PC Muñoz is an American recording artist, drummer, producer, and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, primarily working in the contemporary classical, funk, pop, and avant-garde jazz genres.

Career

Following a stint in the '90s band Alfred with cellist

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, Muñoz’s first commercial releases as a leader were ''The Trouble I’d Bring You'' (Beevine, 1998) and two albums with his band PC Muñoz and the Amen Corner: ''A Good Deed in a Weary World'' (Beevine, 2002) and ''California'' (Beevine, 2004), the latter featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Famer

Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist who has sold over 30 million albums in the United States. Emerging as a teenage songwriter in mid-1960s Los Angeles, he had his ...

on the title track. His first multimedia release, ''Twenty Haiku'' ( Beevine Records /

Talking House Productions Talking or Talkin' may refer to: * Speech, the product of the action of ''to talk'' * Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion Songs * "Talking" (A Flock of Seagulls song), 1983 * "Talking" (The Rifles song), 2007 * "Talking / ...

, 2005), included Bay Area musicians

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, Tammy Hall, Anthony Brown, and

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. In 2005 he also contributed a cover of

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’s 1980s hit “I Go Crazy” to the album High School Reunion - A Tribute to Those Great 80’s Films on

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. In 2005 Muñoz co-founded the San Francisco audio production company and record label Talking House Productions with several music industry colleagues. While with Talking House, Muñoz produced the Grammy-nominated ''Strange Toys'' (

Talking House Records Talking or Talkin' may refer to: * Speech, the product of the action of ''to talk'' * Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion Songs * "Talking" (A Flock of Seagulls song), 1983 * "Talking" (The Rifles song), 2007 * " Talking / ...

, 2008) by composer/cellist

Joan Jeanrenaud Joan Jeanrenaud ( Dutcher; born January 25, 1956) is an American cellist. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, she played with the Kronos Quartet from 1978 until 1999, when, after a sabbatical, she left to pursue a solo career and collaborations with ...

(formerly of

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) and released the solo album ''Grab Bag'' (Talking House Records, 2008) featuring

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, Joan Jeanrenaud, and

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. He also co-produced the EP ''Sweet Water Soul'' (Talking House Records, 2008) by the R&B artist FEMI. Muñoz again joined Jeanrenaud for ''Pop-Pop'' (Deconet, 2010), a duo album consisting entirely of cello and drums, and co-produced and played drums on Jeanrenaud’s 4th solo album, ''Visual Music'' (Deconet, 2016). In 2013 Muñoz created the touring performance project ''Half-Breed'', an exploration of multiracial identity, during a fellowship with

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in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Muñoz released the digital album Physical Science (featuring

Kyle Bruckmann Kyle Bruckmann (born 1971) is an American composer and oboist based in San Francisco, California. Getting his musical start playing in industrial and hardcore bands,Taylor, JameInterview in All About Jazz. Bruckmann then studied oboe with Robe ...

and Bryan Dyer) along with the companion chapbook Inside Pocket of a Houndstooth Blazer in 2018. His writings have appeared in/on DRUM! Magazine, Seagate Creative, Scientific Learning, Grammy.com, Electronic Musician, and the anthology Indigenous Literatures from Micronesia (University of Hawai’i Press, 2019). Muñoz annually programs live concerts for the

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(BAMPFA), including a live “re-imagination” of

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’s ''

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'' album in 2018, and composes for film and dance, including several collaborations with San Francisco choreographer Robert Moses.

References

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