-hop charts in 2003.

pc muñoz and the amen corner are currently readying a new album, california, set for release in May 2004. Recorded in San Francisco, Minneapolis, Santa Monica, and Oakland, the CD features 10 brand new songs, and guest performances by Jackson Browne, Dr. Fink of Prince and the Revolution, and many others.

the amen corner consists of local bass legend Stephen Smith, funk-rock guitar phenom Marc Weibel, synthesizer whiz and Hammond organist Paul Ruxton, and the multi-talented percussionist/vocalist Danny Zingarelli.
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