Negative Space Ritual: The Experimental Recordings of Klaus Leere

By Gabe Winogrond “You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere.” Thus spoke John Coltrane, and his words are etched above the heavy double door that now confronts me, deep inside undisclosed redwood country. I’ve come to interview one of experimental music’s most controversial figures—German-born “sound-sculptor” and performance artist Klaus Leere—and, for the front door [...]
The Music of Dylan Shearer

Dylan Shearer’s music was once described to me as “the best kept secret in Santa Cruz.” Indeed, I knew Dylan for months before I even knew that this shy, unassuming guy was a musician. His music falls into the folky, psychedelic genre of limited-run albums that hard-core seekers fall all over themselves to get a [...]

