After a frought year of isolation, long-time collaborators Jake Vossler and Dan Rosenboom reunited to record an entrancing duo album rooted in a fascination with ritual magic. Vossler’s staggering array extended guitar techniques and sonic manipulations, as well as vocal and electronic soundscapes, intertwine with Rosenboom’s mind-bending quartertone trumpet and electronic musings to create a raw, sensational, and utterly transportive meditation recorded entirely live with just 2 microphones, no editing, and only minimal minimal mixing. The resulting album, Ceremony, is an astounding exploration of sound and energy.
"With Ceremony I wanted to achieve an occult vibe, a sort of ritual setting in which other worldly forces/entities are invoked. I have been fascinated by occult literature since I was a teenager. I love the bizarre symbols and sigils, and admire the meticulous detail involved in the rituals. To me they represent the limitless bounds of the imagination. Having worked with Dan for years now in many different projects, genres and settings I thought it would be cool to do a duo record with the ritual theme in mind-something different for us. Music, after all, is a harnessing and directing of energy, in accordance with the will. This is exactly the purpose of ritual magic. It makes me wonder, is making music ritual magic? It is if we want it to be, and I find that beautifully inspiring.
"Playing music with others, particularly improvised music can stir up a multitude of feelings in the players involved in the moment. Ive experienced profound sensations of love, humor, empathy, strength and ecstasy in the throes of a performance. With Ceremony I felt as if the combined energies of Dan and I summoned another, a third presence. This is one manifestation of improvisation at its best. The music itself becomes an invoked apparition.
"The record is also perhaps the most stripped down and raw project I have done. All the tracks are live with no edits or overdubs. There are two vocal loop/trumpet tunes which serve as a sort of gateway into and out of the ritual. The spectrum of sounds in varied and unique, I used a standard tuned guitar, bass guitar, 8 string guitar and baritone guitar for the different tracks in duo with Dan’s brilliantly evocative quarter-tone trumpet. I really think the listener with feel that they are in the room with us, witnessing the forces we have invoked."
–Jake Vossler
Released in tandem with an incredible photographic collection by photographer Eron Rauch, Orenda Records is proud to present Ceremony. The artists recommend listening to this loud, and as a continuous full-album experience. And if possible, in the dark.
Jake Vossler - 6-String, 8-String, & Baritone Guitars; Prepared Bass; Vocals & Electronics
Dan Rosenboom - Quartertone Trumpet & Electronics
Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Dan Rosenboom at BoomHill Studio, Long Beach, CA
All music improvised live by Jake Vossler & Dan Rosenboom
Photography by Eron Rauch
Layout by Dan Rosenboom
DUMUZI- Salute the Ashes
Solo project from multi-instrumentalist/guitarist Jake Vossler. Hypnotic, mesmerizing and brutal Black/Doom metal from the grave.
credits
released April 21, 2021
Jake Vossler- all guitars, vocals, bass guitar and drums
Dan Rosenboom- Absurd in the Anthropocene
Dan Rosenboom - trumpet, cornet, compositions
Jeff Babko - producer, keys
Gavin Templeton & David Binney - saxophones
Tim Lefebvre, Jerry Watts Jr., & Jimmy Johnson - basses
Zach Danziger, Gary Novak, & Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Tim Conley, Alexander Noice, & Jake Vossler - guitars
Troy Zeigler - electronics
Brian Walsh, Javier Gonzalez, Ryan Dragon, Juliane Gralle - additional horns
In a time marked by unpredictability and absurd realities, music imbued with spontaneity and improvisation seems especially relevant. Internationally recognized trumpet player and composer-producer-entrepreneur Dan Rosenboom embraces the chaos and seeks to endow us with hope and joy along the way.
released January 31, 2020
Trio Subliminal
Dedicated to fierce, mind-bending improvisation, Trio Subliminal brings together three of Southern California's most inventive improvisers. Featuring Dan Rosenboom on cornet and trumpet, Jake Vossler on strat and baritone guitars, and Tina Raymond on drums, this bold triumvirate stretches into the subconscious to channel wild expressions and dream-like explorations.
Recorded on November 18, 2018. All performances are complete and unedited.
released April 12, 2019
Dan Rosenboom - C Cornet & Bb Trumpet
Jake Vossler - Strat & Baritone Guitars
Tina Raymond - Drums
CETUS- Warheads
black/death metal from Ventura CA. Jake Vossler- guitar, vocals, John Wash-drums. Fast as hell, haunting, brutal, melodic, magnificent
released November 15, 2018
BURNING GHOSTS- American Circus
Burning Ghosts returns to their improvisational roots and delivers a raw, untethered, and passionate response to our current national experience on "American Circus."
In the spirit of the mad whirlwind that is modern American culture, Burning Ghosts recorded, mixed, and mastered this album in only 72 hours. Because, who knows what tweets will rattle the world tomorrow...
Dan Rosenboom - Bb Trumpet & C Cornet
Jake Vossler - Electric Guitar
Richard Lloyd Giddens, Jr. - Double Bass
Aaron McLendon - Drums
released January 1, 2019
BURNING GHOSTS- Kakistocracy
We live in a Kakistocracy. This is music made for the resistance.
#RESIST #FIGHTTHEPOWER
Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet
Jake Vossler - Guitars
Richard Giddens - Bass
Aaron McLendon - Drums
released March 23, 2018
BURNING GHOSTS- Reclamation
A politically motivated quartet at the forefront of the jazz-metal underground featuring four of the most acclaimed musicians in the LA experimental music scene. Playing scorching instrumentals that touch on heavy metal and jazz, the music is uncompromising and intense, filled with precise rhythmic complexity and textural power. Their first release on Tzadik is an incendiary blockbuster and is destined to become an instant classic!
Richard Giddens: Double Bass
Aaron McLendon: Drums
Daniel Rosenboom: Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Jake Vossler: Guitar, Baritone Guitar
released June 30, 2017
BURNING GHOSTS
Burning Ghosts explodes from the Los Angeles Underground with an expressionist metal-jazz opus that singes the fabric of a fraying American culture. An ambitious and scathing referendum, this eponymous debut comes at a moment when our civic morality and sense of social justice, our communal values and even our very national identity, find themselves under brutal scrutiny. Holding the mirror close and clear, Burning Ghosts is an uncompromising, incendiary artistic response to ubiquitous injustice. This music without restraint.
Dan Rosenboom - Trumpet
Jake Vossler - Guitars
Richard Giddens - Bass
Aaron McLendon - Drums
released May 6, 2016
Dan Rosenboom- Book of Storms
"Rosenboom again presents advanced conception and improv in equally large doses...enough musical ideas to fill up the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum... Book Of Storms does nothing but strengthen Daniel Rosenboom’s reputation as a conceptual improviser of the highest order. Whenever you see his name near the words “Book of,” prepare yourself for a hell of a ride."
—S. Victor Aaron, Something Else Reviews
Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet
Vinny Golia - Bass Clarinet and Gongs
Jake Vossler - Electric Guitars
Tim Lefebvre - Electric Bass and FX
Matt Mayhall - Drums
released December 15, 2015
Jake Vossler & Aaron McLendon- Versus
Screaming harpies, preying mantises, and a needle drilling through the Earth's core? Sounds like metal to me! But what makes Jake Vossler and Aaron McLendon's guitar-drums duo opus Versus an incredible standout in the genre and beyond isn't its speed, brutality, or heaviness. It's the uncanny ESP on display, the immediacy of communication in improvisation, shared sense of imagination, and virtuosity not as instrumentalists, but as mind-readers.
Jake Vossler (guitar) and Aaron McLendon (drums) met early on in their college days and immediately found a deep rapport as a duo, exploring all sorts of conceptual improvisation concepts. Their facility and firepower as players made communicating as a team fluid, facile, and exciting, and after years of honing their approach decided to take it into the studio. They recorded this blistering sonic meditation in the summer of 2007, drawing inspiration from mythology, YouTube videos of insect fights, and pure concept and imagination.
Jake Vossler- guitars
Aaron McLendon- drums
released December 18, 2015
Dan Rosenboom- Book of Omens
"Rosenboom…sets the controls even further out with the ambitious, genre-mashing Book of Omens…inspired by a myth about the end of time and rebirth of the universe, resulting in songs that range from ominously abstract to explorations of the scorched middle ground between free-blowing experimental jazz and dark metal…the work of a musician dedicated to exploration and expression, regardless of anyone’s imagined boundaries."
— Christopher Barton, Los Angeles Times
Daniel Rosenboom | Composer, Trumpet Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet
Vinny Golia | Tenor Saxophone, Contralto Clarinet, Alto Flute
Jake Vossler | Electric Guitars
Tim Lefebvre | Electric Basses and Electronic FX
Matt Mayhall | Drums
released July 9, 2013
WHALE- Dark Shapes
A power trio focused on death metal performance. Whale creates a gargantuan sound that draws from many disciplines, from black metal to Balkan music. Vast influences channeled into the task of overwhelming the listener in new ways.
Jake Vossler- guitars and vocals
Antony DiGennaro -bass
John Wash IV- Drums
released October 31, 2012
PLOTZ!- Greatest Hits
A fixture in Southern California’s underground Balkan/gypsy, jazz, and rock musicscenes, PLOTZ! has been rocking stages and thrilling audiences for the better part of a decade. Dedicated to a unified and harmonized world-view, PLOTZ! draws inspiration from styles, stories, and experiences from all over the world, while maintaining firm roots in traditional Balkan folk music, jazz, and rock.
Daniel Rosenboom - trumpets
Gavin Templeton - alto saxophone
Brian Walsh - clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Jake Vossler - guitars
Orest Balaban - basses
Antony DiGennaro - electric bass
Austin Wrinkle - drums, percussion
released October 17, 2012
PLOTZ!- The Kid
PLOTZ!’s epic third album features a riotous mix of original songs and traditional Balkan folk songs done in PLOTZ!’s signature kick-ass fire-breathing fashion!
“I think this might be the best CD I’ve reviewed all summer!”
— DJ Jay Paul, WRUV-FM
“PLOTZ! is the unlikely bastard son of Ivo Papasov and Black Sabbath…festive heavy Bulgarian jazz-rock, catchy as hell and quite accessible overall.”
— Monsieur Délire, Monsiuer Délire’s Blog
released September 16, 2010
Daniel Rosenboom - trumpets
Gavin Templeton - alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet
Brian Walsh - clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Jake Vossler - electric guitar
Orest Balaban - electric bass
Austin Wrinkle - drums and percussion
David Rosenboom- How Much Better if Plymouth Rock Had Landed On the Pilgrims
The world premiere and only complete recording of all sections of this 1969-71 seminal work, with extensive booklet including an articles by composer, Chris Brown, and philosopher, Sande Cohen; tracks include Section I (essential tension to universe) Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick cellos; Section II (symmetrical harmonies in chaotic orbits) David Rosenboom electronics, computer; Section III (world) Vinny Golia contrabass saxophones; Section IV (life) Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick cellos, Vinny Golia winds, David Rosenboom field recordings; Section V (humanity) Swapan Chaudhuri tabla, Vinny Golia winds, Aashish Khan sarode, Daniel Rosenboom trumpet, David Rosenboom piano, computer; I Nyoman Wenten pemade; Section VI (culture) PLOTZ! and DR. MiNT double rock bands; Section VII (impression) David Rosenboom piano in expanded pelog tuning, I Nyoman Wenten pemade, William Winant jegog, calung; Section VIII (unification) Daniel Rosenboom trumpets, David Rosenboom piano, drawbar organ, computer; Section IX (links) David Rosenboom piano, computer, I Nyoman Wenten Balinese drum, William Winant marimba; on historical recordings in Sections II & V, Donald Buchla, Thomas McFaul, Lynn Newton, Gerald Shapiro, Michael Slevin; New World Records, #80689-2, New York, 2009, [2-CD set]
released 2009
PLOTZ!- Live 2008
“Live 2008...is fraught with grooves and growling riffs, punctuated by hoots and hollers thereat...a primal, boisterous experience that pledges allegiance with cultures the world over...finding equanimity among rock gods and gods made of actual rock.”
— David Cotner, Ventura County Reporter
released October 1, 2008
Daniel Rosenboom - trumpet and piccolo trumpet
Gavin Templeton - alto saxophone
Brian Walsh - clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Jake Vossler - electric guitar
Antony DiGennaro - electric bass
Austin Wrinkle - drum set
Recorded live on July 24, 2008 at California State Summer School for the Arts at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA.
THORNLORD- Dust to Dust
Brutal Blinding Blackened Death metal from the underground of Ventura California.
Jake Vossler- Guitars, bass, vocals
Danny Walker- drums
released January 1, 2008
PLOTZ!- Extraordinary Renditions
PLOTZ!’s debut studio album, Extraordinary Renditions, introduced the world to PLOTZ!’s one-of-kind blend of Balkan rhythms, free-wheeling jazz improvisation, and fiery metal-born sound.
***Best Instrumental Album - M.A.V.R.I.C. Awards 2007***
***Best Instrumental Song for "Splash" - M.A.V.R.I.C. Awards 2007**
***Best International Instrumental Album 2007 - Toronto Exclusive Magazine***
“…music that carries a message…an experience of instrumental virtuosity sure to impress even an experienced listener.”
- IndependentClauses.com
“…these guys shine!”
- XLR8R Magazine
released January 12, 2007
Jake Vossler - guitars
Dan Rosenboom - trumpets
Austin Wrinkle - drums
Orest Balaban - basses, vox track 10
Dan Rosenboom- Bloodier, Mean Son
Daniel Rosenboom’s debut album on Nine Winds Records, featuring compositions by Daniel, his father David Rosenboom, Derrick Spiva Jr., Nick Didkovsky, Vinny Golia, and Michael Pisaro.
released February 12, 2006
Daniel Rosenboom - Trumpet and Electronics
Derrick Spiva, Jr. - Piano and MIDI Programming
Randy Gloss - Tabla
Jacqueline Humber - Voice
Michael Pisaro - Sine Tones
David Rosenboom - Trumpet Manipulation
Jake Vossler - Electric Guitar
Orest Balaban - Electric Bass
Austin Wrinkle - Drums and Tabla