News
NEW ALBUM COMING THIS SPRING!
PC just wrapped production on Pop-Pop, the daredevil new album featuring Joan Jeanrenaud's stunning cello compositions paired with PC's electronic and acoustic drum and percussion work....watch for a Spring 2010 release!
LEFT HOOK DOCUMENTARY NOW ONLINE!
PC's award-winning filmmaker brother, Alex Muñoz, directed a mini-documentary about the improvisational-funk aesthetic of PC Muñoz's Left Hook...check it out above!
PCM REMIXES INGRID CHAVEZ!
The great Ingrid Chavez, known for her groundbreaking 1991 album May 19, 1992 and her work with Prince, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and David Sylvian, has returned with a new album, A Flutter and Some Words. PC created a "Hydraulic Boom-Bap" mix of the first single, "By the Water". Check out the video for PC's remix here.
"CALIFORNIA" NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 12 FUNK ALBUMS OF THE DECADE: PC's 2004 album with pc muñoz and the amen corner, california, was recently named one of the top 12 funk albums of the decade by Rickey Vincent, author of the book Funk, and host of KPFA's "The History of Funk" radio show. Check out the rest of the esteemed list here.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!" ON TOP 10 FREE RELEASES OF 2009 LIST: PC's free summertime release What Happened?! has been named as one of the 10 best free releases of 2009, alongside Coldplay and Kid Cudi! Check the list out here!
NEW JOAN JEANRENAUD/PCM VIDEO: Check out the all-fresh, animated video for "33 1/3", from Joan Jeanrenaud and PCM. Video directed by 19-year-old wunderkind Joe Maslov. Click here to view. "33 1/3" is a delicious first-taste of Joan and PC's daredevil new cello-n-beats album, currently in production.
FREE ALBUM OUT NOW:What Happened?!, PC Muñoz's "mash-note to hip-hop" jampacked with remixes, Grab Bag bonus tracks, special guests, scrumptious beats, and other treats is out and available for free right HERE!
NEW MUSIC VIDEO: Check out the fresh new music video for "Family Matters", directed by Alex Muñoz, right here on the site.
GRAMMY NOMINATION!: Cellist Joan Jeanrenaud's recent release, Strange Toys, was produced by PC and nominated for a Grammy: Best Instrumental Soloist (without orchestra)! Check it out here!
Press
"(PC Muñoz) is truly a modern musician, equally at home with a live band, playing the most organic of instruments...or hunched over a computer, making beats and working magic with ProTools..."
Tom Chandler, East Bay Express
"Muñoz's tasteful electronics, effortlessly balancing hard-hitting syncussion with bouncy basslines and buttery synth washes, are the perfect counterpoint to the thought-provoking words he spits out with an incomparable cool....undeniable talent for crafting songs that stimulate the mind and the body."
Amorn Bholsangngam, Urb Magazine
"Somewhere between hip-hop attitude, Minneapolis nasty and latin rock playa chops, PC Muñoz has an instantly compelling sound that defies definition..."
Rickey Vincent, author of "Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of the One" and host of KPFA's "The History of Funk" radio show
"Compelling beats, clever lyrics, and special guests, such as cellist Jean Jeanrenaud, make (Grab Bag) an enjoyable listen."
Electronic Musician
"...dark, sexual, sensual, confessional, and confrontational -- all at the same time... a poet..."
Performing Songwriter
"...undeniable stage presence...laid-back, but commanding...the show is a left hook all right---and a knock out at that."
Mike Osegueda, Fresno Bee
" Interestingly catchy...featuring sounds you haven't heard in some time, if ever."
Strother Bullins, Pro Audio Review
"As a band leader, songwriter, and producer, I feel PC Muñoz embodies the best skills of his peers in the music business."
Dr. Fink, Prince and the Revolution keyboardist
"...unique and worthwhile..."
Mark Kramer, West Coast Performer
"Everything from...the exotic Chinese drums he records with and his complicated cultural background screams variety. One thing is for certain. "PC" does not stand for politically correct. Lyrically, PC Muñoz likes to take on politics, religion and a little kinky sex."
Delfin Vigil, San Francisco Chronicle
"Great work. It's all too rare to hear someone breaking new ground in the pop field."
John Zorn, Composer
"... PC Muñoz consistently redefine(s) himself, sailing effortlessly across artistic categories..."
Marian Liu, San Jose Mercury News
"...in the spirit of Gil Scott-Heron... PC Muñoz is an excellent urban poet with a lot to say."
Mark Guerrero, Singer-Songwriter/Chicano music historian
"...beautiful and compelling music..."
Michelle M. Wallace, The Owl Mag
"Recommended."
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