Emily Hay and Marcos Fernandes' new collaborative CD offering, "WE ARE" (Public Eyesore), captures the capricious nature of improvisation as they move from rhythmic interplay to ambient textures and globally informed grooves to sparring electronics. Anchored by their duets, this collection of studio recordings boasts several trio explorations with renowned bassist Lisle Ellis and a quartet featuring Ellen Weller on winds and Al Scholl on guitar. On this recording, Hay uses voice, flute, piccolo and piano, Fernandes provides percussion, phonographies (or field recordings) and samples while Ellis adds a wide palette of sounds with his bass and laptop electronics The musicians shift between acoustic and electronically processed instrumentation, complimenting and contrasting each other as they create their various sonic spaces which are often abstract yet remain direct and primal.

Special thanks to all of the musicians who performed on these recordings, to Lee Scott, Randy Fuelle and Wayne Peet for their engineering expertise, to Annette Buhl for her photography and to Jeff Kaiser for his artwork design and support in releasing this disc.

Emily Hay & Marcos Fernandes: We Are

1. we are

2. liturgy of sound

3. away from the doom

4. hibiki

5. intrusion

6. late night call

7. inside the box

8. pond

9. belly of the craft

10. spar

11. wicked child\

12. we are 2

Emily Hay - Voice, Flute, Piccolo, Piano, Electronics
Marcos Fernandes - Percussion, Field Recordings, Electronics
Lisle Ellis - Bass, Electronics (2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Ellen Weller - Sax, Flute (7)
Al Scholl - Guitar (7)
Art/Design by Andrew West

For more information: Public Eyesore Records, 2464 HARNEY ST, #15, OMAHA NE 68131 : http://www.publiceyesore.com/