Andy Meyerson, percussionist and co-founder of iconoclastic chamber ensemble The Living Earth Show, is as proud of his debut solo album, My Side Of The Story, as he is amused by its cover art.

An established champion of innovative and experimental percussion music both in and out of his home region of the San Francisco Bay, Andy Meyerson has commissioned dozens of new works from important voices of his generation, performed with Kronos Quartet and Sō Percussion, and serves as the Music Director for the multimedia dance company Post:Ballet and the drummer for rap-rock collaborative C O /\/\ /\/\ /\ /\/ D O, musical juggernaut dedicated to dismantling heteropatriarchy through militant, violently queer rap metal.

My Side of the Story is Meyerson's first recording project without his duo partner, guitarist Travis Andrews, yet fans of The Living Earth Show's progressive, ambitious energy will vibe with the album’s sonically diverse anthology of works for solo percussion and electronics, written for Meyerson by a bicoastal roster of composers stationed in The Bay (Samuel Carl Adams, Danny Clay) and The 5 Boroughs (Adrian Knight, Brendon Randall-Myers, Jude Traxler).

The five works span a gamut of aesthetic, from... more

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released September 30, 2016

All tracks mastered by Ryan Kleeman