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Mashed Buddha's Zen Conspiracy Merges Electronica & Jazz Improv
11/25/2008 - By Eric de Fontenay Drum n bass n keyboardist Mashed Buddha (aka John Corda) announced the release of his latest album "Zen Conspiracy." The album represents a new direction for Mashed Buddha,
first introduced in his prior EP release "Four Keys To Zen," offering an intricate blend of drum n bass, ambient electronica and downtempo funk-grooves that allow for jamming keyboard solos. In addition to a richer pallette of sounds and guest vocalist Uri Geller, he incorporates something no one else in this genre uses: jazz improvisation.
Zen Conspiracy is available through CD Baby -- http://cdbaby.com/cd/mashedbuddha2 and myTracks -- http://www.mytracks.com/mashedbuddha
Mashed Buddha is the name of the one man band consisting of John Corda, his keyboards, his computer, and occasional human collaborators. A rarity in the world of electronica and it’s various offshoots, he adds musicality and, the not-so-predictable, human touch to a form dominated by DJs and people who program machines, then let them run through their paces. Mashed Buddha falls under the rubric of jungle and drum 'n' bass, but is so much more than the terms imply.
"I like to think of my music as electronica that doesn't take itself too seriously," he states. "Mostly it's a blend of wild musical ideas that constantly run through my head. I tame them with soothing words." He further soothes them by adding a rock and pop sensibility to the framework of drum 'n' bass. He achieves this by using tried and true techniques of songwriting such as creating verses, choruses and bridges from hooks, voices, keyboard licks, snippets of sound and catchy themes.
Unlike his debut CD, 'Subdue Your Mind', each song uses drum 'n' bass -- frenetic drum beats matched against slower bass lines -- but also elements of funk, downtempo, and even '70s jazz fusion. On his latest CD, 'Zen Conspiracy', in addition to a richer pallette of sounds and guest vocalist Uri Geller, he incorporates something no one else in this genre uses: jazz improvisation.
Mashed Buddha was born out of Corda’s need to combine his musical tendencies and experiences, maintain his forward-looking creativity, and satisfy his need to communicate with an audience, an audience that approaches music with both mind and body. "Drum 'n' bass gives me artistic freedom while tapping into an audience that wants to listen." In addition, he further explores his musical tendencies and leaves the house of Mashed Buddha, so to speak, by performing live in the Boston area with the acid jazz band Organism.
For more information on Mashed Buddha, visit his website -- http://www.mashedbuddha.com -- and MySpace -- http://www.myspace.com/mashedbuddha --
DJs and radio programmers can download broadcast-ready songs from his album at Airplay Direct -- http://airplaydirect.com/music/bands/2386/