Each song on this album falls into a separate or hybrid genre that retains its identity as dark ambient. The album is a representation of the variation of emotion and its wide range of effects. The album begins somberly and slowly while ending anxiously, out of breath. From the highs of happiness and the wayward lows, you'll be slowly transported between different emotions from each of the eight songs.

Eight is my first release and is a collection of songs with a sense of continuity as well as an introduction to my music and personality. These songs are my eight best, all maintaining common expression and emotion.

Acoustic blues that will take you back to the crossroads. Follow up to a 4 time winner of the "Just Plain Folks" award for "Best Blues Album of the Year". This is Mark Cook's 7th CD release.

Guest vocalist includes Tommy Brown who has had a 70+ years in showbiz. Tommy's classic blues recordings of the 1950's include 1952 Billboard #1 hit "Weepin & Cryin". If you like your blues music served with the imagery of the old cotton fields and the lonely sound of the dobro mixed with some down home harmonic playing - then look no farther!

This is delta blues music with a flair!

Experience a fresh taste of experimental instrumental rock!

This album, entitled "6", contains the newest release of material from Idlemine and is structured around straight ahead rock and metal. Using their power house of drums, in your face throttling bass, and exquisite guitar, this album was designed to give you a solid taste of a real 3 piece group of musicians without overdubs and samples.

The songs on this album are heavy hitting and in your face telling a story from beginning to end of every track and leaving you on edge with heart wrenching instrumentation and a colossal sound.

Idlemine quote;
"It was an awesome journey recording this latest album, a definite soul grabber".

William Byrd (1540-1623) is considered one of the most famous of the early English composers. His output of some 470 compositions justifies his reputation as one of the great masters of Renaissance music. He was known for his ability to transform many of the main musical forms of the day and stamp them with his own identity.

He wrote a variety of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard music and consort music. Byrd's longer-than-average-Renaissance life span (83 years) meant that he lived into an age in which many of the forms of instrumental and vocal music that he made his own had become dated and no longer popular with musicians. It wasn't until the pioneering work of twentieth-century scholars that his work was allowed to achieve its rightful place in music history.

CRISIS is the brain child of Los Angeles based artist Ajax Garcia and NEWSTED drummer Jesus Mendez Jr.

During The Napoleon Blownaparts US tour stint supporting KISS and WEEZER back in 2001 the band had plans to record their long awaited followup to their 1998 album "Thrill Hype" but due to conflicting schedules plans to record were put on hold as drummer Jesus Mendez Jr. had prior commitments to his other band NEWSTED (see Jason Newsted of METALLICA).

Mendez and Ajax along with new recruit Eric Griffin (MURDER DOLLS) on bass guitar finally entered the studio to begin tracking but because of musical differences the band never got passed the recordings of just two cover tracks with Griffin as part of the line up. The two tracks that were recorded were ultimately released as part of Jetboys Of Babylon (a tribute to The New York Dolls album) which featured David Johansen himself and Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols. Ajax, Mendez and Griffin contributed a blistering version of the Dolls classic Puss In Boots.

Griffin's replacement was bassist Doug Wellmon a young punk rocker from Hollywood California and a former member of the band Pipedown.

When the two musicians finally began tracking they recruited a number of musicians to guest on what would become the CRISIS album including legendary blues musicians John Clifton on Harmonica and the legendary Edward Burke on piano. The 70 year old Edward Burke also played with the Ike and Tina Turner Review in the 1970's. Long time friend and guitarist Jessie Farnsworth also of NEWSTED completed the line up and CRISIS was finally released in 2010. AMERICA'S TIRE company used the opening track HELL YEAH as part of their national advertising campaign and the UK CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE picked up on the second single MY SPACE PICTURES for their tribute to Guns N' Roses insert Sons Of Guns.

Sonically CRISIS is a raw mix of punk rock and garage rock and roll with heavy doses of soul and the blues. Drawing influences from the likes of The Rolling Stones, New York Dolls, The Stooges and heavy tip of the hat to Chuck Berry the CRISIS album takes you on a dark trip down a seedier side of Hollywood California not advertised to tourists.

The classic slash and burn guitars, frantic drumming under the impressive vocal range of guitarist/vocalist Ajax Garcia make up this low-fi gem.

Recognized for his powerful, raw, biting but truthful commentary on our cultural and social condition, Ajax' work on the song "Hedonistic Babies" resonates on every level! Garcia is a post postmodern rarity of authentic swagger and angst, continually serving up his Fresno-born and Hollywood-bred artistry on his own terms. Crisis Starts Now!
Music and street art photographer Karin Lindberg Freda, 2013