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Joyful Noise is pleased to announce today the release of two amazing albums: CJ Boyd's Aerial Roots and Stationary Odyssey's Sons of Boy.

CJ Boyd "Aerial Roots"

C.J. has been creating his ethereal soundscapes for nearly a decade, playing hundreds of shows, conveying his particular artistic ideals and a certain undefined spirituality wherever he plays. JNR sister label Sounds Are Active released CJ's last album (proper) "The Greatest Weight" in 2006. Today, Joyful Noise is releasing his newest work - the 3 song, 45 minute "Aerial Roots". Often flowing from singular, meditative bass lines into explosive, layered, and hugely complex walls of sound, CJ masterfully orchestrates waves of bass loops coupled with Jazz-driven improvisational prowess. Never suffering from the structureless experimentation so prevalent in improvised music, CJ Boyd's vision spawns a record that is quite beautiful, and at times enlightening. As Tiny Mix Tapes puts it, “this is heavenly stuff”...

Listen to a 7 minute excerpt from the epic 19 minute album closer We Know Time

Purchase the LP / CD / MP3 HERE

CJ Boyd is kicking off a major 21-date US tour on Thursday in support of "Aerial Roots". Tour dates are below:

Nov 12, 2009 - Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley
Nov 13, 2009 - Indianapolis, Indiana @ The Volrath w/ Prizzy Prizzy Please
Nov 14, 2009 - Saint Louis, Missouri @ Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center w/ Stationary Odyssey
Nov 16, 2009 - Jonesboro, AR @ Labyrinth House
Nov 19, 2009 - Fayetteville, AR @ The Ameroplace
Nov 21, 2009 - Kansas City, MO @ Under The Radar (The Fountain)
Nov 22, 2009 - Lincoln, Nebraska @ Clawfoot House
Nov 30, 2009 - Newport, Kentucky @ Southgate House w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 1, 2009 - Pontiac, Michigan @ The Pike Room w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 2, 2009 - Rochester, NY @ Boulder Coffee (Brooks Landing) w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 3, 2009 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 4, 2009 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania @ Danger Danger Gallery w/ Hermit Thrushes, Stationary Odyssey
Dec 6, 2009 - Asheville, North Carolina @ Bobo w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 7, 2009 - Athans, GA @ Go Bar w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 8, 2009 - Nashville, Tennessee @ Little Hamilton Collective w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 9, 2009 - Evansville, Indiana @ River City Food Co-Op w/ Stationary Odyssey
Dec 11, 2009 - Sylva, NC @ Guadalupe Cafe
Dec 16, 2009 - Charlotte, NC @ 201212
Dec 17, 2009 - Raleigh, NC @ Marsh Woodwinds
Dec 18, 2009 - Greensboro, North Carolina @ Maya Gallery w/ Ghost to Falco
Dec 19, 2009 - Boone, North Carolina @ 641 rpm

Stationary Odyssey "Sons of Boy"

"Sons of Boy" is an 8-track mini-opus of face-melting moments alongside crystalline spasms of beauty. A somewhat genre-less album, “Sons of Boy” rides an undefined line somewhere between instrumental post-rock, punk, ambient, prog and grind. The "Mud Center" Indiana-based duo of Aaron Tanner and Brett Siler released their previous full-length “Head! Foot! And The Pink Axe” on Joyful Noise back in 2006. One split with Child Bite later, they have resurfaced with the more polarized "Sons Of Boy". Featuring a host of guest musicians such as Chris Schlarb (Asthmatic Kitty, I Heart Lung), Shawn Knight (Child Bite), and Aaron Tanner’s seven-year-old son - the Stationary Odyssey boys have created an 8-track mini-opus of face-melting moments alongside crystalline spasms of beauty.

Listen to Rib Letters

Purchase the CD / MP3 HERE

Also check out the FREE Johnfriend EP

TOUR DATES!
11/11/2009 - Lincoln, NE - Duffy's
11/12/2009 - Denver, CO - 3 Kings Tavern
11/13/2009 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Music Hall
11/14/2009 - St. Louis, MO - LEMP Arts w/ CJ Boyd
11/15/2009 - Evansville, IN - CD RELEASE SHOW! - AbyssCo
11/30/2009 - Newport, KY - Southgate House w/ CJ Boyd
12/01/2009 - Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room w/ CJ Boyd
12/02/2009 - Rochester, NY - Boulder Coffee w/ CJ Boyd
12/03/2009 - New York, NY - Glasslands Gallery w/ CJ Boyd
12/04/2009 - Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery w/ CJ Boyd, Hermit Thrushes
12/06/2009 - Asheville, NC - Bobo Gallery w/ CJ Boyd
12/07/2009 - Athens, GA - Go Bar w/ CJ Boyd
12/08/2009 - Nashville, TN - Little Hamilton Collective w/ CJ Boyd
12/09/2009 - Evansville, IN - River City Food Co-op w/ CJ Boyd

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