ABOUT THIS CD "A Night Of Unknown Death Or Life" is a collection of short ambient, jazz, noise, & atonal guitar pieces by Scrote from various sessions & soundtracks. though appearing here and there in projects, none have been available on CD before now. the music aims to turn from beautiful to disturbing then back again. most are left-of-center electric, acoustic, & nylon string guitar pieces though you will also hear mandolin, bass, recorders, and various percussion on a couple tracks as well as guest violinist Joan Ling on "Glass Angels Visited". all pieces were written, performed, recorded, and produced by Scrote. ABOUT SCROTE Scrote is a guitarist/bassist/mixer/producer from Los Angeles who has toured the US & Europe extensively. He currently divides his time between playing live, recording, writing, mixing, and producing this & that with one foot in LA, another in SF, another in NYC, another in Berlin, and tentacles reaching everywhere in between. He has performed, recorded with, mixed, and/or produced: Wayne Kramer (MC5), Daniel Johnston, No Doubt, Puscifer (featuring Maynard from Tool), Paul Barker (Ministry), Rey Washam (Steve Albini), Holly Palmer (David Bowie), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Jessica Lurie, Amy Denio, Fred Frith, producer/mixer Mark Needham (The Killers, Chris Isaak), producer Ron Nevison (Led Zeppelin, The Babys), Carla Kihlstedt (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Tin Hat Trio), Steve Poltz, producer/mixer Karl Derfler (Smashmouth, No Doubt), The Freak Accident (Alternative Tentacles), Lawrence Katz (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones), 2007 Warp Tour Artist Cottonmouth TX, 2x Grammy winner Bubba Hernandez, Mitch Marine (Dwight Yoakam), Myles Boisen (Tom Waits), producer Rob Shrock (Burt Bacharach), David Garza, Joan Jones (Hollywood Records), Mike Dillon (Ani Difranco), The Radishes, Dave Roe (Johnny Cash), 2007 Grammy nominees Polka Freak Out, Steve Calhoon (Skeleton Key, Yoko Ono), Paul Chesne, The Billy Nayer Show, Ralph Carney (Tom Waits), Earl Harvin (Air), and countless others....